David Drake
Founder and Chairman
David Drake is Founder and Chairman at LDJ Capital, a multi-family office with 50+ directors and family office partners globally. LDJ Capital serves as a gateway to access this extended network of worldwide funds managing trillions in assets. It is the holding company for Victoria Partners, a 500 family office network based in London; LDJ Real Estate Group; and The Soho Loft Media Group.
LDJ Capital's Capital Market division now serves private firms and public firms listed in Europe, MENA, Asia, or the Americas, who want to go public in the US via NYSE or NASDAQ. Currently, M&As and IPOs of innovation firms with $200M-$700M market cap are leading LDJ Capital's public market work.
David has invested both as a GP and LP in fund-of-funds, realty funds, VC funds, and hedge funds. He has been involved in social impact investments in private equity and public equity for 25 years. In 2009-2010, he held a majority stake as a Managing Partner with Robert Hambrecht in the alternative energy fund New Commons Capital. Recent investments are in fintech, technology, media and telecommunications, and his NYC luxury corporate housing and hotel acquisitions led to his work now in New York realty.
David is considered as a leader in blockchain and cryptocurrency. He saw the value of digital assets before it became popular. It all started in 2011 when David collaborated on the JOBS Act to create new laws underlying all fundraising in the U.S. Because of his leading work in this space, he represented the US Commerce Department at the EU Commission in Brussels and Rome in 2012 and was invited to the White House Champions of Change ceremony in Washington, D.C. and as a speaker at the UK Parliament in 2013. He also runs a $200M LDJ Cayman Fund focused on cryptocurrency, payment processing, and blockchain acquisitions.
His investment, The Soho Loft Media Group, produces and sponsors over 200 global conferences annually and his articles are syndicated in over 100 publications. One such event was in April 2013 for the institutional media leader Thomson Reuters, with speakers from NASDAQ, NYSE, KKR, and Carlyle Group. He advances financial innovation through his work as an international speaker and writer. He has spoken in top universities like Cambridge, NYU, Cornell, Columbia, and has written for major publications like WSJ, Forbes, Huffington Post, Venture Beat, Entrepreneur, Thomson Reuters.
Privately, David has hosted the Harvard Business Club of NY at his home, produced Carnegie Hall concerts and raised funds for the charities Trail Blazers and Best Buddies for many years.
Born in Sweden and speaks six languages, David has an MBA in Finance and an MA in International Law and Economics from George Washington University, where he was awarded the Wallenberg Scholarship for academic merit.
