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^[update], 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 Profile". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
7. Chang, Julia. "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.