David Unsworth
RBC Venture Partners
David Unsworth is focused on the management of the RBC Venture Partners portfolio. David has ten years of venture capital investment experience and has invested enterprise software applications at the intersection of mobile, cloud, data management and SaaS.
David currently serves on the board of directors of Verafin Inc., Igloo Software and is also an observer on the board of Lumeta Corporation. David managed the investment and served on the board of Viigo Inc (acquired by RIMM), and was an observer on the board of Tacit Software Inc.(acquired by ORCL) and Varicent Software (acquired by IBM).
Prior to joining RBC Capital Partners David was a Partner with ATP Capital (Manager of the BlackBerry Partners Fund) and a Director with RBC Venture Partners, the venture capital operation of Royal Bank of Canada (RY:NYSE). Prior to a career in venture capital David had a successful track record within RBC Financial Group in retail and commercial banking, e-commerce strategy development and project management.
David earned an Executive MBA from Queens University, holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from Wilfrid Laurier University and is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP). He is also a graduate of the NVCA’s Venture Capital Institute and the Rotman SME Board Effectiveness Program.
David is active in the venture community as an editorial board member and contributor to Private Capital Magazine and as a mentor for Women in Capital Markets.
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