Dan Nguyen-Huu
InvestorPartner at Decibel Partners
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $1M
About
Dan Nguyen-Huu is a partner at Decibel who works with founders building ML/AI, cloud infrastructure, and cybersecurity companies. He was previously a Vice President at Battery Ventures and earlier worked at VMware and in UBS's technology investment banking group. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Venture Capital in 2019.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurity
Experience
- Decibel PartnersPartnercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Sublime SecuritySeed Investor & Boardcurrent2022 — present
- FixifySeed Investor & Boardcurrent2023 — present
- SpecterOpsSeries A Investor & Boardcurrent2023 — present
- NebulockPre-Seed Investor & Boardcurrent2024 — present
- CubeSeries A Investor & Boardcurrent2021 — present
- PixeeSeed Investor & Boardcurrent2023 — present
- runZero (acquired by Accenture)Seed Investor & Board2020 — 2026
- Propelo (acquired by Harness)Series A Investor & Board2020 — 2022
- Battery VenturesVice President2016 — 2020Menlo Park, CA
- MatillionInvestor2019 — 2020Manchester, United Kingdom
- Sumo LogicInvestor2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- PaperspaceSeed Investor & Board2018 — 2020Greater New York City Area
- Contrast SecurityBoard Observer2017 — 2020Palo Alto, CA
- DatabricksInvestor2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- WovenSeed Investor2017 — 2020Mountain View, CA
- InfluxDataInvestor2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- ExpelSeed Investor & Board2016 — 2020Herndon, VA
- Machinify, Inc.Seed Investor & Board2016 — 2020Palo Alto, CA
- VMwareStrategy & Corporate Development2012 — 2015Palo Alto, CA
- UBS Investment BankTechnology Investment Banking2011 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
StrategyLeadershipCorporate FinanceInvestment BankingFinancial ModelingValuationCorporate DevelopmentTelecommunicationsPrivate EquityFinancial AnalysisEconomicsBusiness Analysis
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Mergers & AcquisitionsMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeLanguages English · French · German · Vietnamese
From Dan's professional profile.
Investments
Led
Contrast SecurityDatabricksExpelInfluxDataSumoLogic
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at Decibel Partners
Alessio Fanelli
Partner at Decibel Partners
Amy Chang
Founder, Accompany at Decibel Partners
Andrew Peterson
Founder, Signal Sciences at Decibel Partners
Bhaskar Sunkara
Founder, AppDynamics at Decibel Partners
Dug Song
Founder, Duo Security at Decibel Partners
Jess Leão
Partner at Decibel Partners
Jon Oberheide
Founder, Duo Security at Decibel Partners
Jon Sakoda
Founder at Decibel Partners
Network9
Alessio FanelliScout
Partner at Decibel Partners
MichaelScout
Investor at Runtime Ventures
Shardul ShahScout
Investor at Index Ventures
Tom LoverroScout
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Cack Wilhelm
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Clay Berger
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Jake Flomenberg
Partner at Wing
Shravan Narayen
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Stacey Wueste
Business Development Partner at Decibel Partners
Investors connected to Dan in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dan Nguyen-Huu?
- Dan Nguyen-Huu is a partner at Decibel who works with founders building ML/AI, cloud infrastructure, and cybersecurity companies. He was previously a Vice President at Battery Ventures and earlier worked at VMware and in UBS's technology investment banking group. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Venture Capital in 2019.
- Where does Dan Nguyen-Huu work?
- Dan Nguyen-Huu is Partner at Decibel Partners.
- What does Dan Nguyen-Huu invest in?
- Dan Nguyen-Huu invests in AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity.
- What check size does Dan Nguyen-Huu write?
- Dan Nguyen-Huu typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.
- What companies has Dan Nguyen-Huu invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Contrast Security, Databricks, Expel, InfluxData, SumoLogic.
- Where did Dan Nguyen-Huu go to school?
- Dan Nguyen-Huu studied at University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts, Economics).
- Does Dan Nguyen-Huu lead rounds?
- Yes — Dan Nguyen-Huu has led 5 tracked investments.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Sublime Security8
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Also worked at Nebulock5
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