David L.

Chief Intelligence Officer & Advisor | People Risk | Former CIA & US Navy

๐Ÿ“ Miami Metropolitan Area, United States๐Ÿ”„ Updated September 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 2 investments๐Ÿ“… 3 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested Mar 2023
VC๐ŸŒ United States
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Seed Investor
Mar 2023
Cybersecurity Innovation Hub - The digital ecosystems around cybersecurity
Seed Investor
Mar 2023
Unified Security Posture Management to effectively reduce and manage cyber risk exposure, maximize stack performance, and drive ROI-based value.
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2025
Partner
Sep 2025
We are former senior intelligence professionals who spent decades executing and countering these operations in hostile environments. We understand how sophisticated adversaries think, plan, and execute campaigns against high-value targets because we designed these methodologies in classified environments. Today, we apply this operational experience to protect individuals and families whose wealth, influence, or prominence makes them attractive targets. Our approach is fundamentally different: We think like the threat. We understand that the most dangerous cyber-attacks begin with human intelligence collection, that effective social engineering is informed by digital reconnaissance, and that your greatest vulnerabilities exist at the intersection of technology and human psychology. The Modern Threat Reality Todays most sophisticated adversaries operate seamlessly across digital and human intelligence domains using targeting methodologies refined over decades, now enhanced by digital capabilities providing unprecedented access and anonymity. They conduct digital reconnaissance to inform social engineering. Your social media presence, professional associations, and family connections become intelligence enabling credible human contact operations. They leverage online personas to build exploitable relationships. The investment advisor connecting on LinkedIn may be establishing long-term intelligence collection. The charity coordinator reaching out about your philanthropy may be probing for personal information. They coordinate cyber-attacks with human intelligence collection. Sophisticated phishing emails arrive as "new business contacts" build trust through seemingly innocent conversations. Technical intrusions are timed with social engineering operations providing cover and context. Our Intelligence Heritage & Capabilities Former Senior Operations Officers and Technical Operations Specialists
2023
Seed Investor
Mar 2023
Cybersecurity Innovation Hub - The digital ecosystems around cybersecurity
Seed Investor
Mar 2023
Unified Security Posture Management to effectively reduce and manage cyber risk exposure, maximize stack performance, and drive ROI-based value.
Chief of Staff
Jan 2023
Energy Capital Vietnam (ECV) LLC, is a Vietnam-focused project development and holding company created as a platform for US investment into energy infrastructure development within Vietnam. Our primary focus is to enhance energy security and enable safe direct investment opportunities into the energy infrastructure spectrum. We originate proprietary deal flow and marry with best-in-class operational expertise to form project specific vehicles for direct investment. We enable access to unique and impactful development opportunities.
2012
Managing Director
2012
Crumpton Global LLC is a global strategic advisory firm based in Washington, DC and Austin, TX. Our intelligence-driven strategies help business leaders make better, faster, more effective decisions, especially in complex geopolitical times and challenges or opportunities posed by the Public. .