# David Li

> David Li is a seed investor at Avanta Ventures backing Consulting. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Avanta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avanta-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2023
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidjli/

David Li is a principal at Avanta Ventures.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Consulting | 2 | 67% |
| Risk Management | 2 | 67% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 67% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 33% |
| Geospatial | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Exponential Exchange | Exponential Exchange is designing contemporary commodities and brokered financial products. | $7.4M | Seed | Jul 26, 2023 | https://www.exponentialexchange.com |
| Exponential Markets | Exponential Markets is developing a series of next-generation tradable financial instruments designed to offer new levels of hedging capabilities and risk management for participants in a variety of asset classes. The company's first product, the Exponential Used Vehicle Index (Bloomberg ticker: AUTO), is a first-of-its-kind tradable index forthe automotive sector that allows rental car companies, auto insurers, and auto lessors to hedge used vehicle price risk. The company's product roadmap includes cash-settled index derivatives for new and underserved markets, in addition to exploration of smart market applications. | $8.8M | Seed | Jul 26, 2023 | https://www.exponentialmarkets.com |
| Airspace Link | Airspace Link digitizes local airspace for urban air mobility. It provides government, citizen, and business drone solutions to support local government airspace management, fostering citizen empowerment, and business innovation through consumer and b2b air logistical support and services. It was founded in 2018 and is based in Detroit, Michigan. | $23M | Series B | Jun 22, 2022 | https://airspacelink.com/ |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Autotech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/autotech-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MaC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mac-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [2048 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2048-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Altos Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altos-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Detroit Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/detroit-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Indicator Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/indicator-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Avanta Ventures

VC Fund · Mountain View, United States

Avanta Ventures is a venture capital that provides time, resources, and industry expertise for insurtech sector. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Mountain View, California, United States.Avanta Studios’ 3 month program provides funding and a B2B engagement focused curriculum geared to meet participants where they are and helpaccelerate product market fit. During the program, participants will engage with curated subject matter experts, both internal from within CSAA and external, to put their learnings to the test.

4 contacts available at Avanta Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sanjiv Parikh | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sanjiv-parikh |
| Stephen Bernardez | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-bernardez |
| David Li | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-li-f28d |
| Esther Eller | Principal, Head of Avanta Studios | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/esther-eller |

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## FAQ

### What does David Li invest in?

David Li invests primarily in Consulting, Risk Management and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact David Li?

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### When did David Li last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Li closed in Jul 2023. Shizune tracks 3 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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