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David Horowitz founded Touchdown Ventures in 2014 after spending 14 years in corporate venture capital with Comcast Ventures. David joined Comcast Ventures in 2000 as one of the first employees of the venture capital group. At Comcast Ventures, David focused on investments in digital media, advertising technology, digital home, education, and financial technology. David led and managed investments in BlackArrow (acquired by CrossMediaWorks), Entropic (NASDAQ: ENTR), Intellon (NASDAQ: ITLN), Invite Media (acquired by Google), LinkShare (acquired by Rakuten), Nuera Communications (acquired by Audicodes), Rubicon Project (NYSE: RUBI), Visible World (acquired by Comcast), and XOS Digital (acquired by JumpTV/Neulion.) David also led investments in several privately-held companies including Ninth Decimal, SnagFilms, UberMedia, Videology, and Zero Fox. David also helped start and was a partner at Genacast Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital fund affiliated with Comcast Ventures.
Prior to Comcast Ventures, David worked in investment banking at Bear Stearns. David also started and helps run South Jersey Tech Collective (a networking group comprising of local tech entrepreneurs and investors). David also serves as an advisor to the Philadelphia Greenlight Fund.
David graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration with the highest honors from the University of Michigan.
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spring 2020, David created a weekly virtual trivia game show called 20 Second Trivia and helped raise $20,000 for the CDC Foundation: Philly Inquirer: As trivia host, Cherry Hill man fulfills a childhood dream for charity.
David is also the creator and publisher of a new board game called Frequent Flyer.
David lives in the New Jersey suburbs of Philadelphia with his wife and 2 boys.
