David Karnstedt
Chief Executive Officer at Branch Metrics, Inc.
Profile
David Karnstedt is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Branch Metrics, Inc. since 2024.
He is also the Director at Feedvisor Ltd.
since 2018 and an Investor at EatStreet, Inc. since 2014.
Additionally, he is a Member of Young Presidents' Organization, Inc., an Investor at Truverse, Inc. since 2017, an Advisor at Ironfire Ventures, and an Investor at Wisecrack since 2014.
In his former positions, Mr. Karnstedt served as the President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Efficient Frontier, Inc. from 2011 to 2012.
He was also the Chief Executive Officer, Director & Investor at Quantifind, Inc. from 2012 to 2017.
He held the position of President & Co-Chief Executive Officer at Context Optional, Inc. and was a Director at Apptera, Inc. and Demandbase, Inc. He served as a Board of Director at Vantiv, Inc. from 2014 to 2018.
Furthermore, he worked as the Western Advertising Director at Wired News from 1997 to 1999.
He was the Senior VP-Media & Advertising Solutions at Adobe, Inc. from 2012 to 2013 and held the position of Senior Vice President-North American Sales at Yahoo!, Inc. He also served as the Senior Vice President-Direct Business at Overture Services, Inc. and was a Board Member at JumpTap, Inc. from 2009 to 2013.
He acted as an Advisor at Blue Kai, Inc. from 2007 to 2014 and was a Senior Advisor at Tarrant Capital IP LLC from 2008 to 2019.
Mr. Karnstedt obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois in 1988.
David Karnstedt active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
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Young Presidents' Organization, Inc.
 Young Presidents' Organization, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Young Presidents' Organization, Inc. is a global leadership community of over 30,000 chief executives from 142 countries. The non-profit company is based in Irving, TX and has a global presence of subsidiaries in several regions. The company's mission is to help its members become better leaders and better people. The company was founded in 1950 by Ray Hickok, Khalid Mohamed Jassem Kanoo. Thayer Smith has been the CEO of the company since 2007. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Feedvisor Ltd.
 Feedvisor Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Feedvisor Ltd. operates an algorithmic repricing platform which offers cloud-based solutions to eCommerce marketplace customers to keep prices competitive and maximize profitability. Its algorithmic repricing and business intelligence platform, offering eCommerce marketplace sellers a best in class, cloud-based solution to keep prices competitive and makes adjusts prices in real-time based on the retailers’ business goals. The company was founded by Victor Rosenman, Yair Margolin and Eyal Lanxner in 2011 and is headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel. | Director/Board Member | 2018-10-15 |
EatStreet, Inc.
 EatStreet, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services EatStreet, Inc. provides online local food delivery service that connects users with favorite restaurants. Its online restaurant listing shows all the diners in a defined area and allows users to order for delivery and pickup online. The company was founded by Matt Howard, Eric Martell, and Alex Wyler in 2009 and is headquartered in Madison, WI. | Private Equity Investor | 2013-12-31 |
| Wisecrack | Private Equity Investor | 2014-07-31 |
Truverse, Inc.
 Truverse, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Truverse, Inc. provides communication solutions. It operates a platform that helps the companies acquire, engage, educate, communicate, entertain, and transact with consumers who use messaging applications. The company was founded by Mark Fruehan, Manoj Malhotra, and Mahi de Silva in 2016 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA. | Private Equity Investor | 2017-01-31 |
Ironfire Ventures
 Ironfire Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Ironfire Ventures (Ironfire Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Ironfire Capital LLC founded in 2012 by Eric Jackson and Richard Chan. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Consultant / Advisor | - |
Branch Metrics, Inc.
 Branch Metrics, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Branch Metrics, Inc. provides deep linking technology to mobile application developers. It offers organic growth, higher activation rates, paid growth optimization and web to application optimization services. The company was founded by Mada Seghete, Alexander Austin, Mike Molinet and Dmitri Gaskin in May 2014 and is headquartered in Redwood city, CA. | Chief Executive Officer | 2024-05-19 |
Former positions of David Karnstedt
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|---|---|---|
Tarrant Capital IP LLC
 Tarrant Capital IP LLC Investment ManagersFinance Tarrant Capital IP LLC operates as a venture capital firm. It serves the consumer, retail, technology, internet, healthcare, energy, cleantech, digital media, real estate, renewables and transportation industries. The company was founded by David Bonderman and Jim Coulter in 1992 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Consultant / Advisor | 2019-12-30 |
Vantiv, Inc.
