# David Aronoff

> David Aronoff is a Series A investor at FiEE (New York) backing Software and SaaS. See 61 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [FiEE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/minim)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 61
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 28%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidaronoff
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/dba
- Website: https://x.com/dba

David Aronoff is a Series A investor at FiEE in New York focused on Software and SaaS. David Aronoff is the General Partner at Flybridge and a Director at Draper.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 15% |
| SaaS | 5 | 8% |
| Mobile | 4 | 7% |
| Internet | 3 | 5% |
| Cyber Security | 3 | 5% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 13 | 21% |
| Series B | 11 | 18% |
| Seed | 9 | 15% |
| Series C | 7 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 5% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 18 | 30% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NetBox Labs | NetBox Labs makes the management of complex networks easier for operators by delivering open and composable products. The company's product NetBox Cloud offers an enterprise-grade, SaaS version of open-source NetBox. | $35M | Series B | Jul 14, 2025 |  |
| NetBox Labs | NetBox Labs makes the management of complex networks easier for operators by delivering open and composable products. The company's product NetBox Cloud offers an enterprise-grade, SaaS version of open-source NetBox. | $20M | Series A | Apr 11, 2023 |  |
| NS1 | NS1 is an internet company that provides accurate control over application delivery that values interaction with customers. They build the world’s most intelligent DNS and traffic management technologies, enabling their customers to take unparalleled control over their traffic and infrastructure as conditions change in application environments andacross the global network.They're relentlessly focused on helping their customers succeed in their digital transformation initiatives. Their platform is 100% API driven and DevOps is in their DNA. Through native integrations with leading DevOps tools and vendors, NS1 is removing the barriers to full infrastructure automation.NS1's comprehensive platform technology leverages infrastructure, application, and network data to make intelligent routing decisions in real-time, ensuring optimal application performance and reliability. The company's platform is delivered through its world-class Managed DNS Network for customers including Imgur, MaxCDN, DropBox, SalesForce, and many more. | $40M | Series D | Jul 14, 2020 |  |
| BetterCloud | The SaaS Operations leader: Transform employee experience, centralize data protection, and maximize operational efficiency. | $75M | Series F | May 20, 2020 |  |
| NS1 | NS1 is an internet company that provides accurate control over application delivery that values interaction with customers. They build the world’s most intelligent DNS and traffic management technologies, enabling their customers to take unparalleled control over their traffic and infrastructure as conditions change in application environments andacross the global network.They're relentlessly focused on helping their customers succeed in their digital transformation initiatives. Their platform is 100% API driven and DevOps is in their DNA. Through native integrations with leading DevOps tools and vendors, NS1 is removing the barriers to full infrastructure automation.NS1's comprehensive platform technology leverages infrastructure, application, and network data to make intelligent routing decisions in real-time, ensuring optimal application performance and reliability. The company's platform is delivered through its world-class Managed DNS Network for customers including Imgur, MaxCDN, DropBox, SalesForce, and many more. | $33M | Series C | Oct 03, 2019 |  |
| Aliro Technologies | Aliro Quantum, The Quantum Networking Company™, offers AliroNet™ to emulate, pilot, and deploy entanglement-based quantum networks that are capable of running a wide variety of applications from secure communications to clustered quantum computing and distributed quantum sensing. Aliro, spun out of NarangLab at Harvard University, includesworld-class experts in quantum and classical networking and is leading the charge in quantum network development by offering the foundational technologies needed for organizations around the world to build scalable and powerful distributed quantum systems. AliroNet™ users include utility companies, telecommunications providers, public sector organizations, enterprises, and researchers who are simulating, designing, piloting, orchestrating, and building the world's first entanglement-based quantum networks.Aliro also works with industry and academic partners through the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C), the NSF Center for Quantum Networks (CQN), and the NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute Hybrid Quantum Architectures and Networks (HQAN). Additionally, Aliro is involved in several quantum networking standards groups at IEEE and QED-C. | $2.7M | Seed | Sep 19, 2019 |  |
| Valimail | Valimail is the global leader in zero-trust email security. The company’s full line of cloud-native solutions authenticate sender identity to stop phishing, protect brands, and ensure compliance; they are used by organizations ranging from neighborhood shops to some of the world's largest organizations, including Uber, Splunk, Yelp, FannieMae, Mercedes Benz USA, and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Valimail is the fastest growing DMARC solution, with the most domains at DMARC enforcement, and is the premier DMARC partner for Microsoft 365 environments. | $25M | Series B | May 22, 2018 |  |
| FiEE | Minim® (OTCQB: MINM) is the creator of innovative internet access products that dependably connect people to the information they need and the people they love. Headquartered in Manchester, NH, the company delivers smart software-driven communications products under the globally recognized Motorola® brand. Minim end users benefit from apersonalized and secure WiFi experience, leading to happy and safe homes where things just work. | $2.5M | Seed | Apr 30, 2018 |  |
| BetterCloud | The SaaS Operations leader: Transform employee experience, centralize data protection, and maximize operational efficiency. | $60M | Series E | Apr 05, 2018 |  |
| NS1 | NS1 is an internet company that provides accurate control over application delivery that values interaction with customers. They build the world’s most intelligent DNS and traffic management technologies, enabling their customers to take unparalleled control over their traffic and infrastructure as conditions change in application environments andacross the global network.They're relentlessly focused on helping their customers succeed in their digital transformation initiatives. Their platform is 100% API driven and DevOps is in their DNA. Through native integrations with leading DevOps tools and vendors, NS1 is removing the barriers to full infrastructure automation.NS1's comprehensive platform technology leverages infrastructure, application, and network data to make intelligent routing decisions in real-time, ensuring optimal application performance and reliability. The company's platform is delivered through its world-class Managed DNS Network for customers including Imgur, MaxCDN, DropBox, SalesForce, and many more. | $20M |  | Sep 07, 2017 |  |

10 of 61 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Battery Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/battery-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Globespan Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/globespan-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Highland Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/highland-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Commonwealth Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commonwealth-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Tribeca Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tribeca-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About FiEE

VC Fund · Manchester, United States

Minim® (OTCQB: MINM) is the creator of innovative internet access products that dependably connect people to the information they need and the people they love. Headquartered in Manchester, NH, the company delivers smart software-driven communications products under the globally recognized Motorola® brand. Minim end users benefit from apersonalized and secure WiFi experience, leading to happy and safe homes where things just work.

5 contacts available at FiEE.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jeremy Hitchcock | Founder / Exec Chair | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-hitchcock |
| Andy Piggott | SVP Customer Success | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-piggott |
| David Aronoff | Board Member, Investor & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-aronoff |
| John D'Amato | SVP Finance | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-damato |
| John Lauten | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-lauten |

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## FAQ

### What does David Aronoff invest in?

David Aronoff invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Mobile startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 61 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did David Aronoff last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Aronoff closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 61 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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