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Dan Ahrens

Investor

Managing Partner at Left Lane Capital

New York, New York

Writes $20M – $30M checks · typically $25M

About

Dan Ahrens co-founded a firm at 29 and applies enterprise-style rigor—analyzing raw transaction and usage data—to back long-term, utility-like consumer and SMB winners, including localized winners across diverging geographies.

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Invests in

AgTechConsumerFintechFoodTechHealthtechSaaS

Experience

  1. Left Lane CapitalManaging Partnercurrent2019 — present
  2. equipifiBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
  3. F2Board Membercurrent2025 — present
  4. Venn (formerly Vault)Board Membercurrent2024 — present
  5. KoltinBoardcurrent2024 — present
  6. RevvBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  7. ClerkieBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
  8. Arc TechnologiesBoard Membercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  9. Moove AfricaBoard Observercurrent2021 — present
  10. WayflyerBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
  11. M1 Finance: Smart Money ManagementBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
  12. Parachute HealthBoard Observer2018 — 2019
  13. OwnBackupBoard Observer2018 — 2019
  14. Insight Venture PartnersVice President2017 — 2019
  15. Insight Venture PartnersSenior Associate2016 — 2017Greater New York City Area
  16. Insight Venture PartnersAssociate2016Greater New York City Area
  17. JoyTunesBoard Observer2017 — 2019
  18. FloQastBoard Observer2017 — 2019
  19. EquipmentShareBoard Observer2016 — 2019
  20. The Boston Consulting GroupConsultant2014 — 2016Greater Philadelphia Area

Education

  1. Duke UniversityBachelor of Science (BS), Economics2008 — 2012

Same school

Also attended Duke University408

Fred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeJeremy LevinePartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpScott RaneyManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesJack Bixby LucasGeneral Partner at Lucas Venture GroupVinnie McSweeneyInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners

+ 402 more

Shared employers

Also worked at F22

Wesley YiuPrincipal at Alumni VenturesDon MuirFounder at F2

Also worked at Clerkie3

Emmalyn ShawCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Flourish VenturesIan W. SheridanManaging Partner and Co-Founder at Vestigo VenturesSam DasManaging Director at TruStage Ventures

Also worked at OwnBackup4

Aaron DubinPartner at Team8Nikitas KoutoupesManaging Director at Insight PartnersAviad ArielGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures IsraelYaniv JacobiManaging Partner at Horizon Capital

Also worked at Insight Venture Partners193

Molly AlterPartner at NorthzoneScott MaxwellInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersBonnie LewisInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersAndrew YingInvestor at GreycroftMadeleine GoldbergInvestor at Lerer HippeauRebecca MancusiInvestor at Third Rock Ventures

+ 187 more

Deals · 1

M1 HoldingsBoard seat

via Left Lane Capital · filed Jun 2020 · $33.3M raise

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

Colleagues at Left Lane Capital

Alex Wu
Senior VP of Talent at Left Lane Capital
Alexa Tsay
Investor at Left Lane Capital
Alicia Garabedian
Vice President at Left Lane Capital
Aparajita Chauhan
Investor at Left Lane Capital
Arjun Kapur
Vice President at Left Lane Capital
Austin Gould
Investor at Left Lane Capital
Carlie Malone
Event & Content Associate at Left Lane Capital
Chris Taylor
Chief Growth Officer at Left Lane Capital

Network11

Jason FiedlerScout
Managing Partner at Left Lane Capital
Nick MoranScout
General Partner at New Stack Ventures
Tom StaffordScout
Co-founder at DST Global
Zach Bratun-GlennonScout
General Partner at Gradient Ventures
Alicia Garabedian
Vice President at Left Lane Capital
Arjun Kapur
Vice President at Left Lane Capital
Austin Gould
Investor at Left Lane Capital
Daniel Eilender
Investor at Left Lane Capital
David Hall
Managing Partner, Rise of the Rest at Revolution
Derek Urben
Investor at Left Lane Capital
Erica Amatori
Senior VP of Platform at Left Lane Capital

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