Team

David Williams, Managing GP

David is the Managing GP of 2020 Ventures Management, LP, the manager of Knickerbocker Capital, LP, an open-ended fund investing in decentralized web companies and digital assets. David is an accomplished investor and executive with over 30 years experience investing in and building internet and software companies in the US and China. He formed 2020 Ventures with personal funds in 2010. Success with private investments in LinkedIn, Facebook and Spotify led to formation of 2020 Ventures, LP, in 2014. In 2018, the fund began to shift focus from Web 2 to Web 3 investments; and in 2020, relocated from San Francisco to New York, becoming Knickerbocker Capital, LP. David lived in Beijing, China, from 2002 through 2007, working in the non-profit sector as well as investing in private companies, including Pacific Online Ltd, which listed on the Hong Kong exchange in December 2007 (HK.0543). Through GoodWork International Inc., David assisted non-profit organizations seeking to alleviate poverty in China through entrepreneurship. From 1992 to 2002, David held leadership positions in consumer software and online companies including Micrografx Inc. and Excite.com. David began his career in 1987 as a financial analyst in the Equity Capital Markets group at Kidder, Peabody & Co. in New York. Following Kidder, he worked as an Associate at British merchant bank Charterhouse Inc. He earned a B.S. in Economics from Southern Methodist University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. 

Thomas Rebar, GP

Tom is GP of 2020 Ventures Management, LP. He is also a Partner at SCP Partners, having been with the firm since its inception in 1996.  SCP has managed in excess of $1 billion on behalf of institutional investors focusing primarily on venture capital investing. Tom has over 30 years experience in venture capital, private equity, investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, and leveraged buyout financing.  Previously, Tom was a Senior Vice President at Charterhouse Inc., the U.S. investment banking arm of Charterhouse PLC, a leading U.K. merchant bank.  Tom began his career as a member of the corporate finance department at Bankers Trust Company in New York City. Tom received his B.S. summa cum laude from the University of Scranton and his M.B.A. from New York University Graduate School of Business Administration. Tom has been a director of numerous companies both public and private. He is also a trustee of two elementary/middle charter schools in Philadelphia and Trenton, NJ.

Investment Themes

Core Protocols - protocols enabling atomic units of value, trusted value store & programmability for financial applications.

Defi - platforms providing automated, decentralized services for token-based asset structuring, yield generation & value exchange.

Exchanges - cryptocurrency & digital asset exchanges & custody services.

Payments - blockchain networks enabling efficient, data-rich, real-time decentralized payments.

Blockchain Apps - applications enabling commerce via secure data, product provenance & transparency of transactions.

Metaverse & NFT - communities where crypto enables new forms of creativity, entertainment and commerce.

Cross-Chain Interoperability - provisioning, interoperability & data scalability across decentralized blockchain platforms.