Daniel Conrad Engel (born (1976-06-05)June 5, 1976) is an American CEO and entrepreneur who has worked in the e-commerce and software industries since 1997.

In 2000, at the age of 24, Engel served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Idealab, the leading incubator of the dot com era, after having started GrapeApe.com, a consumer e-commerce company, while in college.

[6] Starting in September 2003, Engel was VP of Market Development at Picasa, a digital photo consumer software company.

Engel led Picasa's customer acquisition, marketing and business development initiatives, again significantly boosting revenues.

[9] From 2005 to 2013, Engel was CEO and co-founder of FastSpring, an e-payment platform for 3,000+ desktop software and SaaS companies worldwide.

[20][21] In 2024, SBVP employed a strategy for producing profitability for investors far in an advance of any selling of its investments (or "exit") that might occur in the future.

At the age of 19, Engel sought out and learned from legendary investor Philip L. Carret, founder of one of the first mutual funds in 1928.