# David Jeske

> David Jeske is a seed investor at Asana backing Software and Apps. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Asana
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Apr 2014
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-jeske-a028

David Jeske is a seed investor at Asana in San Francisco focused on Software and Apps. David Jeske - Board Advisor @ Asana

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$3.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 50% |
| Apps | 3 | 38% |
| Education | 3 | 38% |
| Internet | 2 | 25% |
| MMO Games | 2 | 25% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 88% |
| Angel | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 88% |
| Canada | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Talkwheel | Talkwheel is where you discuss what you are passionate about in life. We are ushering in the new days of mobile conversation. Want to argue over who has the cutest pet, debate politics, or talk about the Giants during the game? Talkwheel is the app for that!Instead of tweeting and getting no response, write in Talkwheel and find fellowaficionados to have meaningful conversations around topics you care about. Unlike most mobile forums, Talkwheel believes that forums don’t have to be ugly to be functional. That’s why we’ve designed a beautiful mobile app with you, the user, as the focal point. You can even continue the conversation at your desktop at social.talkwheel.com! |  | Seed | Apr 16, 2014 |  |
| Parakweet | Parakweet was founded in 2010 by Ramesh Haridas and Kiam Choo. Parakweet builds innovative products to extract information from the real time web. Parakweet's first product in this space revolves around helping users find relevant shopping deals in real time. | $2M | Seed | Jun 18, 2013 |  |
| LocoMobi | LocoMobi is reinventing parking technology. LocoMobi is the only provider of unified physical, mobile and cloud-based parking technology. LocoMobi provides complete parking revenue and access control systems as are traditionally available, but all of which are connected in real-time to cloud-based servers and integrated with license platerecognizing cameras. LocoMobi is the result of a recent merger between QuickPay and Nautical Technologies. QuickPay provides users a unified mobile payment application that works across all types of parking environments and scenarios. Nautical Technologies was the very first company to offer a cloud-based license plate recognition (LPR) system with a complete revenue engine that also provides a management system for virtual permitting systems, violation and citation management. With these two innovators merging into one company we can now offer a full and ideal parking solution by combining the best integrated parking systems. | $3.5M | Seed | May 01, 2012 |  |
| ClassDojo | ClassDojo is a school communication platform that teachers, students, and families use to build close-knit communities. It connects teachers with students and parents to build amazing classroom communities and instantly share photos, videos, and announcements on Class Story, or privately message with any parent. It aims to bring communitiestogether and give kids a learning experience they love.ClassDojo was founded in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $1.6M | Seed | Jan 31, 2012 |  |
| CoderBuddy | CoderBuddy is focused on solving the problem of the shortage of software development talent and capacity. CoderBuddy's first offering lets people create and publish application and web sites on Google's servers easily and for free, working with Google App Engine. |  | Seed | Oct 01, 2011 |  |
| Elevate Labs | Elevate Labs is on a mission to improve people's minds.Since 2014, we’ve helped millions of people around the world learn and improve concrete cognitive skills in reading, writing, and math through Elevate, our first mobile app which has won Apple's App of the Year Award. With Balance, our second mobile app and Google's Best Appof 2021, we’ve personalized meditation to help more people reduce stress, improve sleep, sharpen focus, and much more. Elevate Labs is a fully distributed company of voracious learners and passionate doers, driven by our vision to help billions of people lead healthy, joyful, and productive lives. We intentionally invest in cultivating a robust and healthy company culture and providing a stellar employee experience and are honored to be selected as one of Built In's 2022 Best Places to Work.If our mission resonates with you, please consider applying for our open roles! | $1.2M | Seed | Mar 09, 2011 |  |
| The Mind Company | Elevate is a new type of cognitive training tool designed to build communication and analytical skills. Members are provided with a personalized game-based training program that adjusts over time based on performance. Elevate has been selected by Apple as the App of the Year for 2014 and by Google Play for Editor's Choice. Since launching inMay 2014, Elevate has been downloaded more than 21 million times on the App Store and Google Play. | $1.2M | Seed | Mar 09, 2011 |  |
| Asana | Asana is a computer software company that specializes in the fields of work management and productivity. It helps teams orchestrate their work, from small projects to strategic initiatives. Asana service is a web and mobile work management platform designed to help teams organize, track, and manage work. Teams can create projects, assign tasks, setdeadlines, and communicate directly . | $1.2M | Angel | Apr 01, 2009 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accelerator Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerator-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Collaborative Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collaborative-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dreamit Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dreamit-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eniac Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eniac-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Felicis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/felicis-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Asana

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Asana is a computer software company that specializes in the fields of work management and productivity. It helps teams orchestrate their work, from small projects to strategic initiatives. Asana service is a web and mobile work management platform designed to help teams organize, track, and manage work. Teams can create projects, assign tasks, setdeadlines, and communicate directly .

5 contacts available at Asana.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anna Binder | Head of People Operations | — |
| Anne Raimondi | Chief Operating Officer & Head of Business | — |
| David Jeske | Board Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-jeske |
| Oliver Jay | Head of Global Revenue & Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oliver-jay |
| Sonalee Parekh | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sonalee-parekh |

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## FAQ

### What does David Jeske invest in?

David Jeske invests primarily in Software, Apps and Education startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is David Jeske's check size?

David Jeske typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$3.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds David Jeske participates in.

### How do I contact David Jeske?

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### When did David Jeske last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Jeske closed in Apr 2014. Shizune tracks 8 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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