Investing Profile

Dave Fontenot

InvestorVCFounder

General Partner at Backend Capital

hf0.comSan Francisco, California

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Networks Dave is a member of

NewCo Network

1609 CONNECTIONS

Top-Patents Network

1039 CONNECTIONS

University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network

837 CONNECTIONS

Self-Employed Network

822 CONNECTIONS

Calling Brands Network

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Current Investing Position

Backend Capital General Partner

Investment Range

$500K - $500K

Sweet Spot

$500K

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$72M

Dave Fontenot is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Dave Fontenot's Investments On Record (1)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Kontigo	SeedSep 2025$20M	$20M
Co-investors: Matthew Caspari (Alumni Ventures ), Tom Brown (Nyca Partners), Matteo Franceschetti (Global Investment Renewable), Hubert Thieblot (Founders, Inc.), Evan Cheng (Mysten Labs), Furqan Rydhan (Founders, Inc.), Saurabh Gupta (DST Global), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Scott Shiao (Goodwater Capital), Tom Blomfield, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Helen Liang, Oliver Jung

Dave Fontenot's Experience

General Partner Private companyPresent

General Partner Office of US Senator Daniel Patrick MoynihanPresent

General Partner BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present

General Partner Calling BrandsPresent

General Partner University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

General Partner MinttownPresent

General Partner Asset Management GroupPresent

General Partner The Grameen Creative LabPresent

General Partner Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent

General Partner Self-EmployedPresent

Founder MHacksPresent

Founder HackMatchPresent

General Partner NewCoPresent

Mindfulness Journey MonasteryPresent

General Partner Top-PatentsPresent

General Partner Backend CapitalPresent

Founder HF0Present

Dave Fontenot's Education

University of Michigan Dropout Computer Science

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