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David Schonthal is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management where he teaches courses in new venture creation and leads the school’s internal startup accelerator – the Zell Scholars program. He also serves as a Business Designer at the global innovation and design consultancy, IDEO, where he focuses on venture design and corporate entrepreneurship. David is also a co-founder of Fusion Ventures, an investment and advisory firm focused on growing technology startups in the early stages of their development. He was formerly Director of Strategy and Venture Development at Tavistock Life Sciences, a private investment firm located in San Diego, CA., and has held numerous senior management positions at startups in the technology and life sciences sectors. David began his career as a management consultant for Andersen, Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers based in both the United States and United Kingdom. David
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- • 3 investors at Pritzker Group Venture Capital are tracked.
- • 421 investors hold the Venture Partner role in VCSift. David Schonthal is one of them.
- • 1,718 investors are based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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