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Dan Burns

Dan Burns

Investment Committee Chairman, Seed Funds atSYN VenturesFirm active Oct 14West Palm Beach, FL
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Dan Burns has over 28 years of experience in business, technology, and cybersecurity. He co-founded Accuvant and Optiv, and currently serves as IC Chairman for Seed Funds at SYN Ventures.

What Dan can write

Writes checks ofNot reported
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

Career

  1. Exault · western region Vice President
  2. OneSecure · regional VP of sales for the western region
  3. Accuvant · SVP of sales
    2002-2012
  4. Accuvant · CEO
    2012-2015
  5. Optiv · CEO and Co-founder
    2015
  6. Accuvant · Co-founder and CEO
  7. Optiv · Co-founder and CEO
  8. SYN Ventures · Managing Partner & IC Chairman, Seed Fund
    Now

Companies founded

AccuvantOptiv

Investments named in public bios

AuguriaNetFoundryRevicOptivBritiveCardinalOpsCentraleyesHUMANQuery.AIAdluminNoname SecurityPhylum

Focus

cyber securitytechnologybusinesscybersecurityseed stage

Education

San Jose State University, B.A. in economics

Also at SYN Ventures

Art Coviello
Art CovielloManaging Partner & Investment Committee Chairman, Flagship Funds
Jay Leek
Jay LeekManaging Partner & Founder
Amal KothariPrincipal
Dylan Posner
Dylan PosnerSenior Associate

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Craig HuffFounder / Executive Chair, General Innovation Capital Partners

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Who is Dan Burns?

Dan Burns has over 28 years of experience in business, technology, and cybersecurity. He co-founded Accuvant and Optiv, and currently serves as IC Chairman for Seed Funds at SYN Ventures.

How much does Dan Burns invest?

SYN Ventures has not reported a check size. It invests at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Dan Burns?

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What did Dan Burns do before SYN Ventures?

western region Vice President at Exault; regional VP of sales for the western region at OneSecure; SVP of sales at Accuvant; CEO at Accuvant; CEO and Co-founder at Optiv; Co-founder and CEO at Accuvant; Co-founder and CEO at Optiv.

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