Title
Global Venture Partner
Company
OurCrowd
Bio
David Goodtree is an active investor and board advisor in technology companies in the U.S. and Israel. He is a Global Venture Partner and serves on the Board of Advisors for OurCrowd, a global crowdfunding VC based in Jerusalem. Goodtree is also the author of the “Massachusetts-Israel Economic Relationship” study that illustrates the impact of Israeli entrepreneurship on the greater Boston economy. He has led trade delegations to Israel for hundreds of senior executives in his role as a board member of the New England-Israel Business Council. He is also a judge, supporter, and member of the MassChallenge Israel Advisory Council, helping the world’s largest startup accelerator to expand globally. In the water tech sector and in his role as a founding member of the New England Water Innovation Network, some of Goodtree’s recent activities include presenting at TEDxBoston, testifying for the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, co-organizing the “W.E.T. Revolution Competition” in Tel Aviv, co-organizing the SWIM symposia, and creating the Massachusetts Water Industry Market Map. Previously, Goodtree was VP Marketing with Akamai Technologies from the company’s pre-commercial launch through IPO, and also served as Group Director of Forrester Research, providing market research and strategic advice in telecommunications, networking, and computing.