Daniel Folkman is the Chief Business Officer at Gopuff, the world's leading instant commerce platform that fulfills consumer's evolving everyday needs. In his current role, Daniel Folkman oversees the company's Global Business functions. Since joining Gopuff as one of the company's first employees, Folkman has been a key member of the executive team, helping the company scale to 400+ micro-fulfillment centers across more than 1,000 cities across the US and Europe.During his more than eight years with the company, he has spearheaded the company's fundraising and M&A efforts, helping to raise more than $3.5B in funding and leading major transactions such as BevMo!, Liquor Barn, RideOS, Fancy, and Dija. Folkman originated the concept for Gopuff Ads - identifying the power of merging a culturally relevant brand and hyperlocal logistics with the needs of CPG companies. Today, Gopuff Ads commands sizable budgets from brands like PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Unilever and many other major CPGs. Folkman is also the driving force behind Gopuff's major consumer partnerships with companies such as Chase, Mastercard, Starbucks, United, Hyatt, Uber, DoorDash, Grubhub, Cash App, PayPal, Venmo and more. Daniel Folkman graduated from Syracuse University's Whitman School of Management in 2012 with a dual-major in Entrepreneurship & Emerging Enterprises and Finance and a minor in Economics. He has since spent time investing and advising in early stage startups, participating on panels at national events and conferences such as Bloomberg Tech Summit, Grocery Shop, AdWeek, SXSW, and speaking to Fortune 500 executive teams on innovation, new retail and digital transformation. Additionally, he served on the Young Whitman Advisory Council for the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University and is an active angel investor and advisor with a portfolio across early stage tech and consumer goods.