Dahna Goldstein is Chief Investment Officer of Halcyon and Co-Managing Director of the Halcyon Fund.
Dahna is a Senior Fellow in the Digital Impact and Governance Initiative at New America, and co-founder of Resistance by Design. She was the founder and CEO of PhilanTech, which was acquired by Altum in 2014 where she continued to serve as Director of Philanthropy Solutions. Prior to starting PhilanTech, Dahna worked for venture philanthropies, including Ashoka and Blue Ridge Foundation New York.
A graduate of Williams College, Dahna also holds a master of education degree, with a concentration in technology, from Harvard University, and an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business. She has written extensively about social impact, and has taught courses in technology entrepreneurship at Georgetown University, where she is an Entrepreneur in Residence, and blockchain at American University’s Kogod School of Business.
Dahna was named one of Newsweek’s “13 Women Entrepreneurs to Bet On” and one of BusinessWeek’s “25 Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs.”