# Daniel Goldman

> Daniel Goldman is a seed investor at Clean Energy Ventures backing Manufacturing and Energy. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Clean Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clean-energy-ventures-cev)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 70%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielgoldman1/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/danielgoldman
- Website: https://cleanenergyventures.com/about/dan-goldman-managing-director/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniel.p.goldman

Daniel Goldman is a seed investor at Clean Energy Ventures in Boston focused on Manufacturing and Energy. Daniel Goldman is based out of West Newton, Massachusetts and is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Clean Energy Ventures. Daniel previously worked at Browning the Green Space as a co-founder, vice president, and board director. Daniel Goldman attended the Cornell Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 6 | 22% |
| Energy | 4 | 15% |
| Power Grid | 4 | 15% |
| Chemical | 3 | 11% |
| Clean Energy | 3 | 11% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 33% |
| Series A | 6 | 22% |
| Series B | 3 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 7% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 44% |
| Canada | 2 | 7% |
| Israel | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DG Matrix | DG Matrix innovative solutions unlock gigaton-scale emissions reductions by enabling electrification anywhere and everywhere with less material and a smaller footprint. | $60M | Series A | Feb 18, 2026 |  |
| Exterra Carbon Solutions | Exterra is a company that is creating a world-class solution for long-term CO2 storage using mineral waste. | $14.5M | Series A | May 06, 2025 |  |
| DG Matrix | DG Matrix innovative solutions unlock gigaton-scale emissions reductions by enabling electrification anywhere and everywhere with less material and a smaller footprint. | $20M | Seed | Mar 11, 2025 |  |
| ConnectDER | ConnectDER develops small elegant solutions for big complex problems in the power and water sectors. | $35M | Series D | Dec 03, 2024 |  |
| Lithios | Lithios is a technology company that uses electrochemistry for advanced lithium extraction from tough mixtures. | $10M | Seed | Oct 08, 2024 |  |
| Ayrton Energy | Ayrton Energy is to provide energy security fueled by hydrogen. It was founded in 2021. | $5.1M | Seed | Sep 24, 2024 |  |
| Travertine | Travertine process accelerates the Earth’s natural carbon cycle to precipitate carbonate minerals from carbon dioxide in the air, permanently storing carbon in the solid phase. | $8.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 25, 2024 |  |
| Ndustrial | Ndustrial.io offers analytical engines that help businesses control production, improve energy efficiency, and eliminate waste. They help organizations, primarily mid-tier manufacturers, become more competitive through energy efficiency, waste elimination, and other fiscally responsible, environmentally intelligent solutions. With a proprietaryindustrial operating system, the company integrates legacy data, streamlines deployments of new Industrial IoT assets, and hosts model predictive control algorithms.Ndustrial.io services include energy efficiency retrofits, real-time energy analytics, and sustainability monitoring software, renewable energy technologies, and sustainability consulting. It also deploys real-time cloud-based applications for factories and industrial facilities around the world.Ndustrial.io was founded in 2011 and is based in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. | $18.5M | Series B | May 14, 2024 |  |
| NitroFix | NitroFix aims to lower the global carbon footprint by generating ammonia with no carbon emissions. NitroFix created an innovative manufacturing technology that generates 0% CO2. The method is based on an electrochemical reaction, which is aided by a new catalyst. | $3.6M | Seed | Jul 14, 2023 |  |
| ConnectDER | ConnectDER develops small elegant solutions for big complex problems in the power and water sectors. | $27M | Series C | May 23, 2023 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Clean Energy Venture Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clean-energy-venture-group) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [ENGIE New Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/engie-new-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Grantham Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grantham-foundation) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Avista Development](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avista-development) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Breakthrough Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Grantham Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grantham-environmental-trust) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Clean Energy Ventures

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Clean Energy Ventures invests in seed-stage climate tech startups in North America, Europe, and Israel. The company's investments are commercializing disruptive clean energy technologies and business model innovations and achieving significant scale by taking advantage of market-driven forces to address climate change.

5 contacts available at Clean Energy Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Goldman | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-goldman-f113 |
| David S. Miller | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-s-miller-dc98 |
| Temple Fennell | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/temple-fennell |
| Jeffrey Weiss | Senior Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-weiss-38bf |
| John Santoleri | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-santoleri |

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## FAQ

### What does Daniel Goldman invest in?

Daniel Goldman invests primarily in Manufacturing, Energy and Power Grid startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 27 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Daniel Goldman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Daniel Goldman closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 27 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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