David Lee (investor)

David Lee
Residence	Los Angeles
Education	Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University, New York University
Occupation	Angel investor
Spouse(s)	Grace Lee
Children	2

David Lee (born July 7) is an American angel investor. Lee is widely known for his role at angel investment firm SV Angel, where he was the managing partner for several years. Lee's departure of SV Angel in May 2015 was widely reported.^[1] Lee was named on Forbes Magazine’s Midas list for the years 2014, and 2015.^[2]

Early career

Lee graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor's degree, Stanford University with a master's degree, and then New York University with a Juris Doctor.^[3]

Lee joined Google in 2003, and was a founding member of Google's New Business Development Team.^[4] David later joined Steve Anderson's Baseline Ventures, before joining Ron Conway's SV Angel in 2007.^[5] In 2012, Ron Conway announced that SV Angel was "David's fund".^[6] Lee made the news in December 2012, when he left Silicon Valley to move to Los Angeles while still continuing his role as managing partner of SV Angel.^[7]

Investing

David Lee was ranked as eighty-fourth place in the Forbes magazine Midas list of top "dealmakers".^[8]

Lee was involved along with other angel investors in the Angelgate scandal of 2010.^[9]

List of investments

During Lee's tenure as the managing partner of SV Angel, the firm made investments such as:

• DoorDash ^[10]
• OpenDoor ^[11]
• Product Hunt ^[12]
• Snapchat ^[13]
• Zenefits ^[14]

Philanthropy

Lee serves on the Board of Directors of the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health.^[15]

References

1. David Lee Leaves SV Angel
2. #84 David Lee
3. #84 David Lee
4. SV Angel Team Web Archive
5. David Lee Leaves SV Angel
6. Ron Conway Makes It Clear That SV Angel Is David Lee’s Fund (And It Might Be Raising Another $400M)
7. SV Angel's David Lee stuns Valley insiders with a move to LA
8. #84 David Lee
9. The Daily Start-Up: “AngelGate” Escalates
10. DoorDash Raises $2.4M To Improve Food Delivery
11. Keith Rabois’ Homebuying Startup OpenDoor Raises $9.95M From Everyone
12. Product Hunt Gets $6.1 Million Series A Funding From A16Z And Alexis Ohanian
13. Snapchat Snaps Up A $80M Series B Led By IVP At An $800M Valuation
14. Cloud HR Startup Zenefits Raises Another $66.5M From Andreessen Horowitz and IVP At A $500M Valuation
15. SV Angel Team Web Archive

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