Dan Ratliff

Partner at Fontinalis Partners

📍 Detroit, Michigan, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2018
Angel investor🌍 United States
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Board Observer
Nov 2018
CelLink’s high-conductance circuits integrate busing, fusing, voltage monitoring, and temperature monitoring wiring systems into a single circuit. Our circuits provide much greater control over power and data transmission than traditional round wire – at 1/4th the weight and 1/10th the volume. Thanks to a completely tool-less manufacturing process, CelLink’s minimum order quantity is one. Get in touch and explore what’s possible.
Board Observer
Sep 2018
Ouster (Nasdaq: OUST) is a leader in sensing and perception for Physical AI across industrial, robotics, automotive, and smart infrastructure. With a unified platform of high-performance digital lidar, cameras, AI compute, sensor fusion and perception software, and AI models, Ouster delivers solutions that improve quality of life in the physical world. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Ouster has a global presence serving thousands of customers with offices in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
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2023
Partner
Jun 2023
Fontinalis Partners is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups on the new frontiers of efficient movement, industrial innovation, and sustainability. Fontinalis backs ambitious founders building iconic companies.
2018
Board Observer
Nov 2018
CelLink’s high-conductance circuits integrate busing, fusing, voltage monitoring, and temperature monitoring wiring systems into a single circuit. Our circuits provide much greater control over power and data transmission than traditional round wire – at 1/4th the weight and 1/10th the volume. Thanks to a completely tool-less manufacturing process, CelLink’s minimum order quantity is one. Get in touch and explore what’s possible.
Fontinalis Partners, LLC
Principal
Sep 2018
Board Observer
Sep 2018
Ouster (Nasdaq: OUST) is a leader in sensing and perception for Physical AI across industrial, robotics, automotive, and smart infrastructure. With a unified platform of high-performance digital lidar, cameras, AI compute, sensor fusion and perception software, and AI models, Ouster delivers solutions that improve quality of life in the physical world. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Ouster has a global presence serving thousands of customers with offices in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.