# Daniel Ballen

> Daniel Ballen is a Series C investor at Portage Ventures (New York) backing FinTech and Accounting. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Portage Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portag3-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dballen/

Daniel Ballen is a Series C investor at Portage Ventures in New York focused on FinTech and Accounting. Daniel Ballen

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Accounting | 1 | 50% |
| Credit Cards | 1 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 50% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 1 | 50% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Moss | Moss is a technology-based payment and credit card platform that enables companies to optimize their finances. Thanks to a dynamic and up to 10x higher limit, our corporate credit card can handle even the highest spend. With virtual and physical credit cards, the entire team can spend easily and securely. Individual spending limits and real-timedata per card, merchant or team keep costs under control. The Moss app makes it easy to digitize receipts, including cost center and VAT assignment. At the end of the month, all data and documents can be exported to any accounting software. | $40.4M | Series C | Aug 05, 2026 |  |
| Xceedance | Xceedance is a global provider of consulting and managed services, technology, analytics and data sciences to re/insurance organisations. As one of the key capability units within Xceedance, the technology and core systems team builds direct distribution platforms, rating and pricing engines and policy and claims management systems. Xceedanceinsurance technology experts assist clients with application and product development, data warehousing, and testing, application maintenance and IT infrastructure support for proprietary, legacy or new systems. Their team has developed complete platforms and digitised processes that deliver enhanced customer service, improve decision making and fuel the growth of Their clients. |  | Private Equity | Oct 13, 2025 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cherry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherry-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Portage Ventures

VC Fund · Toronto, Canada

Portage Ventures is a global fintech-focused venture capital investor. The firm makes early-stage investments in promising Canadian financial tech companies that have potential for global impact.

5 contacts available at Portage Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tripp Shriner | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tripp-shriner |
| Adam Felesky | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-felesky |
| AJ Okereke | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aj-okereke |
| Carina Doshi | Chief of Staff | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carina-doshi |
| Daniel Ballen | Partner and Co-Head, Portage Capital Solutions | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-ballen |

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## FAQ

### What does Daniel Ballen invest in?

Daniel Ballen invests primarily in FinTech, Accounting and Credit Cards startups, most often at Series C and Private Equity stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Daniel Ballen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Daniel Ballen closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 2 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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