MENTOR
Dain DeGroff
Areas of Expertise
- Software/IT/E-com
- Energy- CleanTech
- Cybersecurity
Biography
Dain F. DeGroff is a co-founding partner of Triangle Peak Partners, LP and serves as CEO. He has experience working with private and public companies, providing strategic, process, and financing advice. Prior to Triangle Peak, he served as a Managing Director with Fort Mason Capital, where he conducted private, direct investments in private and public companies, focusing on the Technology, Alternative Energy, and Energy sectors.
Prior to Fort Mason, Dain was an investment banker at both Hambrecht & Quist and JP Morgan, where he executed numerous M&A, debt and equity transactions in the technology sector and also led both firms’ global efforts in mobile and wireless technologies. Prior to his banking experience, he was a consultant for Accenture Consulting in its Technology practice. Before entering the workforce, Dain completed the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Engineering program and served as a U.S. Navy Submarine
officer on a fast-attack submarine.
He serves as a board member for Nozomi Networks, Aerospike and Bugcrowd, and as a board observer for ACME Technologies, AlphaSense, Proscia, Skedulo, Sojern, SnapLogic and Suzy.
He received an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.
Dain serves as a Committee Member on the Stanford University DAPER (Athletics Department) Investment Fund.