Investing Profile

Donald Stalter(1085)

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Partner at Sunshine Lake
globalfounderscapital.com/tea...San Francisco, California
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Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), and 134 other investors on Signal.

Networks Donald is a member of
NewCo Network
1585 CONNECTIONS
Credit Suisse Network
89 CONNECTIONS
University of Chicago Network
64 CONNECTIONS
Airbnb Network
46 CONNECTIONS
Groupon Network
28 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Sunshine Lake Partner
Investment Range
$50K - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$5.0M
Investments On Record
14

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Donald Stalter's Investments On Record (13)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
FirstWork
SeedFeb 2025$5M
$5.5M
Co-investors: Kulveer Taggar (Angel investor), Eylul Kayin (SoftBank Investment Advisers), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Philippe Bouaziz (Sarona Ventures)
Sauna by Wordware
SeedNov 2024$30M
$31M
Co-investors: Brian Jacobs (Emergence Capital), Beth Turner (SV Angel), Nabeel Hyatt (Spark Capital), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Topher Conway (SV Angel), Kulveer Taggar (Angel investor), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Terrence Rohan (Robinhood), Walter Kortschak (Kortschak Investments), Siqi Chen (Invesco Private Capital), Tod Sacerdoti (Flex Capital, LLC // Turbo Ventures, LLC), Mathilde Collin
Navier
SeedFeb 2022$7M
$7M
Co-investors: Michael Ma (Liquid 2 Ventures), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Yida Gao (Shima Capital), Kyle Tibbitts (Paradox Capital), Sheila Gulati (Tola Capital), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Daniel Gulati (Treble Capital), Evan Tana (122 WEST VENTURES), Stephen Cole, Charlie Songhurst
Pluto
SeedFeb 2022$6M
$10M
Co-investors: Marc Bhargava (General Catalyst), Nadav Eylath (at.inc/), Raymond Tonsing (Caffeinated Capital), Jeremy Cai (Italic), Mario Gabriele (Hummingbird Ventures), Packy McCormick (Breather), Mohammed Amdani (Adapt Ventures), Ammar Amdani (Adapt Ventures), Shaan Puri (Shaan's All Access Fund), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Charley Ma (Exponent Founders Capital), William Hockey, Karim Atiyeh
AppX
SeedJan 2022$1M
$1M
Co-investors: Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), James Beshara
Hyperscience
Series EDec 2021$100M
$290M
Co-investors: Elliott Robinson (Bessemer Venture Partners), Matthias Turck (FirstMark Capital), Adam Rothenberg (BoxGroup), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Scott Belsky (A24), Shana Fisher (Third Kind Ventures), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), John Curtius (Cedar Capital Group), Soheil Mirpour
Slope
SeedNov 2021$8M
$77M
Co-investors: Rebecca Kaden (Union Square Ventures), Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Marcelo Lima (monashees), Jack Altman (Benchmark), Jared Friedman (Israel Defense Forces), Stanley Tang (DoorDash), Tim Griffin (MPG Fund), Eric Wu (Resolute Ventures), John Buttrick (FIRE DEPT.), Surbhi Sarna (Y Combinator), Brad Flora (Y Combinator), Alex Bouaziz (Sarona Ventures), Sam Altman, Mathilde Collin, William Hockey, Drew Houston
Pahdo Labs
SeedApr 2021$2M
$18M
Co-investors: Mar Hershenson (Pear VC), Andrew Chen (Andreessen Horowitz), David Tisch (BoxGroup), Cyan Banister (Long Journey Ventures), Jonathan Lai (Curated), Ali Partovi (Minttown), Lee Jacobs (Long Journey Ventures), Greg Rosen (Bedrock Capital), Mark Pincus

Donald Stalter's Experience

Partner Sunshine Lake2025 - Present
Seed Investor PermitFlow2022 - Present
Seed Investor DraftWise2022 - Present
Seed Investor Slope2021 - Present
Seed Investor Spotnana2021 - Present
Seed Investor Fieldguide2021 - Present
Lead Seed Investor (Acquired by Mindtickle) Enable Us2021 - Present
Board Director, Lead Series B Investor SpotHero2020 - Present
Investor Culture Amp2019 - Present
Investor DoNotPay2019 - Present
Board Observer Workbrew2019 - Present
Lead Seed Investor (Acquired by Opendoor) TaxProper2019 - Present
Seed Investor Deel2019 - Present
Seed Investor Kalshi2019 - Present
Board Member, Lead Series E Investor Hyperscience2019 - Present
Board Director, Lead Series A Investor Cedar AI2018 - Present
Lead Pre-Seed Investor Headway2018 - Present
Investor (Acquired by Compass) Glide2017 - Present
Venture Partner Global Founders Capital2017 - Present
Investor Checkr, Inc.2014 - Present
Operations Airbnb2011 - Present
Board Member, Lead Series E Investor HyperSciencePresent
Partner NewCoPresent
Seed Investor DraftwisePresent
Board Director, Lead Series A Investor Cedar.AIPresent
Lead Seed Investor (Acquired by Brex) PryPresent
Co-Founder Groupon (Citydeal)Present
Investor Spread GroupPresent
Lead Seed Investor (Acquired by Mindtickle) Enable Us by MindticklePresent
Lead Seed Investor (Acquired by Brex) Pry Financials2021 - 2022
Advisor - Operations Handy HQ2014 - 2016
VP Operations - International Groupon2009 - 2011
Co-Founder Citydeal2009 - 2010
Private Equity Investor Savant Growth2007 - 2009
Investor Spreadshirt2008 - 2009
Investor BuyVIP2008 - 2009
Investment Banker Credit Suisse2006 - 2008
Research Associate Vivato2004 - 2006

Donald Stalter's Education

University of Minnesota High School Diploma Senior year
University of Chicago Bachelor's degree (Honors) Economics, Cultural Studies
University of Chicago - Committee on International Relations Master's degree Global Econometrics and Quantitative Economics