David Daneshgar

David Charles Daneshgar (born June 18, 1981 in Westlake Village, California) is an American former professional poker player and the co-founder of BloomNation.com.

Poker

Daneshgar became interested in poker while attending the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught a pass/not pass course on the "Statistics and Probability of Gaming". In 2006, he was ranked the #5 player in the world by Card Player magazine.[1] That year he won major titles at Borgata Winter Poker Open,[2] Bicycle Casino Winnin' o' the Green,[3] and Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic.[4] In 2008, he captured his first World Series of Poker bracelet and the $625,443 cash prize.[5] As of 2011, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,400,000.[6]

BloomNation

In 2010, while attending the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Daneshgar co-founded the online floral marketplace BloomNation with Farbod Shoraka and Gregg Weisstein. He won a two-day poker tournament in Los Angeles that gave the company enough seed funding to create a beta version of the marketplace and establish proof of concept.[7] BloomNation has since raised $1.65 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Spark Capital, Chicago Ventures and CrunchFund.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "World's Best Poker Players". CardPlayer. Retrieved 2006.
  2. ↑ "2006 Borgata Winter Open - WPT". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "2006 Winnin' o' the Green". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Fifth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker". World Series of Poker. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "David Daneshgar Profile". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  7. ↑ Chang, Julia. "6 Leaders Share Their Secrets For How To Be Fearless About Money And Life". Forbes. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
  8. ↑ Perez, Sarah. "BloomNation, A Platform For Local Florists, Raises $1.65M From Andreessen Horowitz & Others". Techcrunch. Retrieved 6 March 2014.