Hi, I’m David
I’m a serial entrepreneur, co-founder of Alive Games, co-founder and ex-CEO of Chessable, and a part-time angel investor. Welcome to my homepage and blog.
My work:
Here is what I have been up to for a couple of decades:
- Alive Games is a start up founded in April 2024, that is building easy-to-use tools to let anyone create and customise their 3D items for their favourite video games like Roblox, Fortnite, Counter Strike 2, GTA V and more. We are cooking up some big things, check it out at https://www.alivegames.io
- Angel Investing Thanks to my modest Chessable exit, I was able to give back to the start up world by supporting a few bright entrepreneurs embarking on their journey. I really enjoy working with them as an advisor, to help them find their product market fit, growth, and make their mark. I’m always open to checking out a pitch deck, please reach out via LinkedIn
- Chessable an ed-tech startup that revolutionised the way people learn chess, acquired by the World Champion’s company in 2019. At Chessable our goal was to help you acquire Chess mastery backed by the science of learning, while making it as fun as possible with the principles of gamification. Today, it is the clear market leader in online chess education
- Sharkius Games An early player in the Facebook/social games, ecosystem, with the most popular games being Metropolis, Simmbook and Mafia Cities, reaching hundreds of thousands of daily active users
- SoccerOD/VGCity Football and video game online communities I founded and managed for a few years. VGCity grew to tens of thousands of users very quickly and worked with some of the biggest game studios to review their games pre-launch
- Other side projects I’m always working on side projects, on my own, and with friends, a particularly interesting one i spend some weekends on is an app so you can learn to do exercise snacks 🙂