# David Gorodyansky

> David Gorodyansky is a seed investor backing Social and CivicTech. See 2 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2013
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgorodyansky/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/AnchorFreeDavid
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/david.gorodyansky?fref=ts

David Gorodyansky is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Social and CivicTech. Founder of AnchorFree Inc, David has been profiled among America's Most Promising CEO's by Forbes, selected by Inc magazine among the top 30 CEO's Under 30 years old, profiled by Fortune, nominated for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and named one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs. Davidbuilt AnchorFree into a global leader in consumer privacy, security, and Internet Freedom with more than 650 million users downloading AnchorFree's Hotspot Shield app globally. AnchorFree has played a role in some of the world's most important events protecting millions of people from security and privacy breaches and disrupting censorship. AnchorFree has been selected by Forbes among America's Most Promising Companies and among the Most Important Security Start-ups by Business Insider. In 2019, Fast Company named AnchorFree the 13th most innovative company in the world and the #1 most innovative security company. David raised $358 million in four financing rounds for AnchorFree from investors including WNDRCO, Accel, 8VC, SignalFire, Goldman Sachs and other bluechip investors. David is an active investor passionate about start-ups with a social mission focused on solving real world billion person problems. David is an investor and Board member @ www.GlobeIn.com (a marketplace connecting artisans from remote regions to global markets), an investor in Modern Meadow (a Company focused on engineering cultured leather and meat from stem cells to solve global food challenges), an investor in Pager (enabling doctor house visits - uber for doctors), an investor in ZecOps (enabling enterprise security), and an investor in #ChicagoGirl documentary which won the Amnesty International Award and awards at the Amsterdam & Berlin film festivals (the movie is about a 19 year old Syrian girl from Chicago using technology to play a role in the Syrian revolution). In 2012 David met with the US Supreme Court Justices as part of being selected for an award with the Academy of Achievement and later with three former US Secretaries of State: Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright, and Henry Kissinger.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Social | 1 | 50% |
| CivicTech | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |
| Employment | 1 | 50% |
| Recruiting | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Venturocket | As the maxim goes, getting a job is all about who people know, about getting their foot in the door. Venturocket introduces job seekers to the actual hiring mangers who have the jobs they want in a casual and informal way based on skills and experience, much like a dating site.Venturocket's API can also integrate with 3rd party partnersites, adding their matching and filtering technology as an additional layer on top of their existing features.Venturocket was founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $700K | Series A | Jul 18, 2013 | http://www.venturocket.com |
| GlobeIn | GlobeIn is an online marketplace and offline community of artisans, travelers, buyers, sellers, storytellers and explorers around the world. It’s a living atlas of crafts. | $1.1M | Seed | Feb 28, 2013 | https://globein.com |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Runa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/runa-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Steel Storage Shelves](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/talent-equity-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does David Gorodyansky invest in?

David Gorodyansky invests primarily in Social, CivicTech and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did David Gorodyansky last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Gorodyansky closed in Jul 2013. Shizune tracks 2 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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