# Daniel Lopez

> Daniel Lopez is a Series A investor at VMware (San Francisco) backing Software and Internet. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [VMware](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vmware)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/daniel-lopez-ridruejo/0/120/993
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/vomkriege
- Website: https://x.com/vomkriege

Daniel Lopez is a Series A investor at VMware in San Francisco focused on Software and Internet. Daniel Lopez Ridruejo is the Sr Director Product, Marketplace at VMware. Daniel previously worked at Bitnami as a CEO. He attended the Universidad de Sevilla and DTU - Technical University of Denmark.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 60% |
| Internet | 1 | 20% |
| Cyber Security | 1 | 20% |
| Cloud Computing | 1 | 20% |
| Network Security | 1 | 20% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| cside | c/side is a cybersecurity company that provides monitoring solutions, optimizing, and safeguarding vulnerable browser-side third-party scripts. | $1.7M | Pre-Seed | May 16, 2024 |  |
| Ampersand | Ampersand is a company that creates a developer platform to assist SaaS companies in building user-facing integrations for their products. It reduces engineering and customer support time spent on creating and managing deep integrations with your customers' Systems of Record. | $4.7M | Seed | Apr 13, 2023 |  |
| Fermyon Technologies | Fermyon Technologies is initiating the third wave of cloud computing. | $20M | Series A | Oct 24, 2022 |  |
| Dagger | Dagger is the develops operating system that gives teams complete control over their software supply chain. In one integrated platform, developers have access to a portable devkit that streamlines the development of CICD pipelines that can run anywhere, allowing for customized deployment of applications across multiple clouds. | $20M | Series A | Mar 30, 2022 |  |
| Dagger | Dagger is the develops operating system that gives teams complete control over their software supply chain. In one integrated platform, developers have access to a portable devkit that streamlines the development of CICD pipelines that can run anywhere, allowing for customized deployment of applications across multiple clouds. | $20M | Series A | Mar 30, 2022 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Scribble Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scribble-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Redpoint](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redpoint-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blue Moon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2-12-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amplify Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplify-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [basecase capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/base-case-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About VMware

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

VMware is a software company providing cloud and virtualization services that help complex digital infrastructure. The company accelerates digital transformation by enabling unprecedented freedom and flexibility in how its customers build and evolve IT environments. Its software helps business users simply and securely access the apps and data theyneed, from anywhere, to do their best work. The company's software spans compute, cloud, networking and security, and digital workspace.

5 contacts available at VMware.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Tosheff | VP & Chief Information Security Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-tosheff |
| Craig McLuckie | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-mcluckie |
| Daniel Lopez | Sr Director Product, Marketplace | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-lopez-2 |
| Diana Stefanova | Vice President Global Sites Strategy | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diana-stefanova |
| Frank Denneman | Chief Technologist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-denneman |

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## FAQ

### What does Daniel Lopez invest in?

Daniel Lopez invests primarily in Software, Internet and Cyber Security startups, most often at Series A and 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 Lopez last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Daniel Lopez closed in May 2024. 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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