Daniel Kimerling
Director @ Starcity
San Francisco, United States
Daniel Kimerling is a seed investor at Starcity in San Francisco focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Dan Kimerling excels at blending deep conviction with strategic capital. He drives Deciens’ vision forward, leading early-stage investments in companies reshaping financial services, like Chipper, SimplyWise, and Treasury Prime. A hands-on partner, Dan isn’t one to sit on the sidelines – he’s in the trenches with Deciens’ portfolio companies,providing guidance and expertise every step of the way.Before Deciens, Dan co-founded Standard Treasury, an early pioneer in API-driven banking infrastructure. Backed by Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, and Index Ventures, the company earned recognition as one of American Banker’s "Ten Technology Companies to Watch" and SWIFT’s "Global Innovator of the Year" before its acquisition by Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). At SVB, Dan led API Banking, Open Platform, and Global Research. Earlier in his career he worked as an analyst at TechCrunch, helping launch their conference business.Dan earned an A.B. and A.M. (both with honors) from the University of Chicago and studied mathematical (analytic) finance at the Booth School of Business for a year as a Booth Scholar. While at University of Chicago, he won multiple awards for leadership and writing, including the Howell Murray Alumni Association Award and the Margaret C. Annan Undergraduate Award in Writing.Named to Forbes’ "30 Under 30," a Kauffman Fellow, and a member of the Milken Institute’s Young Leaders Circle, Dan also serves on the University of Chicago’s Polsky Council and is active in the Young Presidents’ Organization.Dan calls Albuquerque home, where he lives with his wife and their two dogs – carving out time for reading, cooking, biking, and skiing between flights and the founder grind.
- Total investments:
- 31
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 39%
Last updated:
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Industries Daniel Kimerling invests in
Stages Daniel Kimerling invests in
Countries Daniel Kimerling invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 9 (29%)
- FinTech 8 (26%)
- Finance 5 (16%)
- Payments 5 (16%)
- Software 5 (16%)
Stage
- Seed 9 (29%)
- Series A 5 (16%)
- Series B 3 (10%)
- Series C 2 (6%)
- Funding Round 2 (6%)
Country
- United States 18 (58%)
- Mexico 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Transparency Analytics
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Transparency Analytics is a company that offers banking and financial services. | Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 17, 2025 | |
Grupago
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Grupago is pioneering digital microcredit for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in Latin America, leveraging artificial intelligence, group collateral and community distribution to extend credit to micro-SMBs across the region who have been shut out of traditional SMB lending avenues. | $4.3M / Seed / Mar 12, 2024 | |
Therma
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Therma° is a venture-backed company that builds IoT-powered temperature and humidity monitoring and analytics, which prevent food, product, and energy waste, the major drivers of climate change. We partner with diverse organizations and industry leaders in food and healthcare to increase profits while protecting our planet, from national restaurantbrands such as McDonald's, Burger King, Domino's, and TGI Fridays to convenience stores, hotels, and top supply chain businesses such as 7-Eleven, Wyndham and Marriott Hotels, and Lineage Logistics. | $19M / Series A / Feb 07, 2023 | |
GlacierGrid
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GlacierGrid is a venture-backed company that helps businesses refine their energy use strategies to balance energy savings, operational efficiency, and data-driven decision-making—all while reducing their carbon footprint. We leverage IoT (Internet of Things) technology for real-time energy usage optimization. Real-time data collection andseamless monitoring allow business owners and managers to access accurate and timely insights into equipment performance, energy consumption, and potential maintenance needs. On February 26, 2024, Therma rebranded to GlacierGrid. | $19M / Series A / Feb 07, 2023 | |
Gynger
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Gynger is a cash flow management solution with embedded financing that gives B2B technology vendors the power to offer flexible payment terms to customers while securing up front payment.With Gynger, finance leaders can leverage a combination of actionable insights and capital to optimize day-to-day cash flows, accelerate deal flows, mitigaterisk, and execute long term strategic vision with ease.In 2024, Gynger announced its $20 Million Series A funding by world-class investors including Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI-focused venture fund), Velvet Sea Ventures, BAG Ventures, Deciens, Vine Ventures, Upper90, Quiet Capital and m]x[v Capital.Gynger was founded in 2021 by serial entrepreneur Mark Ghermezian, who co-founded Braze (BRZE) and served as its first CEO, pioneering a new category that led to the company's IPO in November 2021. Based in New York, Gynger has been recognized as one of Built In's 2026 Best Places to Work. | $11.7M / Seed / Dec 21, 2022 | |
Treasury Prime
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Treasury Prime is a Banking-as-a-Service company that connects banks and FinTechs through an API. Its full integration into core banking systems gives developers access to a wide range of banking services from opening accounts to making payments to issuing cards. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $40M / Series C / Sep 09, 2022 | |
Sydecar
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Sydecar builds tools that remove the headache of organizing private investments -- so you can focus on making deals, not spreadsheets. Their lightweight, powerful technology helps you to manage subscription docs, compliance, banking, tax reporting, and admin for all of your deals, of any size, in one place. | $8.3M / Seed / Apr 05, 2022 | |
Chipper Cash
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Chipper Cash is a financial services company that features a software application platform that enables free instant cross-border mobile money transfers in Africa as easy as sending a text message. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $150M / Series C / Nov 01, 2021 | |
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Chipper Cash
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Chipper Cash is a financial services company that features a software application platform that enables free instant cross-border mobile money transfers in Africa as easy as sending a text message. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $100M / Series C / May 31, 2021 | |
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Treasury Prime
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Treasury Prime is a Banking-as-a-Service company that connects banks and FinTechs through an API. Its full integration into core banking systems gives developers access to a wide range of banking services from opening accounts to making payments to issuing cards. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $20M / Series B / May 12, 2021 | |
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Co-Investors
About Starcity
Starcity is a San Francisco-based owner and operator of Coliving communities. As of early 2020, Starcity has just under 500 beds in operation across San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles, with a current committed development pipeline of approximately 2,000 units.Their 45-person team spans multiple disciplines including real estate, technology,design, and hospitality with employees from companies like Airbnb, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, Fairmont Hotels, FivePoint, Google, Tesla, Lyft, SoulCycle, The Standard, and Uber. They are urban housing enthusiasts on a mission to make great cities accessible to everyone.Starcity’s approach is different from other groups in the Coliving space. They are set up as both a General Partner and Operator with full-stack real estate development, design, and management capabilities. They love working on all aspects of design to maintain a keen focus on project details, and they enjoy having skin in the game when the opportunity presents itself.
Starcity Contacts
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Esteve Almirall
Analyst
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Andres Pineda
Junior Software Engineer
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Daniel Kimerling
Director
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Jesse Suarez
COO & General Counsel
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Josh Lehman
CTO & cofounder
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What does Daniel Kimerling invest in?
Daniel Kimerling invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 31 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 Kimerling last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Daniel Kimerling closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 31 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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