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David Horowitz
Lecturer at University of Michigan
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overview
David Horowitz is the Founder & CEO of Touchdown Ventures in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a background in corporate venture capital and strategic partnerships. He has held notable roles at Comcast Ventures and Genacast Ventures, investing in companies like SnagFilms and Integrate.
Horowitz has an impressive track record of investing in various sectors such as Advertising, Education, and FinTech, with successful investments in companies like Integrate and Videology.
Work Experience
Partner
2024 - Current
Formerly known as Touchdown Ventures. Cerity Partners Ventures provides venture as a service to corporations, family offices, and other institutions as part of the Cerity Partners platform.
Founder & CEO - Touchdown Ventures
2014 - 2024
I served as Founder and CEO of Touchdown Ventures. Touchdown pioneered venture capital as a service by managing venture capital funds for large corporations such as Kellogg's, T-Mobile, Olympus, and many others. Touchdown merged with Cerity Partners in September 2024.
Lecturer
2024
I teach venture capital courses to undergraduate business students at Michigan Ross. Taught FIN 430 in Winter term 2024. Teaching a new course called Applied VC Fin 444 in Winter term 2026.
Advisor
2024
Advisor to the Michigan Football team on the MPower initiative. Working with student athletes on internship and mentorship opportunities. https://mgoblue.com/news/2023/6/12/football-m-power
Board Member
2023
Non-profit organization that operates the College Football Hall of Fame and promotes amateur football.
President
2020
Creator and publisher of the board game Frequent Flyer: www.frequentflyergame.com
Partner
2000 - 2014
Venture capital arm of Comcast Corporation and NBC Universal Helped to start Genacast Ventures, a seed stage venture capital fund affiliated with Comcast Ventures
Comcast is a global media and technology company.
Board Member
2013 - 2014
Cybersecurity threat detection and monitoring for social networks. Founded by veteran cybersecurity team that started Ciphent.
ZeroFox provides external cybersecurity solutions to help organizations identify, manage, and mitigate social media-based cyber threats.
Raised $324,200,000.00 from Monarch Alternative Capital, Corbin Capital Partners, James Foster, Highland Capital Partners, The Blue Venture Fund, Alsop Louie Partners, Victory Park Capital, Forgepoint Capital, New Enterprise Associates and Peloton Equity.
Partner
2013 - 2014
Seed stage fund affiliated with Comcast Ventures. Genacast focuses on technology centric early stage investments in the Northeast corridor.
Board Observer
2012 - 2014
Leading marketplace for performance advertising. Started by Jeremy Bloom (former Olympic athlete and NFL football player).
Board Observer
2011 - 2014
Mobile, social monetization platform. Company originally incubated by IdeaLab and Bill Gross
Education
BBA
1994 - 1998
Investments
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