Dan Ross
Private Equity Investor at Black Nova Venture Capital Pty Ltd.
Profile
Dan is Black Nova’s growth specialist.
Having expanded Optimizely across the Asia Pacific, he is able to advise the portfolio on scaling challenges in particular as it relates to growth metrics and conversion funnels, market expansion strategies and partnerships, staffing and preparing for new market entry.
Dan Ross active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Black Nova Venture Capital Pty Ltd.
 Black Nova Venture Capital Pty Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Black Nova Venture Capital Pty Ltd. is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in Sydney, Australia. | Private Equity Investor | 01/08/2020 |
UpFlowy Pty Ltd.
 UpFlowy Pty Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services UpFlowy Pty Ltd. is an Australian company that offers a drag and drop tool to help increase conversions. The company is based in Sydney, Australia. The company's tool allows users to create flows to build and optimize forms, quizzes, surveys, onboarding flows, and more. UpFlowy also offers a feature that eliminates the need to copy and paste data from one app to another by allowing the data from flows to go directly to the apps used for business, such as HubSpot and Mailchimp. The company was founded by Matthew Browne. | Consultant / Advisor | 01/08/2020 |
Former positions of Dan Ross
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Optimizely, Inc.
 Optimizely, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Optimizely, Inc. operates as a web optimization platform. Its solutions include marketing, engineering, retail, travel, and finance. The company was founded by Peter Koomen and Dan Siroker in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Director/Board Member | 01/05/2019 |
ClearSlide, Inc.
 ClearSlide, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services ClearSlide, Inc. provides a cloud-based sales communications platform. It offers content management, email tracking, web conferencing, guided selling and sales force integrations products. The firm serves the media, online, software, education, travel, insurance, finance, health care, consumer and industrial goods, and sports and entertainment industries. The company was founded by Al Lieb and James L. Benton in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Sales & Marketing | 01/09/2013 |
LivingSocial, Inc.
 LivingSocial, Inc. Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services LivingSocial, Inc. operates an online local marketplace platform. The firm’s products and programs include local, escapes, shop, events, coupons, and at home. It provides fun and leisure, kids activities, sightseeing and tours, sports and outdoors, tickets and events, beauty products and spas, and food and drinks. The company was founded by Aaron Batalion, Valeriy Aleksenko, Edward Pyle Frederick, and Timothy J. O'Shaughnessy in 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Sales & Marketing | 01/12/2012 |
| U.S. House of Representatives | Consultant / Advisor | 01/02/2011 |
| Xergames Technologies | Sales & Marketing | 01/01/2009 |
Training of Dan Ross
| UC Santa Barbara College of Engineering | Graduate Degree |
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| Private companies | 7 |
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Black Nova Venture Capital Pty Ltd.
Black Nova Venture Capital Pty Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Black Nova Venture Capital Pty Ltd. is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. The firm is headquartered in Sydney, Australia. | Finance |
UpFlowy Pty Ltd.
UpFlowy Pty Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services UpFlowy Pty Ltd. is an Australian company that offers a drag and drop tool to help increase conversions. The company is based in Sydney, Australia. The company's tool allows users to create flows to build and optimize forms, quizzes, surveys, onboarding flows, and more. UpFlowy also offers a feature that eliminates the need to copy and paste data from one app to another by allowing the data from flows to go directly to the apps used for business, such as HubSpot and Mailchimp. The company was founded by Matthew Browne. | Technology Services |
Optimizely, Inc.
Optimizely, Inc. Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Optimizely, Inc. operates as a web optimization platform. Its solutions include marketing, engineering, retail, travel, and finance. The company was founded by Peter Koomen and Dan Siroker in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
ClearSlide, Inc.
ClearSlide, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services ClearSlide, Inc. provides a cloud-based sales communications platform. It offers content management, email tracking, web conferencing, guided selling and sales force integrations products. The firm serves the media, online, software, education, travel, insurance, finance, health care, consumer and industrial goods, and sports and entertainment industries. The company was founded by Al Lieb and James L. Benton in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
LivingSocial, Inc.
LivingSocial, Inc. Commercial Printing/FormsCommercial Services LivingSocial, Inc. operates an online local marketplace platform. The firm’s products and programs include local, escapes, shop, events, coupons, and at home. It provides fun and leisure, kids activities, sightseeing and tours, sports and outdoors, tickets and events, beauty products and spas, and food and drinks. The company was founded by Aaron Batalion, Valeriy Aleksenko, Edward Pyle Frederick, and Timothy J. O'Shaughnessy in 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Commercial Services |
| U.S. House of Representatives | Government |
| Xergames Technologies |
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