 Vantiv, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Vantiv, Inc. is a payment processor company. The firm offers a suite of payment processing services that enables its clients to meet their payment processing needs through a single provider, including in omni-channel environments that span point of sale, ecommerce and mobile devices. It operates through Merchant Services and Financial Institution Services segments. The Merchant Services segment provides merchant acquiring and payment processing services to large national merchants, regional and small-to-mid sized businesses through both direct and indirect distribution channels. Its services include all aspects of card processing including authorization and settlement, customer service, chargeback and retrieval processing and interchange management. The Financial Institution Services segment provides card issuer processing, payment network processing, fraud protection, card production, prepaid program management, automated teller machine driving and network gateway and switching services that utilize the company's proprietary Jeanie debit payment network to a set of financial institutions, including regional banks, community banks, credit unions and regional personal identification number networks. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH. | Director/Board Member | 2017-12-31 |
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Training of David Karnstedt
| University of Illinois | Undergraduate Degree |
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Linked companies
| Listed companies | 1 |
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| ADOBE INC. | Technology Services |
| Private companies | 19 |
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Yahoo!, Inc.
 Yahoo!, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Yahoo!, Inc. is a guide to digital information discovery, focused on informing, connecting, and entertaining users through its search, communications, and digital content products. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and Asia Pacific. The company was founded by Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
Overture Services, Inc.
 Overture Services, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Overture Services, Inc. provides commercial search services on the Internet. It used to provide search-driven targeted advertising services to its customers. It also used to distributes text-based advertising based on keywords that typically appears next to online content. It also used to operates the AltaVista.com and AlltheWeb.com web sites. It was acquired by Yahoo! in 2003. It was founded in the year 1997. It was headquartered in Pasadena, CA. | Commercial Services |
Apptera, Inc.
 Apptera, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Apptera, Inc. provides technology for mobile advertising, search and commerce. It provides real-time call handling solutions that are supported by audio advertising. The firm is a mobile communications and advertising company with a newly launched free app called Raved, may turn that quest into reality-or at least a nice chunk of change. The company was founded in 2001 by Leo King-Yin Chiu and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA. | Technology Services |
Efficient Frontier, Inc.
 Efficient Frontier, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Efficient Frontier, Inc. provided paid search engine marketing solutions. The company was founded by Anand Ranganathan and Anik Kamath in 2002 and was headquartered in San Jose, CA. | Technology Services |
JumpTap, Inc.
 JumpTap, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Jumptap leverages its highly advanced, sophisticated algorithmic engine and unique IP to deliver the best ROI for advertisers and the highest monetization for publishers. The result is a network of mobile websites and applications that combine best-in-class content and services together with highly relevant advertising to create an experience that appeals to the mobile consumer. It delivers engaging, ads on the largest, highest quality, premium mobile ad network-placing the consumer at the center of mobile advertising ecosystem. Mobile advertising with the company means better targeting and the most relevant ads, leading to higher click-through and conversion rates. It delivers a greater ROI to advertisers and more revenue for mobile app developers and publishers and operators. | Commercial Services |
Demandbase, Inc.
 Demandbase, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Demandbase, Inc. operates as a platform for business to business marketers. The firm provides business to business marketing cloud services, advertisement, measurement, personalization, conversion, and consulting services. The company was founded by Christopher J. Golec in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Blue Kai, Inc.
 Blue Kai, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Blue Kai, Inc. provides cloud-based big data platform that enables companies to personalize online, offline, and mobile marketing campaigns. The company was founded by Grant Ries, Omar Tawakol, and Alexander Hooshmand in 2007 and is headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA. | Technology Services |
Quantifind, Inc.
