David Mendels

Board Member at ZeroCarbonMA, Our Generation Speaks, 3Play Media, and Resilient Coders

📍 Brookline, Massachusetts, United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 5 investments📅 18 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2022𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
Angel investor🌍 United States
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Board Member
Jan 2022
At ZeroCarbonMA, we are leveraging local will to accelerate our path towards net zero. One of the biggest barriers to effective climate action is that authority and will are misaligned. We have discovered that many municipalities have the will to take big climate action, but their hands are tied by state regulations. That's where we come in. We believe that change begins at the local level. And it happens when a bunch of people get together and say yes to tackling problems we have the tools, and technologies, to actually solve. Nobody thought that a town in a cold weather climate would be at the forefront of electric construction, but we led with unity, bright ideas, and a belief that other municipalities would follow us. And we passed groundbreaking fossil fuel free legislation. Twice. ZeroCarbonMA is committed to creating bold and necessary legislation, while working in intense collaboration with municipalities to expand our reach. As the movement builds, we put pressure on the state to enact broader versions of the policies we’ve created. And that’s how we start mobilizing change.
Board Member
May 2018
Spreading code literacy to young people from traditionally underserved communities. We believe in social justice through economic empowerment, and in the opportunity for meritocracy in tech. We think holistically about the school-to-workforce pipeline, offering a chaining series of programs that guide our hackers through the extensive journey of learning web development.
Board Member
Oct 2008
The most trusted streaming technology company in the world. To learn more, visit www.brightcove.com For career opportunities, visit https://www.brightcove.com/en/company/careers
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2022
Board Member
Jan 2022
At ZeroCarbonMA, we are leveraging local will to accelerate our path towards net zero. One of the biggest barriers to effective climate action is that authority and will are misaligned. We have discovered that many municipalities have the will to take big climate action, but their hands are tied by state regulations. That's where we come in. We believe that change begins at the local level. And it happens when a bunch of people get together and say yes to tackling problems we have the tools, and technologies, to actually solve. Nobody thought that a town in a cold weather climate would be at the forefront of electric construction, but we led with unity, bright ideas, and a belief that other municipalities would follow us. And we passed groundbreaking fossil fuel free legislation. Twice. ZeroCarbonMA is committed to creating bold and necessary legislation, while working in intense collaboration with municipalities to expand our reach. As the movement builds, we put pressure on the state to enact broader versions of the policies we’ve created. And that’s how we start mobilizing change.
2021
Board Member
Apr 2021
3Play Media provides captioning, transcription, audio description, and translation services, as well interactive transcripts and video search tools. We work with customers in higher education, entertainment, government, enterprise, and media. The company was founded in 2007 by four MIT graduate students and is headquartered in Boston, MA. For more information, visit www.3playmedia.com.
2018
Board Member
May 2018
Spreading code literacy to young people from traditionally underserved communities. We believe in social justice through economic empowerment, and in the opportunity for meritocracy in tech. We think holistically about the school-to-workforce pipeline, offering a chaining series of programs that guide our hackers through the extensive journey of learning web development.
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Feb 2018
2008
Board Member
Oct 2008
The most trusted streaming technology company in the world. To learn more, visit www.brightcove.com For career opportunities, visit https://www.brightcove.com/en/company/careers
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