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Danel Dayan

Principal at Battery Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $60,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $20,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Principal

    2019

    Help lead enterprise infrastructure software investments across cloud, developer tools, cybersecurity, data and analytics, and AI/ML. Investments: - Postman - Harness - Matillion - Contrast Security - Machinify - LinearB - Arize AI - Styra - Orkes - Weaviate - Opal Security - Normalyze - Galileo - A few seed deals Exits: - Confluent (NASDAQ: CFLT) - JFrog (NASDAQ: FROG) - Sumo Logic (NASDAQ: SUMO) - Bionic Security (Acquired by Crowdstrike) - Bridgecrew (Acquired by Palo Alto Networks) - Sensu (Acquired by Sumo Logic) For a full list of Battery’s portfolio companies and exits, please click here: https://www.battery.com/our-companies/list/. The views expressed here are my own and do not represent the views of my employer Battery Ventures; furthermore, there is no investment advice intended.

2015 - 2019

  • Corporate Development

    2015 - 2019

    Investments | Mergers & Acquisitions | Strategy Led and closed over 20 acquisitions and strategic investments worth $2B+ across Cloud and HW

2017 - 2018

  • Board Observer

    2017 - 2018

    Series E Investor Led due diligence, pricing/valuation discussions, and term sheet negotiation Acquired by Microsoft

  • Investment Banking Analyst

    2014 - 2015

    Technology Investment Banking

2013 - 2014

  • Transaction Services Associate

    2013 - 2014

    Valuations | Capital Markets & Accounting Advisory

  • Media Services

    2010 - 2013

    IT Support and Troubleshooting