Jennifer "Jen" O’Daniel
Investment Associate

Phone: 703-689-3073
jennifer.odaniel@cit.org

Jennifer O’Daniel is responsible for sourcing, diligencing and closing of seed and early stage investments. Throughout her career, O’Daniel has invested in 55 seed and early-stage companies via CIT GAP Funds which has been recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine's Annual VC100 list since 2006. O'Daniel is a member of the Young Atlantic Venture Association, MIT Enterprise Forum, CFA Society of Washington and the Young Venture Capital Society. In addition to serving on various board of directors for GAP portfolio companies, O’Daniel currently sits on the board of directors for The Richmond Venture Forum, the board of advisors for Foster.ly, a mentor for Founder's Institute, and has previously served on the boards of Leadership Fairfax, Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding Program, Virginia Tech Business Technology Center, and William and Mary's Technology and Business Center.

Prior to joining CIT, O’Daniel worked with the Business/Technology Center in Blacksburg, Virginia spinning-out technology companies from Virginia Tech, writing SBIR Proposals, and helping companies raise angel and venture capital. O’Daniel also worked as a financial consultant making acquisitions for SVIT Holding Company in Maribor, Slovenia. She also started and ran two companies while in college – one with a successful outcome and the other a complete failure. O’Daniel holds Bachelor of Sciences in Business Information Technology and Management from Virginia Tech.

GAP Fund Highlights

AppTap closed a Series B on 1/12/12
SeniorLiving.Net acquired by RealPage(R) on 7/29/11
Canvas Solutions closed a round on 7/12/11
ROI2 closed a round on 6/10/11
Invincea closed a round on 4/29/11
RollStream acquired by GXS on 3/29/11
Verical was acquired by Arrow Electronis on 4/6/10
Soft Tissue Regeneration closed a Series A round on 6/30/09
Invincea closed a Series A on 3/12/09
Natural Insight closed Series A round on 2/4/09
KZO Innovations closed a Series A round on 11/14/08
RollStream closed a Series B round on 10/27/08
AppTap closed a Series A round on 9/9/08
Global Cell Solutions closed a Series A round on 4/22/08
SquareLoop closed a Series A round on 12/17/07
Tau Therapeutics closed a Series A round on 10/19/07
Verical closed a Series A round on 9/27/07
OnDialog closed a Series A round on 4/13/07
4FrontSecurity was acquired by Symantec on 2/23/07
Visure closed a Series A round on 2/22/07
RollStream closed a Series A round on 7/17/06
Paxfire closed a Series A round on 4/22/05