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David Rolf

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Board Observer at nekuda
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

David Rolf leads Visa Ventures, focusing on strategic investments in payments, fintech, and commerce. An alumnus of Stanford GSB and Princeton, he has extensive experience in M&A and corporate venture investing from startup to multi-billion dollar exits. Colleagues describe him as strategic, analytical, and an astute reader of people and situations.

Outside of his primary professional focus, David is comfortable speaking German and is conversational in Spanish, indicating an aptitude for international communication and cultural engagement. He has a history of sharing his M&A perspectives at industry events, advising startups on their exit paths.

He has been recognized as one of the 100 leading corporate venturing professionals in the Global Corporate Venturing (GCV) Powerlist for both 2024 and 2025.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Board Observer
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Personality Overview

How David shows up

Charismatic
Friendly But Fast
Persuasive

They like to keep things under control. They respond better to a combination of speed and relationship. They are charming and have the ability to align others behind their decisions.

Priorities

Topics David cares about

Generative AI
He is leading Visa's $100M investment initiative into generative AI, specifically exploring its potential to transform commerce and payments through concepts like "agentic commerce. "
Fintech Investing
As Head of Visa Ventures, he actively invests in startups focused on payments, money movement, fraud prevention, and identity security, seeing it as a vibrant economic space.
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Career

Work history

5-2025
Board Observer
nekuda
4-2025
Board Observer
BVNK
3-2022
Head of Visa Ventures
Visa
1-2018 - 3-2022
VP, Corporate Development
Visa
7-2020 - 10-2021
Interim Head of Global Corporate Development
Visa
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
9-1999 - 6-2001
MBA
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
9-1992 - 6-1996
AB with Honors
Princeton University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

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