Lisa Daniels

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Principal at Brightwater Ventures · developer tools, open source

Brightwater Ventures
San Jose, CA · PT (UTC-8)
8+ years experience
Yale University
English
Investing
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Overview

8 years around startups; now investing in developer infrastructure. Led or co-led 34 investments, 8 of them now at Series B or later. Sit on 6 boards. Before that: Instacart and Intel. Most at home with developer tools and venture capital. Big believer in written communication.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Founders building in developer infrastructure
  • Second opinions on venture capital decisions
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
Please don't message about
  • Offshore staffing offers
  • Agency or outsourcing pitches
  • Unpaid work or spec projects

Replies on weekends

Skills
venture capitalopen sourcedeveloper tools
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $250k cheques into Series A developer infrastructure in MENA

Cheque size
$250k
Stages
Pre-seed, Seed
Sectors
Developer infrastructure, AI applications
Geographies
MENA
Lead or follow
Follow
Decision time
Within a month
How I help
Hiring the first ten people

Typically lead or co-lead. Decisions within 2 weeks.

San Jose, CA · remote OKventure capitalopen sourcedeveloper tools
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Experience

  1. Principal
    Jul 2022 - Present
    Brightwater Ventures · 4 yr 3 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
    • Backed 31 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Led or co-led 35 investments, 8 of them now at Series B or later.
    • Previously an operator for 8 years before investing.
  2. Enterprise Account Executive
    Aug 2019 - Jul 2022
    Instacart · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
    • Shortened the mid-market sales cycle from 9 months to 3.
    • Opened 8 new logos over $2 million ACV in the region.
  3. Senior Account Executive
    Aug 2018 - Jun 2019
    Intel · 10 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
    • Signed 28 channel partners that now source 23% of pipeline.
    • Opened 7 new logos over $3 million ACV in the region.

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Education

  1. Yale University
    BA, Finance
    2013 - 2017

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