Daniel Leff
Managing Partner at Waverley Capital
Malibu, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
2017 - Current
Leading VC fund focused on investing in innovative and disruptive start-up companies in the media sector.
Waverley Capital is a VC firm that focuses on early-stage investments throughout the broader media, entertainment, and sports ecosystem.
Investor and Board Member
2022
Professional Fighters League is a mixed martial arts league.
Raised $303,000,000.00 from SRJ Sports Investments.
Investor and Board Member- fuboTV (NYSE:FUBO)
2015
The world’s only Internet TV service dedicated to soccer- streaming Live sports networks, club channels, football news & more
Member, Board of Directors
2021
Member, Board of Directors
2019
Founder & Managing Partner
2013
Luminari Capital is a digital media fund focused on the innovation and disruption occurring globally throughout the $500B+ video ecosystem.
Luminari Capital is a digital media fund that invests on firms that map key technology themes to the fundamental transformations in content.
Investor & Board Member - Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU)
2011
Leading over-the-top (OTT) digital media streaming platform Co-Investors: Anthony Wood, Menlo Ventures, Globespan Capital Partners, Sky, 21st Century Fox, Hearst Corporation, Fidelity, othes.
Roku develops video streaming devices that provide users access to Internet-streamed video or audio services.
Raised $212,009,000.00 from Fox Networks Group, Fidelity, Sky UK, Paramount, Good Technology, Globespan Capital Partners, News Corp, Hearst Ventures and Menlo Ventures.
Investor and Board Observer
2021
Volley builds voice-controlled entertainment experiences for Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and smartphones.
Raised $107,270,000.00 from M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund, Greylock, Causeway Media Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, AIspace Ventures, Y Combinator, Amazon Alexa Fund, General Catalyst, BITKRAFT Ventures and Gaingels.
Investor and Board Member
2016
Acquired by The New York Times for $550M in January 2022. Digital-first, premium sports news subscription business
The Athletic is an online media company that specializes in online news publishing for the sports industry.
Raised $139,459,000.00 from Bedrock Capital Partners, Comcast Ventures, Y Combinator, Powerhouse Capital, Switch Ventures and Emerson Collective.
Investor & Board Member
2019
Acquired by Amazon for $300M in December 2020. Wondery is the largest independent podcast publisher in the world. Launched in 2016, and known for its immersive podcasts, Wondery became the fastest network to join the Top 10 ranker by Podtrac, propelled by hit shows such as Dr Death, Dirty John, American History Tellers, Business Wars, The Shrink Next Door and Gladiator. Twenty of Wondery’s shows have reached # 1 on Apple Podcasts, and Wondery is the only publisher to have simultaneously claimed the # 1 and # 2 ‘Top New Podcasts” slots on an annual Podtrac ranker.
Wondery, a network of storytellers, creates and curates immersive podcasts.
Raised $15,000,000.00 from Lerer Hippeau, Watertower Ventures, Greycroft, BDMI, Waverley Capital, Advancit Capital and Powerhouse Capital.