David Strong – Startup Investor Profile

David Strong is a Managing Partner of IDEO, known for investing in great ideas and good humans towards a more creative and collaborative world. IDEO Ventures focuses on founders and companies aiming to build a better future. David Strong has a track record of investing in startups, particularly in Pre-seed ClimateTech/CleanTech areas, alongside co-investors like Edward Schmidt and Two Sigma Ventures. He brings his expertise as the CFO and Partner at IDEO, with a Master’s in Accounting and Finance from the University of Michigan. David’s collaboration style is evident in projects like the Mightier video game for emotional strength, involving psychologists and game designers.

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Country: United States of America

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Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed

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AI Reasoning: I searched public sources (Google, LinkedIn, PitchBook snippets). These show David Strong is a partner at IDEO and reference past angel activity (e.g., an entry showing an investment in Directly around 2013). I could not find verifiable records or dated evidence of recent investment activity (within the last several years) or any reliable source showing an investment in Mightier with dates indicating recent activity. Because recent/confirmable investment evidence was not found, I applied the default tag.

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Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.