# David Bohnett

> David Bohnett is a seed investor at Baroda Ventures (Beverly Hills) backing Travel and B2B. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Baroda Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baroda-ventures)
- Location: Beverly Hills, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/dcbohnett
- Website: https://x.com/dcbohnett

David Bohnett is a philanthropist and technology entrepreneur.​He is currently serving as Chairman of the David Bohnett Foundation, Chairman of the Board of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, Trustee to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Board Member of the California Community Foundation, and Trustee of amfAR (TheFoundation for AIDS Research) and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).In 1994, he founded Geocities, a media company that was once ranked one of the four most trafficked sites on the Web. Geocities became publicly traded on NASDAQ and was acquired by Yahoo!​David's prior investments include Xdrive.com, Wireimage.com, Stamps.com and LowerMyBills.com. He started his career with Accenture in Los Angeles. His earned an M.B.A in Finance from the University of Michigan and a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.​David's many awards and distinctions include Los Angeles Business Journal's Technology Leader of the Year, Time Digital's Top 50 Cyber Elite, and Entrepreneur of the Year for Southern California.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Travel | 2 | 29% |
| B2B | 1 | 14% |
| FinTech | 1 | 14% |
| Fitness | 1 | 14% |
| Leisure | 1 | 14% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 71% |
| India | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vestaboard | Vestaboard develops an internet-connected display intended to help design and provide information through wall-hanging screens. Vestaboard's product is a smart messaging display that can be controlled from anywhere, it takes automated updates from apps and can support enterprise-level solutions via the API, enabling commercial and residentialcostumers to share massages using a split-flap screen. | $5M | Seed | Aug 23, 2022 |  |
| finally | Back Office is a technology-based company that helps small businesses by automating their bookkeeping and accounting. It is a one-stop source for building a strong and vital company back office. Small and medium-sized businesses looking for administrative and operations services, including on-demand experts and back-office personnel turn to themfor help succeeding with their businesses each and every day.Back Office.co was founded in 2018 and is based in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States. | $11M | Series A | Mar 21, 2022 |  |
| finally | Back Office is a technology-based company that helps small businesses by automating their bookkeeping and accounting. It is a one-stop source for building a strong and vital company back office. Small and medium-sized businesses looking for administrative and operations services, including on-demand experts and back-office personnel turn to themfor help succeeding with their businesses each and every day.Back Office.co was founded in 2018 and is based in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States. | $85M | Debt Financing | Mar 21, 2022 |  |
| Moxie | Moxie provides a fitness platform with live and on-demand workouts, interactive coaching, workout tracking, and goal management. It connects users with fitness coaches and supports both at-home and hybrid studio training programs. | $2.1M | Pre-Seed | Aug 24, 2020 |  |
| Pepo | Pepo connects you with people who share your passions. Welcome to Pepo, a place where everyone has a story.Every day, thousands of people turn to Pepo to share their stories and connect with experts and enthusiasts. Travelers. Foodies. Fans. Politicos. Designers. Dog lovers. Gym fits. LGBTs. No matter their interests, Pepo connects userswith the people and voices that matter most to them.Pepo is the fastest easiest way to connect with people who share similar passions. On Pepo, users can create and join public, private, or secret live chats with people who share their interests.Users can add tags to their profiles to highlight their interests and expertise. Pepo matches users with other people who share related interests. Pepo offers live chats instantly with experts, fans, and people in the known. | $2.4M | Seed | Dec 06, 2016 |  |
| BLADE | BLADE is a technology-powered, short-distance aviation company committed to reducing travel friction by enabling cost-effective air transportation alternatives. They leverage their technology to enable travelers to utilize and enjoy air travel. BLADE arranges on-demand charter and scheduled flights across a diverse accessible fleet of helicopters,jets, turboprops, and seaplanes.BLADE operates in New York City, Long Island and the Hamptons, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington DC, and many other locations. | $6M | Seed | May 19, 2015 |  |
| ID90T | "ID90T is revolutionizing airline employee travel by providing online shopping, reservation and ticketing tools, employee-only deals and discounts, and easy-to-implement technology that results in significant cost savings for our airline clients and increased employee satisfaction." | $3M | Series B |  |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [GTMfund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gtmfund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [32 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/32-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [500 Fintech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-fintech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Active Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/active-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bridgid Coulter](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bridgid-coulter) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Burst Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/burst-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Baroda Ventures

VC Fund · Beverly Hills, United States

Baroda Ventures is a Los-Angeles-based venture capital firm that focuses on pre-seed and seed stage investments in the consumer internet, e-commerce, mobile, SaaS, and digital media industries. It prefers to invest in companies based in Los Angeles. It is also open to investments in later stage companies and companies in hardware, cleantech, andhealthcare sectors. The firm prefers to invest $0.1 million and $5 million.Baroda Ventures was founded by David C. Bohnett in 1998 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.

4 contacts available at Baroda Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Bohnett | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-bohnett |
| Liz Atherton | Controller | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liz-atherton |
| Paul Moore | Director of Special Projects | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-moore-4 |
| Peter Lee | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-lee |

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## FAQ

### What does David Bohnett invest in?

David Bohnett invests primarily in Travel, B2B and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 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 Bohnett last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Bohnett closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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