David D. Chitester is the founder and chairman of Florida Funders. See sector focus and contact routes.
David D. Chitester is the founder and chairman of Florida Funders, a Tampa-based venture capital firm he launched in 2013 as Florida’s first online equity crowdfunding platform for startups. His investment thesis targets early-stage and pre-revenue technical concepts, primarily within Florida’s Tampa Bay, Orlando, and Miami regions, focusing on companies too small for traditional venture capital. Florida Funders has invested over $5 million across 17 early-stage companies and raised a $10 million committed capital fund to invest alongside individual crowd investors. While specific check sizes and lead/follow behavior are not publicly detailed, his firm packages moderate-sized investments into capital pools to fund individual companies. Notable portfolio companies include Ridendock, an automotive industry startup he invested in personally in October 2021, and the crowdfunding platform itself which supported 17 early ventures. Chitester is recognized as “The Angel Investing Pioneer who Changed Tampa Bay’s Startup Landscape” and emphasizes mentoring founders alongside funding to bring pre-revenue concepts to market. He has shared investor lessons p
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