David Magerman

David Magerman is currently an advisory at Lagoon. Prior to this, they were the managing partner and chief technology officer at Differential Ventures for 3 years and 8 months. Differential Ventures invests in early-stage companies that deploy new enterprise solutions to automate, analyze, act-upon and secure the massive amounts of data being created each day. There is a gap in early-stage funding from institutional VCs that can add significant value to startups beyond just capital. Differential is uniquely positioned to be the first check in to a company and help scale our portfolio companies to the next stage of growth. As operators, our partners have been leaders across product, sales, marketing, legal, accounting and finance. As investors, we have deployed nearly $200 million across 6 previous funds, managed over 100 portfolio companies that have realized over $3.5 billion in exit value.

In addition to their work at Differential Ventures, David has also served as a board observer for Deeplite, Demoleap, Parlor.io, and Carver Edison. David has also been a board member for Personal AI, Agnostiq, Partners in Torah, Tamim Academy, Union Fire Association, and Databento. David is also the owner of Zagafen and Citron & Rose Tavern.

In addition to their work in the private sector, David is also the founder and president of The Kohelet Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting excellence in education and leadership development from a Jewish perspective. David has also served as a research scientist at Renaissance Technologies LLC and as the head of production at Renaissance Technologies LLC.

David Magerman has a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University School of Engineering, a BS in Computer and Information Sciences, General from University of Pennsylvania, and a BA in Mathematics from University of Pennsylvania.