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Clay FisherunlockedDan: together at Chainguard (2023–2026)
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About
Dan Lorenc is the co-founder and CEO of Chainguard, Inc., a company focused on software supply chain security. Prior to founding Chainguard, he spent nearly a decade as an engineer at Google, working on developer infrastructure, tooling, and open source. He helped start and maintain open source projects including Minikube, Skaffold, Distroless, Tekton, Sigstore, and SLSA.
Founder at Chainguard
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Chainguard's investors · 15
137 VenturesSan FranciscoAlpha PartnersNew York · $3M – $10M checksAmplify PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $5M checksAmplify Partners CVMenlo Park · since 2023Banana CapitalSeattle · $1 – $250K checks · since 2023General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checksIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks · since 2025Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2025Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks · since 2025Mantis CapitalSanta Monica · $100K – $1M checksRedpoint VenturesWoodside · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Salesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checks · since 2025Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2025SignalRankSpark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks · since 2023
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Co-founders at Chainguard
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Matt MooreFounder
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Ville AikasFounder
Experience
- Chainguard, IncFounder/CEOcurrent2021 — present
- GastownAssistant to the Mayor2026Gastown
- Stealth StartupFounder2021
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2012 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- DISQUSSoftware Engineer2012San Francisco Bay Area
- MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer2010 — 2012Bellevue, WA
- IntuitSoftware Development Engineering Intern2009
- MITEngineering Intern2008 — 2009
- Excel EngineeringEngineering Intern2007 — 2008
Skills & more
Software Development26Software Design20Disaster Recovery3Database Administration1Database Design2Web Development4C#13C++4C4Solidworks1Visual Studio4SQL Server1
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dan Lorenc?
- Dan Lorenc is the co-founder and CEO of Chainguard, Inc., a company focused on software supply chain security. Prior to founding Chainguard, he spent nearly a decade as an engineer at Google, working on developer infrastructure, tooling, and open source. He helped start and maintain open source projects including Minikube, Skaffold, Distroless, Tekton, Sigstore, and SLSA.
- Where does Dan Lorenc work?
- Dan Lorenc is Founder of Chainguard.
- What companies did Dan Lorenc found?
- Dan Lorenc founded Chainguard.
- Where did Dan Lorenc go to school?
- Dan Lorenc studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Stealth Startup482
Andrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyErica VanInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHemamAdvisor at Clear VenturesArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesHamish GarnettAssociate at Manta Ray Ventures
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Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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