David Austin

David Austin has over 25 years of extensive product and corporate development experience in bringing a multitude of amazing products to consumer markets as well as acquiring and integrating many teams

Website: www.mediacamp.com
San Francisco, California, United States
Accredited investor
Member since March 08, 2012

Happily helping technology companies build amazing products for the media business through Media Camp, a new accelerator sponsored by Turner Broadcasting. See www.mediacamp.com. Quote_down

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Investor interests

Type of investor	Angel
Typical investment size	$25,000 - $50,000
Typical investments in a year	2
Investments partners	Javelin, Google Ventures, Vaizra
Categories of interest	Advertising Consumer Internet (B2C) Digital media Media Social media Television
Credentials	Accredited Investor

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David Austin has over 25 years of extensive product and corporate development experience in bringing a multitude of amazing products to consumer markets as well as identifying, acquiring and integrating a wealth of intellectual property, products and teams. Currently David is helping to drive the new media technology accelerator, Media Camp, a Turner initiative. Find out more at www.mediacamp.com

Prior to coming to Turner to help shape the future of media he was a Senior Director at Apple Inc for two stints totaling over 17 years. During his time there, David delivered a broad swath of consumer products working extensively with Senior Executive Management (including working directly with the late Steve Jobs on the original Keynote and iWork products).

In between stints at Apple he co-founded a startup and worked for a boutique venture capital firm. Since leaving Apple in 2009 he has had the privilege of being an investor, advisor, and board member to many angel and venture-backed startups.

David has a BS in Math and Computer Science and holds three patents.