R. David Spreng
Founder & Managing Partner @ Crescendo Ventures
San Francisco, United States
R. David Spreng is a private equity investor at Crescendo Ventures in San Francisco focused on Billing and Enterprise Software. David is a 17-year veteran of the venture capital business and the Founder and Managing General Partner of Crescendo Ventures. During his 17 years in the venture capital industry, David has been active in the formation and development of nearly 50 technology companies with 17 IPO's and a dozen trade-sales. He is a graduate of theUniversity of Minnesota, a member of the board of the National Venture Capital Associations (NVCA) and a regular participant and panelist at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos. David is also involved as a board member and Chairman of the eSociety for Bay Area office of the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 14%
Last updated:
For AI agents: llms.txt
Industries R. David Spreng invests in
Stages R. David Spreng invests in
Countries R. David Spreng invests in
Contacts
| Type | Contact | Validation |
|---|---|---|
| Work email | ||
| Personal email | ||
| Work phone | ||
| Personal phone | ||
| Socials |
Investment Focus
Industry
- Billing 2 (29%)
- Enterprise Software 2 (29%)
- Information Technology 2 (29%)
- SaaS 1 (14%)
- Computer 1 (14%)
Stage
- Private Equity 2 (29%)
- Seed 1 (14%)
- Series E 1 (14%)
- Series F 1 (14%)
- Funding Round 1 (14%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2002, Fidelis has had one mission: Empower security teams with integrated, automated and intelligent technology so that they successfully protect the world’s most sensitive data. Fidelis is the leader in automated detection and response. The Fidelis Elevate platform dramatically improves the effectiveness and efficiency of security operationsby delivering comprehensive network visibility, intelligent deception, alert validation, and automated response across networks and endpoints. Fidelis is trusted by the most important brands in the world. See what you’ve been missing. Visit www.fidelissecurity.com. | Private Equity / Sep 15, 2022 | ||
| Aria Systems offers a cloud-based monetization platform for subscription and usage-based businesses. | $30M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 14, 2018 | ||
| Aria helps enterprises grow recurring revenue businesses with an agile billing system. The company helps clients to take advantage of each customer-driven event − known as revenue moments − with agile billing, active customer engagement, and the rapid development of new products and services. With Aria's end-to-end active monetizationplatform, global brands can get to market faster with a wider variety of products and services, while maximizing customer satisfaction, retention, and lifetime value. | $30M / Private Equity / Dec 11, 2018 | ||
| The new way to create and get things done. The print shop, reborn. Celebrating empathy, love, passion, and creativity. | $6.7M / Seed / Apr 12, 2017 | ||
| eSilicon, a pioneering semiconductor Value Chain Producer (VCP), provides a comprehensive suite of ASIC design, productization and manufacturing services, enabling a flexible, low-cost, lower-risk path to volume production of integrated circuits (ICs). The company delivers custom chips (ASICs) to system original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) andfabless semiconductor companies (FSCs) who serve a wide variety of markets including the consumer, computer, communications and industrial segments.eSilicon creates a unique, optimized semiconductor Value Chain for each customer and each design - from design services and tools, to IP and materials suppliers, to test and packaging providers. By integrating this Value Chain with its internal expertise and proven eSilicon Enterpriseâ„¢ infrastructure, the ASIC services and solutions provider produces more than 10 million leading-edge chips per year. | $1.1M / Jul 01, 2012 | ||
| eSilicon, a pioneering semiconductor Value Chain Producer (VCP), provides a comprehensive suite of ASIC design, productization and manufacturing services, enabling a flexible, low-cost, lower-risk path to volume production of integrated circuits (ICs). The company delivers custom chips (ASICs) to system original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) andfabless semiconductor companies (FSCs) who serve a wide variety of markets including the consumer, computer, communications and industrial segments.eSilicon creates a unique, optimized semiconductor Value Chain for each customer and each design - from design services and tools, to IP and materials suppliers, to test and packaging providers. By integrating this Value Chain with its internal expertise and proven eSilicon Enterpriseâ„¢ infrastructure, the ASIC services and solutions provider produces more than 10 million leading-edge chips per year. | $15M / Series F / Feb 14, 2005 | ||
| eSilicon, a pioneering semiconductor Value Chain Producer (VCP), provides a comprehensive suite of ASIC design, productization and manufacturing services, enabling a flexible, low-cost, lower-risk path to volume production of integrated circuits (ICs). The company delivers custom chips (ASICs) to system original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) andfabless semiconductor companies (FSCs) who serve a wide variety of markets including the consumer, computer, communications and industrial segments.eSilicon creates a unique, optimized semiconductor Value Chain for each customer and each design - from design services and tools, to IP and materials suppliers, to test and packaging providers. By integrating this Value Chain with its internal expertise and proven eSilicon Enterpriseâ„¢ infrastructure, the ASIC services and solutions provider produces more than 10 million leading-edge chips per year. | $21M / Series E / Aug 12, 2003 |
Co-Investors
About Crescendo Ventures
[Crescendo Ventures](http://www.crescendoventures.com) is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA.
Crescendo Ventures Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Peter van Cuylenburg
General Partner
|
|||
|
R. David Spreng
Founder & Managing Partner
|
|||
Wayne Cantwell
General Partner
|
|||
Access 48,091 investors
822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.
Browse database — It's Free!
Find investors for your startup
Search 48,091 investors by industry and country. Emails and phones included.
Similar Investors
Recommended lists
FAQ
What does R. David Spreng invest in?
R. David Spreng invests primarily in Billing, Enterprise Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Private Equity and Seed 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.
How do I contact R. David Spreng?
Public channels for R. David Spreng include LinkedIn. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
When did R. David Spreng last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for R. David Spreng closed in Sep 2022. 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.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
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 Nov 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
Contact your first 100 investors today
Find who invests in your industry, stage, and country. Download investor list with emails in 5 minutes.
Find investors — It's Free!
Continue with Google
Continue with LinkedIn
