Dan is Investment Director at CIT GAP Funds, where he manages initial company screening, due diligence, and deal structuring. Dan serves at the board level on 12 CIT GAP Funds portfolio companies. Dan is also the Founder of NextGen Angels, an angel club for DC area investors who are 40 and younger. Prior to joining CIT GAP Funds, Dan was Vice President at the New Vantage Group, an early-stage investing company, where he led more than 20 investments. Dan has done stints at two consumer Internet startups, and in public policy, where his work was featured in The New York Times, The Financial Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, The BBC, Good Morning America, CNBC, and many other media outlets. He started his career at theGerson Lehrman Group, an independent investment research firm in New York City. Dan holds a BA from Yale and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
NextGen Angels. NextGen Angels is an investing club of more than 60 Washington, DC-area angels who are 40 or younger. The group’s motto is: “Striving to be the most entrepreneur-friendly angel investors in the world.” By always keeping the entrepreneur top of mind, we aim to benefit the companies we work with, help build the DC area startup ecosystem, become an investment partner of choice for top entrepreneurs, and make the process enjoyable for everyone. NextGen Angels members all agree to actively support portfolio companies—defined as startups with ten or more members investing—whether or not that member personally invested in the company. In particular, that means putting our networks at the disposal of the entrepreneurs we back. http://www.nextgenangels.com