Daniel Leff

Daniel is a Venture Partner based in Globespan Capital Partners’ Palo Alto Office. He focuses on investments in Cleantech/Renewable Energy as well as in hardware components and subsystems （with an emphasis on semiconductor-related technologies）. A former entrepreneur himself， Daniel is passionate about working at the interface of business and technology with start-up companies focused on becoming market leaders.

Prior to joining Globespan in 2008， Daniel was an Executive Vice President and Managing Director at Harris & Harris Group， Inc.， a publicly held venture capital company （NASDAQ:TINY）. Earlier in his career， Daniel was with Sevin Rosen Funds and Redpoint Ventures. He also previously held engineering， marketing and strategic investment positions with Intel Corporation.

Daniel earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of California， Berkeley. He also received a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of California， Los Angeles and an MBA from The Anderson School at UCLA， where he was an Anderson Venture Fellow. Daniel has been awarded two patents in the area of Nanotechnology， has been published in several scientific journals， and has co-authored a book chapter on investing in Nanotechnology.