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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.

  • Investor and Board Member

    2022

  • 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

    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.

  • 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.

  • Investor and Board Observer

    2021

  • Investor and Board Member

    2016

    Acquired by The New York Times for $550M in January 2022. Digital-first, premium sports news subscription business

  • 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.

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