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Funding and backers
Total raised
$38.1M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$15.9M
Venture round · Apr 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
2
open roles
Backers
6
Equal Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital
The money's age
Long since its last round
30 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
May 14, 2024
New executive Sam Strasser, Executive Officer · SEC Form D
Apr 29, 2024
Raised a round Venture round $15.9M · SEC Form D
Mar 28, 2022
Board appointment Benjamin Birnbaum, Director · SEC Form D
Mar 11, 2022
Raised a round Venture round $20.5M · SEC Form D
May 21, 2019
Raised a round Venture round $1.8M · SEC Form D
2019
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 6%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Apr 2024 | $15.9M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Mar 2022 | $20.5M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | May 2019 | $1.8M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | David Energy Systems, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
James McGinnissExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Ahmed SalmanExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Brian MaxwellDirectorSEC Form D
Sam StrasserExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
Chaitu ParikhExecutive OfficerSEC Form D
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Visa sponsorship
2
H-1B filings in 12 months
2
Green card filings
$138k
Median offered salary
Who they sponsor
Other engineers
1
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
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In the register as DAVID ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. t/a DAVID ENERGY, New York, NY (+1 more)
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Overview
David Energy is a Brooklyn energy company founded in 2019 that supplies electricity and manages demand with software. Its retail supply business is paired with control of connected devices so customers shift load away from expensive hours. The company operates in deregulated markets in the northeastern United States.
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Shared investors

Equal VenturesVia a fund

JetstreamVia a fund

Lorimer VenturesVia a fund

Toba CapitalVia a fund

Great Oaks Venture CapitalVia a fund
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News
Fast Company April 30, 2026 Beard Papa's, Emack & Bolio's, and other NYC retailers are using these plug-in batteries to slash power costs
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'People like cheap energy': the bagel shop saving money and emissions with plug-in batteries
A pilot scheme in Brooklyn is giving businesses batteries to form an electricity storage network - part of a growing number of innovative DIY energy ideas around the world
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This Brooklyn bagel shop is saving money with plug-in batteries
Startup David Energy is giving batteries to its New York City customers to help them reduce hefty demand charges on their monthly utility bills.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at David Energy over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
1
Postings analysed
2
Stack modernity
85/100
Languages
SQL
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$190k
Typical range
$170k – $210k
Open positions
2
2
Jobs
Staff
50%
Architect
50%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | 1 | $170k | $170k |
| Architect | 1 | $210k | $210k |
Highest paying role
Head of Operations
$210k
Normalized to USD per year
People

James McGinniss
Executive Officer, Director

Ahmed Salman
Executive Officer

Brian Maxwell
Director

Sam Strasser
Executive Officer

Chaitu Parikh
Executive Officer

Rick Zullo
Director

Benjamin Birnbaum
Director
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Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
2
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Finance
50% ▼
Management
50% ▼
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
New York
New York
United States
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2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $190k Avg Salary
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