Overview
Connections
News
Technologies
Salaries
Products
People
Growth
Offices
Jobs
Financials

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
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
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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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 investors5
Equal VenturesVia a fund
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News

News the Guardian 9 months ago
'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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News canarymedia 10 months ago
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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Growth

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
HQ
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $190k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Management
seen since Jan 2026 company site, job postings

Jobs

$175k – $210k per year · Hybrid · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · New York
SQL
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Financials

Total raised
$38.1M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
3
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2024 $15.9M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 $20.5M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2019 $1.8M Details