David Beisel

Beisel earned a B.A. in economics from Duke University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.^[4][7]

In 2010, Beisel co-founded NextView Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in seed-stage technology-driven companies.^[8][9] In 2022, NextView raised $200 million across its two most recent investment funds.^[10] Beisel's investments through NextView have included companies such as Code Climate,^[11] BookBub,^[12] thredUP, The Nudge,^[13] and TapCommerce.^[14] Some of these companies have been acquired or have been listed on stock exchanges. Notable acquisitions or public listings include TapCommerce's acquisition by Twitter for $100 million,^[15] Parsec's acquisition by Unity for $320 million,^[16] TripleLift's acquisition by Vista Equity Partners for $1.4 billion,^[17] and thredUP going public with a $1.3 billion IPO.^[18]

Before co-founding NextView Ventures, Beisel founded Sombasa Media, known for its service, BargainDog, which was later acquired by About.com.^[19][4][20] He also served as a vice president at Venrock, a venture capital firm formed to build upon the successful investing activities of the Rockefeller family.^[21]

Beisel is credited with developing the concept of social commerce to denote user-generated advertorial content on e-commerce sites.^[22] He is also the founder of Boston Innovators Group, formerly known as WebInno, an organization that connects the local startup and entrepreneurship communities.^[23][24]

Beisel was included in Business Insider 's The Seed 100 in 2021,^[25] 2022,^[26] 2023,^[27] and 2024.^[28] He was also ranked on the Boston Globe's list of Tech Power Players in 2023.^[4]