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Dan Eidell

Innovator in Residence at The Hatchery

Los Angeles, California

Overview 

Dan Eidell is a VC professional with a Chicago Booth MBA, currently serving as a Partner and Principal at SaaS Ventures in Los Angeles, California. His career highlights include roles at OCA Ventures as an Associate and at Lightbank as an Associate, showcasing his expertise in venture capital and startups. Dan Eidell has a strong background in entrepreneurship and venture capital, having worked with notable firms like OCA Ventures and Lightbank, and is currently making significant contributions as a Partner and Principal at SaaS Ventures in Los Angeles.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2023 - Current

  • Principal

    2020 - 2023

  • Innovator in Residence

    2024

    Work with Emory's on-campus incubator / accelerator to help students from across the University ecosystem explore ideas, learn about company-building, and become more familiar with startups and the innovation economy.

  • Associate

    2019 - 2020

Hands-on, collaborative, and entrepreneur friendly early stage VC.

  • Midwest Scout

    2018 - 2020

StartU is a digital publication that aims at finding, promoting, and featuring the next revolutionary student-led startups.

  • Associate

    2019 - 2019

  • Growth and Strategic Finance Intern

    2019 - 2019

Five to Nine manages & evaluates virtual event programming so you can focus on building the employee experience.

Raised $5,400,000.00 from Tampa Bay WaVE and Google for Startups.

  • Associate

    2019 - 2019

Lightbank is a $700M AUM VC led by Eric Lefkofsky investing across AI, SaaS, marketplaces, healthcare, fintech and consumer.

  • Summer Intern

    2018 - 2018

Speciate AI provides an AI driven solution to help companies understand what the market feels about their products and identify ways to grow

Raised $2,000,000.00.

  • Research Associate

    2017 - 2018

  • Senior Analyst

    2016 - 2017

  • Analyst

    2014 - 2016

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