Number of Portfolio Companies 3
Number of Founded Organizations 1
  • Primary Job Title Senior Director, Google Photos
  • Primary Organization 
    Google
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel

Dave is the founding product lead for Google Photos.

Previously, David was CEO and co-founder of Bump. Bump let users physically bump mobile phones together to exchange contact information, photos and more. Bump was one of the most-popular apps of all time, with more than 150M downloads worldwide. Bump was funded by YC, SV Angel / Ron

Conway, Sequoia, Ram Shriram, and a16z and was acquired by Google in September 2013. http://bu.mp

Bump also created Flock, an early background app that inferred photo sharing intent based on mobile sensor data and social signals. http://theflockapp.com

Previously, David designed algorithms at Texas Instruments, where he helped develop digital display devices for projectors and large-screen televisions.

Prior to TI, David taught robotic vehicles to see, learn, and drive themselves while a research assistant in the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab under Sebastian Thrun and the Graphics Lab under Marc Levoy.

David holds a masters in EE/CS from Stanford and an undergraduate degree in EE/CS from Princeton, where he also pitched on the baseball team.

Number of Investments 3
David Lieb has made 3 investments. Their latest investment was Series A - Air on Sep 16, 2020, when Air raised
$12M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Sep 16, 2020
Air
Series A - Air
$12M
Aug 9, 2019
Parative Revenue Expansion System
Seed Round - Parative Revenue Expansion System
$2.6M
May 1, 2017
LÜK Network
Angel Round - LÜK Network
$390K
Number of Partner Investments 1
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Dec 21, 2022
Metriport
Y Combinator
Seed Round - Metriport
$2.4M
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 3
David Lieb is the Senior Director, Google Photos at Google. Additionally, David Lieb has had 3 past jobs including co-founder / CEO at Bump Technologies.
  • Google Senior Director, Google PhotosSep 2013
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Bump Technologies
co-founder / CEOOct 2008Sep 2013
Texas Instruments
Technology StrategistNov 2007Aug 2008
Texas Instruments
Algorithm EngineerJun 2001Nov 2007
David Lieb studied at Stanford UniversityThe University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and Princeton University.
Number of Events 1
David Lieb has participated in 1 event, Habit Summit 2018 on Apr 10, 2018.