Ross Levinsohn
Partner
David has extensive experience advising, building and investing in leading communications and digital media companies, an increasing number of whom have significant operations and markets in China. David is a founding partner of Velocity Interactive Group and served as a General Partner of ComVentures prior to the merger. Before joining ComVentures, he worked at JPMorgan Partners, where he was a General Partner and the global head of the firm's communications, semiconductors and storage technology venture investment group. Before that, David was a member of the founding team of Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (DMG) Technology Group, which later became Credit Suisse First Boston. There, he established the global communications equipment practice, advising and investing in numerous high growth companies.
David holds an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the Silicon Valley Telecom Council and participates on the Infotech Advisory Board, a leading venture capital firm and a strategic partner of Velocity Interactive Group in China.
Current Board Positions and Representative Prior Investments: Aurora Networks, Celestial Semiconductor, Exalt Communications, OpVista, SG Micro, Skyrider, HotRail (acquired by Conexant) and PortalPlayer (NASD: PLAY).
