# David A. Cohen

> David A. Cohen is a startup investor at Karlin Ventures. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Karlin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karlin-ventures)
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-a-cohen-06880634

David A. Cohen is a startup investor at Karlin Ventures. David is the Co-Founder of Karlin Real Estate and the President and Chief Executive Officer of Karlin Asset Management, which he founded in 2005. David has over 20 years of experience in principal investing, real estate, private equity, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets. David held a variety of senior executive positions with Dole(NYSE) and Pacific Holdings, which is comprised of over 25 operating companies and had revenues of over $7 billion. He also served as a Principal in an alternative investment firm with assets of more than $16 billion (acquired by Blackrock). David holds a Master's Degree in Finance with honors from Cambridge University and attended graduate school at Sydney University (Australia) as a Rotary Foundation Scholar, and holds a B.S. in Engineering and Applied Sciences summa cum laude from Boston University.

## About Karlin Ventures

VC Fund · Los Angeles, United States

Karlin Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund based in Los Angeles. They are value-add partners helping entrepreneurs who take contrarian approaches to create impactful solutions to big, interesting problems. Karlin Ventures is an affiliate of Karlin Asset Management, a private investment firm managing over $1.4 billion of unleveragedequity capital.Focus on enterprise software, eCommerce, marketplaces, advertising technology, and education technology but are open to exciting ideas in other verticals. Typical investments range from $100,000 to $2,000,000. Prefer co-investor roles and will participate in follow-on rounds.

1 contacts available at Karlin Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David A. Cohen | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-a-cohen |

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