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Dan Preiss

VC at ardent venture partners

Washington, District of Columbia

Overview 

Dan Preiss is a Principal at Ardent Venture Partners in Washington, D.C., with a background in FinTech product strategy and digital ventures at companies like BCG Digital Ventures and Techstars. He specializes in investing in various sectors like Gig Economy, Security, and FinTech, focusing on diverse founders and investors who support female founders. With a Bachelors of Business Administration from The George Washington University School of Business, Dan has excelled in roles such as Principal and Vice President at Ardent Venture Partners, demonstrating expertise in entrepreneurship, digital strategy, and market research while investing in innovative companies across different sectors.

Work Experience 

  • Principal

    2022 - Current

    Ardent Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in B2B fintech, marketplaces, and vertical saas+. Learn more: ardent.vc

  • Vice President

    2021 - 2022

Ardent Venture Partners invests in founders building technology that transforms work.

  • Board Observer

    2021

Verituity is a verified digital payments platform that connects banks, businesses, and payees to first-time and on-time digital payouts.

Raised $28,800,000.00 from Ardent Venture Partners, MTech Capital, Sandbox Industries and Forgepoint Capital.

  • Investor

    2021

Method Financial is a financial connectivity API for consumer liability data + payments

Raised $18,500,000.00 from Leonis Capital, Cameron Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Truist Ventures, Ardent Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Abstract and SV Angel.

  • Investor

    2021

Palla is an application for international money transactions.

  • Mentor

    2020 - 2023

Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.

Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.

  • Principal, New Venture GM - FinTech

    2017 - 2021

    BCG Digital Ventures is a corporate investment and incubation firm. We invent, build and invest in startups with the world’s most influential companies. We share risk and invest alongside our corporate and startup partners. General Manager for 4 startups across 3 continents with the world's largest corporations.

BCG Digital Ventures is a corporate investment and incubation firm.

  • Principal (FinTech Product Strategy)

    2017 - 2021

BCG Securities focuses on wealth management with high net worth individuals.

  • Advisor

    2015 - 2020

    Early advisor to founding executive team. $3.75B valuation.

  • Senior Product Manager

    2015 - 2017

    Focused on e-commerce/checkout, growth, membership/subscription products, and retention/churn prevention.

Munchery offers same-day food deliver services.

Raised $125,419,000.00 from Cota Capital and zipdragon ventures.

  • Senior Product Manager

    2015 - 2015

    Lead PM for growth, engagement, and productivity tools.

Totango is customer success software that helps businesses drive product adoption, prevent churn, and grow expansion revenue.

Raised $146,600,000.00 from Great Hill Partners, Pitango VC, Canvas Ventures and Benhamou Global Ventures.

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