 Quantifind, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Quantifind, Inc. provides business intelligence solutions. Its business intelligence platform automatically identifies relevant signals in structured and unstructured content, contextualizes them based on what matters to the customer and derives meaning using data centric analytics. The firm operates as a technology company whose analytics platform forecasts consumer actions in the real world. It also provides brands a view into the messaging, TV media placements and product strategy that tie directly to movement in the brand?s revenue. The company was founded by Ari Keith Tuchman and John Stockton in 2009 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Commercial Services |
Vantiv, Inc.
Vantiv, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Vantiv, Inc. is a payment processor company. The firm offers a suite of payment processing services that enables its clients to meet their payment processing needs through a single provider, including in omni-channel environments that span point of sale, ecommerce and mobile devices. It operates through Merchant Services and Financial Institution Services segments. The Merchant Services segment provides merchant acquiring and payment processing services to large national merchants, regional and small-to-mid sized businesses through both direct and indirect distribution channels. Its services include all aspects of card processing including authorization and settlement, customer service, chargeback and retrieval processing and interchange management. The Financial Institution Services segment provides card issuer processing, payment network processing, fraud protection, card production, prepaid program management, automated teller machine driving and network gateway and switching services that utilize the company's proprietary Jeanie debit payment network to a set of financial institutions, including regional banks, community banks, credit unions and regional personal identification number networks. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH. | Commercial Services |
EatStreet, Inc.
EatStreet, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services EatStreet, Inc. provides online local food delivery service that connects users with favorite restaurants. Its online restaurant listing shows all the diners in a defined area and allows users to order for delivery and pickup online. The company was founded by Matt Howard, Eric Martell, and Alex Wyler in 2009 and is headquartered in Madison, WI. | Technology Services |
Wired News
 Wired News Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Part of Advance Publications, Inc., Wired News operates a website focused on innovation and technology. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Young Presidents' Organization, Inc.
Young Presidents' Organization, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Young Presidents' Organization, Inc. is a global leadership community of over 30,000 chief executives from 142 countries. The non-profit company is based in Irving, TX and has a global presence of subsidiaries in several regions. The company's mission is to help its members become better leaders and better people. The company was founded in 1950 by Ray Hickok, Khalid Mohamed Jassem Kanoo. Thayer Smith has been the CEO of the company since 2007. | Commercial Services |
Truverse, Inc.
Truverse, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Truverse, Inc. provides communication solutions. It operates a platform that helps the companies acquire, engage, educate, communicate, entertain, and transact with consumers who use messaging applications. The company was founded by Mark Fruehan, Manoj Malhotra, and Mahi de Silva in 2016 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA. | Technology Services |
Context Optional, Inc.
 Context Optional, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Context Optional, Inc. provides online marketing services. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
Tarrant Capital IP LLC
Tarrant Capital IP LLC Investment ManagersFinance Tarrant Capital IP LLC operates as a venture capital firm. It serves the consumer, retail, technology, internet, healthcare, energy, cleantech, digital media, real estate, renewables and transportation industries. The company was founded by David Bonderman and Jim Coulter in 1992 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Finance |
Feedvisor Ltd.
Feedvisor Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Feedvisor Ltd. operates an algorithmic repricing platform which offers cloud-based solutions to eCommerce marketplace customers to keep prices competitive and maximize profitability. Its algorithmic repricing and business intelligence platform, offering eCommerce marketplace sellers a best in class, cloud-based solution to keep prices competitive and makes adjusts prices in real-time based on the retailers’ business goals. The company was founded by Victor Rosenman, Yair Margolin and Eyal Lanxner in 2011 and is headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel. | Technology Services |
Branch Metrics, Inc.
Branch Metrics, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Branch Metrics, Inc. provides deep linking technology to mobile application developers. It offers organic growth, higher activation rates, paid growth optimization and web to application optimization services. The company was founded by Mada Seghete, Alexander Austin, Mike Molinet and Dmitri Gaskin in May 2014 and is headquartered in Redwood city, CA. | Commercial Services |
Ironfire Ventures
Ironfire Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Ironfire Ventures (Ironfire Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Ironfire Capital LLC founded in 2012 by Eric Jackson and Richard Chan. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
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