# Daniel Hersson

> Daniel Hersson is a seed investor at ADB Ventures backing Software, Drones and Energy. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ADB Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adb-ventures)
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-hersson-0b75502/?originalSubdomain=sg

Daniel Hersson is a seed investor at ADB Ventures focused on Software and Drones. Daniel Hersson is the ADB Ventures, Senior Fund Manager at Asian Development Bank (ADB).He attended The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 25% |
| Drones | 1 | 13% |
| Energy | 1 | 13% |
| Robotics | 1 | 13% |
| Automotive | 1 | 13% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Series C | 2 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 2 | 25% |
| United States | 2 | 25% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Euler Motors | Euler Motors is an automotive tech startup based out of New Delhi focused on commercial electric vehicles. Inspired by the work done by EV Companies across the globe esp. Tesla, Euler Motors is committed to accelerating India's transition to sustainable mobility. Euler aims to become the category leader for cargo transport by driving theElectric Vehicle Revolution in India. Euler Motors is focused on first solving last-mile logistics for e-commerce and 3PL players. To kickstart mass-market adoption - Euler is offering the entire "mobility as a service" stack instead of serving just one stage of a larger value-chain. | $60M | Series C | Oct 03, 2022 |  |
| Euler Motors | Euler Motors is an automotive tech startup based out of New Delhi focused on commercial electric vehicles. Inspired by the work done by EV Companies across the globe esp. Tesla, Euler Motors is committed to accelerating India's transition to sustainable mobility. Euler aims to become the category leader for cargo transport by driving theElectric Vehicle Revolution in India. Euler Motors is focused on first solving last-mile logistics for e-commerce and 3PL players. To kickstart mass-market adoption - Euler is offering the entire "mobility as a service" stack instead of serving just one stage of a larger value-chain. | $10M | Series B | Nov 22, 2021 |  |
| Fairbanc | Fairbanc is a scalable, AI-powered mobile loan and payments platform for emerging market small-medium enterprises (SMEs) that requires no collateral or credit history.The company's AI-powered platform can read digital footprints such as transaction history with large suppliers, and data on the mobile phone to grant instant digital creditline that SMEs can use to purchase inventories from our selected suppliers. Fairbanc's proven gender-intelligent ecosystem for loans and payments can be used in many vertical markets, eliminating the shortcomings of cash. Retail shop-owners can boost sales up to 20%, eliminate cash shortages, enjoy an easier payments regimen, and develop a credit history; suppliers receive more consistent order cycles, more instant payments upon delivery, and SKU sales expansion. | $1.8M | Seed | Jun 25, 2021 |  |
| Wagely | wagely is a unique employee benefits solution that enables your employees to access part of their already earned wages allowing greater flexibility to pay bills on time, avoid late fees, and pay for unexpected expenses – all in one click. | $5.6M | Seed | Jun 09, 2021 |  |
| Skycatch | Skycatch builds technology to autonomously capture, process, and analyze 3D drone data to provide companies with an accurate visualization of the physical world. It is the leading industrial data collection and analytics company, focused on indexing and extracting critical information from the physical world. They use a combination of hardware,software, and artificial intelligence to deliver high precision data at unprecedented speed and ease of use.It was incorporated in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $25M | Series C | Mar 25, 2021 |  |
| Skycatch | Skycatch builds technology to autonomously capture, process, and analyze 3D drone data to provide companies with an accurate visualization of the physical world. It is the leading industrial data collection and analytics company, focused on indexing and extracting critical information from the physical world. They use a combination of hardware,software, and artificial intelligence to deliver high precision data at unprecedented speed and ease of use.It was incorporated in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $25M | Series C | Mar 21, 2021 |  |
| Smart Joules | Smart Joules is an energy management company. | $4.1M | Series A | Mar 17, 2021 |  |
| Euler Motors | Euler Motors is an automotive tech startup based out of New Delhi focused on commercial electric vehicles. Inspired by the work done by EV Companies across the globe esp. Tesla, Euler Motors is committed to accelerating India's transition to sustainable mobility. Euler aims to become the category leader for cargo transport by driving theElectric Vehicle Revolution in India. Euler Motors is focused on first solving last-mile logistics for e-commerce and 3PL players. To kickstart mass-market adoption - Euler is offering the entire "mobility as a service" stack instead of serving just one stage of a larger value-chain. | $9.4M | Series A | Mar 17, 2021 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blume Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blume-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Athera Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inventus-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Falkon Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/falkon-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [I2BF Global Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/i2bf-global-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Jetty Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jetty-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About ADB Ventures

VC Fund · Mandaluyong, Philippines

ADB Ventures is a new venture platform that will support and invest in startups offering impact technology solutions that contribute in SDG's in Asia and the Pacific.

4 contacts available at ADB Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Hersson | Senior Fund Manager Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-hersson-ab7d |
| Dominic Mellor | Principal Investment Specialist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dominic-mellor |
| Paul Santos | Member, Investment Committee | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-santos |
| Toby Floro | Investment Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/toby-floro |

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## FAQ

### What does Daniel Hersson invest in?

Daniel Hersson invests primarily in Software, Drones and Energy startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Daniel Hersson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Daniel Hersson closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 8 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?

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