Daniel Scholnick

Investor, entrepreneur

📍 Menlo Park, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 26 investments📅 19 years investing🗓 Last invested May 2021𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States20+ investments
26
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16
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2
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Portfolio

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Board Member
May 2021
Prelude is a technology company that hardens cybersecurity defenses. Organizations of all sizes can use our tools to run continuous security tests against their systems to discover areas of weakness to fix. We do that in a way that's safe, transparent, and integrated with existing defensive tools to allow organizations to get ahead of real incidents before they happen. Our mission is to increase the reach, frequency and usage of advanced security for all organizations.
Board Member
Dec 2020
Quickly add integrations to your application using powerful and flexible API building blocks. We abstract third-party APIs and run infrastructure at scale, so that you can focus on delighting your customers.
Board Member
Jul 2020
Deno is a secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript.
Board Member
May 2020
We're DaVinix—a cloud-based platform combining mobile, voice, and AI to empower big and small companies to automate their processes, inspections, and reporting, providing real-time assistance for manufacturing and field employees. We enable you to deliver step-by-step guidance—with photo, video, and signature capabilities—hands-free on smart devices to your team while they are performing their duties.
Board Member
Oct 2019
Ambassador offers a suite of products designed to deliver API developer experiences that fuel innovation. These products, Blackbird API Development Platform, Edge Stack API Gateway, and Telepresence, accelerate development, expedite testing, and optimize the delivery of API resources. Founded in 2014, Ambassador is a remote company backed by top investors, including Insight Partners and Matrix Partners. Learn more at www.getambassador.io.
Board Member
Jan 2018
Build, preview, and deploy dynamic web experiences with performance that scales. Sign up for Gatsby Cloud for free: https://gatsbyjs.com/dashboard/signup
Board Member
Aug 2017
Weights & Biases: the AI developer platform. Build better models faster, fine-tune LLMs, develop GenAI applications with confidence, all in one system of record developers are excited to use. W&B Models is the MLOps solution used by foundation model builders and enterprises who are training, fine-tuning, and deploying models into production. W&B Weave is the LLMOps solution for software developers who want a lightweight but powerful toolset to help them track and evaluate LLM applications. Weights & Biases is trusted by over a 1,000 companies to productionize AI at scale including teams at OpenAI, Meta, NVIDIA, Cohere, Toyota, Square, Salesforce, and Microsoft. Sign up for a 30-day free trial today at http://wandb.me/trial.
Investor
Apr 2016
The leading digital experience platform helping you to meet your growing demand for engaging, personalized content at scale. We enable dynamic personalization, automated content delivery, and real-time experimentation, powering next-generation digital experiences across the globe. 🟡 Create and manage content from anywhere to go everywhere with Contentful Platform: https://ctfl.io/4aDVheL 🔵 Let anyone assemble on-brand experiences at scale with Contentful Studio: https://ctfl.io/3UV8N7U 🔴 Easily compose your own best-in-class platform with Contentful Ecosystem: https://ctfl.io/4e37KLN Join our Developer Community on Discord: https://www.contentful.com/discord/ Work for our distributed team around the world: https://ctfl.io/3sznz6y
Board Member
Dec 2015
Pipefy is the easiest and most agile way to digitize your business processes using the power of automation and AI Agents. By bringing everything together in one place, teams can create, test, and continuously improve workflows through a no-code experience that adapts to their needs. With just a few clicks and natural-language prompts, you can build workflows and AI Agents that accelerate your work and orchestrate your processes end-to-end. Save time, reduce errors, and keep your team focused on outcomes, not setup. Start your automation journey at pipefy.com
Board Member
Nov 2015
Build more, manage less. The Serverless Framework empowers developers to build and operate serverless architectures on AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and 5 other cloud platforms. The Serverless Framework is one of the most popular open source projects on GitHub and in the industry standard for serverless development.
Investor
Sep 2015
Become a Full-Stack Software Engineer. Holberton School is a project-based alternative to college for the next generation of software engineers.
Board Member
Jul 2015
Bulletproof is functional nutrition, here to prove that better is closer than you think. We re-imagine nutrition with science-backed and thoughtfully sourced ingredients to create quality additions to your daily wellness routine. Pioneered by Bulletproof Coffee, Bulletproof is a leading health and wellness company offering a product portfolio including packaged coffee, coffee pods, collagen peptides, greens powder, supplements, gummy vitamins, MCT oil, creamers and protein bars. Bulletproof products are sold in leading retailers nationwide, including Whole Foods, Sprouts, Target, Publix, Erewhon and online at Bulletproof.com and Amazon.com.
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Feb 2015
Apollo GraphQL is the leader in open-source and commercial GraphQL technologies. Apollo helps engineering teams build a self-service API platform to accelerate application development and deliver better, more cohesive experiences. Apollos open-source GraphQL client, server, and gateway are downloaded more than 17M times per month and used in production by over 30% of the Fortune 500. Customers like Walmart, Expedia, Glassdoor, Audi, and PayPal, use Apollo GraphOS to unify their GraphQL efforts, collaborate on graph development, and safely iterate on their graphs. Based in San Francisco, Apollo is backed by Insight Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, and Trinity Ventures. Learn more at: https://www.apollographql.com
Board Member
Dec 2014
InfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB, the leading time series platform used to collect, store, and analyze all time series data at any scale. Developers can query and analyze their time-stamped data in real-time to discover, interpret, and share new insights to gain a competitive edge. InfluxData is a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce. For more information, visit www.influxdata.com.
Board Member
Sep 2014
Workpop is the world's first Applicant Hiring System that doesn't just track applicants, but delivers the best candidate experience required to win in today's competitive talent market. While other hiring software focuses on tools that help you screen candidates, we know that top candidates are evaluating YOU on your application and hiring process. Through modern design that showcases your brand and intuitive software that encourages candidate interaction rather than hindering it, Workpop helps you attract and hire the best. Our advanced technology automates sourcing, removes friction and engages candidates from the moment they see your job post. Our user-friendly screening tools empower managers and collaborators to meaningfully communicate with applicants and to make thoughtful decisions faster. And our paperless on-boarding system drastically reduces costs while allowing new hires to contribute immediately on day one of the job. With Workpop, you don’t track applicants; you engage and hire them.
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2021
Board Member
May 2021
Prelude is a technology company that hardens cybersecurity defenses. Organizations of all sizes can use our tools to run continuous security tests against their systems to discover areas of weakness to fix. We do that in a way that's safe, transparent, and integrated with existing defensive tools to allow organizations to get ahead of real incidents before they happen. Our mission is to increase the reach, frequency and usage of advanced security for all organizations.
2020
Board Member
Dec 2020
Quickly add integrations to your application using powerful and flexible API building blocks. We abstract third-party APIs and run infrastructure at scale, so that you can focus on delighting your customers.
Board Member
Jul 2020
Deno is a secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript.
Board Member
May 2020
We're DaVinix—a cloud-based platform combining mobile, voice, and AI to empower big and small companies to automate their processes, inspections, and reporting, providing real-time assistance for manufacturing and field employees. We enable you to deliver step-by-step guidance—with photo, video, and signature capabilities—hands-free on smart devices to your team while they are performing their duties.
2019
Board Member
Oct 2019
Ambassador offers a suite of products designed to deliver API developer experiences that fuel innovation. These products, Blackbird API Development Platform, Edge Stack API Gateway, and Telepresence, accelerate development, expedite testing, and optimize the delivery of API resources. Founded in 2014, Ambassador is a remote company backed by top investors, including Insight Partners and Matrix Partners. Learn more at www.getambassador.io.
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