In June 1987, David, having recently migrated from South Africa,
founded Com Tech Communications as a specialist supplier of
networking and communications products. Fourteen years later, he
sold the business to Dimension Data at an enterprise value of over
$1 billion. At the time of sale, Com Tech employed over 1400
people, with offices Australia-wide and revenues of $700 million.
If this weren't remarkable enough, the business was profitable from
inception, never used any external debt, and was regularly voted as
one of the leading companies to work for in Australia.
Since then, David has been actively involved in mentoring young
management teams and investing in a number of startups, many of
which have been successfully exited. He serves as an investor and
board member for some innovative Australian startups, including
cyber security company Kasada; Advanced Navigation, a leader in
positioning solutions from the seabed to a satellite; and
Simpology, a fintech company providing disruptive home-loan
origination software. David is also co-founder of Our Innovation
Fund (OIF), an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in
interesting Australian startups, as well as a founding partner in
the Israeli venture capital enterprise OurCrowd, the first global
equity-based crowd-funding platform.
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