David Beisel

Vice-President, Venrock

David Beisel is a Vice President at the venture capital firm Venrock where he currently serves on the boards of portfolio investments Second Rotation and BlogHer, and is actively involved with Appnexus.

Previously, he was a Principal at Masthead Venture Partners.  While at Masthead, he helped lead an investment in Expo TV, and was an integral member of the investment team for Tremor Media, Intercasting, TripConnect, and NewsGator.  Prior to joining Masthead, he co-founded Sombasa Media, an e-mail marketing company which was successfully acquired and subsequently became the About Direct division of Primedia (NYSE: PRM).  As Vice President of Marketing at Primedia, David led the marketing group responsible for the company’s e-mail newsletter product suite, managed the division’s customer relationship operations, and coordinated related business development activities. In addition, he has worked as a management consultant at The Parthenon Group and in product management at Adobe Systems.

David’s educational background includes an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and an AB in Economics, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Duke University.  He is also the founder of the Boston Web Innovators Group and blogs at www.GenuineVC.com.