“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”— Winston Churchill
Dan is a finance, business development, and investment executive with 20+ years experience as an operator, investor, and advisor across a variety of industries including the technology, media, consumer, and financial sectors. He serves as an advisor to Sizzle Acquisition Corp., a consumer-focused special purpose acquisition company (Nasdaq: SZZLU) and most recently was a Managing Partner at Mission 8, a venture studio with active involvement in startups across the media, technology, and consumer sectors. Mission 8 is an early investor in Enspira, which remains a portfolio company. Previously, Dan held various executive roles as CFO of RiskSpan, a private equity-backed analytics firm; VP of Investments at NextGen Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm; as a senior investment professional at Profit Investment Management, a $2.5 billion AUM growth-biased institutional investment manager; and as a research analyst at FBR Capital Markets where he worked on over a dozen investment banking transactions including multiple IPOs with an aggregate value of $1.5+ billion. Dan received his B.A. degree in economics from the University of Virginia and is a CFA charterholder.
