Dave Munichiello

Bay Area

Bio

Professional summary

Dave Munichiello is a Managing Partner at GV. His official profile says he leads GV's tech investing team across consumer, enterprise, and frontier practice areas. It lists his investment areas as enterprise, frontier tech, AI, consumer, growth, and seed/early stage. The profile says he is especially curious about data platforms, data science, developer tools, infrastructure, and enterprise software. His listed investments include Blue Water Autonomy, Cockroach Labs, GitLab, Modular, Plaid, Redpanda, SambaNova Systems, Snorkel AI, Upbound, Wonder, Zipline, Ahana, Bugsnag, CoreOS, Determined AI, Jet, Lattice, Pixie Labs, Segment, Slack, and ThousandEyes.

Investment focus

Stage, sector, and overall fit

Stage

Seed / Early StageGrowth

Sector

EnterpriseFrontier TechAIConsumerDeveloper tools and infrastructure

Thesis

Enterprise, frontier tech, AI, and consumerData platforms, data science, developer tools, infrastructure, and enterprise softwareSeed/early-stage and growth

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

Cockroach LabsGitLabModularPlaidRedpandaSambaNova SystemsSnorkel AIUpboundWonderZiplineCoreOSSegmentSlackThousandEyes

How to approach

Framing and angles for outreach

Pitch framing

Highlight deep technical founder quality, infrastructure or developer-tooling insight, and why the relationship should start before a specific round.

Partneralization hooks

1Long-term relationship orientation with repeat founders
2Curiosity about data platforms, infrastructure, developer tools, and enterprise software

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

GV (Google Ventures)Managing PartnerPresent
Kiva SystemsAssociate/PartnerPrior to GV

Education

Harvard Business SchoolMBA, Business Administration

Skills

Venture CapitalAI InvestingEnterprise SoftwareDefense TechData Infrastructure

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