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David P. Rizzo

President & CEO at NC IDEA

Durham, US

About

David Rizzo is Managing Partner of IDEA Fund Partners. He also serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of NC IDEA, a non-profit organization that maintains a strategic partnership with IDEA Fund Partners. David brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in general management, strategic planning, acquisitions and divestitures and corporate finance and investment within technology-based business environments. In addition, David has established a proven track record of entrepreneurial success. He has keen insight and knowledge of interplay among technology, economics and public policy. David is recognized nationally as a visionary for technology-led economic development. This passion led him to a position as President and CEO of MCNC, a private, non-profit created to be a catalyst for technology-based economic development throughout North Carolina. David strategically realigned the company into three separate organizations - including the creation and leadership of MC

Position in the VCSift Database

  • 2 investors at NC IDEA are tracked.
  • 287 investors hold the President & CEO role in VCSift. David P. Rizzo is one of them.
  • 115 investors are based in Durham, North Carolina, United States.

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Durham, US

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