Managing Partner, Rise of the Rest Seed Fund
David Hall is managing partner at Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and is responsible for investment sourcing, execution, and oversight of the Fund’s portfolio companies. Hall began his career with Revolution in 2006, serving as an investment professional across the firm, including as an investor with Revolution Growth and Revolution Ventures. Hall has worked closely with and served as a board director and observer for a number of Revolution’s portfolio companies, including Revolution Money (acquired by American Express), Booker (Acquired by MindBody), BenchPrep, FreightWaves, Foxtrot, and Understory.
Prior to Revolution, Hall was an executive with The Washington Post Company as director of planning and development. In this capacity, he managed corporate M&A and investments and launched new print and digital publications. Earlier in his career, Hall held positions at Akamai Technologies, Inc. and was a financial analyst at Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.
Hall received a bachelor of arts in economics from Morehouse College and a master’s in business administration from Harvard Business School.