Azure Capital

David Limp is a Venture Partner to Azure Capital Partners where he specializes in wireless and consumer Internet technologies. David is a Vice-Presdent at Amazon.com and was formerly the full-time COO of Azure portfolio company, Brightkite.  Prior to Brightkite, David spent 2 years as full-time Venture Partner at Azure Capital Partners where he was deeply involved with Education.com and OQO.

Previously, David was the Senior Vice President of Corporate and Business Development of PalmSource. In this role, he was responsible for corporate development, business development and applications. Before joining PalmSource, he was Chief Strategy Officer of Liberate Technologies. At Liberate, he was responsible for strategic planning, technology licensing, corporate partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to assuming these responsibilities, David was Vice President of Marketing at Liberate, helping successfully spin the company out from Oracle. David began his career at Apple Computer, where he was most recently director of the North and South American PowerBook division. In that position, he oversaw the daily operations of the business, including manufacturing and channel development, as well as Apple's efforts to renew the PowerBook line of products.

David holds B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from Vanderbilt University and an M.S. degree in Management from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.