Etheal Advisory Board: David Orban, Founder and Managing Partner of Network Society Ventures

David Orban is a seed stage startup investor with over twenty years of entrepreneurial experience spanning across several companies. His investment firm, Network Society Ventures, focuses on companies at the intersection of exponential technologies and decentralised networks.

An early adopter of blockchain technologies, and the first to own Ether during the cryptocurrency’s launch in 2014, David has been an active Bitcoin investor since 2010. His belief in Etheal’s concept lies in our promotion of open commerce via medical tourism, as well as our commitment to long-term investment with a 4-year vesting roadmap.

Watch Etheal COO Dr. Mihaly Kertesz’s interview with David at this year’s Coin Agenda conference:

David’s work promoting decentralized exponential technologies led him to found Network Society Research, a London-based global think tank present in over 40 countries, concentrating on the rise of decentralized technologies and its effect on individuals, enterprises and society at large.

It also houses Network Society Lab, a venture development firm that focuses on adding value to startup companies that are based upon exponential technologies and decentralized networks with a specific focus on designing, organizing and implementing cryptographic token sale events.

David shares his knowledge and experience in disruptive technology and decentralized networks as a faculty member at Singularity University, and a mentor for the Thiel Fellowship, among other positions.

Etheal joins a portfolio of blockchain companies and funds in David’s advisory, including Bitnation, Sun Exchange, Wealth Migrate, Blockchain Capital, Bancor, and Swarm Fund.