# Daniel Goldman

> Daniel Goldman is a seed investor at Clean Energy Ventures backing Chemical. See 9 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Clean Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clean-energy-ventures-cev)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielgoldman
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/edgedriven
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goldman.daniel

Daniel Goldman is a seed investor at Clean Energy Ventures in San Francisco focused on Chemical and Biotechnology. Daniel Goldman Managing Partner of Ignition Angels/Keystone CatalystsA pioneer in online gaming and online communities, Daniel has a passion for applying technology to real world problems. He studied cognitive neuroscience at Columbia and became COO and VP PD at Posit Science, with Dr. Michael Merzenich, the world leading expert onneuroplasticity. There he incorporated the latest understanding of reward systems, neuroplasticity and the science of play into products for cognitive rehabilitation. Currently an angel investor, Daniel’s interest is for a world where everyone has ubiquitous access to opportunity, both social and economic, as well as freedom of thought.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chemical | 3 | 33% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 22% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 22% |
| Chemical Engineering | 2 | 22% |
| Video | 1 | 11% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 44% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 44% |
| Germany | 1 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NexDash | NexDash provides software and operational technology for electric freight transportation. The company develops NexOS, a fleet management platform that supports route planning, energy forecasting, charging coordination, dispatch operations, compliance management, and fleet monitoring for electric truck operators. It also operates electric truckingnetworks and uses operational data from fleet activities to improve software capabilities and automation. The platform combines transportation infrastructure, fleet operations, and data-driven intelligence to help manage electric vehicle logistics workflows and fleet performance. | $5.8M | Seed | Nov 21, 2025 | https://www.nexdash.com |
| OXCCU | OXCCU develops renewable energy technology with the goal of achieving a circular economy for fuels, chemicals, and plastics. The technology offered by the company combines carbon dioxide from the atmosphere with hydrogen from water and renewable electricity to produce fuels, chemicals, and biodegradable plastics. | $27.9M | Series B | Sep 29, 2025 | https://www.oxccu.com |
| Advanced Ionics | Advanced Ionics engages in eliminating the green premium associated with green hydrogen production. Its electrolyzers are designed for industry allowing customers to produce green hydrogen symbiotically within their existing facilities and operations in remote locations where electricity is abundant and co-generation is not. | $6.7M |  | Jan 08, 2025 | http://advanced-ionics.com |
| Aepnus Technology | Aepnus Technology company provides Electrified chemicals for carbon-free future. | $8M | Seed | Jun 13, 2024 | https://aepnus.com |
| Advanced Ionics | Advanced Ionics engages in eliminating the green premium associated with green hydrogen production. Its electrolyzers are designed for industry allowing customers to produce green hydrogen symbiotically within their existing facilities and operations in remote locations where electricity is abundant and co-generation is not. | $12.5M | Series A | Aug 15, 2023 | http://advanced-ionics.com |
| OXCCU | OXCCU develops renewable energy technology with the goal of achieving a circular economy for fuels, chemicals, and plastics. The technology offered by the company combines carbon dioxide from the atmosphere with hydrogen from water and renewable electricity to produce fuels, chemicals, and biodegradable plastics. | $22.7M | Series A | Jun 07, 2023 | https://www.oxccu.com |
| Advanced Ionics | Advanced Ionics engages in eliminating the green premium associated with green hydrogen production. Its electrolyzers are designed for industry allowing customers to produce green hydrogen symbiotically within their existing facilities and operations in remote locations where electricity is abundant and co-generation is not. | $4.2M | Seed | Apr 28, 2022 | http://advanced-ionics.com |
| Chai | Chai allows anyone to detect anything, anywhere with DNA, transforming biotech into an everyday productivity tool. Chai's Real-Time PCR and qPCR instruments are as accurate as a lab test, but cost 10x less, and are easy enough for anyone to use. Chai also develops PCR Master Mixes for the detection any pathogen, bacteria, virus, allergen,gene, species, or DNA tracer on-site at the point of need.Chai is impacting large industries such as food, agriculture, research, education, and security, while providing new solutions to combat consumer fraud, protect the environment, improve global health, and make small businesses like microbrewers more profitable. | $1.4M | Seed | May 01, 2015 | https://www.chaibio.com |
| Grit Media | Grit is a sports media start-up creating original digital videos for Gen Z. |  | Convertible Note | Oct 01, 2014 | http://www.gritmedia.co/ |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bp-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Eni Next](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eni-next) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [IP Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ip-group-plc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kiko Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiko-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [University of Oxford](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/university-of-oxford) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AngelList](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angellist) — VC Fund, 1 deal 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 |
| Michael Herzig | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-herzig |
| 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 |

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## FAQ

### What does Daniel Goldman invest in?

Daniel Goldman invests primarily in Chemical, Biotechnology and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 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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### When did Daniel Goldman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Daniel Goldman closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 9 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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