- Valuable Senior Management Experience
Former Chairman and CEO of Shopping.com:
– Grew the business from roughly zero to approximately $100 million in revenue in six years
– Oversaw execution of the company’s IPO in October 2004 and later an acquisition by eBay in 2005, with an IRR for public investors of roughly 20% (1)
Senior V.P. of MasterCard International, where he managed Global Debit Services
- Demonstrated Investment Success as a Venture Capitalist
General Partner at Canaan Partners from 2007 until his retirement at the end of 2020:
– Specialized in financial technology, marketplaces, and e-commerce investments
– Led investments in 19 companies
– Achieved a 4.3x multiple on invested capital during his career at Canaan
- Strong Leader with Meaningful Board Positions
Public Company Boards: Borderfree (Chairman), Corel, Lending Club (NYSE: LC), Primedia, Shopping.com (Chairman) and VistaPrint
Private Company Boards: Bellhop, Bond, Bumped, CircleUp, Ephemeral Solutions, Homeis, JOOR, Ollie, ShopKeep
- Dan holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Yale University’s School of Management where he sits on the Board of Advisors
( (1) Estimated by Home Plate based on publicly available share prices.)