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Nate Doran

Investor

Business Director at Swan Venture Fund

Seattle, Washington

Writes $200K – $1.2M checks · typically $600K

About

A professional with over a decade of experience in social research and data engineering who manages daily operations for the fund. Doran has been integral to SWAN's growth across successive fund formations.

Experience

  1. APIContextBoard Observercurrent2024 — present
  2. Bold ReuseBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentPortland, Oregon, United States
  3. Sybilla Masters FundMembercurrent2022 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  4. SWAN Venture FundBusiness Directorcurrent2015 — presentGreater Seattle Area
  5. CurvaFix, Inc.Board Observer2018 — 2023Greater Seattle Area
  6. SWAN Venture GroupPartner2019 — 2020Greater Seattle Area
  7. NufabrxAdvisory Board Member2014 — 2016Greater Seattle Area
  8. Keiretsu Forum NorthwestEntrepreneur Director2013 — 2014Greater Seattle Area
  9. Element 8 AngelsDue Diligence Intern2012 — 2013Greater Seattle Area
  10. Element 8 AngelsDue Diligence Intern2011 — 2012Greater Seattle Area
  11. C6 Systems, LLCCoFounder2010 — 2011Seattle, WA
  12. Institute for Social ResearchData Engineer2006 — 2009Ann Arbor, MI
  13. NuStep Inc.Market Research Analyst2006 — 2007Ann Arbor, MI
  14. University of Hawaii at ManoaResearch/Teaching Assistant2005 — 2006Honolulu, HI

Education

  1. UW Foster School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration and Management2010 — 2013
  2. University of Hawaii at ManoaMaster of Arts, Sociology2004 — 2006
  3. Hawaii Pacific UniversityBachelor of Arts, Applied Sociology2001 — 2003

Skills & more

Strategy53Leadership13Management9Analysis5Strategic Planning6Early Stage Investment1Angel Investing1Board of DirectorsBoard GovernanceStart-ups56Entrepreneurship56Market Research30
+12 moreBusiness DevelopmentData AnalysisBusiness StrategyProject ManagementDue DiligenceFundraisingStatisticsMarketing StrategyPython (Programming Language)SQLProduct DevelopmentCleantech

From Nate's professional profile.

Colleagues at Swan Venture Fund

Bahador Biglari
Angel at Swan Venture Fund
James Reed
Managing Partner at Swan Venture Fund
Mark Mueller Eberstein
Investor at Swan Venture Fund
Peter Weiss
Managing Member at Swan Venture Fund

Frequently asked questions

Where does Nate Doran work?
Nate Doran is Business Director at Swan Venture Fund.
What check size does Nate Doran write?
Nate Doran typically writes checks of $200K – $1.2M.

Same school

Also attended UW Foster School of Business57

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Also attended University of Hawaii at Manoa28

Raymond CheResearch Associate at Archer Capital GroupShirish DeodharInvestor at Pentathlon VenturesLewis PinaultChief Scientist at Airbus VenturesDr. Virginia ChaVenture Partner at iGlobe PartnersLexi NovitskeGeneral Partner at Norrsken22Timothy YoungCo-Founder and General Partner at Eniac Ventures

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Also attended Hawaii Pacific University13

Elin BäckmanInvestment Manager at Bonnier CapitalJennifer WeismanDirector of Finance and Admin at Curate CapitalJerrit JungmannAssociate at People VenturesLine Sofie KiærJunior Marketing & PR Analyst, Operations at GRO CapitalSimen StaalnackeAdvisory board at NewdayTelly RenfroeAdvisor at OUTPOST VENTURES

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Shared employers

Also worked at Sybilla Masters Fund6

Gillian MuessigManaging Director at Sybilla MastersKaren T. ConeVenture Partner at Sybilla MastersWalter GreenbergVenture Partner at Sybilla MastersMaureen GilbertPrincipal Partner at Sybilla MastersRobert M. Franklin IIIAdvisor at Sybilla MastersYasemin OkurAdvisor at Sybilla Masters

Also worked at Keiretsu Forum Northwest32

Dan SomersInvestor at Boundary CapitalDr. Shadi BatahResearch / Founder Relations at Transform Capital ManagementJeremy FianceFounder & Managing Partner at HouseMatthew Le MerleManaging Partner & CEO at Blockchain CoinvestorsMarsha WulffFounding Partner at LoftyInc CapitalGul DolenInvestor at JLS

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Also worked at Institute for Social Research107

Alexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North AmericaLogan HilleLife Sciences Analyst at CincyTechSara Risch, PhDAdvisor at CincyTechPeter GiordanoFormer Global Director GTM Strategy at Scale Venture PartnersPaul BrownManaging Director at eLab VenturesDoug NealManaging Director at eLab Ventures

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