David Borcsok
Investor
David Borcsok leads the Toronto office of Mucker Capital, investing in pre-seed and seed-stage start-ups across Canada and the Northeastern United States.
Before joining Mucker’s investment team, David was an Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Mucker after the culmination of a 6-year tenure with the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), where he was responsible for managing two early-stage technology venture capital funds seeded by RBC.
Before that role, David was an Associate at TrilogyGrowth LP., a seed and series-A consumer technology fund and began his career in venture capital as a Venture Fellow with an angel investment group in New England. In more than 13 years in venture capital, he has led investments in 50+ companies, while also developing and teaching courses on capital formation and entrepreneurship at the Western University Richard Ivey School of Business, Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University), and the Queens University Smith School of Business.
He is a David Rockefeller Fellow with the Trilateral Commission, a New Leader with the Carnegie Council, Founder of the Ordinary Foundation, as well as a member of the Young Leaders Circle at the Milken Institute. David graduated from Wilfrid Laurier and Brown University and is a Kauffman Fellow.
David can be reached at david at mucker dot com.
Articles by David Borcsok
Managing, for Millennials
Key lessons for young managers who lead a team We’ve all seen our share of “How to Manage Millennials” posts, with older, “wiser” executives complaining about how hard it is...
How Lemming VCs Cause Venture Recessions
Following the inevitable ups and downs of the VC investment cycle, and what founders can do when it all turns cold. The “venture recession” of 2016 is in full swing....
Suggested Read on Artificial Intelligence: The Most Human Human
As part of this summer’s reading, I recently finished The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Being Alive, by Brian Christian. It was a wonderful read. Written...
Introducing Mucker Academy: A Discussion With Jerry Jao
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Portfolio POV: What’s Trending on Everipedia?
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Taiwanese TV on Mucker and the Rise of Silicon Beach
Unique Business News, a satellite cable news show based out of Taiwan, stopped by Mucker’s offices recently as part of a segment on Silicon Beach. The piece offers up a...