# Daniel Karp

> Daniel Karp is a seed investor at Cervin Ventures backing Software and Information Technology. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Cervin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cervin-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-karp-2771242/
- Website: https://www.cervin.com/

Daniel Karp is a seed investor at Cervin Ventures in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Software and Information Technology. Partner, Cervin VC - investing in early stage Infrastructure, Security, DevOps, OSS and Cloud-native startups. Investments include: LightLytics, Gong.io, Habana Labs (acq), Guardicore (acq), Elastifile (acq), Prospera (acq), Isovalent, TriggerMesh, Sealights, Rookout, MemVerge, LightBits Labs, LinearB, CohoAI, Gelt Technologies, illusive Networks,Team8, KaszeK Ventures

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 60% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 40% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Analytics | 1 | 20% |
| Compliance | 1 | 20% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Conveyor | Conveyor is the leading generative AI-powered platform that automates and scales the most tedious part of the sales process: customer security reviews. Trusted by the world's top SaaS companies, Conveyor helps vendors build trust with customers while reducing the time spent on the mind-numbing task of sharing security information and answeringsecurity questionnaires by over 90%. | $20M | Series B | Jun 12, 2025 |  |
| Conveyor | Conveyor is the leading generative AI-powered platform that automates and scales the most tedious part of the sales process: customer security reviews. Trusted by the world's top SaaS companies, Conveyor helps vendors build trust with customers while reducing the time spent on the mind-numbing task of sharing security information and answeringsecurity questionnaires by over 90%. | $12.5M | Series A | Oct 11, 2023 |  |
| OwnID | OwnID helps leading consumer brands elevate the digital experience & convert more website visitors into loyal customers by turning authentication into a competitive advantage. Our passwordless authentication platform helps empower online consumers to register, login, and checkout with biometrics - FaceID & TouchID - all without a password.Drive higher conversion & digital revenue. | $6.2M | Seed | Apr 26, 2022 |  |
| LinearB | Linear B is a workforce analytics platform for software development organizations that allows for improved productivity based on objective data driven insights. We are revolutionizing the way software development organizations measure and continuously improve their productivity. | $1.6M | Seed | Jan 15, 2019 |  |
| LinearB | Linear B is a workforce analytics platform for software development organizations that allows for improved productivity based on objective data driven insights. We are revolutionizing the way software development organizations measure and continuously improve their productivity. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2019 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GTMfund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gtmfund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mayfield Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mayfield-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Oregon Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oregon-angel-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Palm Drive Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/palm-drivecapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SignalFire](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/signal-fire) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Cervin Ventures

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Cervin Ventures is a early-stage venture capital firm investing in founders to build good startups and great companies. Cervin partners with disciplined entrepreneurs that are building tools, applications and infrastructure products to address massive, fast-growing markets. For more than a decade, Cervin has leveraged the operating backgrounds ofits investors to help founders build enduring companies and avoid short-lived hype cycles. Cervin has invested in more than 50 companies including LaunchDarkly, Paystand, and Celona, with more than a dozen successful exits from companies such as Punchh and Tynker.

5 contacts available at Cervin Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Preetish Nijhawan | Co-Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/preetish-nijhawan |
| Shirish Sathaye | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shirish-sathaye |
| Courtney McKee | Director of Finance | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/courtney-mckee-a486 |
| Daniel Karp | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-karp |
| Neeraj Gupta | Co-Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neeraj-gupta-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Daniel Karp invest in?

Daniel Karp invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 Karp last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Daniel Karp closed in Jun 2025. Shizune tracks 5 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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