David Semel Rose (born June 12, 1957) is an American

serial entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value in ways that generally entail beyond the minimal amount of risk (assumed by a traditional business), and potentially involving values besides simply economic ones. An entrepreneu ...

and

angel investor An angel investor (also known as a business angel, informal investor, angel funder, private investor, or seed investor) is an individual who provides capital to a business or businesses, including startups, usually in exchange for convertible de ...

. He is Managing Partner of Rose Tech Ventures, a

venture fund Venture capital (VC) is a form of private equity financing provided by firms or funds to startup, early-stage, and emerging companies, that have been deemed to have high growth potential or that have demonstrated high growth in terms of number o ...

focused on Internet-based business, and CEO of Gust (formerly known as AngelSoft), which operates a collaboration platform for early stage

angel investing An angel investor (also known as a business angel, informal investor, angel funder, private investor, or seed investor) is an individual who provides capital to a business or businesses, including startups A startup or start-up is a company or p ...

Early life and education

Rose is the son of Joanna (née Semel) and Daniel Rose.New York Times: 'Gail Ruth Gremse Is Married to David Semel Rose"
June 27, 1982 Rose attended

New York City public schools The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) is the department of the government of New York City that manages the city's public school system. The City School District of the City of New York (more commonly known as New York City Publ ...

and Horace Mann High School. He received his BA in Urban Affairs from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

in 1979, his MBA in Finance from

Columbia Business School Columbia Business School (CBS) is the business school of Columbia University, a Private university, private research university in New York City. Established in 1916, Columbia Business School is one of six Ivy League business schools and one of ...

in 1983 and an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from

Stevens Institute of Technology Stevens Institute of Technology is a Private university, private research university in Hoboken, New Jersey. Founded in 1870, it is one of the oldest technological universities in the United States and was the first college in America solely de ...

Career

Rose was involved in the early development of the

Silicon Alley Silicon Alley is an area of high tech companies centered around southern Manhattan's Flatiron district in New York City. The term was coined in the 1990s during the dot-com boom, alluding to California's Silicon Valley tech center. The term h ...

technology community in New York, including working with pre-Internet era online data services and founding Ex Machina, a computer software company; The Computer Classroom, an early personal computer training company; and AirMedia, an early wireless Internet information network. Rose founded and runs a technology incubator in New York CityBehind The Money, Episode 37: David S. Rose seeks entrepreneurs for incubator
The Deal. August 11, 2008. (Retrieved October 13, 2011) and is a founding member of the Space Angels Network, an international investing group. In 2005,

BusinessWeek ''Bloomberg Businessweek'', previously known as ''BusinessWeek'' (and before that ''Business Week'' and ''The Business Week''), is an American monthly business magazine published 12 times a year. The magazine debuted in New York City in Septembe ...

magazine included an article titled 'The Pitch Coach' about his sessions for entrepreneurs seeking funding from venture capitalists and angel investors. He is an Associate Founder of

Singularity University Singularity Education Group (using the public names Singularity Group, Singularity University or SingularityU) is an American company that offers executive educational programs, a business incubator, and business consultancy services. Although t ...

, the post-graduate program in accelerating technologies, and founded and chaired its Finance, Entrepreneurship and Economics track.Singularity University Lectures: David S. Rose on Entrepreneurship
(Retrieved April 19, 2013)

Personal life

In 1982, he married Gail Ruth Gremse. They have three children.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, David S. 1957 births Living people American computer businesspeople 20th-century American Jews Businesspeople in software Angel investors American venture capitalists Columbia Business School alumni Horace Mann School alumni Stevens Institute of Technology alumni Yale University alumni American chief executives Rose family 21st-century American Jews