Our Team

A team with diverse strengths,
we have the experience and relationships necessary to help startup and early-stage life sciencescompanies grow and thrive. We are entrepreneurs and investors, so we’ve sat on both sides of the table.

David T. Fu

Managing Director

“A well-rounded, balanced perspective is critical to solving any business challenge.”

Dave brings extensive experience in finance and private equity. Prior to joining LDD, Dave was a member of both the Board and the Investment Committee for Founder China Partners (FCP), a $250 million private equity fund focused on the privatization of municipal and principal State-Owned Enterprises in China. He was concurrently a Managing Director of The Brannock Group, LLC, a private equity firm and General Partner of FCP headquartered in Washington, D.C.

Previously, Dave was a Managing Director of Galway Partners LLC, an investment and merchant bank in Washington D.C. Galway purchased as a principal over $1.6 billion in legal fees receivables from attorneys representing 43 States in their law suits against the US tobacco industry. The purchase was financed by asset-backed securities bonds collateralized by the fee receivables. Prior to Galway, Mr. Fu co-founded Iconixx Corp., an IT consulting firm with 550 consultants and revenues in excess of $140 million in 1999.

Dave has served as Independent Director on the Board of Directors for the Greenspring Fund (a mutual fund) since 1991 and is the Chairman of its Audit Committee. Dave was also a member of the Advisory Committee for Taiwan Mezzanine Fund I, a private equity fund that makes direct investments in Taiwan, and he was the majority owner of the general partner of Greater China Private Equity Fund, a private equity fund that made direct investments in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Dave holds a B.E.S. from Johns Hopkins University and an M.B.A. and a M.S. in Finance from Loyola University.

Our Values

We are driven by an unwavering commitment to integrity and ethical business, and a dedication to improving the lives of those in our community and around the world.

We seek innovation, openness, creativity and diversity, and we only accept engagements where we believe we can add value.

Our Heritage

LDD was born during the dot-com boom as a graphic design and web development firm, and has evolved into a full-service strategic management consulting and angel investing firm focused on helping innovators who are solving the world’s most complex challenges.

Lead Dog Design (LDD) is founded as a leading-edge graphic design and web development firm, with offices in New York City.

LDD opens a branch office in Santa Monica, California.

LDD is recognized as one of the “Top New Media Firms” in New York City.

LDD is acquired by Iconixx, one of the top ten largest media development firms.

Ten months later, LDD is bought back and re-envisioned as Lead Dog Digital.

Ernst & Young recognizes Ron Heffernan as one of the top entrepreneurs in New York City.

LDD is acquired by Bridgeline Software, now Bridgeline Digital [NASDAQ: BLIN].

LDD is reborn in Salt Lake City, Utah as LDD Partners, as a strategic management consulting and angel investing firm whose focus today is to advance life sciences and transform healthcare.

LDD Partners merges with Paperjungle, a strategic communications firm.

LDD Partners is rebranded as LDD