Partner
David Wieland
Founder & Managing Partner, Motivate Ventures
- Firm
- Motivate Ventures
- Title
- Founder & Managing Partner
- Role
- Managing partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 18 September 2026
About
Two years out of college, David founded InnFlux, one of the largest and most profitable hotel WiFi and telecom companies before successfully exiting in 2011 and again in 2015 to private equity. In 2006, after the successful turnaround and sale of PowerSurge Webhosting, he launched Micro Private Equity firm iEstates, which builds and buys digital media businesses and assets, including Bourbon.com, Austin.com, Employer.com, and more. He later founded one of the largest and most profitable video hiring platforms, RIVS, before successfully exiting in 2019 to private equity. In 2012, David co-founded IrishAngels, a Notre Dame affiliated angel investor group that now deploys more than $10mm per year into early-stage companies, and served as Chairman until 2019 when he cofounded Motivate with longtime friend and co-investor Lauren DeLuca. David is a prolific early stage investor, placing more than 150 early stage investments in companies like Chime, Public.com, Robinhood, Pipe, Pantera Capita
Background
- Education
- David earned a BA in Government and Philosophy from Notre Dame, earned an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Business, and studied Venture Capital and Private Equity through Harvard’s Executive Education program.Source (opens in a new tab)
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