Dave Darsch

Dave Darsch, Strategic Business Advisor, has more than 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and managing executive of technology companies. With a strong trans-Atlantic and pan-European focus, Dave has active clients in both the US and Europe. He mentors entrepreneurs and helps them develop business plans that accelerate revenue growth and/or external infusion of capital. Dave has been involved in more than 10 transactions involving the purchase, sale, merger, or infusion of capital into companies. He has assisted in trans-Atlantic expansion initiatives, including legal and accounting logistics, sales and marketing plans, as well as funding for two of these companies.

Dave is the founder of the pan-European CEO Collaborative Forum (CEO-CF). CEO-CF is an exclusive consortium of high-performing CEO peer groups from high growth companies across the European Union. It provides expert help, peer group collaboration, and coaching for CEOs of European-based companies with pan-European, trans-Atlantic, and trans-Asian market strategies. Current membership comprises approximately 85 CEOs from over 25 different nationalities and cultures, each sharing the common goal of scaling their companies to significant stakeholder valuation.

As a guest lecturer at the MBA level, Dave has provided instruction at many European universities, including INSEAD University in Fontainebleau, France, London School of Business, England, IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain, University of Chicago, USA, and ESADE University in Barcelona, Spain. He has also presented at the Europe’s 500 Conference and taught courses on entrepreneurship for the European Commission, BBVA, and Terra Lycos in Spain.

Dave is a Board member of Inmagic and TransFair in the United States. In Europe, he serves on the boards of SåkorninVest AS, a $50.0M venture capital fund in Norway, and ACP Venture Partners a VC fund in Spain., as well as FirmaProfessional, a secure digital signature provider, and Europe’s 500, an organization that advocates EU-wide policy transformation for the benefit of entrepreneurs.