Dan Preiss

Investor

Washington, District of Columbia

Writes $250K – $5M checks · typically $2M

About

Dan Preiss is a Partner at Ardent, which he joined at the firm's launch and where he has been promoted several times. Before venture, he worked in product management and growth roles at VC-backed SaaS and consumer companies in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, was a founder, and worked in Boston Consulting Group's corporate ventures incubator focused on fintech. He holds a B.S. in International Business and Economics from George Washington University.

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Invests in

Fintech

Experience

CadrianCo-Founder / CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
Ardent Venture PartnersPartnercurrent2025 — present
Ardent Venture PartnersPrincipal2022 — 2025
Ardent Venture PartnersVice President2021 — 2022
Method FinancialInvestorcurrent2021 — present
SwivelBoard Observercurrent2024 — present
ecue aiInvestorcurrent2024 — present
Palla FinancialInvestorcurrent2021 — present
GivebutterBoard Observer2022 — 2024
BCG Digital VenturesPrincipal, New Venture GM - FinTech2017 — 2021
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Principal (FinTech Product Strategy)2017 — 2021
Guild EducationAdvisor2015 — 2020
MuncherySenior Product Manager2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
TotangoSenior Product Manager2015San Francisco Bay Area
Quad Learning, Inc.Senior Product Manager2012 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
The strEATSCo-Founder / Product2010 — 2012

Education

The George Washington UniversityBachelors of Business Administration, Business and Economics

Skills & more

Social Media35Strategy19Entrepreneurship15Digital Strategy12Project Management11Digital Marketing6Market Research5Competitive Analysis4Business Development3Product Management3User Experience2E-commerce3

+12 more

Marketing StrategyOnline AdvertisingWeb Project ManagementPPCAgile Project ManagementBusiness StrategyProduct LaunchProduct DevelopmentProduct InnovationLeadershipPeople ManagementManagement

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