Dan Doctoroff
Founder & CEO @ Sidewalk Labs
New York, United States
Dan Doctoroff is a seed investor at Sidewalk Labs in New York focused on Credit and Social. Dan Doctoroff is one of the world’s leading urban visionaries and a champion of leveraging technology and data for social change. As the CEO of Bloomberg LP, the leading provider of financial information, Dan led the company through the financial crisis, nearly doubled company revenue in seven years, diversified into new products and markets anddramatically increased the size and influence of its news organization. Prior to Bloomberg, Dan led a wholesale reimagining of New York City’s physical and economic landscape as the City’s Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding. He spearheaded the effort to revive New York after the attacks of 9/11 through a five-borough economic development strategy which included the most ambitious land-use transformation in the city’s modern history; the largest affordable housing program ever launched by an American city; and the creation of PlaNYC, New York’s pathbreaking sustainability plan, which has become a model for integrated urban planning around the world. Dan was previously a Managing Partner at Oak Hill Capital Partners, a private equity investment firm.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Dan Doctoroff invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Credit 1 (14%)
- Social 1 (14%)
- Elderly 1 (14%)
- FinTech 1 (14%)
- Parking 1 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (57%)
- Series B 2 (29%)
- Series A 1 (14%)
Investments
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| Metropolis develops artificial intelligence and computer vision technology designed to simplify real-world transactions. The company’s platform enables frictionless interactions between people and physical environments by using visual recognition and data processing tools. Its primary focus is on transforming parking operations, allowing users toenter and exit parking facilities without manual payments or tickets. Metropolis applies its AI technology to automate identification, payment, and access processes, creating seamless and efficient mobility experiences. | $167M / Series B / Jun 15, 2022 | ||
| Umbrella provides a task management platform intended to connect senior citizens with workers to do small temporary jobs around the house. The company's platform connects users with community members to help with everyday home chores and maintenance and handles tasks like carpentry, changing light bulbs and light fixtures, fixing leakyfaucets, assembling furniture, cleaning gutters, hanging picture frames, installing grab bars, installing and removing air conditioners and unclogging drains, enabling seniors to stay and live in their own homes happily. | $5M / Seed / Jul 12, 2019 | ||
| Metropolis develops artificial intelligence and computer vision technology designed to simplify real-world transactions. The company’s platform enables frictionless interactions between people and physical environments by using visual recognition and data processing tools. Its primary focus is on transforming parking operations, allowing users toenter and exit parking facilities without manual payments or tickets. Metropolis applies its AI technology to automate identification, payment, and access processes, creating seamless and efficient mobility experiences. | $20M / Seed / Jun 26, 2019 | ||
| Cityblock is a tech-driven provider for communities with complex needs it focuses on investing upstream in highly personalized, prevention-oriented health and social care to ultimately drive down costs and improve outcomes. Its technology enables scale by bringing together practical information, coordination, and communication for its members andcare teams. During COVID-19, Cityblock created a model to help organizations determine which of their members are at high risk of COVID-19.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. | $65M / Series B / Apr 11, 2019 | ||
| Cityblock is a tech-driven provider for communities with complex needs it focuses on investing upstream in highly personalized, prevention-oriented health and social care to ultimately drive down costs and improve outcomes. Its technology enables scale by bringing together practical information, coordination, and communication for its members andcare teams. During COVID-19, Cityblock created a model to help organizations determine which of their members are at high risk of COVID-19.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. | $20.8M / Series A / Jan 04, 2018 | ||
| Cityblock is a tech-driven provider for communities with complex needs it focuses on investing upstream in highly personalized, prevention-oriented health and social care to ultimately drive down costs and improve outcomes. Its technology enables scale by bringing together practical information, coordination, and communication for its members andcare teams. During COVID-19, Cityblock created a model to help organizations determine which of their members are at high risk of COVID-19.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. | Seed / Mar 01, 2017 | ||
| PeerIQ is a New York-based financial information services company that is creating tools to analyze, access, and manage risk in the peer-to-peer lending sector. We pool detailed loan data to provide authoritative, independent analytics and benchmarks that our institutional clients use to price instruments, value loan portfolios, develop investmentviews, and manage risk. PeerIQ aims to strengthen the P2P sector by increasing transparency, enabling efficient risk management, and providing analytics that support better investment decision-making. | $6M / Seed / Apr 09, 2015 |
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About Sidewalk Labs
Sidewalk Labs is a new type of company that works with cities to build products addressing big urban problems.They're building a platform and a set of urban applications to accelerate innovation in cities around the world.They believe digital technologies have the potential to solve today’s pressing urban problems in ways that respectprivacy—serving as a bridge to cities of the future.Often technology solutions applied to cities have failed to solve real-world problems, and policy solutions have failed to capitalize on the full potential of technology. To address this, Sidewalk Labs is building an integrated platform for urban innovation spanning technology, data, policy best practices, relationships, and capital.
Sidewalk Labs Contacts
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Alyssa Harvey Dawson
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Craig Nevill-Manning
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Dan Doctoroff
Founder & CEO
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Daniel May
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Jan Fiegel
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What does Dan Doctoroff invest in?
Dan Doctoroff invests primarily in Credit, Social and Elderly startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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