# David Schellhase

> David Schellhase is a Series A investor at Ballistic Ventures backing Software. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ballistic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ballistic-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jun 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-schellhase-209391

David Schellhase is a Series A investor at Ballistic Ventures in San Francisco focused on Software and Enterprise Software. David Schellhase is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Entrepreneur in Residence of Ballistic Ventures. David previously worked at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as Of Counsel. David Schellhase attended Cornell Law School.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| Legal | 1 | 17% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 50% |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Atrium LTS | Atrium builds products and services to help automate legal workflows, innovate new processes within law firms, and help firms identify and attract new clients. Its technology provides a better experience for legal clients than they previously thought possible, increasing communication and speed of service.The company collaborates withforward-thinking lawyers to help determine the direction and decisions for these products. | $10.5M | Series A | Jun 15, 2017 |  |
| People.ai | People.ai is an artificial intelligence (AI) platform for enterprise revenue.People.ai helps sales, marketing, and customer success teams uncover every revenue opportunity from every customer, by capturing all customer contacts, activity and engagement to drive actionable insights across all revenue teams.People.ai empowers sales leaders to bemore effective at managing their teams and growing revenue by giving them a complete picture of sales activities and leveraging AI to deliver sales performance analytics, personalized coaching, one-on-one feedback, and pipeline reviews.The People.ai platform identifies and targets the buying group, and gives marketers a clear visualization of whom sales has spoken with, and which campaign has been successful in each opportunity. Using this information, marketers are able to build personas and deal models in order to better target their marketing efforts and get better campaign ROI.Customer success and services teams use People.ai to ensure they are engaging with the right people when the customer is handed off to them, but more importantly, these post-sales teams are constantly looking to align their effort and activities with the right opportunities and customers, tracking the true cost to support each customer. | $7M | Series A | May 30, 2017 |  |
| Instawork | Instawork operates as a career marketplace for hospitality professionals. It is changing how traditional recruiting works for small businesses by turning the process into an automated matching solution. Its vision is to create economic opportunity for local businesses and professionals, globally. The company was founded in 2015 and isheadquartered in San Francisco, California. | $1.8M | Seed | Aug 01, 2015 |  |
| Pani Networks | Pani Networks provides the Romana Cloud network allowing users new security features on their cloud network. |  | Seed | Mar 01, 2015 |  |
| 500 Global | 500 Global offers an accelerator program designed to provide mentorship and resources to startup founders. It facilitates educational programs for investors and operates networking platforms to connect entrepreneurs with mentors and operators. The firm's activities include managing investment strategies focused on diverse geographic regionsand sectors. Through its infrastructure, the company supports the development of innovation ecosystems by providing access to capital and industry expertise. |  |  | Apr 02, 2013 |  |
| Zuora | Zuora provides cloud-based software on a subscription basis that enables companies in various industries to launch, manage, and transform into a subscription business. The firm offers Zuora Central platform that acts as an intelligent subscription management hub that automates the subscription order-to-cash process, including quoting, billing,collections, analytics, and revenue recognition. Its products include Zuora Billing, Zuora RevPro, Zuora CPQ, Zuora Insights, and Zuora Collect. Zuora caters to various industries comprising software, hardware, media, transportation, construction, healthcare, education, retail, Internet of Things, and others worldwide.It was founded in 2007 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. | $6.5M | Series A | Mar 13, 2008 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Outlander Fund I Archimedes](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arena-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Argonautic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/argonautic-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Benchmark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benchmark) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Caffeinated Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caffeinated-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chang Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chang-com-0014) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CSC Upshot](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/csc-upshot) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Ballistic Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Ballistic Ventures operates as a venture capital firm and offers the unparalleled benefit of an experienced, connected team that is focused on cybersecurity. They believe the essential step they can take today is to provide collective experience, network, and enthusiasm to the world's finest cybersecurity entrepreneurs.

5 contacts available at Ballistic Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Julie Tsai | CISO-in-Residence | — |
| Phil Venables | Partner | — |
| Barmak Meftah | Co-Founder & General Partner | — |
| David Hahn | CISO Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-hahn-4f78 |
| David Schellhase | Entrepreneur in Residence | — |

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## FAQ

### What does David Schellhase invest in?

David Schellhase invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 6 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 Schellhase?

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### When did David Schellhase last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Schellhase closed in Jun 2017. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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