Co-Founder, Managing Partner
Angeleno Group
Daniel Weiss is co-founder and managing partner of Angeleno Group,
a Beverly Hills-based venture capital and growth equity firm focused on global clean energy and climate solutions. Weiss leads investments and serves on the boards of several companies in Angeleno Group’s portfolio. Before launching the firm with business partner Yaniv Tepper in 2001, he was an attorney at O’Melveny & Myers. A 2015 presidential appointee to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, he is a prominent voice in climate finance and sustainability in the Southern California business community. He currently serves on the boards of the California Community Foundation and the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Education: Bachelor’s, U.C. Berkeley; master’s and J.D., Stanford University
First job: A gardening business in junior high
Favorite book: “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl
Favorite pastime or hobby: Hiking
Favorite quote: “To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one’s self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived – this is to have succeeded.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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