Dan Koellhofer
Private Equity Investor at Spotlight Equity Partners LLC
Profile
Dan joins Spotlight as an operating partner with a focus in product and technology.
He brings expertise in product, sales and engineering to our portfolio companies.
Dan helps portfolio companies refine product roadmap, develop and optimize direct and indirect channels, and increase agility within engineering teams.
Prior to joining Spotlight, Dan was in a sales leadership position at SparkCognition, a pre-IPO SaaS AI company.
Prior to SparkCognition, Dan worked at First Advantage (acquired by Silver Lake), the largest background screening company where he ran product, innovation and design as Chief Innovation Officer.
Prior to First Advantage, Dan spent 13 years at CallidusCloud (acquired by SAP) in a variety of roles leading product and the worldwide technical sales organization.
He also worked at Austin companies Motive (acquired by Alcatel Lucent), Trilogy and pcOrder.
Dan graduated with honors from the University of Michigan where he earned a degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Science.
Outside of work Dan spends time playing tennis and enjoying the outdoors with his wife Amanda and their twin boys Henrik and Caleb.
Dan Koellhofer active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Spotlight Equity Partners LLC
 Spotlight Equity Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Spotlight Equity Partners LLC (Spotlight Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Jeremy Burr, Philip Hall and Suken N. Shah. The firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Private Equity Investor | 2022-04-30 |
Scalegrid, Inc.
 Scalegrid, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Scalegrid, Inc. provides management solutions. The company is based in Alto, CA. The company was founded in 2012. The CEO is Chris Miller. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2022-05-30 |
Former positions of Dan Koellhofer
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
SparkCognition, Inc.
 SparkCognition, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services SparkCognition, Inc. provides artificial intelligence software. Its products include SparkPredict, ParkSecure, and MindFabric. The company was founded by Amir Husain in 2013 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2022-04-29 |
| FIRST ADVANTAGE CORPORATION | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2020-04-29 |
| CALLIDUS SOFTWARE INC. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2017-05-30 |
Training of Dan Koellhofer
| University of Michigan | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Listed companies | 1 |
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| FIRST ADVANTAGE CORPORATION | Commercial Services |
| Private companies | 4 |
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Spotlight Equity Partners LLC
Spotlight Equity Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Spotlight Equity Partners LLC (Spotlight Equity Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2013 by Jeremy Burr, Philip Hall and Suken N. Shah. The firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. | Finance |
Scalegrid, Inc.
Scalegrid, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Scalegrid, Inc. provides management solutions. The company is based in Alto, CA. The company was founded in 2012. The CEO is Chris Miller. | Commercial Services |
SparkCognition, Inc.
SparkCognition, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services SparkCognition, Inc. provides artificial intelligence software. Its products include SparkPredict, ParkSecure, and MindFabric. The company was founded by Amir Husain in 2013 and is headquartered in Austin, TX. | Technology Services |
Callidus Software, Inc.
 Callidus Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Callidus Software, Inc. provides cloud-based sales, marketing, learning and customer experience solutions. It offers a suite of Software-as-a-Service solutions that identifies leads, trains personnel, implements territory and quota plans, enables sales forces, automates configuration pricing and quoting, manages contracts, streamlines sales compensation, captures customer feedback, and provides predictive analytics for competitive advantage. The firm’s products include sales performance management, sales automation, execution and customer engagement. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Dublin, CA. | Technology Services |
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