David Evans

David Evans

Sentiero Ventures

About

Role

General Partner

Type

Seed fund

Bio

David Evans is the Managing Partner of Sentiero Ventures, an early-stage venture fund that invests in artificial intelligence enabled software businesses. He is a serial entrepreneur & technologist who started coding at 14, launched his first company at 19, and has exited multiple times as a founder and investor, including a national digital signage network that was sold to CBS and an Inc 500 eCommerce company that was sold to a strategic buyer. In addition, David is the facilitator of the CometX Accelerator for student entrepreneurs at the University of Texas at Dallas and works as an advisor to multiple startups and accelerators. David is a graduate of the University of Connecticut, a former Beneficial Hodson Scholar at Johns Hopkins University, holds a Certificate in Corporate Finance from Harvard University.

About Investments

We invest in B2B AI-enabled software startups that have a full product ready and have some revenue or completed at least one commercial pilot.

Investments

Stages

Pre-seed, Seed

Check Range

$100K-$500K

Geography

US/Canada

Leads Rounds

Sometimes

Investment Highlights

Accel Robotics, Data Sentinel, Workplace Arcade

Get in touch

How they work

We're looking for startups that use artificial intelligence to solve real business problems, not simply tossing in a chatbot or basic machine learning into an app and calling it AI. We have a unique model that allows us visibility into over 27 industries to determine if a solution actually makes money, saves money, or improves customer experiences. We then use that same model to help support our portfolio post-investment. We're all successful entrepreneurs and hope to leverage that experience as appropriate for our portfolio companies.

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