Dane Witbeck on Clubhouse

Bio

Founder+Angel in Austin. CEO @ pinwheel.com. Stanford/Ga Tech.

Pinwheel is a great “first phone” for kids designed by therapists, techies, and parents to promote social and emotional well-being in a digital world that tends to do the opposite.

I have also angel invested in 20+ startups. Selections:

Roomored - Dallas-based startup bringing HGTV-like 3D house designing to production builders. Invested in seed round in 2017, sold to ILG in 2019. I joined the executive team as M&A advisor on the acquisition.

OpenReel - NYC-based startup allowing the directing of HD video shoots over remote webcams. Rocket-ship growth through the pandemic.

Boundless - Seattle-based startup allowing families to navigate the immigration system more confidently, rapidly, and affordably. Invested in the seed, Brad Feld did the Series A.

Weave, 23andMe, User Interviews, League Side, InkBox, Crexi, Blokable, Nightingale Security, Volans-i, are a few others.

2011-2016, Founded, built and sold Meshify to fortune 150 public company, MunichRE. Enterprise IoT platform preventing insurance losses through sensor data.