Dan Sommer
Founder of 10XImpact
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
CEO + Founder
2019 - Current
10X Impact supports high-potential organizations through strategic guidance, capital, and partnership—ranging from investment and advising to board service and interim leadership.
10XImpact helps world-changing entrepreneurs tackle the most pressing social challenges.
Treasurer Board of Directors
2024
As Board Treasurer of Friends of United Hatzalah, I help steward the organization's financial strategy to support its life-saving mission. United Hatzalah’s volunteer-based EMS model ensures the fastest emergency response across Israel—free of charge—saving lives when every second counts.
Executive Chairman
2025
Executive Chair at Yellow Brick Road, an Avathon Capital portfolio company operating early childhood schools across MN, IA, and NE. I support strategic growth, leadership development, and alignment with YBR’s mission to put good humans into the world.
Vice Chair Board of Directors
2025
Serving as Vice Chair of the Board for CSS (Community Security Service), helping to strengthen strategy, governance, and financial oversight as the organization scales its mission of empowering Jewish communities to protect themselves through professional volunteer training and security programs.
Member Board of Directors
2021
Member of 3i, a private, invitation-only network of accomplished investors sharing off-market deal flow, insights, and opportunities. Joined board April 2025,
3i Members is a non profit organization.
Founder Partner
2022
Founder Collective is building the most aligned VC fund for Founders at the seed stage.
Founder Collective is a seed-stage venture capital fund that helps entrepreneurs build their businesses.
Venture Partner
2022
Emerge is a pre-seed fund backed by 100+ of the world's best future of work and learning operators.
Entrepreneur in Residence
2025 - 2025
Spent the Spring 2025 semester as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Wake Forest, working with my longtime friend Dan Cohen, who runs the Center for Entrepreneurship. Dan and I started eLab at Cornell, and this was a great chance to team up again—this time helping Wake’s student founders prepare for Entrepalooza, their version of Demo Day. I taught classes, coached students, and worked closely with teams to refine their ideas, sharpen their pitches, and build the mindset and skills to launch and grow real ventures.
Founding Partner + Board Member
2015 - 2022
Empowered Education (Acquired) trains Coaches and Nutrition Practitioners to create lasting transformation through functional nutrition and habit change.
Empowered Education is an education platform that trains coaches and practitioners in a new healthcare paradigm.
Raised $8,000,000.00 from Rethink Education.
CEO + Founder
2015 - 2020
Trilogy (Acquired) is a Workforce Accelerator that partners with the world's leading universities to help companies bridge the digital skills gap. Each Trilogy program is individually designed to meet the needs of regional employers, and to ensure that students graduate with both the technical skills and personal confidence needed to succeed in their careers. The world's leading universities, including Columbia, Northwestern, UC Berkeley, and Rutgers, trust Trilogy to help their students meet the needs of the Digital Economy.
Trilogy Education is a workforce accelerator that powers skills-based training programs in high-demand tech fields at leading universities.
Raised $80,000,000.00 from Macquarie Group, City Light Capital, Prudential Financial, Highland Capital Partners, Lauder Partners, Exceed Capital Partners and Rethink Education.