Dana Settle

Partner, Greycroft

Dana Settle is a Founding Partner with Greycroft and she heads the firm’s West Coast office. Prior to joining Greycroft, Dana spent several years as a venture capitalist and advisor to startup companies, first as a Venture Partner with Mayfield, where she focused on early stage companies in the mobile communications and consumer Internet markets, and later as a Partner with VSP Capital. As a venture capitalist, Dana invested in and advised several portfolio companies, including MobileStar (sold to TMobile), Revenue Science, Trigo (sold to IBM), Truveo (sold to AOL) and Doppelganger. Dana’s additional experience includes investment banking at Lehman Brothers in the media and communications group and international business development at McCaw Cellular Communications. Dana holds a BA in Finance and International Studies from the University of Washington and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Articles by Dana Settle

The Realities of PR for Startups with Priscilla Vento

In the dynamic realm of PR for startups, understanding the nuances and timings is crucial. Priscilla Vento, the founder and CEO of 30 Miles North PR, a recommended partner, joins...

Building A Sales Development Function for Early Stage Startups with Sally Duby

Sales development is a nuanced blend of art and science, requiring a delicate balance for its effective implementation within a company. Drawing from substantial experience, Sally Duby from The Bridge...

Company Culture: How to Scale Without Losing Your Soul with Todd Emaus

In one of the recent Mucker’s Growth Series Webinars, we proudly invited one of the previous MuckerLab Partners, Todd Emaus, a serial founder, author of the book Scale Without Losing...

Link Building: A Mission-Critical Component of SEO with Eric Carrell at DoFollow.io

As part of Mucker’s ongoing Growth Series Webinars, we recently invited Eric Carrell, founder of DoFollow.io, to dig into the world of SEO, especially in the link-building space. A recap...

Technical SEO for Startups with Jacque Alec at Capconvert

As part of Mucker’s ongoing Growth Series Webinars, we recently invited Jacque Alec, the CEO of Capconvert, to go deep on the topic of technical SEO for startups. A recap...

Product-Led Growth (PLG) For Startups

Hila Qu joined Mucker’s Tony Yang for an Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) conversation about Product-Led Growth (PLG) for Startups to kickoff the 2023 Mucker Growth Series. Hila Qu has been the Head...