Malibu, US · Partner
Daniel Leff
Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Luminari Capital
Latest rounds
- Pluto TVRound · $30MDec 2016
BacksInternetMedia
The firm
Luminari CapitalVC firm · US0cheques in 12 months20all time0ledquietRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 1
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $30M
- Active
- 2016
Pluto TVRound$30MJoined · +27 investors
Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.
Companies they are listed as backing
Portfolio
- Ampulse
BridgeLux
Cambrios Technologies
DanceOn- Fuisz Video
Kaltura
Matterport
MikMak
Mino Games
Molecular Imprints- Nantero
Novel Effect- Plumzi
- Pluto TV
- TAPP
- The Athletic
Thirty Labs- Vidyo
fuboTV- Adesto Technologies
- Elemental Technologies
- Fuisz Media
- Inc.
- Innovalight
- Naritiv
- Roku
Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Company raisingVEIR, Inc.Directorsince 2023
- SEC Form D · Company raisingArcadia Power, Inc.Directoron 3 filings · since 2021
- SEC Form D · Company raisingWondery, Inc.Directorsince 2019
- SEC Form D · Company raisingAmbri Inc.Executive Officer, Directoron 2 filings · since 2018
- SEC Form D · Company raisingNovel Effect, Inc.Directorsince 2018
- SEC Form D · Company raisingfuboTV Inc.Directorsince 2016
- SEC Form D · Company raisingNaritiv, Inc.Directorsince 2016
- SEC Form D · Company raisingS.C. Networks, Inc.Directorsince 2015
- SEC Form D · Company raisingROKU, INCDirectoron 2 filings · since 2014
- SEC Form D · Company raisingAMPULSE CORPDirectoron 5 filings · since 2009
Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.
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Daniel Leff of Waverley Capital on media tech, how he's crafted a successful VC career by being contrarian, and the role of strategic LPs as differentiators
WithDaniel Leff
MentionsGlobespan Capital PartnersLuminari CapitalRedpointSevin Rosen FundsLos Angeles
About this episode
In venture, many people speak about being contrarian, but very few investors truly are comfortable with consistently thinking outside of mainstream consensus. One exception is Daniel Leff, co-founder of Waverley Capital. Waverley was founded in 2019 with Edgar Bronfmann, Jr. and is focused on… More on the show's page
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