Dana Stalder
General Partner @ Matrix
San Francisco, United States
Dana Stalder is a Series B investor at Matrix in San Francisco focused on Software and FinTech. Dana Stalder is based out of Palo Alto, California, and is the General Partner of Matrix. Dan previously worked at PayPal as a Senior Vice President of Product, Sales, Marketing & Technology. Dana Stalder attended the Santa Clara University.
- Total investments:
- 34
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 44%
Last updated:
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Industries Dana Stalder invests in
Stages Dana Stalder invests in
Countries Dana Stalder invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 9 (26%)
- FinTech 6 (18%)
- Financial Services 6 (18%)
- SaaS 3 (9%)
- Payments 3 (9%)
Stage
- Series B 10 (29%)
- Series C 8 (24%)
- Series A 5 (15%)
- Seed 3 (9%)
- Series D 2 (6%)
Country
- United States 20 (59%)
- Australia 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Giant
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Giant is an AI-powered digital studio delivering personalized storytelling experiences fostering children's creativity, curiosity, learning. | $8M / Seed / Feb 23, 2026 | |
Rainforest
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Rainforest focuses on providing software platforms for payment processing. Rainforest is headquartered in Atlanta, United States. | $29M / Series B / Sep 05, 2025 | |
Reshop
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Reshop is a technology firm that specializes in eliminating online refund fraud. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Brisbane, Queensland. | $17M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 15, 2025 | |
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Rainforest
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Rainforest focuses on providing software platforms for payment processing. Rainforest is headquartered in Atlanta, United States. | $20M / Series A / Jun 26, 2024 | |
Concerto Card
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Concerto Card is a company created to power credit card partnerships that enhance the user and product experience for consumers and businesses. | $21.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 02, 2022 | |
Dray Alliance
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Dray Alliance is disrupting the multi-billion dollar drayage trucking industry with a technology platform that makes deliveries to warehouses simple, predictable, and transparent. Eliminating the friction in each step of the delivery process, Dray Alliance efficiently connects shippers, carriers, and truckers in real time. | $20M / Series B / Dec 14, 2021 | |
Concreit
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Concreit is an app that enables users to build investments in real estate with the help of experts. Concreit manages real estate assets and properties, allowing customers to live a life free of the stress of direct ownership. With Concreit, users can invest in a diverse real estate portfolio, set financial goals, and learn new real estate skills. | $6M / Seed / Sep 16, 2021 | |
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Dray Alliance
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Dray Alliance is disrupting the multi-billion dollar drayage trucking industry with a technology platform that makes deliveries to warehouses simple, predictable, and transparent. Eliminating the friction in each step of the delivery process, Dray Alliance efficiently connects shippers, carriers, and truckers in real time. | $10.2M / Series A / Feb 26, 2020 | |
Flex
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Founded in 2019, Flex is a NYC-based FinTech startup that is building the infrastructure to enable flexible bill payments for all Americans, starting with a very common and very large expense: rent.We make sure our customers' rents are paid on time every month. We then split the payment into bite sized amounts for our customers to pay usback throughout the month on a schedule that works for them. This allows our users to have more cash on hand, save more money, and ultimately avoid unnecessary debt. | $5.5M / Seed / Nov 01, 2019 | |
Earnin
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Earnin is the new, faster way to get your paycheck. Unlike traditional, rigid paychecks that only show up every two weeks, Earnin gives you access to your pay as you earn it -- any time, any day, right from your smartphone. Earnin charges no fee or interest for using the service: instead, with each transaction users are given the opportunity topay what they believe is fair. Launched in 2014, Earnin is driving consumer-empowered finance through mobile technology by breaking open more than $1 trillion held up in America's pay cycle. Current funding partners include Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, Ribbit Capital, Felicis Ventures, March Capital Partners, Trinity Ventures, Thrive Capital, and Camp One Ventures. For more information please visit www.Earnin.com. | $125M / Series C / Dec 20, 2018 | |
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Co-Investors
About Matrix
Matrix is an early-stage venture capital firm, investing from idea through Series A. As a close-knit team of former founders and company builders, Matrix has partnered with companies from Apple and FedEx to Oculus and Canva. Other Matrix investments include Fivetran, Suno, Side, Afterpay, CTRL-Labs, Oculus, Zendesk, Hubspot, Apollo GraphQL, FlockSafety, GOAT, Postmates, Acacia Communications, and Sila.
Matrix Contacts
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Andrew Verhalen
General Partner
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Josh Hannah
General Partner
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Scott Khanna
Talent
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Antonio Rodriguez
General Partner
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Dana Stalder
General Partner
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What does Dana Stalder invest in?
Dana Stalder invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 34 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 Dana Stalder last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Dana Stalder closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 34 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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