David Tisch (born 1981) is a businessman and

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based in New York City. He is managing partner of

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, a seed-stage capital firm, and a co-founder of TechStars New York City. He is the grandson of American businessman

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, co-owner of

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. His great-uncle, Preston Robert Tisch purchased the

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, now co-owned by

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, who produced the films ''

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'' and '' Risky Business''.

Education and early career

Tisch was born and raised outside of New York in Westchester County, the son of Bonnie J. Tisch and Daniel R. Tisch. His grandfather is Laurence A. Tisch. He is

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and invested his bar mitzvah money in the eBay IPO and saw a 15x return. Tisch graduated from the

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with a B.A degree in American history in 2003. He received a

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degree from

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in 2006. Tisch practiced law and worked at

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. He helped found LightsOver, an online group-buying service. In 2006, Tisch stopped practicing law to work on his own startup.

Career

Tisch began his career heading up interactive strategies at

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. In 2007, Tisch founded BoxGroup, a technology investment firm that has invested in 250 companies including

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, Handy, and

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. BoxGroup is personally funded making Tisch one of the most active angel investors in the United States. Tisch co-founded the Techstars New York City program, a startup accelerator program, and became managing director in 2010. During his tenure, he helped lead some of the most successful investments in the history of

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startups. Under his direction, companies in the program raised more than $100 million in follow-on capital. Tisch left TechStars in 2012. Tisch became a member of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Council on Technology and Innovation in 2011. In August 2014, Tisch co-founded Spring, a mobile marketplace allowing consumers to shop directly from brands. Investors include BoxGroup, Google Ventures, and

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listed Spring as one of the best apps for 2014. Tisch was named head of Cornell Tech's Startup Studio program in December 2014. Startup Studio is an experiential learning graduate program that teams students from different disciplines to develop an idea into a product.

Personal life

In 2012, he married Zara Terez Zimmerman.

References

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