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Dan Nguyen-Huu

Investor

Partner at Decibel Partners

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $100K – $10M checks · typically $1M

30 Under 30 2019 · Venture Capital

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.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurity

Experience

  1. Decibel PartnersPartnercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Sublime SecuritySeed Investor & Boardcurrent2022 — present
  3. FixifySeed Investor & Boardcurrent2023 — present
  4. SpecterOpsSeries A Investor & Boardcurrent2023 — present
  5. NebulockPre-Seed Investor & Boardcurrent2024 — present
  6. CubeSeries A Investor & Boardcurrent2021 — present
  7. PixeeSeed Investor & Boardcurrent2023 — present
  8. runZero (acquired by Accenture)Seed Investor & Board2020 — 2026
  9. Propelo (acquired by Harness)Series A Investor & Board2020 — 2022
  10. Battery VenturesVice President2016 — 2020Menlo Park, CA
  11. MatillionInvestor2019 — 2020Manchester, United Kingdom
  12. Sumo LogicInvestor2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  13. PaperspaceSeed Investor & Board2018 — 2020Greater New York City Area
  14. Contrast SecurityBoard Observer2017 — 2020Palo Alto, CA
  15. DatabricksInvestor2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  16. WovenSeed Investor2017 — 2020Mountain View, CA
  17. InfluxDataInvestor2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  18. ExpelSeed Investor & Board2016 — 2020Herndon, VA
  19. Machinify, Inc.Seed Investor & Board2016 — 2020Palo Alto, CA
  20. VMwareStrategy & Corporate Development2012 — 2015Palo Alto, CA

Education

  1. University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Arts, Economics

Skills & more

StrategyLeadershipCorporate FinanceInvestment BankingFinancial ModelingValuationCorporate DevelopmentTelecommunicationsPrivate EquityFinancial AnalysisEconomicsBusiness Analysis
+3 moreMergers & AcquisitionsMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Office

Languages English · French · German · Vietnamese

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Contrast SecurityDatabricksExpelInfluxDataSumoLogic

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