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Dan Engel

Investor

Founder & Managing Partner at Santa Barbara Venture Partners

Santa Barbara, California

Writes $500K – $2M checks Β· typically $700K

About

Dan Engel is Founder and Managing Partner at Santa Barbara Venture Partners. He founded FastSpring, a fintech SaaS company that grew to become one of the fastest-growing companies in North America before its acquisition by Accel-KKR in 2018, and previously led online customer acquisition at Google (AdWords and AdSense) as well as revenue efforts for GoToMyPC/GoToMeeting and Picasa. He began his career as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Idealab incubator.

Invests in

FintechSaaS

Experience

  1. Santa Barbara Venture PartnersManaging Partner & Foundercurrent2020 β€” presentSanta Barbara, CA
  2. YPO Pacific OneMembercurrent2025 β€” present
  3. Engel VenturesFounder2012 β€” 2021Santa Barbara, California, United States
  4. OCVVenture Capitalist-in-Residence2019 β€” 2020Greater Los Angeles Area
  5. NGEN PartnersVenture Partner2018 β€” 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
  6. FastSpringCEO & Co-Founder2005 β€” 2013Santa Barbara, California Area
  7. GoogleHead of Customer Acquisition2004San Francisco Bay Area
  8. PicasaVP, Market Development2003 β€” 2004Greater Los Angeles Area
  9. GoToCustomer Acquisition Strategic Development2002 β€” 2003Santa Barbara, California Area
  10. IdealabEntrepreneur in Residence2000 β€” 2001
  11. GrapeApe.comCEO & Founder1997 β€” 1999Greater Boston Area
  12. Merrill LynchIntern1994 β€” 1998New Orleans, Louisiana
  13. Fidelity InvestmentsIntern1996Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Education

  1. Tulane UniversityBSM, Finance1995 β€” 1998
  2. Mamaroneck High SchoolHigh school1990 β€” 1994

Skills & more

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)1Digital MarketingVenture CapitalE-commerce77Start-ups99Online Marketing31SaaS42Online Advertising26Product Management12Strategic Partnerships31Entrepreneurship54Business Strategy21
+12 moreAngel InvestingBusiness DevelopmentMergersMarketingManagementSalesGoogle AdwordsCustomer AcquisitionEnterprise SoftwareLead GenerationPPCInvestments
  • Tulane Green Wave Innovation Network Mentor β€” Tulane University Innovation Institute

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Same school

Shared employers

Investments

Board seats

Blue TriangleMobile1st

Investor

Apeel SciencesFastSpring

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Santa Barbara Venture Partners