David Daneshgar
Born
David Charles Daneshgar

(1981-06-18) June 18, 1981
Westlake Village, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Occupation(s)Former professional poker player, co-founder of BloomNation

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.
  2. ↑ "2006 Borgata Winter Open - WPT". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  3. ↑ "2006 Winnin' o' the Green". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Fifth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  5. ↑ "2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker". World Series of Poker. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  6. ↑ "David Daneshgar's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  7. ↑ Chang, Julia (January 28, 2014). "6 Leaders Share Their Secrets For How To Be Fearless About Money And Life". Forbes. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  8. ↑ Perez, Sarah (October 24, 2013). "BloomNation, A Platform For Local Florists, Raises $1.65M From Andreessen Horowitz & Others". Techcrunch. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
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