Daniel Attia
Daniel Attia

Renaissance Capitalist in tech & media

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Part adventure capitalist, part librarian — Daniel Attia is a (venture) investor & builder who writes in the third person and backs founders reinventing reality through preemptive. (portfolio below) His lens comes from a random sprint through high finance, startups, tech & media, venture, hedge funds, and the arts. He mastered capitalism's grammar at Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs before being force fed its real-life principles as the first US hire at Payapps (acquired by Autodesk for ~$500M). Daniel would later shape tech and market perspectives as founding Head of Research at Prof G Media, contributing to works like the NYT Bestseller "Adrift: America in 100 Charts." His favorite capitalist pastime may be steering companies away from entropy toward rationalism (often mislabeled as "shareholder activism"), partnering with hedge funds, families, and shareholders who've grown weary of watching their capital fund executive delusions. Today, he serves on the Foundation Council at the State Library of Victoria—the world's third busiest library—while moonlighting as consigliere to founders and CEOs at pivotal crossroads. Daniel also serves as Special Advisor to VP Capital, a HK based hedge fund.  Select venture investments: beehiiv – Because Tyler Denk always had Big Desk Energy SymphonyOS – beehiiv for artists (Business Insider Top 13 Creator Startups to Watch, just like beehiiv. Led seed alongside Tyler too) Harmonic Discovery – Precision pharmacology (JP Morgan Life Sciences Award winner) Carry – Putting tax optimization on autopilot, built by Ankur Nagpal who turned his $250M exit lessons at 32 into your tax solution Measured – Medicine minus middlemen led by dreamer and DREAMer immigrant Monji Dolon (seed with Initialized Capital) True3d — Building livestreaming infrastructure for 3D by Meta livestreaming veteran Daniel Habib (still can’t believe we got an investor mention alongside YC founder Paul Graham) EatBlueprint by Jeff Tang (now merged with Bryan Johnson’s Blueprint) Atelier – Making manufacturing magnificent again (Co-led Series A with Macquarie Capital)


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