David Mendez co-founded Capital A Partners, the first venture capital firm in South Carolina, delivering more than a 9x return to investors, and brings over 25 years of early-stage investing experience with more than 100 startup investments including multiple unicorns. He has a rare combination of heavy industrial and engineering roots at companies like GE and DuPont, plus B2B supply chain software entrepreneurship experience as founder of Supplybase.inc which was acquired by i2 Technologies, giving him first-hand experience building and exiting a venture-backed company before becoming a career VC.