Dave Mullen is an investor at SVB Capital where he covers InsurTech, PropTech, Fintech, and ClimateTech for the platform’s direct investing strategy. In addition, Dave is an active advisor on business strategy and fundraising to founders throughout the ecosystem, informally and more formally in board advisor roles. In 2020, Dave founded the Emerging Venture Capital Association’s PropTech vertical, creating discourse and awareness of the ‘Built World’ in the tech ecosystem. Dave has been published on TechCrunch and via personal blog on Medium and is an advocate and liason to StartOut, serving on the programming board, championing inclusion events at SVB, and assisting with almost a dozen panels over the last few years for the organization.