About
We partner with deeply technical teams at inception and help with their first fundraise, commercial hires and customers.As entrepreneurs and operators, we have helped build two unicorns and have backed 100+ preseed and seed teams at the frontier of technology inrobotics (ARK, Allonic, CoProd, Starlife, Hyperdrives),energy (Glow, Reverion, ToZero, Crosstown, Hestia),space (Momentum, Gama, Recast, Popcorn, Yuri)and AI (SE3, Orbem, Tabula, Calibre, CakeWalk).___Before becoming an investor, Daniel helped N26 and Taxfix, two of Europe‘s most successful Consumer FinTech Unicorns, scale from Series A to Series D (50 to 500 people). That’s where he learned product, fundraising and hiring from some of the best in Europe.Daniel is deeply convinced that technology and capitalism through start-ups are powerful ways to solve big problems in society. Outside of investing, entrepreneurship and tech, he's interested in architecture and development economics. He lives in Berlin with his wife and two da…
Experience
General Partner
SDAC · Berlin, Deutschland
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We partner with deeply technical teams at inception and help with their first fundraise, commercial hires and customers. As entrepreneurs and operators, we have helped build two unicorns and have backed 100+ preseed and seed teams at the frontier of technology in robotics (ARK, Allonic, CoProd, Starlife, Hyperdrives), energy (Glow, Reverion, ToZero, Crosstown, Hestia), space (Momentum, Gama, Recast, Popcorn, Yuri) and AI (SE3, Orbem, Tabula, Calibre, CakeWalk). ____ We are backed by a tightly knit network of founders, angels, PE and VC partners, industry veterans and family entrepreneurs. Some of the investors, we've coinvested with: Benchmark, Index, Accel, Creandum, Bessemer, General Catalyst, LakeStar, EQT, 50Y, LocalGlobe, BlueYard, Kindred, Seedcamp, Atlantic, Adjacent, Inflection, Interface, Amino, NP Hard, Belief, YC, EWOR.
Angel Investor
Business Angel · Europe
FrontierTech - Skyflow (Drones, PreSeed, Seedcamp) - Senken (web3, Seed+, Obvious) - Flinn (AI, PreSeed, Cherry) - Shuttle (AI, Seed, YC Continuity) - ToZero (Materials, PreSeed, Atlantic) - Meatable (Bio, Seed, BlueYard) - Fantium (web3, PreSeed, various) Software - Cardino (PreSeed, P9) - ZeKju (PreSeed, 20VC) - KnowUnity (Series A, Stride) - PreMatch (Seed, various) - Planted (PreSeed, various) - Productlane (PreSeed, various) - Exakt (PreSeed, Possible) - Casus (Angel Round) - BlueDot (Angel Round) - HonestDog (Angel Round) - Reflection (Angel Round) - Bounti (Angel Round) Not around anymore: Dropp (exited), Spoke (exited), KursInsel (exited), Eaze (exited), Donut, Cauldron, Fina, Februar, Tyles, Racketpal, Quazy, Tromero.
Angel Investor
Knowunity · Berlin, Germany
Access school education online and for free. (Series A, Stride)
Angel Investor
shuttle · London, England, United Kingdom
Deploy Rust applications easier, faster, cheaper. (Seed, YC Continuity)
Angel Investor
tozero · Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Bring lithium-ion battery waste tozero. (PreSeed, Atlantic)
Angel Investor
Flinn Comply · Vienna, Austria
Launch and operate medical products more efficiently. (PreSeed, Cherry)
Product
Ran strategic projects and product discovery. Helped raise huge rounds from the best of the best.
Education
HEC Paris
Master of Science (MSc), Strategic Management (Economist ranking: #1 worldwide)
Zeppelin University
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Corporate Management and Economics
Stellenbosch University
Research Semester, Social Entrepreneurship & Impact Investing
Universidad de Los Andes
Exchange Student, Development Economics & Public Policy
Alt-König-Schule near Frankfurt, Germany
Abitur, 'Mathematics' and 'Politics & Economics'
Colegio Fera in Guarapuava, Brazil
Exchange Student
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