The Growth Group

    Elliott Dahan - Managing Partner
     

Mr. Dahan is the Managing Partner of The Growth Group.

He served as Vice President of Business Development for Online Anywhere, a wireless internet company funded by Motorola and sold to Yahoo.

Mr. Dahan was Microsoft’s Director of Development/Silicon Valley, responsible for Microsoft's relationships with the venture capital and startup communities in Silicon Valley.

Prior to Microsoft, Mr. Dahan held a similar position as Vice President of Strategic Alliances for Tribune Company, recommending investment in companies such as Mosaic and eShop. 

Companies with which Mr. Dahan has been involved have generated over $350 million in funding and/or liquidity.

Mr. Dahan has served on the Board of the San Jose Software Cluster (incubator) since its inception in 1995. The SBC is a non-profit joint venture between the City of San Jose and San Jose State University. SBC graduate companies have generated over $6 billion in equity/liquidity and in 2000 the SBC was named National Incubator of the Year by the National Business Incubation Association.

Mr. Dahan began his career in marketing and merchandise management with Pacific Stereo, a 100 store consumer electronics chain and a division of CBS Retail Stores.

Mr. Dahan holds an MBA in Marketing from New York University and a BA in psychology from the University of North Carolina.