# Ethan Daly

> Ethan Daly is a Series A investor at Shine Capital backing Artificial Intelligence and EdTech. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Shine Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shine-capital)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-daly-68a316104/
- Website: https://x.com/ethdaly

Ethan Daly is a Series A investor at Shine Capital in New York focused on Artificial Intelligence and EdTech. Ethan Daly is based out of Brooklyn, New York and is the General Partner of Shine Capital and Board Member of Cosmos. Ethan Daly attended The Wharton School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 67% |
| EdTech | 1 | 33% |
| Content | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Education | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gizmo | Gizmo develops educational software that utilizes generative AI learning to engage learners for better learning. The software generates quizzes from a user’s class notes, which can either be copied and pasted into the platform or the AI can pull out information from PDFs, PowerPoint presentations, web pages, or even a YouTube video, allowing themto adapt the study material faster and learn more. | $22M | Series A | Apr 15, 2026 |  |
| Cosmos | Cosmos is a Pinterest alternative for creatives. Save anything on the web, curate into clusters, and share with the world. | $15M | Series A | Jan 20, 2026 |  |
| Fillout | Create powerful forms, surveys and quizzes your audience will answer. Store responses directly where you need them. | $1.6M | Seed | Oct 10, 2024 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ada Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ada-vemtires) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Google Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GSV Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gsv-acceleration) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Matrix](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matrix-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Shine Capital

VC Fund · New York, United States

Shine is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with creative, convincing, relentless entrepreneurs to build iconic businesses.

5 contacts available at Shine Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Hartz | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-hartz |
| Amanda Niu | CFO & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amanda-niu-c972 |
| Elie Seidman | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elie-seidman |
| Ethan Daly | Partner; General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ethan-daly-5522 |
| Jenna Greenspan | Head of Investor Relations & Comms; Head of Investor Relations & Communications | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jenna-greenspan-4842 |

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## FAQ

### What does Ethan Daly invest in?

Ethan Daly invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, EdTech and Content startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 3 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 Ethan Daly last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ethan Daly closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 3 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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