Investing Profile

Dan Elitzer(48)

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Investor at IDEO
nascent.xyzSan Francisco, California
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Networks Dan is a member of
MIT Sloan School of Management Network
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IDEO Network
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Pomona College Network
30 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
IDEO Investor
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: Kevin Love (Gemini Israeli Ventures), Santiago Roel Santos (Skyline Capital Partners)
Syndicate
SeedMar 2021$1M
$28M
Co-investors: Ken Deeter (Electric Capital), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Ali Yahya (Andreessen Horowitz), Maria Shen (Electric Capital), Boris Wertz (Version One Ventures), David Eckstein (Sequoia Capital), Courtney Chow (Battery Ventures), Matthew Ball (Makers Fund), Alex Pack (Dragonfly Capital Partners), Baek Kim (Hashed), Monica Desai Weiss (Kleiner Perkins), Eric Wu (Resolute Ventures), Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures), Niraj Pant (Hack VC), Adam Jackson (Cambrian Asset Management LLC), Ash Egan (Archetype), Ryan Junee (Electric Ant), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital), Stani Kulechov (Aave Labs), Evan Feng (CoinFund), Tom Shaughnessy Jr (Delphi Ventures), Trevor McFedries (Techstars), Alexander Pack (Hack VC), Jake Brukhman (CoinFund), Imran Khan (Volt Capital), Curtis Spencer (Curated), Tarun Chitra (Robot Ventures), Julia Lipton (Awesome People Ventures), George Lambeth (Divergence Ventures), Calvin Liu (Divergence Ventures), Sriram Krishnan (Kearny Jackson), Min Teo (Ethereal Ventures), Todd Goldberg (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Jess Sloss (Seed Club Ventures), Jeff Morris, Jr. (Chapter One Ventures), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Tom Bedecarre (WPP Ventures), Steve Blank (National Science Foundation), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures), Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund), Jonathan Hillis (Seed Club Ventures), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Scott Belsky (A24), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Joon Ian Wong (Seed Club Ventures), Luis Cuende (Aragon), Sina Habibi (Cambridge University Entrepreneurs), Rene Reinsberg (cLabs), Tyler Scott Ward (Sanctum AI), Anastasia Andrianova (Alex & Thiago), Andrew Steinwold (Sfermion), Illia Polosukhin (SID Venture Partners), Raj Gokal (Solana Ventures), Erikan Obotetukudo (Kravis Leadership Institute), Gabby Dizon (Infinity Ventures Crypto), Brad Holden, Biz Stone, Bo Shao, David Nage, Steve Weinstein, Alice Lloyd George, Regan Bozman, Tegan Kline, Aliaksandr Hudzilin, Nathaniel Whittemore, Balaji Srinivasan, Do Kwon
PoolTogether
SeedFeb 2020$1M
$2.3M
Co-investors: Stani Kulechov (Aave Labs), Min Teo (Ethereal Ventures)
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)), Thomas Glocer (Angelic Ventures), Adam K. Carson (Point72 Ventures), Mo El-Bibany (Page One Ventures), Richard Dulude (Underscore VC), Bernard Moon (SparkLabs Korea), 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
Investor, Ideo Colab Ventures IDEO CoLabPresent
Summer Associate AshokaPresent
Senior Associate Community Wealth PartnersPresent
Finance Consultant Grameen FoundationPresent
Finance Analyst Grameen FoundationPresent
Logistics Consultant KickStart InternationalPresent
Finance & Operations Officer Grameen FoundationPresent
Founding President MIT Bitcoin ClubPresent
Product Intern CirclePresent
Business Design, IDEO CoLab IDEOPresent
Blockchain & Digital Identity Lead IDEO CoLab VenturesPresent
Blockchain & Digital Identity Lead IDEO CoLabPresent
e-Residency Advisory Board Member Enterprise EstoniaPresent
e-Residency Advisory Board Member EIS | Enterprise EstoniaPresent
Blockchain & Distributed Web Portfolio Lead IDEO CoLabPresent
Blockchain & Distributed Web Portfolio Lead IDEO CoLab VenturesPresent
Founding Team, IDEO CoLab Ventures IDEO CoLabPresent
Founding Team, IDEO CoLab Ventures IDEO CoLab VenturesPresent
Co-Founder NascentPresent
Blockchain & Distributed Web Lead IDEO2015 - 2018

Dan Elitzer's Education

Pomona College BA Psychology
Pomona College bachelors, bachelor of arts psychology
MIT Sloan School of Management MBA

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