Danel Dayan
Principal at Battery Ventures
Danel Dayan
Principal at Battery Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Principal
2019 - Current
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.
Corporate Development
2015 - 2019
Investments | Mergers & Acquisitions | Strategy Led and closed over 20 acquisitions and strategic investments worth $2B+ across Cloud and HW
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
Transaction Services Associate
2013 - 2014
Valuations | Capital Markets & Accounting Advisory
Media Services
2010 - 2013
IT Support and Troubleshooting
Education
Latest Articles
Be Long-Term Greedy When it Comes to GTM - Battery Ventures
Talks about Battery Ventures, investment and application software
Survey Says: AI and Data Buoy Technology Spend Planning - Battery Ventures
Talks about Battery Ventures, Enterprise Tech Spending and AI and Data Technologies