David Travers
Partner @ Rustic Canyon Partners
Santa Monica, United States
David Travers is a Series A investor at Rustic Canyon Partners in Santa Monica focused on E-Commerce and SaaS. David Travers - President @ ZipRecruiter
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 29%
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Industries David Travers invests in
Stages David Travers invests in
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Round size
- Series A
- $2.3M–$63M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 4 (57%)
- SaaS 2 (29%)
- Software 2 (29%)
- B2B 1 (14%)
- CRM 1 (14%)
Stage
- Series A 4 (57%)
- Seed 1 (14%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (14%)
- Series B 1 (14%)
Country
- United States 5 (71%)
- Colombia 1 (14%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Assembly is an Internal Communication tool with an AI-Powered Intranet! Engagement and communication doesn't have to be that hard! | $10M / Series A / Dec 12, 2022 | ||
| Dondo helps ecommerce merchants improve product listings for SEO and AI search. It drafts product copy and creates studio and lifestyle images from existing product photos. Merchants choose the products to improve, review the generated drafts, then publish approved changes to supported connected stores. Social content is prepared as drafts for review. | $2.1M / Pre-Seed / Jan 19, 2021 | ||
| ZipRecruiter is a leading online employment marketplace. Powered by AI-driven smart matching technology, ZipRecruiter actively connects millions of all-sized businesses and job seekers through innovative mobile, web, and email services, as well as partnerships with the best job boards on the web.It was founded in 2010 and headquartered in SantaMonica, California. | $63M / Series A / Aug 26, 2014 | ||
| With the free PayDragon iPhone or Android app, you can buy an item blocks away from a store and have it ready for you to pick up by the time you arrive. This saves you time and the aggravation of waiting in line just to order and pay. | $1.4M / Seed / Jul 27, 2012 | ||
| Velocify® provides a sales acceleration software platform that helps high-velocity sales teams turn more prospects into customers. More than 1,500 companies streamline, automate, and optimize their sales processes using Velocify. Velocify’s software delivers a prescriptive approach to selling and surfaces actionable performance insights to ensuresalespeople stay focused on activities that lead to more sales.Velocify was voted one of the best sales software products by customers on G2 Crowd and has been recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in North America by Inc. and a Best Place to Work by the Los Angeles Business Journal. Velocify intelligent sales automation solutions include Velocify LeadManager™ and Velocify Dial-IQ®. Velocify LeadManager is an intelligent sales automation platform that empowers sales management to quickly deploy world-class selling and lead management strategies across sales teams. Velocify Dial-IQ provides sales teams with a host of outbound dialing and inbound handling features to drive improved productivity, effectiveness, and sales conversion.Velocify was founded in December 2004 and is based in El Segundo, California. | $15M / Series B / Feb 03, 2012 | ||
| Mertado is a social shopping company that lets consumers discover and buy new products within the online communities that they frequent. Mertado mirrors the real world shopping experience by enabling users to discover unique products that meet their lifestyle needs, and adds a social context around these purchases. | $2.3M / Series A / Sep 14, 2011 | ||
| Velocify® provides a sales acceleration software platform that helps high-velocity sales teams turn more prospects into customers. More than 1,500 companies streamline, automate, and optimize their sales processes using Velocify. Velocify’s software delivers a prescriptive approach to selling and surfaces actionable performance insights to ensuresalespeople stay focused on activities that lead to more sales.Velocify was voted one of the best sales software products by customers on G2 Crowd and has been recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in North America by Inc. and a Best Place to Work by the Los Angeles Business Journal. Velocify intelligent sales automation solutions include Velocify LeadManager™ and Velocify Dial-IQ®. Velocify LeadManager is an intelligent sales automation platform that empowers sales management to quickly deploy world-class selling and lead management strategies across sales teams. Velocify Dial-IQ provides sales teams with a host of outbound dialing and inbound handling features to drive improved productivity, effectiveness, and sales conversion.Velocify was founded in December 2004 and is based in El Segundo, California. | $3.3M / Series A / Oct 12, 2007 |
Co-Investors
About Rustic Canyon Partners
Rustic Canyon Partners is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in exceptional entrepreneurs building transformational companies.The firm typically invests in Internet, digital media, energy and efficiency, consumer web, clean technology, wireless, computer storage and peripherals, security software, and outsourcing sectors.
Rustic Canyon Partners Contacts
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John Babcock
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Nate Redmond
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FAQ
What does David Travers invest in?
David Travers invests primarily in E-Commerce, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Series A 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.
What round sizes does David Travers invest in?
David Travers typically joins rounds of $2.3M–$63M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not David Travers's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds David Travers took part in.
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When did David Travers last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for David Travers closed in Dec 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.
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