Daniel Leff
Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Waverley Capital
San Francisco, United States
Daniel Leff is a Series D investor at Waverley Capital in San Francisco focused on Manufacturing and Hardware. Daniel Leff is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Waverley Capital.
- Total investments:
- 35
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 26%
Last updated:
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Industries Daniel Leff invests in
ManufacturingHardwareSemiconductorSolarSports
Stages Daniel Leff invests in
Series DSeries CFunding RoundSeries BSeries E
Countries Daniel Leff invests in
United States
Investment Focus
Industry
- Manufacturing 6 (17%)
- Hardware 3 (9%)
- Semiconductor 3 (9%)
- Solar 2 (6%)
- Sports 2 (6%)
Stage
- Series D 6 (17%)
- Series C 5 (14%)
- Funding Round 4 (11%)
- Series B 2 (6%)
- Series E 2 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Lil Snack
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Lil Snack is building a consumer platform for daily games! Our team has collectively built some of the most beloved gaming and digital entertainment experiences of the past decade. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles. | $3.1M / Seed / Apr 02, 2024 | |
Professional Fighters League
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Professional Fighters League is a mixed martial arts league. | $30M / Series E / May 19, 2022 | |
Credit Sesame
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Credit Sesame is a credit and loan company that makes consumer credit and loan management simple and automated. The company marries its deep understanding of how personal credit works with the latest in digital banking to offer the only free online and mobile digital banking service that helps consumers manage and grow their credit and cash in oneplace as they spend and save. Credit Sesame also provides personalized recommendations regarding personal loans, home loans, student loans, credit cards, and refinancing opportunities that can help members improve their credit and spending power. It gives its members free access to credit score monitoring, credit reports, and identity protection tools.Credit Sesame was founded on April 1, 2010, and is headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States. | $51M / Series G / Jun 08, 2021 | |
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Credit Sesame
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Credit Sesame is a credit and loan company that makes consumer credit and loan management simple and automated. The company marries its deep understanding of how personal credit works with the latest in digital banking to offer the only free online and mobile digital banking service that helps consumers manage and grow their credit and cash in oneplace as they spend and save. Credit Sesame also provides personalized recommendations regarding personal loans, home loans, student loans, credit cards, and refinancing opportunities that can help members improve their credit and spending power. It gives its members free access to credit score monitoring, credit reports, and identity protection tools.Credit Sesame was founded on April 1, 2010, and is headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States. | $43M / Series F / Aug 30, 2019 | |
fuboTV
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fuboTV is the world’s only sports-focused live TV streaming service with top leagues and teams, plus popular shows, movies and news for the entire household. Its base package, fubo Standard, is available for $54.99 per month and features more than 110 channels, including a growing line-up of national channels, local broadcast stations and regionalsports networks (RSNs); personal Cloud DVR storage; and two simultaneous streams – with no contract or set top box required. Get fubo.tv on the web, on popular mobile phones and tablets, and on connected and smart TVs.Headquartered in New York City, fuboTV has quickly evolved into the top independent virtual MVPD in the U.S. and a sports-first cable replacement for the entire family, after initially launching as a streaming soccer service in January 2015. With the launch of fuboTV España in 2018, it became the first U.S. virtual MVPD to enter Europe. fubo Sports Network, the live, free-to-consumer TV network for passionate sports fans, was launched in 2019 offering event coverage, news, behind-the-scenes and exclusive programming. Named to Forbes’ Next Billion Dollar Startup list in 2019, fuboTV has raised more than $250 million in funding to date. Investors include AMC Networks, DCM Ventures, Discovery, Inc., Goldman Sachs, i2bf, LionTree Partners, Luminari Capital, Microsoft, Northzone, The Walt Disney Corporation, Viacom Inc., Waverley Capital, Edgar Bronfman, Jr. (former Chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group), Chris Silbermann (founding partner, ICM Partners) and former NBA Commissioner David Stern among others. | $75M / Series D / Apr 18, 2018 | |
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Credit Sesame
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Credit Sesame is a credit and loan company that makes consumer credit and loan management simple and automated. The company marries its deep understanding of how personal credit works with the latest in digital banking to offer the only free online and mobile digital banking service that helps consumers manage and grow their credit and cash in oneplace as they spend and save. Credit Sesame also provides personalized recommendations regarding personal loans, home loans, student loans, credit cards, and refinancing opportunities that can help members improve their credit and spending power. It gives its members free access to credit score monitoring, credit reports, and identity protection tools.Credit Sesame was founded on April 1, 2010, and is headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States. | $26.6M / Series E / Oct 25, 2017 | |
