Where does Dan Levitan work?

Dan Levitan is General Partner at MEP Associates and Board director at Cumulus Coffee and Board director at Pacaso and Board director at Daring.

What check size does Dan Levitan write?

Dan Levitan typically writes checks of $100K – $15M.

Where did Dan Levitan go to school?

Dan Levitan studied at Duke University (BA - magna cum laude); Harvard Business School (MBA).

Dan Levitan

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General Partner at MEP Associates · Co-Founder and General Partner at Maveron · Board director at Cumulus Coffee · Board director at Pacaso · Board director at Daring

Seattle, Washington

Writes $100K – $15M checks · typically $4M

Midas 2014 · #56

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About

Dan Levitan pairs investment-banking roots with Howard Schultz's Starbucks operating experience, backing movement-first founders—he made early bets on category-defining consumer marketplaces like eBay and prioritizes recruiting and coaching.

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Invests in

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerEdTechFintechHealthtech

Board director at Cumulus Coffee

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Cumulus Coffee's investors · 2

MaveronSeattle · $100K – $8M checks · since 2023 Valor Equity PartnersChicago · since 2023

Co-founders at Cumulus Coffee

Mesh GelmanExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Pacaso

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Pacaso's investors · 18

75 & SunnyLos Angeles · $100K – $5M checks Acrew CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $15M checks · since 2021 Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checks Beyond CapitalSan Diego Builders + Backers Crosscut VenturesLos Angeles · $250K – $750K checks Fifth WallLos Angeles · $250K – $100M checks Flucas VenturesJupiter · $100K – $5M checks Global Founders CapitalBerlin · $1M checks GreycroftNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2021 HC9 VenturesHavertown · since 2021 Inertia VenturesNew York · $2M checks MaveronSeattle · $100K – $8M checks Moonshots CapitalAustin · $5K – $2.5M checks · since 2021 Ossian CapitalMiami Scale-Up CapitalPalo Alto SoftBank Vision FundLondon Stonewater Ventures

Co-founders at Pacaso

Austin AllisonFounder

Board director at Daring

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Daring's investors · 6

Darco CapitalPhiladelphia Good FriendsSan Francisco · $250K – $1M checks MaveronSeattle · $100K – $8M checks · since 2021 Palm Tree Crew InvestmentsNew York · since 2021 Stray Dog CapitalLeawood · $100K – $1M checks · since 2020 Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Daring

Andrew Ross MackayExecutive Officer, Director

Eliott KessasFounder

Ross MackayFounder

Experience

Maveron LLCCo-Founder & Partnercurrent1998 — present
ChariotMember Board of Directorscurrent2024 — present
AllbirdsMember Board Of Directorscurrent2016 — present
PacasoMember Board Of Directorscurrent2020 — present
Two Chairs (We're hiring!)Member Board Of Directorscurrent2018 — present
Domain MoneyMember Board Of Directorscurrent2021 — present
Trupanion - Medical insurance for your petMember Board Of Directors2007 — 2024
zulilyMember Board Of Directors2010 — 2014
Wertheim Schroder & Co.Managing Director1983 — 1997

Skills & more

Venture Capital50Angel Investing28Corporate Development17Start-ups42Entrepreneurship65Private Equity10Strategic Partnerships28Mergers & Acquisitions15E-commerce10Business Strategy22Business Development8Investments8

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Investments

Investor

AllbirdsBrewBirdChariot DaringDecideDollyDomain MoneyDream Popsdrugstore.comEargoEarnesteBayEcho AIEngageliGrouponInspo NetworkLandingLucky EnergyLucyNextFoodsOtisPacasoPayNearMePinkberryPotbelly Sandwich WorksPro.comSpyceThe Cumulus Coffee CompanyTheWrapTroveTrupanion Two Chairs Weather Promise Zulily

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Colleagues at MEP Associates

Anarghya Vardhana

General Partner at Maveron

Clayton Lewis

General Partner at MEP Associates

David Wu

General Partner at MEP Associates

Jason Stoffer

CIO and General Partner at Maveron

Peter McCormick

General Partner at MEP Associates

Rebecca Kaden

General Partner at MEP Associates

Network12

Marc BenioffScout

Co-founder, Chair & CEO of Salesforce

Alex BalkanskiScout

General Partner at Benchmark

Anarghya VardhanaScout

General Partner at Maveron

Andrew MitchellScout

General Partner at Brand Foundry Ventures

Bryan StolleScout

Managing Director at Wildcat Venture Partners

Carter ReumScout

Co-Founder and Partner at M13

Ginger RothrockMentee

Investor at HG Ventures

Howard SchultzScout

Angel

Andrew Maxman

Principal at Imaginary Venture Capital

Logan Langberg

Partner at Imaginary Venture Capital

Mark Menell

Venture Partner at Maveron

Simran Suri

Senior Associate at Maveron

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Dan Levitan?: Dan Levitan pairs investment-banking roots with Howard Schultz's Starbucks operating experience, backing movement-first founders—he made early bets on category-defining consumer marketplaces like eBay and prioritizes recruiting and coaching.
Where does Dan Levitan work?: Dan Levitan is General Partner at MEP Associates and Board director at Cumulus Coffee and Board director at Pacaso and Board director at Daring.
What does Dan Levitan invest in?: Dan Levitan invests in Consumer, Direct to Consumer, EdTech, Fintech, Healthtech.
What check size does Dan Levitan write?: Dan Levitan typically writes checks of $100K – $15M.
What companies has Dan Levitan invested in?: Investments tracked here include Allbirds, BrewBird, Chariot, Daring, Decide, Dolly, Domain Money, Dream Pops, drugstore.com, Eargo, Earnest, eBay, and 22 more.
Where did Dan Levitan go to school?: Dan Levitan studied at Duke University (BA - magna cum laude); Harvard Business School (MBA).