David Kerr came to venture capital through operating roles rather than traditional finance, including using Octiv as a customer before later becoming its CEO and leading it to a sale to Conga, and he spent four years running GHX Europe after volunteering for the role when its president stepped down. He was also investing personally through Flatworld Equity and as an early backer of the Erasmic Fund years before formally joining Allos Ventures, and he now focuses on workflow and document-automation software while favoring experienced founders, often in their mid- to late-forties, over the stereotypical young startup founder.