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fuboTV
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fuboTV is the world’s only sports-focused live TV streaming service with top leagues and teams, plus popular shows, movies and news for the entire household. Its base package, fubo Standard, is available for $54.99 per month and features more than 110 channels, including a growing line-up of national channels, local broadcast stations and regionalsports networks (RSNs); personal Cloud DVR storage; and two simultaneous streams – with no contract or set top box required. Get fubo.tv on the web, on popular mobile phones and tablets, and on connected and smart TVs.Headquartered in New York City, fuboTV has quickly evolved into the top independent virtual MVPD in the U.S. and a sports-first cable replacement for the entire family, after initially launching as a streaming soccer service in January 2015. With the launch of fuboTV España in 2018, it became the first U.S. virtual MVPD to enter Europe. fubo Sports Network, the live, free-to-consumer TV network for passionate sports fans, was launched in 2019 offering event coverage, news, behind-the-scenes and exclusive programming. Named to Forbes’ Next Billion Dollar Startup list in 2019, fuboTV has raised more than $250 million in funding to date. Investors include AMC Networks, DCM Ventures, Discovery, Inc., Goldman Sachs, i2bf, LionTree Partners, Luminari Capital, Microsoft, Northzone, The Walt Disney Corporation, Viacom Inc., Waverley Capital, Edgar Bronfman, Jr. (former Chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group), Chris Silbermann (founding partner, ICM Partners) and former NBA Commissioner David Stern among others. | $55M / Series C / Jun 19, 2017 | |
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Credit Sesame
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Credit Sesame is a credit and loan company that makes consumer credit and loan management simple and automated. The company marries its deep understanding of how personal credit works with the latest in digital banking to offer the only free online and mobile digital banking service that helps consumers manage and grow their credit and cash in oneplace as they spend and save. Credit Sesame also provides personalized recommendations regarding personal loans, home loans, student loans, credit cards, and refinancing opportunities that can help members improve their credit and spending power. It gives its members free access to credit score monitoring, credit reports, and identity protection tools.Credit Sesame was founded on April 1, 2010, and is headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States. | $16M / Series D / May 12, 2015 | |
DanceOn
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DanceOn is an entertainment focused digital media company connecting music and pop culture through dance. Through multi-platform storytelling and diverse, influencer-driven programming, DanceOn reaches engaged millennials seeking on-demand music content everywhere. The network's 4B+ views, 25M+ subscribers and 40M+ fans across platformsshowcase the influence of dance around music's viral moments. Watch acclaimed shows like The Edge, a docu-series showcasing the World's iconic music videos, tours and performances, the most successful dance show online, Dance Showdown with 75MM+ views over 3 seasons, and the new music video - influencer and fan driven campaigns that drive viral dance hits like Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae), Hit The Quan and Trap Queen. DanceOn was co-founded by CEO Amanda Taylor, Madonna, Guy Oseary and Machinima chairman Allen DeBevoise. DanceOn empowers the creators - musicians and artists in the digital era. | $4M / Oct 10, 2013 | |
Nantero
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Nantero is a next-generation memory technology that, packs massive amounts of storage and is nonvolatile. Its main focus is the commercial introduction of NRAM – a high-density high-speed nonvolatile random access storage device. The applications for the nonvolatile RAM Nantero is developing include smartphones, tablets, enterprise systems,notebook and desktop computers, as well as applications in the automotive and industrial arena. NRAM can be manufactured for both standalone and embedded memory applications. Nantero is also working with licensees on the development of additional applications of Nantero’s core nanotube-based technology. | $15M / Series D / Nov 28, 2012 | |
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Co-Investors
About Waverley Capital
Waverley Capital is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage startup investments. Moreover, the firm targets to invest in the media and entertainment sectors. Founded in 2018 by Edgar Bronfman Jr. and Daniel Leff, Waverley Capital is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
Waverley Capital Contacts
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Deek Velagandula
Principal
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Edgar Bronfman Jr.
Co-Founder, Chairman & General Partner
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Daniel Leff
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
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FAQ
What does Daniel Leff invest in?
Daniel Leff invests primarily in Manufacturing, Hardware and Semiconductor startups, most often at Series D and Series C stage. Most of the 35 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 Leff last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Daniel Leff closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 35 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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