# David Cancel (slim)

> David Cancel's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Help Scout, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/david-cancel/index.md (~500 tokens) · this version ~380 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/david-cancel/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/david-cancel/
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-28
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

Angel investor.

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Help Scout**, Seed, October 2011
  - [Help Scout API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/help-scout.md), graded C, 56.1/100
  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/08/help-scout-draws-funding-to-bring-affordable-email-collaboration-and-support-to-startups

## Where they invest

- Customer support & helpdesk, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Nick Francis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/nick-francis/), Help Scout
- [Denny Swindle](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/denny-swindle/), Help Scout
- [Jared McDaniel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jared-mcdaniel/), Help Scout

## Questions

### Which AI tools has David Cancel invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Help Scout backed by David Cancel.

### How are David Cancel's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Help Scout API + MCP (C, 56.1).

Investors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source.