Daniel Rubin
General Partner @ Alloy Ventures
Palo Alto, United States
Daniel Rubin is a Series A investor at Alloy Ventures in Palo Alto focused on Software and Enterprise Software. Daniel I. Rubin joined Alloy Ventures in 1999 after a 15-year career in business development, marketing and sales at leading technology companies. At Alloy, he focuses on investments in semiconductors, cleantech, and software-as-a-service. Before becoming a venture capitalist in 1999, Dan was a successful technology entrepreneur and also held a variety of executive-level sales, marketing and business development jobs in the IT industry. In 1991, he was a co-founder of Artisan Components and served as the initial VP of sales and marketing. He was the VP of business development through the company's initial public offering in 1998.The company was later acquired by ARM Ltd. for $1 billion. Prior to Artisan Components, Dan worked at semiconductor capital equipment company Ultratech Stepper in many roles, including director of product marketing and managing director of Asian operations. He received a BA in Physics from Pomona College (1982). Dan serves on the board of directors of CiraNova, Ensenda, Molecular Imprints, Gradient Design Automation, Integrated Materials,Teradici, IPExtreme, and Integrated PhotoVoltaics. He is a board observer at Ellie Mae.
- Total investments:
- 16
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 19%
Last updated:
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Industries Daniel Rubin invests in
Stages Daniel Rubin invests in
Countries Daniel Rubin invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Series A
- $2M–$11M
- Series B
- $8.5M–$18M
- Series C
- $4M–$17M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (25%)
- Enterprise Software 4 (25%)
- Hardware 3 (19%)
- Semiconductor 2 (13%)
- Information Technology 2 (13%)
Stage
- Series A 4 (25%)
- Series B 4 (25%)
- Series C 3 (19%)
- Funding Round 2 (13%)
- Angel 1 (6%)
Country
- United States 6 (38%)
- Canada 1 (6%)
- Germany 1 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| info@amberoad.aiambeRoad is developing an intelligent enterprise search engine to help employees to find all relevant documents easily and quickly by integrating all company internal data sources into one search engine. Our solution allows access to all company-wide files from anywhere. Even if you don't exactly know what you are lookingfor, our cutting-edge AI will know because of a range of features implemented in our software.No need to tag documents manually, all in milliseconds - only one search request away. | Angel / Aug 26, 2021 | ||
| Scifiniti is an early stage company working to create a drop-in replacement for crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells. Rather than casting an ingot of polysilicon and then sawing it into wafers (to be processed into solar cells), Scifiniti's approach skips these steps and creates a wafer directly (although we can't say how) with a highquality crystal structure suitable for solar cells. | $10M / Series B / Jul 01, 2013 | ||
| Local delivery companies do everything in a supply chain’s “last mile,” from installing appliances to delivering critical parts within an hour of ordering. Local delivery is a $46 billion industry and typically accounts for 28% of a company's transportation spend, yet most companies overlook this critical step in the supply chain despite thefact that customer loyalty and sales are closely tied to the delivery experience.Ensenda is the leading third party logistics provider (3PL) for the local delivery industry. Ensenda’ network of local carriers provides a wide range of local delivery programs in every market in the US and Canada | $1.8M / Jan 01, 2012 | ||
| Ciranova, Inc. operates as an electronic design automation company. It focuses on building interoperable tools for custom chip designers to create new and/or migrate legacy analog IP. It offers products, such as PyCell Studio, which helps designers reduce the time and cost of PCell and layout generator creation for deep submicron processes;and PCell Xtreme, which enables the migration of PCells created in proprietary languages into multi-vendor OpenAccess flows. It provides custom layout generator development, Python code development consulting, custom layout consulting, and analog and mixed signal design services. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. | $8.5M / Aug 18, 2010 | ||
| Scifiniti is an early stage company working to create a drop-in replacement for crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells. Rather than casting an ingot of polysilicon and then sawing it into wafers (to be processed into solar cells), Scifiniti's approach skips these steps and creates a wafer directly (although we can't say how) with a highquality crystal structure suitable for solar cells. | $10.5M / Series A / Jun 16, 2010 | ||
| Integrated Photovoltaics is a leading developer of next-generation photovoltaic solutions. Integrated Photovoltaics is a privately held company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. | $8.5M / Series A / Mar 26, 2010 | ||
