# David Pottruck

> David Pottruck is a seed investor at Grovara backing B2B and Apps. See 7 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Grovara
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Mar 2021
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dave-pottruck/8/850/ab8

David Pottruck is a seed investor at Grovara in San Francisco focused on B2B and Apps. David Pottruck has been a director of Intel since 1998 and is Chairman of the Compensation Committee of the Board. Pottruck is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Red Eagle Ventures, Inc., a San Francisco private equity firm.Pottruck also serves as a Senior Fellow in the Wharton School of Business Center for Leadership and ChangeManagement.In July of 2004, Pottruck resigned after a 20-year career having served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of the Charles Schwab Corporation.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 14% |
| Apps | 1 | 14% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| EdTech | 1 | 14% |
| Mobile | 1 | 14% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 29% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 29% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Series C | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Grovara | Grovara is the 1st B2B Global Marketplace for US Wellness Brands, connecting natural and organic brands with international retailers.Our marketplace connects wellness brands and global retailers on a single B2B platform, streamlines the entire product discovery, order processing and fulfilment for export, while empowering brands and retailerswith wellness focused insights-driven data to accelerate growth and scale. | $5.5M | Seed | Mar 24, 2021 |  |
| Copia | Every day in America, they waste 3X more food than there are mouths to feed. It is not a lack of food that is the issue, but rather an ineffective distribution of that food. Hunger is not a scarcity problem, it's a logistics problem. For the first time ever, they can effectively donate prepared and highly perishable food to those who need itwhen they need it most. Copia is a for-profit company that has built technology allowing food donors (e.g., food management companies like corporate cafeterias, universities, hospitals, grocers, caterers etc.) to easily request pickups of their surplus food, have it matched, and safely delivered to non-profits in need. With Copia, partnering businesses can now seamlessly access significant tax savings, dramatically reduce food waste through data and analytics on surplus, and remove CO2 from the atmosphere, all while feeding the neediest in their community.We have saved nearly 5M pounds of edible food from ending up in the landfills and provided savings of over $14M for the businesses and nonprofits we serve. We operate nationwide and are on our way to feeding over 4 million people with great food that would have otherwise been wasted! | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 15, 2019 |  |
| BEGiN | BEGiN is an education technology company that creates learning products to bring children quality education. The company leverages talents in technology, education, and entertainment to create learning programs that cultivate the critical skills children need to succeed in the future. BEGiN’s all-inclusive offering includes HOMER, KidPass, andcodeSpark Academy. BEGiN is backed by recognized names in early childhood development, including LEGO Ventures, Sesame Workshop, and Gymboree Play & Music. BEGiN was co-founded by Neal Shenoy, Noelle Millholt, and Stephanie Dua and is one of Crain’s 100 Best Places to Work in New York City. | $12.5M | Series B | May 09, 2016 |  |
| Copia | Every day in America, they waste 3X more food than there are mouths to feed. It is not a lack of food that is the issue, but rather an ineffective distribution of that food. Hunger is not a scarcity problem, it's a logistics problem. For the first time ever, they can effectively donate prepared and highly perishable food to those who need itwhen they need it most. Copia is a for-profit company that has built technology allowing food donors (e.g., food management companies like corporate cafeterias, universities, hospitals, grocers, caterers etc.) to easily request pickups of their surplus food, have it matched, and safely delivered to non-profits in need. With Copia, partnering businesses can now seamlessly access significant tax savings, dramatically reduce food waste through data and analytics on surplus, and remove CO2 from the atmosphere, all while feeding the neediest in their community.We have saved nearly 5M pounds of edible food from ending up in the landfills and provided savings of over $14M for the businesses and nonprofits we serve. We operate nationwide and are on our way to feeding over 4 million people with great food that would have otherwise been wasted! | $3.1M | Seed | Mar 22, 2016 |  |
| CorpU | CorpU brings a powerful new way to connect people to solve problems, generate ideas, teach and learn, and capture knowledge. Its Virtual Learning Communities integrate social media, web 2.0, cloud computing, and mobile technologies to seamlessly connect employees anytime, from anywhere, and on any device. | $4.5M |  | Sep 26, 2012 |  |
| Revolution Money | Revolution Money is a financial services company with the goal of disrupting incumbent credit companies and PayPal. Revolution Money's credit card, the RevolutionCard, differs from other credit cards by using PIN-activation, rather than signatures This allows the card to be printed without any personally identifying information, which thecompany claims helps to reduce identity theft. The card transactions are also processed on an internet-based system, allowing the company to drastically reduce its processing fees. Revolution Money's other main service is MoneyExchange, which pretty much does what one would think -- let users transfer money between one another -- but, uniquely, a MoneyExchange account holders can use a Revolution Money Debit/ATM card so money can be accessed at stores or withdrawn from ATMs. Transfers between Revolution Money account holders are free.Revolution Money is partially owned by Revolution, LLC, an investment firm and holding company owned by AOL-founder Steve Case. The company's board also boasts an impressive number of financial luminaries, including Lawrence Summers, former US Secretary of the Treasury; Franklin Raines, former CEO of Fannie Mae; Russell Hogg, former President and CEO of MasterCard; David Pottruck, former CEO of Charles Schwab; and David Golden, former Vice Chairman of JPMorgan. | $42M | Series C | Apr 06, 2009 |  |
| Garage Technology Ventures | GARAGE TECHNOLOGY VENTURES is a seed-stage and early-stage venture capital fund. They invest in entrepreneurial teams seeking to transform big ideas into game-changing companies.They invest in unproven teams attacking unproven markets with unproven solutions. They not interested in teams creating the nth solution to the same old problem norcompanies trying to improve things by only 10 or 20 percent. | $27M |  | Feb 08, 2000 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Structure Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/structure-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Eucalyptus Burlingame LLC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eucalyptus-burlingame-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Maples Burlingame LLC — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [8VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Advancit Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advancit-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alps Investing Holdings LLC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alps-investing-holdings-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Grovara

VC Fund · Philadelphia, United States

Grovara is the 1st B2B Global Marketplace for US Wellness Brands, connecting natural and organic brands with international retailers.Our marketplace connects wellness brands and global retailers on a single B2B platform, streamlines the entire product discovery, order processing and fulfilment for export, while empowering brands and retailerswith wellness focused insights-driven data to accelerate growth and scale.

5 contacts available at Grovara.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Pottruck | Executive chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-pottruck |
| Abu Kamara | CEO & Co-founder | — |
| Akiva Resnikoff | Consultant | — |
| Charlie Knight | Sales Director UK & IRE | — |
| Peter Groverman | Chief Innovation Officer, Co-Founder, and Vice-Chairman | — |

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## FAQ

### What does David Pottruck invest in?

David Pottruck invests primarily in B2B, Apps and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did David Pottruck last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Pottruck closed in Mar 2021. Shizune tracks 7 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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