Investing Profile

Donald Stalter(1085)

VCInvestor

Partner at Sunshine Lake

globalfounderscapital.com/tea...San Francisco, California

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Donald Stalter's investing connections

Connected to 141 investors on Signal.

Networks Donald is a member of

NewCo Network

1610 CONNECTIONS

Credit Suisse Network

320 CONNECTIONS

University of Chicago Network

179 CONNECTIONS

Airbnb Network

125 CONNECTIONS

Groupon Network

75 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Sunshine Lake Partner

Investment Range

$50K - $10.0M

Sweet Spot

$5.0M

Investments On Record

Donald Stalter's Investments On Record (13)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
FirstWork	SeedFeb 2025$5M	$5.5M
Co-investors: Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Felipe Navio (Jobandtalent), Philippe Bouaziz (Sarona Ventures), Kulveer Taggar (Angel investor), Eylul Kayin (Legion VC)
Sauna by Wordware	SeedNov 2024$30M	$31M
Co-investors: Beth Turner (SV Angel), Topher Conway (SV Angel), Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Terrence Rohan (Index Ventures), Astasia Myers (Felicis Ventures), Masha Bucher (Day One Ventures), Matt Brown (Matrix Partners India), Ben Tossell (Ben Tossell's Rolling Fund), Azeem Azhar (Xtripe Angels), Thijn Lamers (Hotmail), Paul Stahura (Identity Digital Inc.), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Brian Jacobs (Moai Capital), Siqi Chen (Xtripe Angels), Tod Sacerdoti (Flex Capital, LLC // Turbo Ventures, LLC), Kulveer Taggar (Angel investor), Walter Kortschak (Kortschak Investments), Ben Parr (Theory Forge Ventures), Mathilde Collin, Paul Graham
Navier	SeedFeb 2022$7M	$7.1M
Co-investors: Michael Ma (Liquid 2 Ventures), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Yida Gao (Shima Capital), Tim Shi (Sequoia Capital), Daniel Gulati (Comcast Ventures), Evan Tana (122 WEST VENTURES), Stephen Cole (Trammell Venture Partners), Leonardo Banchik (Voyager Ventures), Lee Hower (NextView Ventures), Kyle Tibbitts (Paradox Capital), Sheila Gulati (Tola Capital), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Stephen Cole, Charlie Songhurst
Pluto	SeedFeb 2022$6M	$10M
Co-investors: Kevin Hartz (Founders Fund), Marc Bhargava (General Catalyst), Nadav Eylath (at.inc/), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Musaab Hakami (VentureSouq), Jeremy Cai (Italic), William Hockey (Moving Capital), Mario Gabriele (Hummingbird Ventures), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital), Mohammed Amdani (GK Venture Partners LLC), Ammar Amdani (Adapt Ventures), Shaan Puri (The Milk Road), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Charley Ma (Exponent Founders Capital), Karim Atiyeh
AppX	SeedJan 2022$1M	$1M
Co-investors: James Beshara (Skio), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed)
Hyperscience	Series EDec 2021$100M	$290M
Co-investors: Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Elliott Robinson (Bessemer Venture Partners), Matthias Turck (FirstMark Capital), Soheil Mirpour (Global Founders Capital), John Curtius (Cedar Capital Group), Wesley Chan (FPV Ventures), Shana Fisher (Third Kind Ventures), Scott Belsky (A24)
Slope	SeedNov 2021$8M	$77M
Co-investors: Rebecca Kaden (Union Square Ventures), Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Marcelo Lima (monashees), Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox), Stanley Tang (DoorDash), William Hockey (Moving Capital), Tim Griffin (MPG Fund), Eric Wu (Resolute Ventures), Max Altman (Saga Ventures), John Buttrick (Unknown Ventures), Surbhi Sarna (Y Combinator), Brad Flora (Y Combinator), Jared Friedman (Y Combinator), David Helgason (Nordic Makers), Alex Bouaziz (Sarona Ventures), Jack Altman (Lattice Ventures), Drew Houston, Mathilde Collin, Sam Altman
Pahdo Labs	SeedApr 2021$2M	$18M
Co-investors: Mar Hershenson (Pear VC), Andrew Chen (Andreessen Horowitz), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Kevin Hartz (Founders Fund), Jonathan Lai (Curated), Ali Partovi (Airbnb, Convoy, Facebook, Uber, Zappos, etc), Lee Jacobs (Long Journey Ventures), Greg Rosen (Bedrock Capital), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Riccardo Zacconi, Mark Pincus

Donald Stalter's Experience

Partner Sunshine Lake2025 - Present

Seed Investor DraftWise2022 - Present

Seed Investor PermitFlow2022 - Present

Seed Investor Slope2021 - Present

Seed Investor Fieldguide2021 - Present

Seed Investor Spotnana2021 - Present

Lead Seed Investor (Acquired by Mindtickle) Enable Us2021 - Present

Board Director, Lead Series B Investor SpotHero2020 - Present

Investor Culture Amp2019 - Present

Board Observer Workbrew2019 - Present

Investor DoNotPay2019 - Present

Lead Seed Investor (Acquired by Opendoor) TaxProper2019 - Present

Seed Investor Kalshi2019 - Present

Seed Investor Deel2019 - Present

Board Member, Lead Series E Investor Hyperscience2019 - Present

Board Director, Lead Series A Investor Cedar AI2018 - Present

Lead Pre-Seed Investor Headway2018 - Present

Investor (Acquired by Compass) Glide2017 - Present

Venture Partner Global Founders Capital2017 - Present

Investor Checkr, Inc.2014 - Present

Operations Airbnb2011 - Present

General Partner Sunshine LakePresent

Board Member, Lead Series E Investor HyperSciencePresent

Lead Seed Investor (Acquired by Mindtickle) Enable Us by MindticklePresent

Investor Spread GroupPresent

Co-Founder Groupon (Citydeal)Present

Lead Seed Investor (Acquired by Brex) PryPresent

Board Director, Lead Series A Investor Cedar.AIPresent

Seed Investor DraftwisePresent

Partner NewCoPresent

Lead Seed Investor (Acquired by Brex) Pry Financials2021 - 2022

Advisor - Operations Handy HQ2014 - 2016

VP Operations - International Groupon2009 - 2011

Co-Founder Citydeal2009 - 2010

Private Equity Investor Savant Growth2007 - 2009

Investor Spreadshirt2008 - 2009

Investor BuyVIP2008 - 2009

Investment Banker Credit Suisse2006 - 2008

Research Associate Vivato2004 - 2006

Donald Stalter's Education

University of Minnesota High School Diploma Senior year

University of Chicago Bachelor's degree (Honors) Economics, Cultural Studies

University of Chicago - Committee on International Relations Master's degree Global Econometrics and Quantitative Economics

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