Primary Job Title Venture Partner Primary Organization 
Alloy Ventures
Location San Francisco, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
Investor Type
David Pidwell has been a venture partner at Alloy Ventures since 1996.
In 1987, he founded Rasna Corp., a mechanical design automation software company financed by the partners at Alloy. He was President and CEO until 1995 when Parametric Technology (Nasdaq: PMTC) acquired the firm.
Prior to Rasna, Pidwell worked for ROLM Corp. for 14 years.
He is currently a director of iPrint, Ensenda, Xactly, and Informatica (Nasdaq: INFA).
He received a BS in electrical engineering (1969) and a MS in computer systems engineering (1970) from Ohio University and completed three years of work at Stanford University on a PhD in engineering economic systems.
