Dana Settle

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Los Angeles, CA

Dana Settle is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Greycroft. As a member of Greycroft’s management committee, she is responsible for the firm’s operations, investment strategy, and vision. Dana has been involved in all phases of Greycroft’s growth.

Dana’s active investments include Acorns, Anine Bing, Avaline, Citizen, Goop, HamsaPay, Happiest Baby, Mayk.it, Merit Beauty, MNTN, Rembrand, Seed Health, Stability.ai, Thrive Market, and Versed. Her notable exits include Bumble (IPO), Maker Studios (acquired by Disney), Pulse (acquired by LinkedIn), The RealReal (IPO), Trunk Club (acquired by Nordstrom), and WideOrbit (interest sold to company management).

Dana is a Board Director to IMAX Corporation and she is a founding member of the non-profit Baby2Baby and the female mentorship collective, All Raise.

Prior to Greycroft, Dana spent several years as a venture capitalist and advisor to startups in the Bay Area, including six years at Mayfield, and investment banking at Lehman Brothers.

Dana holds a BA in Finance and International Studies from the University of Washington and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Acorns
Ahara
Anine Bing
Avaline
Citizen
Embrace
Goop
HamsaPay
Happiest Baby
Instil
MNTN
Mayk.it
Merit Beauty
Rembrand
Seed Health
Stability AI
Thrive Market
Versed
Bird
Bumble
NASDAQ: BMBL
Clique
Acquired by Future
Comparably
Acquired by ZoomInfo
Farfetch

Maker Studios

Acquired by The Walt Disney Company

Sometrics

Acquired by American Express
TheRealReal
Trunk Club
Acquired by Nordstrom
Voicea
Acquired by Cisco
WideOrbit
Wonderbly
Acquired by Graphite Capital