Dave Troy, Angel Investor

David Troy is an Investigative Journalist and Angel Investor. Dave Troy is an investigative journalist addressing threats to democracy. He has an extensive background as a technology entrepreneur and investor. He began studying social media data in 2007 and has been acknowledged as the first developer to use the Twitter API. His data visualization work has been featured in the 2008 “Design and the Elastic Mind” exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and TED. He is also curator of TEDxMidAtlantic in Washington, D.C. since 2009, and is based in Baltimore, Maryland. Dave serves as CEO and product architect at 410 Labs, maker of the popular e-mail management tools Mailstrom and Chuck. In the area of disinformation research, his work focuses on the intersection of sociology, network science, and political science. He is also the co-founder of Baltimore Angels, an angel investment group.