David S. Rose

David S. Rose is a serial entrepreneur, technology investor, futurist and thought leader who has founded or funded over 100 pioneering companies. He is the best-selling author of the standard textbooks on both founding and investing in startup companies. As the Founding Track Chair for Finance, Entrepreneurship & Economics at Singularity University, Rose has researched and lectured extensively on the future of technology and its impact on society. He is founder and CEO of Gust, which operates the world’s largest online platform and community for entrepreneurs and early stage investors, and Managing Director of Rose Tech Ventures, a seed stage investment fund, as well as Founder and Chairman Emeritus of New York Angels, one of the world’s largest and most active angel investment consortia.