Donald Stalter
InvestorPartner at Sunshine Lake
San Francisco, California
Writes $50K – $10M checks · typically $5M
Experience
- Sunshine LakeGeneral Partnercurrent2025 — present
- Global Founders CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2017 — present
- PermitFlowSeed Investorcurrent2022 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- DraftWiseSeed Investorcurrent2022 — present
- SlopeSeed Investorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SpotnanaSeed Investorcurrent2021 — present
- FieldguideSeed Investorcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SpotHeroBoard Director, Lead Series B Investorcurrent2020 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
- Culture AmpInvestorcurrent2019 — present
- DoNotPayInvestorcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- WorkbrewBoard Observercurrent2019 — presentUnited States
- DeelSeed Investorcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- KalshiSeed Investorcurrent2019 — present
- Cedar AIBoard Director, Lead Series A Investorcurrent2018 — presentGreater Seattle Area
- HyperscienceBoard Member, Lead Series E Investorcurrent2019 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- HeadwayLead Pre-Seed Investorcurrent2018 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Checkr, Inc.Investorcurrent2014 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- AirbnbOperations, Growth & Airangels Advisorcurrent2011 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Enable UsLead Seed Investor (Acquired by Mindtickle)current2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- TaxProperLead Seed Investor (Acquired by Opendoor)current2019 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
Education
- University of Chicago - Committee on International RelationsMaster's degree, Global Econometrics and Quantitative Economics2004 — 2005
- University of ChicagoBachelor's degree (Honors), Economics2000 — 2004
- Columbia UniversityBerlin Consortium for German Studies2002 — 2003
- Freie Universität BerlinOtto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft2002 — 2003
- Torquay Boys Grammar School1994 — 1997
- University of MinnesotaHigh School Diploma, Senior year1999 — 2000
Skills & more
Mergers46Business40Partnerships34Venture Capital99Entrepreneurship78Start-ups99E-commerce33Strategy40Business Strategy56Digital Media7Product Management16Business Development99
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Due DiligenceStrategic PartnershipsPrivate EquityMobile DevicesWeb AnalyticsMobile ApplicationsBusiness AnalysisBusiness PlanningMergers & AcquisitionsAnalysisNew Business DevelopmentCorporate FinanceLanguages English · French · German
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Colleagues at Sunshine Lake
Andrew Hovelson
Venture Partner at Sunshine Lake
Don
Founder, Sunshine Lake at Sunshine Lake
Esther Wojcicki
Advisor at Sunshine Lake
Ivan
Partner, CFO & COO at Sunshine Lake
Jamie Feaster
Venture Partner at Sunshine Lake
Mike Franklin
Advisor at Sunshine Lake
Suhail
Partner at Sunshine Lake
Wieger
EMEA & Platforms Lead at Sunshine Lake
Network10
Aydin SenkutScout
Founder & Managing Partner at Felicis
Astasia MyersScout
General Partner at Felicis Ventures
Kulveer TaggarScout
Investor at Angel investor
Ammar Amdani
Managing Partner at Adapt Ventures
Ben Parr
Managing Partner at Theory Forge Ventures
Beth Turner
Advisor at SV Angel
Daniel Gulati
Investor at Treble Capital
Eylul Kayin
Vice President at SoftBank Vision Fund
Philippe Bouaziz
Managing Partner at Sarona Ventures
Thijn Lamers
Investor at FELIX CAPITAL
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Donald Stalter work?
- Donald Stalter is Partner at Sunshine Lake.
- What check size does Donald Stalter write?
- Donald Stalter typically writes checks of $50K – $10M.
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