Dan Engel
InvestorFounder & Managing Partner at Santa Barbara Venture Partners
Santa Barbara, California
Writes $500K β $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
- Santa Barbara Venture PartnersManaging Partner & Foundercurrent2020 β presentSanta Barbara, CA
- YPO Pacific OneMembercurrent2025 β present
- Engel VenturesFounder2012 β 2021Santa Barbara, California, United States
- OCVVenture Capitalist-in-Residence2019 β 2020Greater Los Angeles Area
- NGEN PartnersVenture Partner2018 β 2019New York City Metropolitan Area
- FastSpringCEO & Co-Founder2005 β 2013Santa Barbara, California Area
- GoogleHead of Customer Acquisition2004San Francisco Bay Area
- PicasaVP, Market Development2003 β 2004Greater Los Angeles Area
- GoToCustomer Acquisition Strategic Development2002 β 2003Santa Barbara, California Area
- IdealabEntrepreneur in Residence2000 β 2001
- GrapeApe.comCEO & Founder1997 β 1999Greater Boston Area
- Merrill LynchIntern1994 β 1998New Orleans, Louisiana
- Fidelity InvestmentsIntern1996Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Education
- Tulane UniversityBSM, Finance1995 β 1998
- Mamaroneck High SchoolHigh school1990 β 1994
Skills & more
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)1Digital MarketingVenture CapitalE-commerce77Start-ups99Online Marketing31SaaS42Online Advertising26Product Management12Strategic Partnerships31Entrepreneurship54Business Strategy21
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Angel InvestingBusiness DevelopmentMergersMarketingManagementSalesGoogle AdwordsCustomer AcquisitionEnterprise SoftwareLead GenerationPPCInvestments- Tulane Green Wave Innovation Network Mentor β Tulane University Innovation Institute
From Dan's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Tulane University60
Sam KingAssociate General Counsel at Sapphire VenturesSteve PaulVenture Partner at Third Rock Ventures; physician-scientist in neuroscience and CNS drug discoveryAnna Shults HeldEditorial Director at Scale Venture PartnersZane SalamehAnalyst at Volition CapitalAmy SlizofskiInvestor at TRANSFORMATION CAPITALMason AngelFounding Partner at Industrious Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Google1,081
Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundJess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalTomasz TunguzFounder & General Partner at Theory VenturesHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at Felicis
+ 1,075 more
Also worked at Merrill Lynch405
Hans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel CapitalNoorPartner at Clear VenturesKesha CashFounder & General Partner at Impact America FundAftab MathurManaging Director at Temasek at Golden Gate VenturesAndrew WallaceVice President, Revolution Growth at Revolution
+ 399 more
Also worked at Fidelity Investments112
Peter SaperstonePartner at GreycroftAlejandraChief of Staff, Investment Team at Hummingbird VenturesHelen ClementInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Adiam BerhaneAccounting Manager at QED InvestorsAubrie PaganoGeneral Partner, Managing Member at Corigin VenturesJoanna Skoler GilmanChief Marketing and Communications Officer at .406 Ventures
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Investments
Board seats
Blue TriangleMobile1st
Investor
Apeel SciencesFastSpring
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at Santa Barbara Venture Partners
Andrea Hurtado
Marketing & Platform Lead at Santa Barbara Venture Partners
Christy Noay
Research Assistant at Santa Barbara Venture Partners
Daniel Hedden
Partner at Santa Barbara Venture Partners
Jennifer Weisman
Fund Finances at Santa Barbara Venture Partners
Kevin Davis
Investor at Santa Barbara Venture Partners
Sarah Stark
Venture Capital Fund Operations at Santa Barbara Venture Partners












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