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Danny Qiao

Venture Investing at Connecticut Innovations

Stamford, Connecticut

Overview 

Danny Qiao is a Venture Capitalist at Connecticut Innovations in Stamford, Connecticut, with a strong background in investment banking and strategy analysis. He holds an MBA from Yale School of Management and has experience in venture investing, partnering, and advising, specializing in Series B, Series A, and seed stage investments in sectors like Consumer Internet in Colorado/Utah. Highlights of his career include his roles at Connecticut Innovations and Ideate Capital, where he honed his skills in organizational leadership, research, negotiation, and community empowerment, positioning him as a strategic investor with a focus on leadership development and fundraising.

Work Experience 

CI

Connecticut Innovations

  • Venture Investing

    2024 - Current

    I support investing out of our Tech Fund and Future Fund.

IC

Ideate Capital

  • Venture Partnering

    2024

    Coming Soon!

  • Consulting/Advising

    2024

    I consult and/or advise startups on: fundraising strategy, finance and operations, and GTM. Portfolio includes: - Roots Investment (PropTech) - ReRent (PropTech) - ARVO Wine (F&B CPG) - PrettyData (Vertical SaaS) - Birdies (CPG)

S

Sweater

  • Venture Investing

    2022 - 2023

    Led our investments in: Parallel Health, Nomadica, IQBAR, Shappi, Frances Valentine, The Last Gameboard, Concha Labs, Havenly, OROS, and The Dyrt.

Sweater is a fintech company building the first fully-managed venture capital fund that is open to everyday investors.

Raised $14,300,000.00 from Kickstart, Eli Broverman, Nick Perez, Litquidity Capital, Monsen Ventures, Aaron Wolko, Bison Venture Partners, Nate O'Brien, Jeff Cruttenden and Spacestation Investments.

sweaterventures.com

MBA Internships

  • MBA Interning

    2020 - 2022

    I interned/worked at these 9 companies during my full-time MBA program on either a part-time in-school or full-time summer basis. I was able to juggle simultaneous internships and school due to the remote work environments caused by COVID: - Sweater Ventures (VC): Feb 2022 - May 2022 - Commons (Health & Wellness Brand): Dec 2021 - May 2022 - Cinch (HRTech & Analytics): Oct 2020 - Apr 2022 - La Hoja Capital Management (Fund-of-Funds): Oct 2020 - Apr 2022 - StepStone Group (fka Greenspring Associates, VC Fund-of-Funds): Jun 2021 - Aug 2021 - Create (Venture Studio): Jan 2021 - May 2021 - NextGen Growth Partners (PE): Jan 2021 - Mar 2021 - ReRent (HospitalityTech): Oct 2020 - Jan 2021 - InSITE (VC & Startup Fellowship): Oct 2020 - Dec 2020

BP

BNP Paribas

  • Investment Banking - Financial Institutions Group & Financial Sponsors

    2017 - 2020

    FIG as an Analyst and Sponsors as an Associate.

AS

Accenture Strategy

  • Strategy Analyzing

    2015 - 2016

Undergrad Internships

  • Undergrad Interning

    2012 - 2014

    I interned/worked at the following institutions during my undergraduate studies: - The White House, Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (Govt): Jun 2014 - Aug 2014 - International Labour Organization's Country Office of the Philippines (NGO): Sep 2013 - Dec 2013 - Cornell University's Asian and Asian American Center (Student Resource Center): Oct 2012 - May 2013 - Generation Citizen (Non-profit): Jan 2012 - May 2012

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