Evaluating a Deal from the Perspective of the Company and the Investors with David Blumberg, Founder and Managing Partner of Blumberg Capital

David is the founder and managing partner of Blumberg Capital. David is an authority on early-stage investing with decades of experience. He founded Blumberg Capital in the early 1990s and launched its first venture-backed fund in 2001.

Prior to Blumberg Capital, David managed international investments with the Bronfman Family Office, Adler & Co, APAX Partners and at T. Rowe Price. He also launched business development for Check Point Software Technologies as one of its top four executives.

David earned his A.B. in Government, cum laude, from Harvard College and his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and INSEAD. David speaks French and is proficient in Hebrew and Spanish.

David serves on the boards of Credorax, DoubleVerify, EarnUp, EasyKnock, IntSights, Jassby, Lendio, Shyft, SigOpt, Slync.io, SupplyPike, Trulioo and Wunder.

Previous Investments:
AbirNet – Acquired by Computer Associates
Allerez – Acquired by Hewlett Packard
Bringit – Acquired by International Gaming Technology
CaseStack – Acquired by Hub Group
Check Point Software Technologies– IPO
Creo – Acquired by Eastman-Kodak
Conduct Software – Acquired by Hewlett Packard
Cyvera – Acquired by Palo Alto Networks
DSP Group – IPO
Electronics For Imaging– IPO
Fortscale – Acquired by RSA
IP Infusion – Acquired by ACCESS CO., LTD
Mertado – Acquired by Groupon
Nutanix – IPO
Siperian – Acquired by Informatica
Teva – IPO
Vista Research – Acquired by McGraw Hill
ZipZapPlay – Acquired by Electronic Arts
Zooz – Acquired by PayU

Mike Sullivan is a partner and head of the Corporate Group in the San Francisco office. His practice focuses on representing emerging companies, entrepreneurs and angels/venture capital funds. Mike has led hundreds of financing and M&A transactions for emerging companies in a wide variety of industries, including the software, life sciences, mobile, digital media, cleantech and food/wine/spirits sectors.

Mike has been a startup and venture capital lawyer for over 25 years. He helped hundreds of entrepreneurs with their startups, and work with some of the Bay Area's best investors and venture capitalists in providing financing to emerging companies. He sticks with companies through their exit transactions - among other things, he represented eBay Inc. in a $1.3 billion stock offering, and handled the first-ever Internet IPO for NetCom Online Communications in 1994. He focuses primarily on information technology companies and their investors, although he has experience with consumer, healthcare, and wine & spirits companies.