David Hornik

General Partner at August Capital · Joined 2000

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Biography

David Hornik has served as a general partner of August Capital since June 2000, investing in enterprise software and financial technology companies. He founded Lobby Capital in January 2021, where he is founder and general partner, and he is the creator and executive producer of The Lobby and Lobby:Enterprise, August Capital's annual gatherings for digital media and enterprise software leaders. He served on Splunk's board from August 2004 to September 2017, has served on Fastly's board since February 2012 and as its chairperson since April 2023, and has served on BILL's board since May 2016. He started VentureBlog and VentureCast, teaches entrepreneurship and venture capital at Stanford Business School and Harvard Law School, and received Deloitte's 2013 Venture Capitalist of the Year award.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

SplunkFastly FSLYBILL BILLGitLab GTLBWePayPayNearMe

Board Seats

Career Timeline

2000
Joined August Capital as a general partner in June 2000.
2004
Joined the board of directors of Splunk in August 2004.
2016
Joined the board of BILL in May 2016 and led GitLab's Series B round the same year.
2021
Founded Lobby Capital in January 2021 and became its founder and general partner.
2022
Resigned from GitLab's board of directors in March 2022 to increase his focus on early stage venture investing.
2023
Became chairperson of Fastly's board of directors in April 2023.

Sources & References

August Capital - David Hornik ↗Lobby Capital - David Hornik ↗BILL - Board of Directors, David Hornik ↗GitLab - Announces Departure of David Hornik From Board Of Directors ↗Fastly DEF 14A definitive proxy statement (filed April 22, 2026) ↗The Lobby Conference ↗