Mr. Gowdey is a Managing Partner at Jungle Ventures. With over US$1 billion in AUM, Jungle is
one of the largest venture capital firms based in Singapore, with a focus on internet and
technology investments in India and Southeast Asia. He represents Jungle on the boards of
several companies, including Kredivo, Sociolla, Kiotviet, Sleek, Saltmine and AMP.
Prior to Jungle, David spent 4 years at TPG Capital where he led internet investments outside of
the US within the TPG Growth fund. His investments included Lenskart and Propertyguru. Prior
to TPG, David spent 12 years at Yahoo! Inc where he was the Head of International M&A and
was responsible for driving all transactions for Yahoo! outside of North America. In 2011, David
was also the Managing Partner at Xplorer Capital, a growth equity venture capital firm which
spun out from Yahoo! to focus on internet and digital media opportunities in the emerging
markets.
David holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Radford University in Virginia
and a Master’s Degree from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management in Sydney. He has
been investing in the tech space in Asia for over 26 years and been based out of Singapore for
the last 18 years with his wife and three children.