David Eisenberg, Managing Director
david@oberoncapital.com

David is the founder and Managing Director of Oberon Capital Partners. David founded Oberon after several years as VP Corporate Development for Rakuten, Inc., a $8B publicly-traded Internet and E-Commerce company (JASDAQ: 4755). As a senior member of Rakuten's International Business Headquarters, David was responsible for global M&A and business development activities, which included:

• LinkShare, Rakuten's global online marketing platform acquired for $425M in 2005
• CauseLoyalty, Rakuten's US-based loyalty marketing platform, acquired in 2007

Prior to joining Rakuten, David led M&A for CMGI, a diversified Internet services company. While at CMGI, David worked on a variety of acquisitions in Internet, media and e-commerce companies, and actively worked with CMGI portfolio companies including Alta Vista (YHOO), Engage, NaviSite (NAVI), uBid (CCSR), and iCast. David also led the CMGI strategic partnership program, exploring joint ventures and co-investment opportunities with leading technology and media companies such as Microsoft, HP, Sony, Primedia, Clear Channel, and others. David has also served as VP Corporate Development for BzzAgent, the leading word-of-mouth media company.

David started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the tax/transaction support group. David has a BA from University of Wisconsin-Madison and a JD from University of Detroit School of Law. He was Managing Director of the UD Law Review. David lives in Boston with his wife, Jaime, and daughter, Chloe.