Daniel Balzora has been a private equity investor for 15+ years, working with management teams as a board director and strategic advisor.  Most recently, he was a Managing Director at Macellum Private Capital (MPC), a growth capital firm backed by two public companies. Before joining MPC, he was a senior member of the investment team at TZP Group, a $2B+ private equity firm where he led investments in the business services and consumer industries.  Prior to TZP Group, he was an investor at Pouschine Cook Capital, a private equity firm anchored by the Stanford University Endowment making control and non-control investments in middle market companies. Daniel is also a current investor in and/or advisor to several early- and mid-stage businesses across the healthcare, e-commerce, and consumer industries.

Before beginning his career in private equity, Daniel was an M&A investment banker at Jefferies Group covering the technology, e-commerce, and media sectors and a financial analyst at General Mills supporting the manufacturing and logistics functions for the Pillsbury and Small Planet Foods business units.

For six years, Daniel served as Board Chairman and Treasurer of Career Gear, a national non-profit providing social services and professional attire to disadvantaged men seeking employment.

Daniel received a B.A. in Economics from Yale University.  He lives on the Upper West Side of New York City with his wife and two sons.