David J. Phillips

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States16 yrs 9 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founder of multiple successful startups
  • Expert in financial management for startups
  • Advocate for gender equality in tech education
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and EdTech entrepreneur with a strong focus on startup growth and gender equality.

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Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipBusiness DevelopmentLeadership

Other Skills

AccountingTax ManagementMedia ManagementRevenue GrowthSoftware DevelopmentEducationProduct DevelopmentProduct ManagementRubyRuby on RailsHTMLCSSJavaScriptUser Interface Design

Experience

16 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 2 mos
Average Tenure
7 mos
Current Experience

Ypo

Member

Sep 2025Present · 7 mos

Fondo

Founder & CEO

Jan 2020Present · 6 yrs 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Fondo is the easy way for your startup to get your books closed, taxes filed, and cash back from the IRS ($21,000 on average).
EntrepreneurshipBusiness DevelopmentLeadership

First round capital

Angel Track

Mar 2019Dec 2019 · 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Angel Track is like YC for angels

Bloomjoy

Co-Founder

Jan 2018Nov 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Pivoted to Fondo. BloomJoy built and monetized media assets for influencers and had a run rate of over $3M/year in revenue within the company's first 6 months.

David j. phillips

Angel Investor

Jan 2016Present · 10 yrs 3 mos

  • Invest in startups:
  • Rippling - throw away your new hire checklist
  • Flexport - the modern freight forwarder
  • Liquid Death - Murder your thirst
  • Mystery Science (acq. by Discovery Education) - science book replacement that inspires kids
  • Hackbright Academy (acq. by Capella Education NASDAQ:CPLA) - coding bootcamp for gender equality
  • LendLayer (acq. by Affirm NASDAQ:AFRM) - student loans for accelerated education
  • Sevcon (acq. by BorgWarner NYSE:BWA) - power solutions for zero-emission vehicles
  • & 100+ others
  • Invest in funds:
  • Anorak Ventures
  • Twenty Two
  • Pioneer Fund

Hackbright academy

Co-Founder & CEO

Apr 2012May 2016 · 4 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco, CA

  • Acquired by Capella Education (NASDAQ:CPLA) in April 2016.
  • Hackbright is the leading coding bootcamp for gender equality. We have trained over 1,000 software engineers and helped them land jobs with our partners including Slack, Uber, Disney, Pinterest, Lyft, Facebook. We were one of the first coding bootcamps and an industry leader in the accelerated education space.
EntrepreneurshipLeadership

Deloitte

Public Accountant & Auditor

Sep 2009Sep 2010 · 1 yr

  • Audit & enterprise risk services team

Univercity tutors

Founder & CEO

Jan 2008Oct 2010 · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Education company bridging the gap between high school and college by connecting high school students with role model tutors.

Imerys

Accountant

Jan 2008Jan 2009 · 1 yr · Santa Barbara, California Area

  • Wrote a program that improved monthly working capital by a few million dollars each month.

Education

Y Combinator

Fondo (YC W18)

Jan 2018Present

First Round Capital - Angel Track

Spring 2019 Cohort

Jan 2019Present

Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Latino Business Action Network (LBAN) - Business Scaling Program Cohort 17

Jan 2024Present

Dev Bootcamp

Software Development - Cohort 0

Jan 2012Present

UC Santa Barbara

B.A.

Jan 2009Present

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