Danae Ringelmann co-founded IndieGoGo to democratize fundraising. She brings entertainment industry and finance expertise, and serves as an Advisor to The Conversation.

Prior to IndieGoGo, Danae was a Securities Analyst at Cowen & Co. where she covered entertainment companies including Pixar, Lions Gate, Disney, and Electronic Arts. Danae also focused on cable network, NFL, newspaper and hedge fund clientele while at JPMorgan's Investment Bank and Private Bank. In the wake of 9/11, Danae co-produced a concert reading of Incident at Vichy, an Arthur Miller play addressing the politically charged topic of racial profiling.

Danae is a CFA charter holder and holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Danae graduated with a B.A. in Humanities from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a Morehead Scholar and varsity rower.