Dan Scheinman
InvestorOpCo Investment Advisory Committee; Board Director: Zoom, Arista, SentinelOne at Operator Collective
San Mateo, California, United States
About
Investment Advisory Committee member and prominent angel investor whose portfolio includes Zoom and Arista Networks. He spent 18 years at Cisco, including as SVP of Corporate Development.
Experience
- BURNTAngel Investorcurrent2025 — present
- Cimento AIAngel Investorcurrent2025 — present
- Stealth StartupAngel Investorcurrent2025 — present
- BreakoutAngel Investorcurrent2024 — present
- Torch SecuritySeed Investorcurrent2024 — present
- c/sideAngel Investorcurrent2024 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
- Castellum.AIAngel Investorcurrent2023 — presentUnited States
- OvermindInvestorcurrent2022 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
- ElotlSeed Investorcurrent2021 — present
- IntegrySeed Investorcurrent2021 — present
- DrataInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- Unity SCMAngel Investorcurrent2020 — present
- IrisAgentAngel Investorcurrent2020 — present
- AriksaAngel Investorcurrent2020 — present
- SpekitSeed Investorcurrent2019 — presentDenver/San Francisco
- CyCognitoInvestor, Board Membercurrent2018 — presentPalo Alto, CA
- ImubitInvestorcurrent2016 — presentPalo Alto
- SentinelOneMember of the Board of Directors and early angel investorcurrent2013 — present
- eShareInvestor/Advisorcurrent2012 — presentGreater Boston Area
- Self EmployedAngel Invstorcurrent2011 — presentUnited States
- Self EmployedAngel Investorcurrent2011 — presentUnited States
- tango.meInvestor/Advisory Board Membercurrent2010 — present
- Arista Networks, Inc.Independent Member of the Board of Directorscurrent2011 — presentSanta Clara, California
- Zoom Video Communications, Inc.Independent Member of the Board of Directorscurrent2011 — presentSan Jose, California
- Angel Invester in Enterprise Tech CompaniesAngel Investorcurrent2011 — present
- AnonybitAngel Investor2021 — 2025
- Data.ml IncAngel Investor2023 — 2025Palo Alto, California, United States
- JUXInvestor2022 — 2025Tel Aviv, Israel
- AltostraInvestor and Director2019 — 2023Palo Alto, California
- Testim.ioInvestor2016 — 2022
- Opas AIInvestor2017 — 2019Mountain View, California
- Treasure Datainvestor2012 — 2018Los Altos
- Greenwave Systems IncOutside Member of the Board of Directors2011 — 2018Orange County, California Area
- Kodiak DataInvestor2014 — 2018
- Avni Networks IncInvestor/Advisor2014 — 2016
- Pirc.comInvestor2013 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Think Big AnalyticsIndependent Member of the Board of Directors2012 — 2014
- Tomfoolery, Inc.investor2012 — 2014
- Cisco SystemsSr VP, CMSG2007 — 2011
- Cisco Systemssenior vice president corporate development2001 — 2006
Skills & more
Strategic Planning37Negotiation17Team Leadership22Management46Strategy41Leadership49Alliances10Product Development37Mergers39Business Strategy99Venture Capital67Business Alliances46
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SaaSStart-upsCloud ComputingInvestmentsMergers & AcquisitionsEntrepreneurshipMobile DevicesStrategic PartnershipsEnterprise SoftwareCross-functional Team LeadershipPublic RelationsCompetitive AnalysisLanguages Chinese
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Colleagues at Operator Collective
Allison Barr Allen
Investor at Operator Collective
Anna Jacobson
Partner & Chief AI Enablement Officer at Operator Collective
Anu Bharadwaj
President, Atlassian at Operator Collective
Caroline Caswell
Marketing Partner at Operator Collective
Cathy Polinsky
Investor at Operator Collective
Claire Hughes Johnson
Corporate Officer, Stripe at Operator Collective
Dana Marohn Spiliotis
Partner at Operator Collective
Elena Gomez
President & CFO, Toast at Operator Collective
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Anne DwaneScout
General Partner at Village Global
Ashish GuptaScout
Chairman and Partner at MFV Partners
Kevin WeilScout
Operator in Residence at Scribble Ventures
Ron PragidesScout
Vice President of Engineering at Trustly at PICUS CAPITAL
Walter KortschakScout
Founder at Firestreak Ventures
Bryant Barr
Founding Partner at Penny Jar Capital Venture
Elizabeth Weil
Founder & Partner at Scribble Ventures
Gil Ben-Artzy
Founding Partner at UpWest
Jason Warner
Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures
John Smothers
Partner at Scribble Ventures
Solly Garber
General Partner at Formation VC
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dan Scheinman?
- Investment Advisory Committee member and prominent angel investor whose portfolio includes Zoom and Arista Networks. He spent 18 years at Cisco, including as SVP of Corporate Development.
- Where does Dan Scheinman work?
- Dan Scheinman is OpCo Investment Advisory Committee; Board Director: Zoom, Arista, SentinelOne at Operator Collective.
- Where did Dan Scheinman go to school?
- Dan Scheinman studied at Duke University School of Law (JD, 1988); Brandeis University (BA, politics).
Same school
Also attended Duke University School of Law16
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Also attended Brandeis University65
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