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Dave Samuel

ROLE GENERAL PARTNERMENTIONS 2LAST SEEN AUGUST 13, 2026
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Dave Samuel is a founding general partner at Freestyle Capital, a San Francisco-based seed-stage venture capital firm he co-founded in 2009. The firm has led seed rounds in companies including Airtable, Patreon, BetterUp, Intercom, Narvar, and Snapdocs, with over $565 million under management and investments in more than 150 startups. Prior to Freestyle, Samuel founded Spinner.com, one of the first internet radio services, which was acquired by AOL for $320 million in 1999, and co-founded Crackle, an internet video platform acquired by Sony in 2006.

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mention·20VC·AUGUST 13, 2026

After Airtable and this Canva quarter, it's probably time to be a little extra skeptical of Marks.

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hire·Newcomer Newsletter·AUGUST 7, 2026

Venture can be a timing game... strategically planned cash-outs made some VCs quite a pretty penny even though the ultimate outcome was underwhelming.

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