Daniel Merja

Building hw.cafe

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 11 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2023
VC🌍 United States
11
Total investments
7
Early stage
3
Mid stage
1
Late stage
5y
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Investor/Advisor
Aug 2023
Everyone should get to drink great beer. That’s why we started exploring gluten-free alternatives to traditional brewing ingredients. Along the way, we discovered a huge spectrum of amazing flavors—we can’t wait to share them with you!
Investor
Apr 2022
We are creating the worlds largest automotive ecosystem. Our app boosts customer life time value 10X by offering a one-stop solution for vehicle-related tasks like paying (acquiring and renewing) traffic tickets, registration, insurance, toll roads, parking, driver license, gas and more.
Investor/Advisor
Jan 2022
Bits automatically rounds your everyday purchases to the next dollar to buy cryptocurrency. Bits customers benefit from the proven fin-tech strategy of dollar-cost averaging (DCA) through round-up purchases and recurring payments via our user-friendly iOS and Android applications.
Investor/Advisor
Sep 2021
Glimpse allows any person to upload short videos of their life and sell it on our open marketplace in the form of an NFT.
Investor
Sep 2021
Tribevests mission is to build and maintain a marketplace that unifies, supports, and celebrates tribes, their members, and each milestone along their journey. We aim to bring people with shared dreams together to unify and leverage their collective resources. At its core, Tribevest is a people alignment company that is dedicated to providing innovative tools & proven pathways to each groups unique goals. Through AI - Human in the Loop technology, Tribevest is with each group every step providing predictive services throughout the groups multi-year journey. TribeVest is an award-winning company and has been featured in publications such as Columbus CEO Magazine. Tribevest won the 2018 TechStar’s Columbus Pitch Competition with an award of $25,000 and was awarded HubSpots 2018 Startup Scholarship. In addition, VentureOhio added TribeVest to their prestigious list of “startup to watch” in Ohio. Money 20/20 announced TribeVest as “one of the brightest startups” and was selected into their 2018 Money 20/20 Startup Academy.
Investor (Exit, Unicorn)
Aug 2021
US Bitcoin Corp and Hut 8 Mining Corp. completed an all-stock merger of equals on November 30, 2023
Investor (Exit, Acquired)
Jun 2021
KITCH is a venture-backed marketplace that connects commercial kitchens with food business.
early stageHospitality
Investor/Advisor
May 2021
Return Brewing is a Hudson, NY based craft brewery and taproom (launching 2022). Follow us on Instagram @returnbrewing
early stageFood & Beverages
Investor
May 2021
In todays rush to increase outreach velocity, are your reps orchestrating authentic, impactful connections or just firing off spam-triggering emails? The proliferation of AI-driven outreach tools has led to a flood of shallow insights and robotic interactions, compromising the quality of messages and wasting valuable time. Yet, sales leaders demand reps who not only understand each account intricately but also develop deep connections, stay on message, and deliver results. Welcome to the future of prospecting, where accurate, relevant sales triggers flow perfectly into any high-volume outreach and across every sales channel. Revenoid isn’t just changing the game; it’s redefining the rules. No longer do you have to choose between quantity and quality. 🚀 Deep Sales Triggers: Unearth tailored insights instantly, eliminating hours of research, and ensuring a continuous flow of fresh, relevant sales triggers across all accounts. 🤝 Captivating Conversation Starters: Create genuine connections effortlessly by delving into prospects unique passions and interests, moving beyond generic LinkedIn data, and cultivating quick rapport. 🧠 Intelligent Messages: Ensure your messages stand out and secure more meetings with seamlessly integrated insights and custom context. Ditch generic templates for flexible, unique frameworks that bypass spam filters. 🌐 Complete Multichannel Outreach: Elevate your relationship-building strategy by breaking free from email-only approaches. Infuse calls and LinkedIn messages with compelling icebreakers, integrating seamlessly with power dialers for a pitch-perfect multichannel approach. Its not just about speed of outreach; its about making it so impactful and efficient, that you couldn’t get any faster if you tried. Step into the future with Revenoid, where outreach isnt just a numbers game; It’s a whole new way to elevate your reps, transform the quality of engagements, and achieve unparalleled results.
Investor
Mar 2021
Gumroad enables creatives to sell directly to their audience — so that they can make a living doing what they love.
Investor/Advisor
Jan 2021
Hi, we’re Dorothy — a fintech, mission-driven organization that’s changing the landscape in disaster preparation, protection, and recovery. We empower homeowners and businesses to protect their property and provide them with the resources they need to prepare and recover from the unexpected. We offer immediate cash to small businesses and residential owners who experience damage causing events and are waiting for an insurance claim. Featured benefits: Competitive pay Health insurance Lucrative stock options Company Offsites Flexible Working Locations Virtual Team Events
Experience · 17 entries
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Investments (11)
Founder (5)
2026
Co-Founder
Jun 2026
A new category of workplace for the next generation of builders. hw is where the full stack of founders, talent, and capital converges. 24/7. Run by software
2025
Founder
May 2025
GoTogether AI helps founders streamline their startup journey, from product development to fundraising, in one cohesive AI-powered platform.
2024
Founder
Sep 2024
Stealth AI Startup is a private community for founders, researchers, and engineers building next-generation AI companies before public launch. Founders tag themselves here to: 🔹 Gain credibility while working in stealth 🔹 Connect discreetly with other AI founders 🔹 Receive inbound interest from early-stage VCs 🔹 Join curated founder-only circles & discussions 🔹 Access hiring pipelines for early team building If youre building an AI startup in stealth, add your profile to the community and tag yourself to this page. Your stealth journey deserves visibility — without revealing your idea. Join the world’s largest AI stealth founder network.
Founder & CEO
Jul 2024
A network for entrepreneurs building in stealth. Submit your information here so investors can find you: harmonic.ai/get-discovered
2023
Investor/Advisor
Aug 2023
Everyone should get to drink great beer. That’s why we started exploring gluten-free alternatives to traditional brewing ingredients. Along the way, we discovered a huge spectrum of amazing flavors—we can’t wait to share them with you!
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