About David Scholtz
David’s core belief is that the most influential, interesting and effective people are those who take a different view on the world, do things differently. They are pushed by an inner need to create their own stamp on the world and in so doing create a strong pull for people to follow them. This applies to entrepreneurs who leave the nine to five to live in the sometimes lonely space making their vision a reality, the people who look at their personal journey through spiritual eyes and bridge the ethereal and business worlds, people who challenge the norms of personal identity through their own journey… These are the people that inspire, challenge and excite the world around them.
David is an Assistant Director at Ariadne Capital, an investment advisory firm in London founded by Julie Meyer. He joined in December 2006 to be part of the transaction team after having met Julie in a taxi queue and sharing a taxi to South Kensington. His sector expertise includes digital entertainment, local media, online consumer services, e-commerce and online recruitment. David has championed and advised companies including Geocast, TrialReach, Money Dashboard, Swush, Qire, Enrich Social Productions, Nearworld Investments, Momail, Consenda and Digital Stores.
David’s key focus areas at Ariadne Capital include advising on capital raising, business growth strategy and partnership development as well as corporate advisory within the digital media and online services sectors. He has a strong grasp of new technologies, web development and consumer services.
Prior to Ariadne Capital, he was a Senior Business Analyst at Yahoo! Search Marketing, a division of Yahoo! Europe, for three years where he worked in the European Operations Finance team as a finance business partner to the European YSM Business Development team. Prior to Yahoo! Europe he was at Monster Worldwide (European subsidiary of Monster Worldwide Inc) for four years as European Business Analyst, working across the European Finance and Sales divisions with the European CEO, CFO and Head of Sales.
David is married to an Events Specialist, has a dual BA Psychology degree from Richmond the American International University in London and the Open University. He loves to travel and is always keen to learn about foreign cultures, phrases in new languages and is a fan of good food and drink in great settings. David is a Swedish South African and speaks Swedish, Afrikaans, some French and some Dutch.
