Meet Dave Blundin: Who I Am and What I Stand for | Meet the Mates (Bonus Episode)
In a Nutshell
Dave Blundin founded Link Ventures to back young technical founder teams at the earliest stage, providing full operational support so they can build faster without friction. He stresses that real entrepreneurial skills come from lived experience, not classes, and that three best friends who trust each other form the most durable founding teams. The biggest opportunity—and risk—is the rapid acceleration of AI, which he believes will create a step-change in civilization comparable to humanity 2.0.
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Link Studio is described as the highest talent density place on the planet, with 100,000 new students coming in every year who can blue bike to the location.
Tuesdays are the front of the week and very busy with board meetings. Dave typically does two or three board meetings on a Tuesday, along with internal meetings, interviewing young up-and-coming rising stars, and getting coffee.
Dave's title in 10 words or less: managing director and founder of Blink Ventures, a venture fund in Cambridge. He also teaches at MIT and is a serial entrepreneur.
Day-to-day work centers on convincing young up-and-coming would-be founders to start companies and make it a life-changing experience for themselves.
Dave counted nine hats last he checked, including chairman and controlling shareholder of the two companies he founded that are still operating, the studio, teaching at MIT, and family responsibilities.
Dave was born in New Jersey. His parents lived in an apartment that was a converted chicken coop. His dad received a job offer to double his salary with hardship pay to move to Tehran, Iran, so Dave spent most of his early childhood in Iran.
They received a letter from the embassy stating it was not safe to leave home at the same time every day, prompting the family to move to London. Dave then spent time in London, followed by high school in Connecticut, and then attended MIT.
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