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

Venture Capital for the Rest of Us
The seed from which Mucker grew came forth from the ripples of the Great Recession As the rest of the tech world flooded toward Silicon Valley in search of millions...

William Hsu on TenOneTen’s LA Venture Podcast
Earlier this month, Will joined David Waxman and Minnie Ingersoll from TenOneTen for their fourth episode of the LA Venture podcast series. You can listen to the full episode here....

Building Company Culture, Before It’s Too Late
When I was leading my last business, I always knew that company culture was important. But what I needed to do about it and when to do it was a...

Understanding The Vertical SaaS Product Stack
If you’re thinking about launching a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company, there are two different ways to approach the market. Horizontal SaaS: These companies aim to create a product that services a...

Founder Interview: Amanda Szabo, founder and CEO, ResortPass
Building a successful business is hardly as fun as a day at the pool, though for Amanda Szabo, that’s how hers got started. The founder and CEO of Santa Monica’s...

Founder Interview: Guillermo Gette, co-founder and CEO, Workast
Babies have played a pivotal role in the life and career of Workast co-founder and CEO Guillermo Gette. It was his parents’ baby-product store back home in Buenos Aires, Argentina,...