Meet Daniel DeWolf

Contact Dan:
1.212.692.6223
DDeWolf@mintz.com
What really excites me about working with young companies is the energy they bring to the table. Our start-up clients have all the enthusiasm and excitement I had when I co-founded my own early-stage venture capital firm (during Web 1.0) called Dawntreader Ventures. What we can add to a founder’s enthusiasm and passion are the experience and business acumen in this space that come from years of being involved at the crossroads of the Internet, capital formation, and information technology. Experience matters. Oh, and having a law degree certainly helps. Knowing the law and guiding entrepreneurs and growth companies from concept to exit is what we do best. Helping to build new companies in a collaborative fashion in partnership with our clients is what we are all about.
Professional details:
Co-chair, Mintz Levin’s Start-Ups Practice
Chair, Mintz Levin’s Technology Practice
Co-founder, Dawntreader Ventures, an early-stage VC firm
Adjunct Professor, New York University Law School
Advisory Council, Public Policy Committee of the Angel Capital Association
Education
JD, University of Pennsylvania
BA, University of Pennsylvania
Fun facts:
I love playing basketball and tennis, and spending time at my farm in the Hudson Valley with its wonderful organic garden.
If I weren’t a lawyer, I would be …
a high school basketball coach
What I tell my Students at NYU Law: Learning without thinking is useless; and thinking without learning is dangerous.
Common sense is not so common. — Voltaire
Android or iPhone? iPhone 8 and iPhone SE (all the time) and I sometimes also carry a third flip phone just in case …
Companies I’ve helped get off the ground:
Go To Meeting
SquareSpace
Wit Capital
Dawntreader Ventures
Visible World
iParty
LivePerson
Clearsky Power and Technology Fund
SharesPost 100
Alpha Venture Partners
Weild and Co.
Conduce
Tutor.com
Citizen VC
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