David Orfao
David Orfao
Overview
As a Managing Director of General Catalyst Partners, David concentrates on software and technology, i.e. deployment infrastructure, tools, application development and packaged applications within the enterprise software sector. David’s selected investments include Abine, Circle, ClearSky Data, DataGravity, FitNow, Imprivata (NYSE: IMPR) and Ping Identity. His past investments included Axium (acquired by Deltek in June 2014), Backupify (acquired by Datto in December 2014), Brightcove (NASDAQ: BCOV), ezprints (acquired by CafePress in October 2012), IMlogic (acquired by Symantec in February 2006), OnForce (acquired by Adecco in August 2014),Tremor Video (NYSE: TRMR) and Tudou (NASDAQ: TUDO). He is based in the firm’s Cambridge office. Prior to joining General Catalyst Partners at the time of forming Fund II, David Orfao held the positions of President, CEO or Senior VP of Sales, Operations or Marketing for four publicly held companies. Most recently, David led Allaire Corporation from 1997 to 2000 as President, CEO, and Board Member. During his tenure, Allaire grew from a venture-backed start up to a public corporation trading on NASDAQ. The company pioneered the Internet Application Server market with industry leading products such as ColdFusion and JRUN. In January of 2001, Allaire merged with MacroMedia Corporation which was subsequently acquired by Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE). During his leadership from 1997 to 2000, Allaire Corporation’s annual revenues grew from approximately $2.4 million to $119.0 million, and the number of its employees increased from approximately 12 to 400.