| Teradici is the technology leader for creating virtual workspaces and powers the spectrum of local, remote, mobile and collaborative workstyles, fundamentally simplifying how computing is provisioned, managed and used throughout virtual and cloud environments. Teradici PCoIP technology is deployed end-to-end in virtual and cloud environments,in zero clients, hardware accelerators, standalone workstations and mobile devices. Simple, green, and cost-effective, PCoIP technology delivers a secure, high-definition computing experience. Teradici customers benefit from a broad PCoIP ecosystem of innovative products and services. Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and institutions around the world, local and federal government agencies, and cloud and service providers. Our commitment to innovation and development is demonstrated through our continued investment in our people and our proactive pursuit of patents of which more than 40 have been issued to date. - Learn more about PCoIP technology - http://www.teradici.com/pcoip-technology - Search current job opportunities - http://www.teradici.com/careers | $17M / Series C / Apr 07, 2009 | ||
| Ciranova, Inc. operates as an electronic design automation company. It focuses on building interoperable tools for custom chip designers to create new and/or migrate legacy analog IP. It offers products, such as PyCell Studio, which helps designers reduce the time and cost of PCell and layout generator creation for deep submicron processes;and PCell Xtreme, which enables the migration of PCells created in proprietary languages into multi-vendor OpenAccess flows. It provides custom layout generator development, Python code development consulting, custom layout consulting, and analog and mixed signal design services. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. | $5.3M / Series D / Mar 24, 2008 | ||
| Local delivery companies do everything in a supply chain’s “last mile,” from installing appliances to delivering critical parts within an hour of ordering. Local delivery is a $46 billion industry and typically accounts for 28% of a company's transportation spend, yet most companies overlook this critical step in the supply chain despite thefact that customer loyalty and sales are closely tied to the delivery experience.Ensenda is the leading third party logistics provider (3PL) for the local delivery industry. Ensenda’ network of local carriers provides a wide range of local delivery programs in every market in the US and Canada | $10.3M / Jan 31, 2008 | ||
| Teradici is the technology leader for creating virtual workspaces and powers the spectrum of local, remote, mobile and collaborative workstyles, fundamentally simplifying how computing is provisioned, managed and used throughout virtual and cloud environments. Teradici PCoIP technology is deployed end-to-end in virtual and cloud environments,in zero clients, hardware accelerators, standalone workstations and mobile devices. Simple, green, and cost-effective, PCoIP technology delivers a secure, high-definition computing experience. Teradici customers benefit from a broad PCoIP ecosystem of innovative products and services. Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and institutions around the world, local and federal government agencies, and cloud and service providers. Our commitment to innovation and development is demonstrated through our continued investment in our people and our proactive pursuit of patents of which more than 40 have been issued to date. - Learn more about PCoIP technology - http://www.teradici.com/pcoip-technology - Search current job opportunities - http://www.teradici.com/careers | $18M / Series B / Feb 14, 2007 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Alloy Ventures
Alloy Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm that invests in the areas of life sciences, information technology, and cleantech.
Alloy Ventures Contacts
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Dave Pidwell
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John Shoch
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Leighton Read
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Leighton Read
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FAQ
What does Daniel Rubin invest in?
Daniel Rubin invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and Hardware startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Daniel Rubin invest in?
Daniel Rubin typically joins rounds of $2M–$11M at Series A, $8.5M–$18M at Series B and $4M–$17M at Series C. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Daniel Rubin's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Daniel Rubin took part in.
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When did Daniel Rubin last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Daniel Rubin closed in Aug 2021. Shizune tracks 16 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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