David combines technical training in engineering with experience in investment banking and financial markets. He brings a strong commercial and investor-oriented perspective to businesses that need sharper strategic framing, clearer market positioning, and greater fundraising readiness. His background is particularly relevant for technically strong companies that need to communicate more effectively with investors, partners, and stakeholders, without losing the technical credibility that makes them worth backing. He has also established scientific rationale and testing protocols for multiple non-invasive AI-driven medical devices, giving him a practical understanding of what it takes to build and validate AI products in regulated environments.
David leads GoldWhite's fundraising and commercial advisory practice. He combines an unusual depth of experience spanning academic engineering research, investment banking, derivatives trading, and startup founding to help STEM companies raise capital and build sustainable businesses.
Before founding GoldWhite, David was an equity derivatives trader at Goldman Sachs in London, structuring derivative products for the German issuance market, and an analyst in the M&A division of a boutique investment bank in Frankfurt, where he worked on transactions including a €500M capital raising in the transportation sector.
David has co-founded two technology companies: a technology platform that was sold privately, and a mobile fashion startup that raised a $1.5M seed round in New York before being acquired. He has also served as a strategy consultant at Cambridge's Institute for Manufacturing and lectured at the Judge Business School.
At GoldWhite, David has established scientific rationale and testing protocols for multiple non-invasive medical devices, managed KOL engagement, led clinical and academic project execution, and personally raised over £6M across investment rounds and grant applications for clients.
David holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge, where his research on open innovation in high-tech SMEs received a Best Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation & Technology. He also holds an MPhil from the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge (Distinction).
A practical guide covering typical round sizes, investor types, timelines, and the most common mistakes we see founders make.
Technical founders approach investor meetings with a consistent and preventable disadvantage. A practical guide to the five questions every investor is trying to answer, and how to structure a pitch that addresses them without sacrificing scientific credibility.
Most early-stage founders hire full-time senior leaders too late or too early. A practical guide to what a fractional executive actually is, when the model makes sense, and how to avoid the mistakes that make it fail.
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