Daniel Deeney

Bio

Daniel J. Deeney, Partner, was a founder of New Venture Partners and has been a member of the core team since 2000. Dan enjoys working with companies and entrepreneurs in fostering innovation and building new ventures. Dan evaluates new investment opportunities with corporate research labs and business units of technology companies, primarily in the telecommunications and enterprise sectors. He works closely with entrepreneurs through the technology commercialization process in the formation and funding of new ventures. Before joining New Venture Partners (and its predecessor organization, Lucent New Ventures Group), Dan managed the corporate finance team at Venator Group, a Fortune 500 consumer goods company where he worked on acquisitions and divestitures. Prior to Venator, he managed the financial analysis group at Mobilemedia Communications, a spin-out company from AT&T in the wireless market, where he played a key financial role in the firm's IPO. He also worked as an accountant for Bank of America focused on commercial lending and credit analysis. Dan sits on the Board of Directors for Blinq Networks, Vasona Networks, Airclic, Neohapsis and VPI Systems. He holds a MS in Management of Technology from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from Pepperdine University and a BS in Finance from San Diego State University, and he is a Certified Public Accountant.