# David Gutelius

> David Gutelius is a seed investor at Motiva AI backing Big Data and B2B. See 2 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Motiva AI
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gutelius
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/gutelius
- Website: https://about.me/gutelius
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/david.gutelius

David Gutelius is a seed investor at Motiva AI in Palo Alto focused on Big Data and B2B. David Gutelius - Co Founder & CEO @ Motiva AI

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Big Data | 2 | 100% |
| B2B | 1 | 50% |
| AgTech | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Data Guild | The Data Guild is a venture studio based in San Francisco, California. They help to bring data-driven products to market - whether via spinouts from the Guild itself, by working in the trenches alongside portfolio company teams, or in concert with strategic partners. They work in healthcare, life sciences, renewable energy, and climate change –complex sectors whose needs are not well-served by the existing venture ecosystem, and in which finding innovative solutions and bringing them to market is crucial for the health and sustainability of their planet and society. |  | Seed | May 01, 2018 |  |
| BrightFunnel | BrightFunnel generates predictive, actionable revenue insights for B2B marketers. For the first time, CMOs and their teams can understand the future revenue impact of each decision, and align marketing plans with business priorities. Because BrightFunnel is predictive from day one, we help you not only prove results, but also plan future actions.The BrightFunnel marketing intelligence platform includes revenue analytics & forecasting, attribution and benchmarking. | $670K | Angel | Jan 31, 2014 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Silicon Valley Data Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silicon-valley-data-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Motiva AI

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Motiva is artificial intelligence for marketing, bringing machine learning to creating lasting customer relationships. It powers a new kind of customer-centric engagement for modern marketers everywhere by uncovering audiences who are most receptive to messages at a point in time.The company is on a mission to bring people together throughconversation. Whether B2B or B2C, Motiva supports the creation of personalized customer experiences that lead to results. It combines deep experience in artificial intelligence, analytics, and large scale data mining together with beautiful design to create a new class of product for marketing and customer engagement.

3 contacts available at Motiva AI.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Gutelius | Co Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-gutelius |
| Matt Hill | VP Product | — |
| Paul Lam | VP Engineering | — |

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## FAQ

### What does David Gutelius invest in?

David Gutelius invests primarily in Big Data, B2B and AgTech startups, most often at Seed and Angel 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 Gutelius last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Gutelius closed in May 2018. 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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