David Hirsch

Founder at Drake Foundry

Speaker

David Hirsch is a partner at Drake Foundry, an investor focused on Critical Path Investing and removing bottlenecks for fast-scaling technologies. Before Drake Foundry, David was a Principal at Generate Capital, where he was responsible for investments in sustainable digital infrastructure. Prior to joining Generate in 2018, David was the Director of Finance at Powerhive, a start-up focused on rural electrification. David also was a Director at SunEdison, where he worked across project finance, commercial sales, rural electrification, and energy storage project finance. David spent the first five years of his career at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch and affiliates, where he worked in both Energy & Power Investment Banking in New York and Real Estate Private Equity in London. David also sits on the Power for All’s Board of Directors and is an advisor to Calwave. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and has an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley.