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Daniel Dines

InvestorFounder

Co-Founder & General Partner at Crew Capital · Co-founder & CEO at UiPath

New York, NY

Writes $1M checks

FoundedUiPath

About

Daniel Dines turned a ten-person Bucharest apartment into one of the largest software listings in American history. He founded UiPath in 2005 as DeskOver, after five years as a software engineer at Microsoft in Seattle, and built it into the company that defined robotic process automation — software robots that do the repetitive clicking office work is made of. UiPath listed on the New York Stock Exchange in April 2021 at $56 a share, closing its first day worth about $35.8 billion, and now reports $1.6 billion of annual revenue and $1.85 billion of annual recurring revenue, having reached full-year GAAP profitability. He handed the chief executive's seat to a co-CEO in 2022 and took it back alone in June 2024, and remains chairman. He takes a nominal salary — about $6,000 a year — and has taken no equity grant since before the listing.

Invests in

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechSaaS

Beyond investing

Education
Took a master's degree at the University of Bucharest.
More
Moved to a co-chief-executive arrangement in 2022 and resumed sole CEO on 1 June 2024; he is also chairman. Takes a nominal salary — about $6,000 for fiscal 2026 — and has received no equity grant since before the listing.

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Co-founder & CEO at UiPath

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Co-founders at UiPath

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Marius TircaCo-founder & CTO

Experience

  1. UiPathCEO & Foundercurrent2005 — presentBucharest, Romania
  2. Crew CapitalCo-Foundercurrent2020 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  3. MicrosoftSDE2001 — 2005
  4. CrinsoftDeveloper Lead1996 — 2001

Education

  1. University of BucharestMS, Mathematics and Computer Science1990 — 1997

Skills & more

.NET53C#56C++37JavaScript25SQL99Visual Studio27XML24ASP.NET22Microsoft SQL Server99Windows Azure21T-SQL20Subversion19
+12 moreWPFWCFCloud ComputingSoftware DevelopmentWin32 APISoftware EngineeringOOPScrumAgile MethodologiesDesign PatternsMobile ApplicationsSoftware Design

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Daniel Dines?
Daniel Dines turned a ten-person Bucharest apartment into one of the largest software listings in American history. He founded UiPath in 2005 as DeskOver, after five years as a software engineer at Microsoft in Seattle, and built it into the company that defined robotic process automation — software robots that do the repetitive clicking office work is made of. UiPath listed on the New York Stock Exchange in April 2021 at $56 a share, closing its first day worth about $35.8 billion, and now reports $1.6 billion of annual revenue and $1.85 billion of annual recurring revenue, having reached full-year GAAP profitability. He handed the chief executive's seat to a co-CEO in 2022 and took it back alone in June 2024, and remains chairman. He takes a nominal salary — about $6,000 a year — and has taken no equity grant since before the listing.
Where does Daniel Dines work?
Daniel Dines is Co-Founder & General Partner at Crew Capital and Co-founder & CEO at UiPath.
What does Daniel Dines invest in?
Daniel Dines invests in Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, SaaS.
What check size does Daniel Dines write?
Daniel Dines typically writes checks of $1M.
What companies did Daniel Dines found?
Daniel Dines founded UiPath.
Where did Daniel Dines go to school?
Daniel Dines studied at University of Bucharest (MS, Mathematics and Computer Science).

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