David Tisch
Managing Partner, BoxGroup
Bio
David Tisch is the Managing Partner of BoxGroup, a New York City-based early stage investment fund. BoxGroup is an investor in over 200 seed-stage companies, including Vine, Blue Apron, Sunrise, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Oscar, Behance, Handy and more. David is also the co-founder and Chairman of Spring, a mobile marketplace where customers shopdirectly within the app from a curated community of brands. Spring was named by Apple as one of the Best Apps of 2014.
In 2014, David was named Head of Startup Studio at Cornell Tech, the University’s New York City-based graduate campus focused on digital technologies and the information economy. He is also Entrepreneur in Residence for Wharton’s Entrepreneurship Program.
David is the co-founder of TechStars NYC and has served on numerous boards, including Mayor Bloomberg’s Advisory Council on Technology, the Investor Board of Venture for America, and the Entrepreneurship board at NYU. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and New York University School of Law, and currently lives in New York City.
Career
Managing Partner
BoxGroup
2007 - Present
Chairman
Good Dog
2018 - Present
Board Member
Friends of Hudson River Park
2017 - Present
Co-Founder of TechStars NYC
TechStars
2010 - Present
Managing Director
TechStars
2010 - 2012
Board Member
Lemontree Foods
2018 - 2021
Board Member
New York Public Radio
2016 - 2019
Professor and Head of the Startup Studio
Cornell Tech
2014 - 2019
Co-Founder and Chairman
Spring Inc.
2013 - 2018
Co-Founder and Managing Director
knowmore
2008 - 2009
Executive Vice President - Internet
KGB
2007 - 2009
Acquistions and Capital Markets Associate
Vornado Realty Trust
2006 - 2007
Summer Associate
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
2005 - 2005
Summer Associate
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
2004 - 2004
Background
- University of Pennsylvania
BA, American History, 1999-2003 - New York University School of Law
J.D. - 2003-2006 - Scarsdale High School
1995-1999
Wife, Zara Terez Zimmerman
Investments
Personal InvestmentsPartner Investments
Material about David
ArticlesVideos
David Tisch shares insights from 350+ early-stage investments (incl. Plaid & Roman) | Angel S5 E1
David Tisch (Founder of BoxGroup) & Dean Huttenlocher (MIT Schwarzman College of Computing)
- Startups - Dave Tisch, TechStars NYC on TWiST 143
How to Challenge Yourself as a Founder | David Tisch, Spring, BoxGroup, TechStars NY