# David Rangel

> David Rangel is a seed investor at Merus Capital backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Merus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/merus-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidrangel/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/imdavidrangel
- Website: https://x.com/imdavidrangel

David Rangel is a seed investor at Merus Capital in San Francisco focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. David has over 14 years of experience in the software and Internet industries as a founder, investor, and executive. He is currently COO at Corona Labs, where he heads up all marketing, business development and operations. Previously, he was the founder and CEO of Daily Gourmet, Director of Merchant Services at Groupon and a Principal at MKCapital, an early stage technology venture capital firm. David first worked with the Merus team when he joined the Corporate Strategy Group at Microsoft, where he worked for 3.5 years and led teams developing new growth opportunities in the US and China. A native of Mexico, David has an MBA from the University of Chicago and degrees in Computer Science and Economics from Northwestern University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 75% |
| Software | 5 | 63% |
| SaaS | 3 | 38% |
| Developer Tools | 3 | 38% |
| Natural Language Processing | 3 | 38% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 63% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

### Country

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Theneo | Next-Gen API Documentation with AI Brilliance. Generate Stripe-like API docs in just a few seconds |  |  | Nov 15, 2023 |  |
| Medsien | Medsien offers comprehensive remote care management services powered by artificial intelligence, integrating various care management programs into a single platform. The company focuses on enhancing patient engagement and outcomes through personalized support and streamlined operations. Medsien's technology enables healthcare providers toefficiently manage chronic care, remote patient monitoring, and related services, ultimately improving the patient experience. | $4.3M | Seed | Jun 21, 2022 |  |
| Emi Labs | At Emi we are on a mission to increase Frontline Workers’ access to professional opportunities. This is a population that accounts for +70% of the world’s workforce. They are digitally invisible, as there’s little to no data available on who they are, their career history, or their skill set, limiting their access to professional opportunities andgrowth. We're here to transform this by building the infrastructure to make Frontline Workers visible.Our first step to achieving our mission is to transform the recruiting experience into an easy, human and fair process, for both candidates and companies with high-volume job openings. Emi, our main product, is an A.I. recruitment assistant that enables companies to engage in a conversation with each applicant to detect interested and qualified individuals while saving Recruiters a huge amount of time by automating tasks such as screening, validating skills, scheduling interviews, and collecting documents.We operate with a remote-first culture with office hubs in Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and San Francisco. | $11M | Series A | Feb 24, 2022 |  |
| NeuralSpace | At NeuralSpace, we make language AI accessible, secure, and accurate across 100+ languages and dialects.Our enterprise APIs empower businesses with superior speech & text AI capabilities for Arabic and Indic languages, promising unparalleled precision, robust data privacy, and limitless scalability.NeuralSpace's technology has infiniteapplications across diverse sectors. Explore our product portfolio and platform services on our website or connect with our experts for tailored solutions to your business needs.Discover more: www.neuralspace.ai sales@neuralspace.ai | $1.7M | Seed | Feb 22, 2022 |  |
| Nixtla | At Nixtla, we are committed to unlocking the potential of data and extending the revolutionary algorithms that fuel advanced AI systems. Our mission is to democratize the future. We provide businesses of all sizes, across all industries, with state-of-the-art forecasting tools that enable them to reduce uncertainty and make data-driven decisions.With Nixtla, you can implement cutting-edge forecasting and advanced anomaly detection, irrespective of your team's size or technical expertise. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Sep 14, 2021 |  |
| Goodcall | Goodcall is a phone assistant for local shops and services automating 125,000+ calls monthly for 5,000+ US businesses across all verticals. Originating from Google’s Area120 incubator and headquartered in Cupertino, California, the Goodcall team is delivering voice AI typically reserved for large enterprises to all 32M main street businesses.Customers depend on Goodcall’s phone assistant AI to augment scarce human labor by automating customer queries and transactions at scale: impacting efficiency and revenue. The platform is integrated and partnered with Yelp, Wix and Google to drive acquisition and enable no-code setup in just a few minutes. Try it yourself at Goodcall.com. | $4M | Seed | Sep 01, 2021 |  |
| Goodcall AI Inc | Founded in 2021 by former Google Speech AI leader Bob Summers, Goodcall is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The company’s AI Phone Agent platform transforms how businesses manage customer calls, automating millions of conversations and ensuring that no customer opportunity is missed. Trusted by thousands of businesses and partners likeGoogle, Microsoft, and Yelp, Goodcall delivers cutting-edge, natural, and responsive voice AI solutions that set a new standard in customer service for small and large in-house call centers. |  | Seed | Sep 01, 2021 |  |
| AVATOUR | Avatour is the remote collaboration platform for on-site meetings. Combining full-motion 360° capture with real-time communication, Avatour provides remote users with full spatial context, enabling more effective collaboration with on-site personnel. Customers include Thermo Fisher, Colgate-Palmolive, and the FAA. | $2.9M | Seed | May 19, 2021 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [75 & Sunny](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/75-sunny) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Neo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Foothill Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tsingyuan-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Xoogler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xoogler) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Merus Capital

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Merus Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm founded by former M&A leaders at Google and Microsoft. Merus empowers ambitious teams building tomorrow’s industry-defining platforms. The firm partners with founders that possess unique industry and customer insights, an unwavering commitment to product innovation, and a relentless focus onexecution.

5 contacts available at Merus Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brad Stein | Operating Partner and CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brad-stein |
| Erin Lockhart | Partner, Marketing and Investor Relations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erin-lockhart |
| Salman Ullah | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/salman-ullah |
| Antonio Cordoba | Partner - Langre Tech Growth Fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antonio-gim%C3%A9nez-de-c%C3%B3rdoba |
| David Rangel | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-rangel |

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## FAQ

### What does David Rangel invest in?

David Rangel invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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.

### When did David Rangel last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Rangel closed in Nov 2023. 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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