Daniel Alvarez

Overview

I invest in healthcare at Clearwater Ventures, usually at pre-seed and seed. Previously an operator for 11 years before investing. Before that: Lyft and Okta. Most at home with regulation and healthtech.

Travels often; replies within 48 hours

Experience

1. Partner

   Mar 2025 - Present
   Clearwater Ventures · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
   • Wrote the energy service that now handles 70 million requests a day.
   • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 22 minutes to under 2.
2. Principal Product Manager

   Jun 2021 - Mar 2025
   Lyft · 3 yr 9 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
   • Led or co-led 25 investments, 6 of them now at Series B or later.
   • Backed 57 founders at pre-seed and seed.
3. Principal Product Manager

   Jan 2019 - May 2021
   Okta · 2 yr 4 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
   • Led or co-led 32 investments, 9 of them now at Series B or later.
4. Associate Product Manager

   Mar 2017 - Jan 2019
   ServiceNow · 1 yr 10 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
   • Took marketplace activation from 21% to 51% in three quarters.
   • Killed 6 features nobody used and shipped the 3 that customers asked for.
5. Director of Product

   Aug 2013 - Mar 2017
   Fidelity Investments · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
   • Ran 40 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
   • Grew care revenue from $9 million to $16 million ARR.

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Education

1. Johns Hopkins University

   MS, Business Administration
   2005 - 2007
2. University of Michigan

   BSE, Business Administration
   2000 - 2004