Where does Dana Stalder work?

Dana Stalder is General Partner at Matrix and Founder at Mesa Financial and Founder at Concerto Card and Founder at Apartment List.

What check size does Dana Stalder write?

Dana Stalder typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.

Dana Stalder

InvestorFounder

General Partner at Matrix · General Partner at Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India) · Board director at Mesa Financial · Board director at Concerto Card · Board director at Apartment List

United States

Writes $100K – $10M checks

FoundedApartment List Concerto Card Mesa Financial Minute KEY

About

Dana Stalder leverages operating leadership at Netscape, PayPal, and eBay plus early-stage investing to advise on scaling products and payments, combining a data-centric, framework-driven approach to hiring and team evaluation.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Board director at Mesa Financial

Intro paths

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In turn, Dana can intro founders to Mesa Financial's investors below.

Mesa Financial's investors · 1

MatrixSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Mesa Financial

BENJAMIN APELExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

ADAM CHERUBINIExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

LEONARD SPEISERDirector

Board director at Concerto Card

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In turn, Dana can intro founders to Concerto Card's investors below.

Concerto Card's investors · 1

MatrixSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Concerto Card

Daniel DuncanChief Executive Officer

Joseph SaundersDirector

Joseph NaggarDirector

Board director at Apartment List

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Apartment List's investors · 9

Andre Iguodalasince 2014 AUTHENTIC VENTURESOakland · $100K – $1M checks · since 2014 Canaan PartnersStamford · $500K – $20M checks · since 2014 Glynn Capital ManagementMenlo Park · since 2014 Janus Henderson InvestorsNew York · since 2014 MatrixSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2014 Passport CapitalSan Francisco · since 2014 Rothenberg VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $10M checks · since 2014 Tribeca Early Stage PartnersNew York · $1M – $2M checks · since 2014

Co-founders at Apartment List

John Douglas Kobs IIExecutive Officer, Director

Charles Christopher HerndonExecutive Officer, Director

John KobsFounder

Chris EricksonCo-founder

Experience

MatrixGeneral Partnercurrent2008 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
FlexBoard of Directorscurrent2019 — present
SideBoard of Directorscurrent2017 — present
EarninBoard of Directorscurrent2014 — present
Apartment ListBoard of Directorscurrent2014 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
CanvaLead Seed Investorcurrent2012 — present
Afterpay (ASX: APT)Board of Directors2017 — 2022Acquired by Block (fka Square)
LeverBoard of Directors2014 — 2022Acquired by Employ
Poynt by GoDaddyBoard of Directors2013 — 2021Acquired by GoDaddy
BugsnagBoard of Directors2013 — 2021Acquired by SmartBear
Postmates by UberLead Seed Investor2011 — 2020Acquired by Uber
Zendesk (NYSE: ZEN)Board of Directors2010 — 2018
Gilt Groupe (Acquired by Hudson Bay Corporation)Board of Directors2010 — 2016
Polyvore (Acquired by Yahoo!)Board of Directors2009 — 2015
QuinStreet (NASDAQ: QNST)Board of DIrectors2003 — 2015
Zong (Acquired by PayPal)Board of Directors2010 — 2011
PayPalSenior Vice President, Product, Sales, Marketing & Technology2004 — 2008
eBayVice President, Internet Marketing & Business Development2001 — 2004
Respond.comChief Bottle Washer1999 — 2001
Netscape CommunicationsVice President1994 — 1999

Education

Santa Clara UniversityBS, Business

Skills & more

Product Management99Venture Capital32Marketing Management6Product Strategy9Start-ups99E-commerce99Mobile5Analytics35SaaS44Online Marketing30Product Marketing29Strategic Partnerships99

+12 more

Social MediaUser ExperienceOnline AdvertisingMergersMobile ApplicationsLead GenerationTeam BuildingMarketing StrategyStrategic PlanningStrategy DevelopmentTeam LeadershipWeb 2.0

From Dana's professional profile.

Deals · 4

Mesa FinancialBoard seat

via Matrix · filed May 2024 · $21.1M raise

Concerto CardBoard seat

via Matrix · filed May 2022 · $17.7M raise

PetChiBoard seat

via Matrix · filed Apr 2022 · $18M raise

Minute KEYBoard seat

via Matrix · filed May 2016 · $2.5M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Matrix

Andrea Black

COO at Matrix Partners

Andrew Verhalen

Investor at Matrix Partners

Antonio Rodriguez

Partner at Matrix Partners

David Skok

Investor at Matrix Partners

Diana Berlin

Partner at Matrix Partners

Diana Kimball Berlin

Partner at Matrix

Erin Mauro

CFO at Matrix Partners

Hardi Meybaum

General Partner at Matrix

Network10

Andy LiuScout

Partner at Unlock Venture Partners

Edward LandoScout

Partner at Pareto Holdings

Michael TamScout

Partner at Craft Ventures

Morgan LivermoreScout

Partner at Quiet Capital

Pierre PlancheScout

Partner at Griffin Gaming Partners

Akshat Jain

Vice President at Z47

Avnish Bajaj

Founder and Managing Director at Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners India)

Ayush Chamaria

Vice President at Z47

Court Lorenzini

Founding CEO, Docusign at Pegasus Tech Ventures

Patrick Malatack

Partner at Z47

Investors connected to Dana in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Dana Stalder work?: Dana Stalder is General Partner at Matrix and Founder at Mesa Financial and Founder at Concerto Card and Founder at Apartment List.
What does Dana Stalder invest in?: Dana Stalder invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS.
What check size does Dana Stalder write?: Dana Stalder typically writes checks of $100K – $10M.
What companies did Dana Stalder found?: Dana Stalder founded Apartment List, Concerto Card, Mesa Financial, Minute KEY.