Skift Forum Video: Understanding The Travel Startup Investment Landscape

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Ambrose isn't the biggest travel investor by far but he knows where the money is headed and where it wants to go.

David Ambrose, managing director of Steadfast Venture Capital, spoke last month at the Skift Global Forum.

David serves as Managing Director of Steadfast Venture Capital, an early stage investment firm based in New York City.

“For us [Steadfast Venture Capital] the back end is really the emerging opportunity,” Ambrose told the Forum audience, referring to travel business infrastructure and technology. “One reason it is exciting is that it is not crowded, not noisy”

Jason Clampet

November 13th, 2014 at 6:30 AM EST

Tags: digital, sgf2014, skift global forum

Photo Credit: David Ambrose, Managing Director of Steadfast Venture Capital, at the Skift Global Forum in New York City on October 9, 2014. Skift

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