# David Mazières

> David Mazières is a startup investor at Stanford University (San Francisco). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Stanford University](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stanford-university)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-mazi%C3%A8res-20a92924/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/dmazieres

David Mazières is a startup investor at Stanford University in San Francisco. David Mazieres joined Stellar Development Foundation as Chief Scientist, Co-founder in 2014. David Mazières is a professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, where he leads the Secure Computer Systems research group. He also serves as Chief Scientist at Stellar Development Foundation, and is a founder of Intrinsic, Inc. Prof. Mazièresreceived a BS in Computer Science from Harvard in 1994 and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 2000. Prof. Mazières’s research interests include Operating Systems and Distributed Systems, with a particular focus on security. Some of the projects he and his students have worked on include SFS (a self-certifying network file system), SUNDR (a file system that introduced the notion of fork linearizability), Kademlia (a widely used peer-to-peer routing algorithm), Coral (a peer-to-peer content distribution network), HiStar (a secure operating system based on decentralized information flow control), tcpcrypt (a TCP option providing forward-secure encryption), Hails (a web framework that can preserve privacy while incorporating untrusted third-party apps), Dune (a driver granting linux processes safe access to privileged CPU features), and COWL (an information-flow-control-based browser security architecture). Prof. Mazières has several awards including an Oakland distinguished paper award (2014), Sloan award (2002), USENIX best paper award (2001), NSF CAREER award (2001), MIT Sprowls best thesis in computer science award (2000).

## About Stanford University

VC Fund · Stanford, United States

Stanford University is a teaching and research university that focuses on graduate programs in law, medicine, education, and business. Few colleges can match the breadth, excellence, and prestige of Stanford’s academics, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The university is organized into seven schools: Business, Earth Sciences,Education, Engineering, Humanities and Sciences, Law, and Medicine Student life at Stanford is quite active, due in part to the 11,000+ students living on campus. Art is a strong presence at Stanford, fostered by Stanford Lively Arts, the Cantor Center for Visual Arts, and numerous student clubs and organizations. Stanford also features extensive athletic programs, including more than 35 varsity sports and about 20 clubs sports. In order to maintain its high standards, Stanford University has extremely selective admissions. The university admits undergraduates based on a combination of academic achievement, intellectual curiosity, and personal experience. Graduate admissions criteria and application procedures vary based on the program of study. Undergraduates at Stanford have access to a variety of financial aid opportunities, including institutional scholarships, grants from the government, and student employment. Graduate students can receive financial aid through fellowships and grants, but funding is typically not available for master’s students.

5 contacts available at Stanford University.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Audrey Maclean | Consulting Associate Professor, School of Eng. | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/audrey-maclean |
| Badr Al-Rumaih | Graduate Research Assistant, Stanford Wave Physics Lab | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/badr-al-rumaih |
| Carolyn Bertozzi | Professor of chemistry | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carolyn-bertozzi |
| Christopher Field | Perry L. McCarty Director, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-field-eb2e |
| Chuck Eesley | Associate Professor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chuck-eesley |

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