Danielle Owens

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Principal at Sandstone Seed Fund | ex-Wayfair

Sandstone Seed Fund
Seattle, WA · PT (UTC-8)
6+ years experience
Booth School of Business
English, Hindi
Investing
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Overview

Principal at Sandstone Seed Fund, backing fintech companies. Backed 25 founders at pre-seed and seed. Led or co-led 37 investments, 9 of them now at Series B or later. Before that: Wayfair and Okta. Most at home with due diligence and board work. I speak at conferences a couple of times a year.

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  • Founders building in fintech
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Skills
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InvestingLooking to invest
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Investing in seed fintech founders across MENA

Cheque size
$25k-$100k
Stages
Seed
Sectors
Fintech, climate
Geographies
India
Lead or follow
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Decision time
Within a month
How I help
First enterprise customers and pricing

Usually the first cheque in. Former operator - I help with hiring and GTM.

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Experience

  1. Principal
    Sep 2025 - Present
    Sandstone Seed Fund · 1 yr 1 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
    • Previously an operator for 11 years before investing.
    • Led or co-led 12 investments, 3 of them now at Series B or later.
    • Sit on 4 boards.
  2. Senior Consultant
    Feb 2022 - Sep 2025
    Wayfair · 3 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $143 million.
    • Designed the operating model for a 3 thousand-person transformation.
  3. Senior Consultant
    Dec 2020 - Feb 2022
    Okta · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Seattle, WA
    • Led a cost programme that saved a client $104 million.

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Education

  1. Booth School of Business
    MBA, Business Administration
    2020 - 2022
  2. UC Berkeley
    BA, Computer Science
    2016 - 2020

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