Danny Pantuso
Investor
Based in Chicago, Danny invests in pre-seed, seed, and early-stage companies across the Midwest.
Prior to joining Mucker, Danny worked for two years in Iceland, first as a product manager and later as a founder. After a small exit, he moved to Chicago where he led product at Fubo Sportsbook and most recently worked at Decasonic Ventures focusing on web3, gaming, and AI.
Danny holds a BS in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.
Danny can be reached at danny at mucker dot com.
Articles by Danny Pantuso
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...
Product Velocity is a Key to Success
How can you tell if a startup is going to be successful? What beacons signal a company will really take off? What flags hint at a potential crash and burn?...
Our Investment In Emotive
Mucker’s first meeting with Emotive happened in November of 2018, though our initial investment wouldn’t happen until 18 months later in May 2020 when we would lead their Series A....
Save America. Start A Company.
This post originally appeared in Forbes. America recently celebrated Memorial Day to honor military men and women who paid the ultimate price to secure and defend liberty. In a country...
Why More Funding Won’t Magically Fix Your Startup
This post originally appeared in TechCrunch. Some entrepreneurs think that (more) money will solve all their company’s problems. It won’t. Like a teenager with a million-dollar allowance and an identity...
Thriving As A Post-Coronavirus Startup
This post originally appeared in Forbes. Startups are uncertain, high-risk exercises under any circumstance. When investors make available capital, it’s possible to mitigate some of that risk by extending runway...