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Owen Davis

Owen Davis

General Partner atContour Venture PartnersNew York City
Contour Venture Partners websiteFirm profile

Owen Davis is a General Partner at Contour Venture Partners. He previously led NYC Seed and founded NYC Seedstart, with a background in early internet and wireless ventures.

What Owen can write

Writes checks of$500K to $3M
Comes in atSeedCan lead the round
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Contour Venture Partners writes $500K to $3M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. NYC Seed · Managing Director
    2008-2016
  2. Contour Venture Partners · General Partner
    Now
  3. Thinking Media
  4. Sonata
    1999
  5. Petal Computing
  6. Columbia Business School · Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business
  7. Columbia Law School · adjunct professor

Companies founded

NYC SeedstartThinking MediaSonataPetal ComputingOverlap

Focus

online marketingwirelesscloud computingCorporate Finance

Education

Columbia Business School, MBABrown University, bachelor's degree

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Questions

Who is Owen Davis?

Owen Davis is a General Partner at Contour Venture Partners. He previously led NYC Seed and founded NYC Seedstart, with a background in early internet and wireless ventures.

How much does Owen Davis invest?

Owen Davis invests through Contour Venture Partners, which writes checks of $500K to $3M at seed.

How do I pitch Owen Davis?

A warm intro from a founder Contour Venture Partners backed works best.

What did Owen Davis do before Contour Venture Partners?

Managing Director at NYC Seed; Thinking Media; Sonata; Petal Computing; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business at Columbia Business School; adjunct professor at Columbia Law School.

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