About
Dan Graham is a rare founder-operator who scaled BuildASign.com to over $100M revenue and a $280M exit, then became a full-time investor and early Austin champion of CPG brands.
Invests in
AgTechConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceFoodTechHealthtech
Experience
- NotleyPartnercurrent2015 β present
- Portalis AIFounder & COOcurrent2023 β presentAustin, Texas, United States
- Springdale VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2019 β presentAustin, Texas Area
- The Geyser GroupGeneral Partnercurrent2019 β present
- MaevBoard Observercurrent2021 β present
- Outlaw Soaps, IncBoard Membercurrent2021 β present
- In Good Taste WinesBoard Membercurrent2021 β present
- BuildASign.comExecutive Chairman2017 β 2018
- BuildASign.comCEO, Owner2010 β 2017
- ExperiencesPast Companies2004 β 2017
Education
- The University of Texas at Austin: JD - LawJD, Law2003 β 2005
- The University of Texas at Austin: Computer ScienceBS, Computer Science1999 β 2003
- The University of Texas at Austin: BA in PhilosophyBA, Philosophy1999 β 2003
Skills & more
Negotiation49Management99Financial Analysis34Start-ups99E-commerce99Salesforce.com8Social Media27Strategy99Strategic Partnerships28Social Media Marketing45Online Marketing52Project Management9
+12 more
Enterprise SoftwareBusiness StrategyProduct ManagementSocial NetworkingEntrepreneurshipSEOPublic SpeakingOnline AdvertisingNew Business DevelopmentEmail MarketingAdvertisingMarketing CommunicationsFrom Dan's professional profile.
Shared employers
Also worked at Portalis AI1
Also worked at The Geyser Group2
Also worked at Maev2
Also worked at BuildASign.com2
Colleagues at Springdale Ventures
Angela McElwee
Venture Partner at Springdale Ventures
Barbara Daniels
CFO at Springdale Ventures
Brian Goldberg
Venture Partner at Springdale Ventures
Caroline Fabacher
Investor at Springdale Ventures
Danny Markel
Venture Fellow at Springdale Ventures
Genevieve Gilbreath
Co-Founder | General Partner at Springdale Ventures
Greg Fleishman
Venture Partner at Springdale Ventures
Lauren Rinkey
Venture Partner at Springdale Ventures
Network9
Cyan BanisterScout
Co-founder & General Partner at Long Journey Ventures
Chris ShonkScout
Partner and Co-Founder at ATX Venture Partners
Dick CostoloScout
Managing Partner at 01 Advisors
Kip McClanahanScout
General Partner at Silverton Partners
Carle Stenmark
Investor at VMG Partners
Caroline Fabacher
Investor at Springdale Ventures
Eric Tarczynski
Founder, Managing Partner at Contrary
Genevieve Gilbreath
Co-Founder | General Partner at Springdale Ventures
Mollye Santulli
Principal at Springdale Ventures
Investors connected to Dan in public investor directories β a warm-intro map.


















