About David Wieland

David is a serial founder and venture investor. Currently, David serves as co-founder and managing partner of Motivate Venture Capital, a seed stage venture firm investing in tech or tech-enabled companies in the US and Canada. As a previous angel investor (https://angel.co/l/N9Dsb), David co-founded and served as Chairman of Notre Dame-affiliated IrishAngels and has made personal investments in over 100 startups and funds including Chime, Public.com, BlockFi, Robinhood, BitClout, Pipe, Pantera Capital, Unsplash, Change.org, HomeChef, NoRedInk, and Techstars. Through the Amelia Claire Foundation, in memory of their daughter, David and his wife, along with their three other children assist families who have lost children. David enjoys fishing, skiing, traveling, and philanthropy. David received his BA from Notre Dame and MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management.