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Investor profile

Jonathan Daniel

Founder and CEO, Crush Ventures

About

Jonathan Daniel is a venture capital investor at Crush Ventures who comes from an unusually deep operating background as co-founder of Crush Music, where he manages major artists like Sia, Lorde, and Miley Cyrus, and was previously an active musician himself in bands like Candy and Electric Angels. He simultaneously runs both the artist management platform and the venture arm, positioning him as a bridge between day-to-day artist representation and early-stage investing in creator and entertainment-focused startups. Jonathan Daniel is a venture capital investor at Crush Ventures who comes from an unusually deep operating background as co-founder of Crush Music, where he manages major artists like Sia, Lorde, and Miley Cyrus, and was previously an active musician himself in bands like Candy and Electric Angels. He simultaneously runs both the artist management platform and the venture arm, positioning him as a bridge between day-to-day artist representation and early-stage investing in creator and entertainment-focused startups.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed
Sectors
Media
Consumer
Gaming
VR
AI
Web3
Crypto

Investment details

Avg check size$100K - $1M
Can lead rounds
No
Geographies
USA