Investing Profile

Dan Elitzer(48)

VC
Founder, Nascent
nascent.xyzSan Francisco, California
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MIT Sloan School of Management Network
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IDEO Network
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Pomona College Network
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Current Investing Position
Nascent Managing Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $1M
Sweet Spot
$500K
Investments On Record
6

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Dan Elitzer's Investments On Record (6)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
EarthFast
Pre SeedSep 2024$1M
$1M
Co-investors: Daniel Portillo (Sweat Equity Ventures), Roneil Rumburg
Union Labs
SeedNov 2023$4M
$16M
Co-investors: Nassim Olive (Eterna Capital)
Thesis
Series AJul 2021$21M
$29M
Co-investors: Santiago Roel Santos (ParaFi Capital), Kevin Love
Syndicate
SeedMar 2021$1M
$28M
Co-investors: Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Boris Wertz (Version One Ventures), Ali Yahya (Andreessen Horowitz), Maria Shen (Electric Capital), Ken Deeter (Electric Capital), Curtis Spencer (Electric Capital), David Eckstein (Sequoia Capital), Matthew Ball (Makers Fund), Alex Pack (Dragonfly Capital Partners), Baek Kim (Hashed), Niraj Pant (Hack VC), Adam Jackson (Cambrian Asset Management LLC), Ash Egan (Archetype), Evan Feng (CoinFund), Tom Shaughnessy Jr (Seed Club Ventures), Trevor McFedries (Techstars), Alexander Pack (Hack VC), Jake Brukhman (CoinFund), Imran Khan (Volt Capital), Tarun Chitra (Robot Ventures), Monica Desai Weiss (Kleiner Perkins), Eric Wu (Resolute Ventures), Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Scott Belsky (A24), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Joon Ian Wong (Seed Club Ventures), Sina Habibi (Cambridge University Entrepreneurs), Rene Reinsberg (cLabs), Illia Polosukhin (SID Venture Partners), Raj Gokal (Solana Ventures), Erikan Obotetukudo (Kravis Leadership Institute), Gabby Dizon (Infinity Ventures Crypto), Julia Lipton (Awesome People Ventures), Courtney Chow (Emerging Venture Capitalists Association (EVCA)), George Lambeth (Divergence Ventures), Calvin Liu (Divergence Ventures), Sriram Krishnan (Kearny Jackson), Min Teo (Ethereal Ventures), Todd Goldberg (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Jeff Morris, Jr. (Chapter One Ventures), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Tom Bedecarre (WPP Ventures), Steve Blank (National Science Foundation), Ryan Junee (Electric Ant), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures), Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund), Jonathan Hillis (Seed Club Ventures), David Nage, Brad Holden, Regan Bozman, Stani Kulechov, Anastasia Andrianova, Tegan Kline, Biz Stone, Andrew Steinwold, Steve Weinstein, Alice Lloyd George, Balaji Srinivasan, Jess Sloss, Nathaniel Whittemore, Do Kwon, Luis Cuende, Bo Shao, Aliaksandr Hudzilin, Tyler Scott Ward
PoolTogether
SeedFeb 2020$1M
$2.3M
Co-investors: Min Teo (Ethereal Ventures), Stani Kulechov
Messari
Pre-SeedMar 2018$1M
$61M
Co-investors: Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Yann Ranchere (Anthemis Group), Diogo Monica (Haun Ventures), Ali Tamaseb (DCVC (Data Collective)), Mo El-Bibany (Page One Ventures), Thomas Glocer (Angelic Ventures), Adam K. Carson (Point72 Ventures), Richard Dulude (Underscore VC), Bernard Moon (SparkLabs Global Ventures), Balaji Srinivasan, Sean Park

most interested in

I'm currently exclusively investing in distributed web, blockchain, and crypto-related ventures, with a focus on Open Finance/DeFi and anything that improves UX and expands the market for cryptoassets

not interested in

Enterprise/private blockchains

Dan Elitzer's Experience

Investor IDEO2018 - Present
Blockchain & Distributed Web Lead IDEO2015 - 2018

Dan Elitzer's Education

Pomona College BA Psychology
MIT Sloan School of Management MBA