
Daniel I. DeWolf
Member / Chair, Technology Practice; Co-chair, Venture Capital & Emerging Companies Practice
+1.212.692.6223
Daniel is a leading authority on growth companies and venture capital law — and has worked on pioneering online capital-raising methods since the Internet’s beginning. He is immersed in the national and international ecosystem of emerging companies and investors focused on start-ups. He has also been a member of NYU Law School’s faculty since 2003, where he teaches venture capital law. Earlier, he co-founded and served as managing director of an early stage venture capital firm based in New York City.
Daniel is Chair of Mintz's Technology Practice Group and Co-chair of the firm’s Venture Capital & Emerging Companies Practice Group. In addition to his active legal practice, he is an adjunct professor of law at the NYU Law School. Daniel is also Editor of MintzEdge, an online resource for entrepreneurs that includes useful tools and information for starting and growing a company.
Before joining Mintz, Daniel was head of venture capital funds and a managing director of SoundView Technology Group, Inc. (formerly Wit Capital), a technology-focused investment bank. Prior to joining SoundView, he was head of the corporate and new media and e-law practice groups at one of the leading New York firms representing early stage and technology companies.
Daniel has more than 35 years of corporate transactional experience, both as a lawyer and as a businessman, and has been an advisor to many emerging and developmental stage companies. He is a board member of several technology companies and was a co-founder and Managing Director of Dawntreader Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm.
Additionally, Daniel is an author of a leading treatise on venture capital called Venture Capital: Forms and Analysis (Law Journal Press, 2007).
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Law School (JD)
- University of Pennsylvania (BA)
Recognition & Awards
- Recommended by The Legal 500 United States for Venture Capital and Emerging Companies (2015 – 2017; 2021 – 2022)
Involvement
- Adjunct Professor at NYU School of Law
- Guest Lecturer, High-Growth Corporate Transactions, Cornell Law School at Cornell Tech
- Judge, Harvard Business School Business Plan Contest
- Member, Advisory Council to the Public Policy Committee of the Angel Capital Association
Viewpoints
MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — May 2022
May 25, 2022 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
MintzTech Connect Industry News: Spotlight on YUR Inc.
May 25, 2022 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — December 2021
December 10, 2021 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
Mintz Venture Watch — Volume 1: A Report on Deal Trends from Q1 and Q2 2021
August 10, 2021 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Lewis Geffen, Jeremy Glaser
MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — August 2021
August 2, 2021 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — April 2021
April 27, 2021 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — February 2021
February 10, 2021 | | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
Private Capital Marketplaces & IPOs
January 21, 2021 | Video | By Daniel DeWolf
“Gig” Workers May Become Eligible to Receive Equity Compensation
December 15, 2020 | Alert | By Daniel DeWolf, Sanjana Ramkumar
MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — December 2020
December 9, 2020 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
News & Press
Early-Stage VC Firm Partners With Mintz To Support Cos.
August 1, 2022
Private Capital Marketplaces & IPOs
January 7, 2021
Mintz Advises Vida Ventures on $600 Million Vida II Fund
August 05, 2019
Various Ways to Raise Capital
September 13, 2016
Yes, E-signatures Are Enforceable
July 12, 2016
Events
BioLabs@NYULangone: Financing Strategies for Emerging Companies in the New Normal
View the Webinar Recording

Investing in Energy Transformation [Event to be rescheduled]
Briefing on Power, Technology and Security Strategies
Mintz, 666 Third Ave, New York, NY
