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Dan Scheinman

Angel Investor

Dan Scheinman is a Silicon Valley angel investor and former Cisco Systems executive. He spent 18 years at Cisco, serving as General Counsel, Senior VP of Corporate Development, and SVP/GM of the Cisco Media Solutions Group, helping grow the company from roughly $100M to over $40B in annual revenue. He has been an active individual angel investor since 2011, deliberately targeting experienced founders with strong go-to-market knowledge who were frequently overlooked by traditional VCs. He was Zoom's first investor and sits on the board of Arista Networks.

San Francisco, United States · 4+ investments · 3 portfolio companies

Seed
Pre-Seed
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud
Cybersecurity
SaaS
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Portfolio Companies
3
Total Investments
4
Last Investment
May 2024
Geographic Focus
United States

Investment Thesis

Invests personal capital in early-stage enterprise and cloud technology startups, preferring experienced founders targeting large markets with disruptive potential in sectors out of favor or overlooked by traditional VCs.

Dan Scheinman is an Angel Investor based in San Francisco, United States. It has made 4 investments in Artificial Intelligence and Cloud, including Zoom, C/Side and Spekit.

Portfolio3

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Venture Capital ×14 · Angel Investor ×2 · Corporate VC ×2 · 10 shared rounds

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