# David Humphrey

> David Humphrey is a seed investor at Bain Capital (Boston) backing Apps and Mobile. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bain Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Aug 2020
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-humphrey-963a0312

David Humphrey is a seed investor at Bain Capital in Boston focused on Apps and Mobile. David Humphrey is the Partner and Co-Head of North America Private Equity at Bain Capital since September 2001. Prior to joining Bain Capital, David was an Investment Banker in Lehman Brothers’ mergers & acquisitions group. David received an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar and a Henry Ford II Scholar. Davidgraduated cum laude with an A.B. degree in Economics from Harvard College.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |
| mHealth | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Marketing | 1 | 25% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nutanix | Founded in 2009, Nutanix is the first company to offer a radically simple compute and storage infrastructure for implementing enterprise-class virtualization without complex and expensive network storage (SAN or NAS)Built on architectural techniques employed in core infrastructure systems at Google, Nutanix Complete Cluster's convergedcompute and storage architecture can scale to manage petabytes of data while running thousands of virtual machines and aims to disrupt the multi-billion dollar virtualization industry.Since emerging from stealth mode in April 2011, Nutanix has raised $71 million in three funding rounds from top tier VCs that include Kholsa Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Goldman Sachs, Battery Ventures, and Blumberg Capital. Nutanix has been named to Gigaom's Top 50 Cloud Innovators list and won the 2011 Best of VMworld Gold award. | $750M | Post-IPO Debt | Aug 27, 2020 |  |
| GlimpzIt | GlimpzIt is a machine-learning platform for marketers, not data scientists. We analyze unstructured data (pictures, videos and text) using Machine Learning enabling companies to auto create marketing content that appeals to customers on a truly emotional level. | $1.1M | Seed | Mar 11, 2015 |  |
| Validic | Validic is the healthcare industry's premier technology platform for convenient, easy data access to a world of mobile health and in-home devices, fitness equipment, clinical sensors, activity wearables, smart bands, and wellness applications. Founded in 2010, Validic is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. | $760K | Seed | Aug 15, 2013 |  |
| Qwiqq | QWIQQ is the fastest, easiest way for local merchants to sell socially. Create a post, enable PayPal and then instantly share it to Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Email & SMS, all from your iPhone. | $1M | Seed | Oct 31, 2012 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Tech Wildcatters](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tech-wildcatters) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Founders' Co-op](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-co-op) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Seattle Angel Conference](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seattle-angel-conference) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Bain Capital

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Bain Capital is a multi-asset alternative investment firm with assets under management and operates business units that create value through private equity, public equity, credit, and venture capital across multiple sectors and industries.

5 contacts available at Bain Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amanda Zajac | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amanda-zajac-6a8e |
| David Humphrey | Partner and Co-Head of North America Private Equity | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-humphrey |
| Elena Lieskovska | Partner on the Special Situations team | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elena-lieskovska |
| Adam Koppel | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-koppel |
| Ajay Mantha | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajay-mantha |

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## FAQ

### What does David Humphrey invest in?

David Humphrey invests primarily in Apps, Mobile and mHealth startups, most often at Seed and Post-IPO Debt stage. Most of the 4 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 Humphrey last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Humphrey closed in Aug 2020. Shizune tracks 4 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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