David Mes
Managing Partner @ Off the Grid Ventures
San Francisco, United States
David Mes is a seed investor at Off the Grid Ventures in San Francisco focused on Software and Financial Services. David is a Founder and Managing Partner at Off The Grid Ventures, a pre-seed and seed stage venture capital firm. Off The Grid Ventures backs "off the grid entrepreneurs", i.e. women and foreign/immigrant entrepreneurs, in the B2B Tech and Fintech arenas. These entrepreneurs are underserved when it comes to early-stage funding, andyet the diversity of their teams lead them to reach great heights. Prior to founding Off The Grid Ventures, David was a Managing Partner at Arc Venture Partners and a Senior Principal at Cipio Partners, both secondary direct venture capital firms. In these capacities, he led and managed investments in successful companies such as Airtight Networks, Broadbus (acquired by Motorola), Continuous Computing (acquired by Radisys), Danger (acquired by Microsoft), DisplayLink, Fortemedia, Impinj (NASDAQ: PI), Polychromix (acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific), PSS Systems (acquired by IBM), Tropos Networks (acquired by ABB), Verimatrix, and Voltage Security (acquired by Hewlett Packard).Previously, David was an investment manager at the NESBIC CTE Fund, a pan-European early-stage venture capital firm where he notably led the firm’s investments in Outsystems and Oxxio (acquired by Centrica). Before becoming a venture capitalist, David started his career as an investment banker for Lehman Brothers in London and Banque Paribas in Sao Paulo.David holds an MBA from Wharton, a Masters in Applied Economics from the IEP de Paris, a BA in Business Law from Sorbonne University and a BA in Political Sciences from the IEP de Paris.
- Total investments:
- 16
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries David Mes invests in
Stages David Mes invests in
Countries David Mes invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $727k–$4.5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (25%)
- Financial Services 3 (19%)
- SaaS 2 (13%)
- Mobile 2 (13%)
- FinTech 2 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 10 (63%)
- Series A 2 (13%)
- Angel 1 (6%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (6%)
- Convertible Note 1 (6%)
Country
- United States 10 (63%)
- Canada 2 (13%)
- Brazil 1 (6%)
- France 1 (6%)
- Estonia 1 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| AON3D is a manufacturer of high-temperature industrial 3D printers.The AON-M2, its flagship 3D printer, is a direct response to demands for hotter print conditions and the careful thermal control needed for producing strong and dimensionally stable parts from advanced materials. It offers an open filament platform that empowers users to choosethe right materials for their project and slash costs by avoiding expensive proprietary materials and license fees.Founders Andrew Walker, Randeep Singh, and Kevin Han established the company in 2015 in Montreal, Quebec. | $1.9M / Seed / Jun 01, 2019 | ||
| otto-js automates the hard work of managing script compliance for security frameworks like PCI DSS v4, SOC2, third-party risk, and client-side monitoring. Whether you're an ASV in need of backend gap solutions or a risk manager needing an easy solution to manage your new script compliance and security, otto provides Visibility, Protection andControl that provides covers the gaps in your script compliance auditing, justifications, policy enforcement, monitoring, protection and alerting. Keeping your scripts compliant by default and your evidence up to the minute. Integrates easily with compliance software, ASVs, CDNs, application security suites and PaaS ecommerce platforms. | $4.5M / Seed / Nov 26, 2018 | ||
| BaseVenture is an award-winning software company that develops innovative solutions in the areas of financial reporting, data visualization, and process management. BaseVenture works closely with fund managers, asset allocators, and fund administrators to improve investor satisfaction, automate their operations, and make smarter investmentdecisions. | $3M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 22, 2018 | ||
| Swarm Vision is used by Fortune 1000 companies and federal governments to drive rapid growth, with the workforce they already have. Swarm identifies the innovation talent already in their workforce, organizes it into stronger teams, develops it 10-20% in 8 weeks, and drives a culture of innovation.The Swarm Vision system is based on thecompany's groundbreaking research into serial, successful innovators around the world. | $500K / Pre-Seed / Feb 26, 2018 | ||
| RankMyApp develops an app store optimization tool, SEO for applications that enable users to get visibility, and organic downloads on the application stores. Its algorithm monitors and helps users to improve in the areas, including title, description, icon, screenshot, category, keyword, and competitor. Leandro Scalise founded RankMyApp in 2015.It has its headquarters in São Paulo in Brazil. | Seed / Dec 04, 2017 | ||
| Walnut Algorithms is a technology firm focused on applying the latest advances in data science and machine learning research to the financial markets.They combine advanced machine learning techniques with financial expertise to generate absolute return investment strategies. They develop sophisticated trading models able to continuously learn andimprove. The strategies are designed to identify meaningful patterns forming in the financial markets with high levels of confidence. They scale over numerous assets globally and intelligently self-adapt to changing market conditions.Walnut Algorithms will start managing third party assets from 2017. | $727K / Seed / Jun 16, 2017 | ||
| Jasper, formerly CreditStacks, is a financial service company that offers a credit card designed for professionals. Jasper uses technology to assess applicants holistically, so applicants may qualify for a premium Jasper Mastercard, issued by WebBank, even if they are just starting their credit journey.The company was founded in 2015 and isheadquartered in New York City, New York. | Seed / Jun 15, 2017 | ||
| Voxeet enables WebRTC with crystal clear 3D surround sound, audio, and video experience and is particularly optimized for a mobile user.Voxeet is now clearly positioned as the leading real-time collaboration platform (cPaaS) that enables WebRTC with the only highly secure, crystal clear 3D surround-sound, audio, and video experience. After beingnamed a Gartner Cool Vendor 2016, we were just recognized as the 2017 "Hot Vendor" in Unified Communications and Collaboration (watch 1 min video) by Aragon Research. Their API library also enables screen sharing, presentation mode, broadcasting, call recording, translation, messaging, scheduling, and more. | Seed / May 18, 2017 | ||
| SkyLights offers a cinematic VR on planes as passenger inflight entertainment. It enables passengers to tune out of their environment and escape their flight by enjoying premium cinematic entertainment using VR headsets. Skylights integrate content licensing deals, develops software and headsets, and integrates ground operations. All four aresold to airlines as a subscription service. The company is incorporated in the US, with headquarters in San Francisco, California. | $1.1M / Seed / Jan 10, 2017 | ||
| Witty is an online network for the entrepreneurs that showcases idea, project, and startup from around the world. | Angel / Dec 20, 2016 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Off the Grid Ventures
Off The Grid Ventures focuses on women and foreign/immigrant founders in B2B Tech and Fintech
Off the Grid Ventures Contacts
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Christopher Haire
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David Mes
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Mat Peyron
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Olivier Poissonnier
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FAQ
What does David Mes invest in?
David Mes invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does David Mes invest in?
David Mes typically joins rounds of $727k–$4.5M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not David Mes's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds David Mes took part in.
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When did David Mes last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for David Mes closed in Jun 2019. Shizune tracks 16 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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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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