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Dan Lorenc

Unicorn founder

Founder at Chainguard

New York City Metropolitan Area

FoundedChainguard$3.5B

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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.

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Chainguard's investors · 17

137 VenturesSan Francisco515 VenturesAlpha PartnersNew York · $3M – $10M checksAmplify PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $5M checks · since 2021Amplify Partners CVMenlo Park · since 2023Banana CapitalSeattle · $25K – $250K checks · since 2023BenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $15M checks · since 2025General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checksIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks · since 2025Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2025Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1M – $5M checks · since 2025Mantis CapitalSanta Monica · $100K – $1M checks · since 2022Redpoint VenturesWoodside · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Salesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checks · since 2025Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $50M checks · since 2025SignalRankSpark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks · since 2023

Co-founders at Chainguard

MMMatt Moore
Matt MooreFounder
VAVille Aikas
Ville AikasFounder

Experience

  1. Chainguard, IncFounder/CEOcurrent2021 — present
  2. GastownAssistant to the Mayor2026Gastown
  3. Stealth StartupFounder2021
  4. GoogleSoftware Engineer2012 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  5. DISQUSSoftware Engineer2012San Francisco Bay Area
  6. MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer2010 — 2012Bellevue, WA
  7. IntuitSoftware Development Engineering Intern2009
  8. MITEngineering Intern2008 — 2009
  9. Excel EngineeringEngineering Intern2007 — 2008

Skills & more

Software Development26Software Design20Disaster Recovery3Database Administration1Database Design2Web Development4C#13C++4C4Solidworks1Visual Studio4SQL Server1
+5 more.NETiPhone developmentAndroidWindows MobilePowershell

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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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