David Van Wie

CEO, Founder, Investor

📍 Eugene, Oregon, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 26 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2019𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Member
Jul 2019
Conversational AI That Gets Results Cyrano provides you the step-by-step words and techniques for success for each individual, just like your phone provides step-by-step directions to your destination. Step 1) Connect your communications tools - Zoom meetings, emails, chats and more are securely “read” by Cyrano’s neuro linguistic engine. Step 2) Patented Deep listening analyzes your conversations - More than keywords, it finds insight into your prospects needs, preferred styles, and more. Step 3) Cyrano whispers your next move - Using the Cyrano app, your address book, or other systems you use, you get clear, actionable steps to advance your prospect to the next stage. Build valuable business relationships: Increase referrals and customer loyalty by leveraging the power of deep listening to forge lasting customer connections. Scale your best salespeople: Every agent or rep can be as good as your best, increasing overall sales Proven technology: Combining market expertise, psychology, and technology to provide you the roadmap for each and every conversation
Board Member
Sep 2018
Pat is a Conversational AI platform that provides meaning - the missing piece - to create human-like interactions with machines. How? By mapping the language to the meaning behind words such as context, synonyms, and previous conversations where reasoning and 'common sense'​ are by-products. A scientific breakthrough in Natural Language Understanding (NLU), Pat enables human-like accuracy for conversation, is language independent and domain agnostic, and has easier integration and ongoing management. Sign up for early access: https://pat.ai/
Board Member
Jun 2000
Rumblefish simplifies business for digital services, publishers, labels, artists and apps. Rumblefish’s transparent composition and recording administration, data and royalty management, licensing and network monetization allow clients to focus on their core business. After acquiring Rumblefish and the Harry Fox Agency, SESAC became the only Music Rights Organization in the United States, serving both music users and creators with music licensing services that utilize sophisticated information technology and data science in order to provide timely, efficient royalty collection and distribution. SESAC is unique in its ability to offer singular licenses for the works of its affiliated writers and publishers that aggregate both performance and mechanical rights in order to drive greater efficiency in licensing for music users, as well as enhanced value for music creators and publishers www.rumblefish.com www.harryfox.com www.sesac.com
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2022
Co-Founder | CTO
May 2022
Tech for Rights transforms doom scrolling into activism with just a few clicks. Our platform seamlessly integrates fundraising tech with expert-designed, AI-optimized messaging to maximize impact. Our go-to-market focus areas are reproductive freedom, climate, and representative democracy. Tech for Rights promises our users: ● Just the Facts: Offers a wealth of information on key issues, vetted by our expert advisers. ● Harness AI for Good: Use our proprietary AI to craft messages that foster a deeply personal connection with the cause. ● Build Powerful Communities: Form potent alliances with like-minded individuals, rooted in shared values and objectives.
CTO | Co-founder
May 2022
Stealth AI Startup is a private community for founders, researchers, and engineers building next-generation AI companies before public launch. Founders tag themselves here to: 🔹 Gain credibility while working in stealth 🔹 Connect discreetly with other AI founders 🔹 Receive inbound interest from early-stage VCs 🔹 Join curated founder-only circles & discussions 🔹 Access hiring pipelines for early team building If youre building an AI startup in stealth, add your profile to the community and tag yourself to this page. Your stealth journey deserves visibility — without revealing your idea. Join the world’s largest AI stealth founder network.
2019
Board Member
Jul 2019
Conversational AI That Gets Results Cyrano provides you the step-by-step words and techniques for success for each individual, just like your phone provides step-by-step directions to your destination. Step 1) Connect your communications tools - Zoom meetings, emails, chats and more are securely “read” by Cyrano’s neuro linguistic engine. Step 2) Patented Deep listening analyzes your conversations - More than keywords, it finds insight into your prospects needs, preferred styles, and more. Step 3) Cyrano whispers your next move - Using the Cyrano app, your address book, or other systems you use, you get clear, actionable steps to advance your prospect to the next stage. Build valuable business relationships: Increase referrals and customer loyalty by leveraging the power of deep listening to forge lasting customer connections. Scale your best salespeople: Every agent or rep can be as good as your best, increasing overall sales Proven technology: Combining market expertise, psychology, and technology to provide you the roadmap for each and every conversation
2018
Board Member
Sep 2018
Pat is a Conversational AI platform that provides meaning - the missing piece - to create human-like interactions with machines. How? By mapping the language to the meaning behind words such as context, synonyms, and previous conversations where reasoning and 'common sense'​ are by-products. A scientific breakthrough in Natural Language Understanding (NLU), Pat enables human-like accuracy for conversation, is language independent and domain agnostic, and has easier integration and ongoing management. Sign up for early access: https://pat.ai/
2013
Founder | Chief Investment Officer
Feb 2013
Aventurine Capital Group focuses on inventors, researchers, and entrepreneurs with strong and impactful Foundational IP. Our IP Commercialization Program and Studio provides unparalleled support in realizing the potential of intellectual property through IP Strategy, IP Asset Management and supporting Go-To-Market services. Realizing that not every inventor is a nascent CEO, we help bring exceptional innovations to market, strengthen and advise science and tech teams, source investment capital and execute growth strategies. We also advise investment managers, funds, and family offices that have interest in companies with substantial intellectual property assets.
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