Dafina Toncheva

Dafina Toncheva

General Partner atU.S. Venture PartnersCalifornia

Dafina Toncheva is a General Partner at USVP focusing on enterprise SaaS and security. She previously worked at Tugboat Ventures, Venrock, and Microsoft, and holds degrees from Stanford and Harvard.

What Dafina can write

Writes checks of$3M to $30M
Comes in atSeries A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
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Career

  1. Microsoft · development and product management roles
  2. Venrock · investor
  3. Tugboat Ventures · Principal
  4. Microsoft
  5. USVP · General Partner
    2012-null
  6. U.S. Venture Partners · General Partner
    Now

Investments named in public bios

Arkose LabsCarrot FertilityLuma HealthSurgical Safety TechnologiesPerceptoZero NetworksPrevotyRakenCloudflareAria SystemsMatrixx SoftwareKenna Security

Focus

enterprise saassecurityenterprise technologiesemerging enterprise technologiesEnterprise SaaS applications

Education

Stanford Graduate School of Business, M.B.A.Harvard University, B.S. in Computer Science

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Questions

Who is Dafina Toncheva?

Dafina Toncheva is a General Partner at USVP focusing on enterprise SaaS and security. She previously worked at Tugboat Ventures, Venrock, and Microsoft, and holds degrees from Stanford and Harvard.

How much does Dafina Toncheva invest?

Dafina Toncheva invests through U.S. Venture Partners, which writes checks of $3M to $30M at series a, series b.

How do I pitch Dafina Toncheva?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Dafina in the subject. A warm intro from a founder U.S. Venture Partners backed works better.

What did Dafina Toncheva do before U.S. Venture Partners?

development and product management roles at Microsoft; investor at Venrock; Principal at Tugboat Ventures; Microsoft; General Partner at USVP.

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