Daniel Getman Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New York City, US

FJ Labs is a venture capital firm based in New York, investing globally in online marketplaces, fintech, and network effect businesses. The team has backed over 1,000 companies including Airbnb, Alibaba, Betterment, Flexport, Rappi, Stripe, and Uber.

• Entry stage Seed:
• REACH: earn passive income for sharing data and engaging with your favorite brands
• Lumina: the next Nest/Ring for the home office
• Mesh (fka Front): an API to connect fintech apps, providing read, write, and transfer functionality.
• Feather (YC S22): helping startups get 401(k) in under 20 minutes while saving on cost and compliance overhead
• Corner Up: digitizing corner store logistics.

New York, NY, US

• Consulted companies on their fundraises by refining their marketing materials, introducing investors, and providing post-call feedback on their investor pitches.
• Sourced Deals: Lucy (Series A+), Front (Series A), REACH, SpotOn, RocketStart, Neurun, and Goodwell (Seed).
• Conducted due diligence on deals including analyzing financials, conducting market research, and interviewing the executive team.
• Presented opportunities to the investment committee including the President, COO, and CTO.
• Expanded ClearList investor network with 100 new venture capital relationships.
• Managed portfolio for an accelerator to organize data on 150+ investments.

• Wozi is a natural flavor enhancer that helps you snack guilt-free by making normal healthy foods taste delicious. https://mywozi.com/
• Developed a product, website, and marketing strategy as a solo-founder.
• Built distribution channels by sending over 3,000 cold outreach emails to influencers, dietitians, healthcare providers, and small businesses.
• Developed a network of 200+ entrepreneurs, angel investors, and venture capitalists.
• Winner of Pioneer international start-up tournament.
• Product Hunt #2 Product of the Day.

• Team leader of 2018 Duke iGEM competition.
• Lead my own research project on producing and isolating functional protein in non-native cells to improve the appetite of chemotherapy patients by mitigating the metallic taste they often report as a side effect of.
• Participated in 2017 Duke iGEM team.
• Presented to Engineering Alumni Council (EAC) to request funding from Lord Foundation for Duke iGEM.

Durham, North Carolina, US

Leader of Duke's team in the 2018 international Genetic Engineering Machine (iGEM) competition in Boston. The project goal is to produce Taxol, a chemotherapy drug, in order to greatly reduce the cost of manufacturing and treatments. The modular design we built allowed easy adaptation for next-generation taxanes with enhanced chemical properties such as.

Researched how olfactory signals modulate locomotion in fruit flies. Used optogenetics to activate olfactory neurons and analyzed movement trace patterns to see how individual neurons affected their paths. Performed electrophysiology to record neural activity of single olfactory cells. Took part in Duke's Summer Neuroscience Program for professional.

Bs Neuroscience

Neuroscience, Public Speaking, And Psychology

Education record