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Dan Sommer

Entrepreneur | CEO | Strategic Advisor | Scaling High-Impact Ventures & Boards

New York, New York

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $400,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $2,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Work Experience

2019

  • CEO + Founder

    2019

    10X Impact supports high-potential organizations through strategic guidance, capital, and partnership—ranging from investment and advising to board service and interim leadership.

  • Treasurer Board of Directors

    2024

    As Board Treasurer of Friends of United Hatzalah, I help steward the organization's financial strategy to support its life-saving mission. United Hatzalah’s volunteer-based EMS model ensures the fastest emergency response across Israel—free of charge—saving lives when every second counts.

  • Executive Chairman

    2025

    Executive Chair at Yellow Brick Road, an Avathon Capital portfolio company operating early childhood schools across MN, IA, and NE. I support strategic growth, leadership development, and alignment with YBR’s mission to put good humans into the world.

  • Vice Chair Board of Directors

    2025

    Serving as Vice Chair of the Board for CSS (Community Security Service), helping to strengthen strategy, governance, and financial oversight as the organization scales its mission of empowering Jewish communities to protect themselves through professional volunteer training and security programs.

2021

  • Member Board of Directors

    2021

    Member of 3i, a private, invitation-only network of accomplished investors sharing off-market deal flow, insights, and opportunities. Joined board April 2025,

  • Founder Partner

    2022

    Founder Collective is building the most aligned VC fund for Founders at the seed stage.

2022

  • Venture Partner

    2022

    Emerge is a pre-seed fund backed by 100+ of the world's best future of work and learning operators.

  • Entrepreneur in Residence

    2025 - 2025

    Spent the Spring 2025 semester as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Wake Forest, working with my longtime friend Dan Cohen, who runs the Center for Entrepreneurship. Dan and I started eLab at Cornell, and this was a great chance to team up again—this time helping Wake’s student founders prepare for Entrepalooza, their version of Demo Day. I taught classes, coached students, and worked closely with teams to refine their ideas, sharpen their pitches, and build the mindset and skills to launch and grow real ventures.

2015 - 2022

  • Founding Partner + Board Member

    2015 - 2022

    Empowered Education (Acquired) trains Coaches and Nutrition Practitioners to create lasting transformation through functional nutrition and habit change.

2015 - 2020

  • CEO + Founder

    2015 - 2020

    Trilogy (Acquired) is a Workforce Accelerator that partners with the world's leading universities to help companies bridge the digital skills gap. Each Trilogy program is individually designed to meet the needs of regional employers, and to ensure that students graduate with both the technical skills and personal confidence needed to succeed in their careers. The world's leading universities, including Columbia, Northwestern, UC Berkeley, and Rutgers, trust Trilogy to help their students meet the needs of the Digital Economy.