Dave is a professional director and startup investor. He’s been called the “godfather of Wellington startups”, having been involved in the establishment of numerous local startups as well as AngelHQ – the capital’s angel club, Startup Weekend New Zealand, and Lightning Lab – NZ’s first accelerator programme. Dave is a director in a number of startups and larger organisations such as Metservice, Xerra, . You can find out more about Dave on his blog at