Daniel Dart raises over $2 million in pre-seed funding for Rock Yard Ventures, a new venture capital fund. The capital comes from executives at Goldman Sachs, Wingspan Capital, and Fifth Third Bank. Dart founded the firm in 2022, targeting a total fund size of $10 million.
Daniel Dart launches a venture capital fund after earning two master’s degrees from the London School of Economics and enrolling in MIT Sloan’s MBA program. The fund secures backing from prominent investors and benefits from informal guidance by finance leaders including Josh Friedman, John Arnold, Jack Selby, and Gary Cohn. Dart’s trajectory reflects a shift from a background in gangs and prison to a career in high-stakes finance and venture capital.
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Rock Yard Ventures
Rock Yard Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital investor investing across the industrial base.