David Hornik
I am a General Partner at August Capital, investing in consumer Internet and enterprise software startups. I also teach law at Stanford Business School and business at Harvard Law School. My blog is called VentureBlog (www.ventureblog.com).
| Headline: | Investor |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.augustcap.com |
| Industries: | Computing, Entertainment, Financial, Gaming, Information Technology, Internet |
| Skills: | Business, Contracts, Copyrights, Corporate, Entrepreneurship, Incorporating, Intellectual Property, Investment, Law, Leadership, Litigation, Patents, Software Engineering, Trademarks |
| Location: | Menlo Park, CA |
| Groups: | BASES, [INACTIVE] BASES E-Challenge 2010 |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Career advice, Investing in projects, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Supporting my investments |
| Tags: | august capital, blogging, consumer, early stage, Internet, saas, software, vc, Venture Capital, ventureblog |
| Schools: | Stanford University, University of Cambridge |
FULL BIO
David Hornik is a General Partner with August Capital. He invests broadly in information technology companies, with a focus on consumer facing software and services, enterprise application, and infrastructure software. Prior to joining August Capital, Hornik was an intellectual property and corporate attorney at Venture Law Group, Cravath Swaine & Moore, and Perkins Coie LLP. In his legal practice, Hornik represented high tech startups in all aspects of their formation, financing, and operations, including Yahoo!, When.com (AOL), Sonique (Terra Lycos), WhoWhere (Lycos), and Ofoto (Kodak).
Hornik has an eclectic technology background. At Stanford, he studied and taught the impact of technology on music, earning a degree in Computer Music with Honors. At Cambridge, England, he explored the power of technology in tracking and combating bias crime, receiving an MPhil in Criminology. At Harvard Law School, from which he received a JD, magna cum laude, David focused upon the convergence of technology and the law, serving as an editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology and publishing papers on digital audio and software piracy.
Hornik currently sits on the board of directors of DoneRight, Nomis Solutions, PayCycle, Six Apart, Splunk Technology, and VideoEgg. He previously served on the board of Evite, which was acquired by Ticketmaster, and was a board observer with Tickle Inc., which was acquired by Monster, and Actional, which was acquired by Progress Software. He is a frequent speaker on technology and business, and is the author of the leading venture capital blog, VentureBlog (www.ventureblog.com).
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Harvard Law School |
| Position: | Lecturer |
| Time period: | January 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Teach "Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital" |
| Employer: | Stanford Graduate School of Business |
| Position: | Lecturer |
| Time period: | January 2003 - Present |
| Description: | Teach "Intellectual Property and Business" |
| Employer: | August Capital |
| Position: | General Partner |
| Time period: | June 2000 - Present |
| Description: | Early stage venture investor across the software spectrum, from enterprise and infrastructure software to consumer internet and gaming companies. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Cambridge |
| Time period: | 1990 - 1991 |
| Degree: | Criminology, MPhil |
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 1986 - 1990 |
| Degree: | Computer Music, BA |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | VentureBlog (www.ventureblog.com) |
