Biography
Dan Caruso is the Managing Director of Caruso Ventures, a family office that invests in high-impact, tech-enabled scaleups. Dan was the founding CEO / Chairman of Zayo Group, where investors enjoyed a $8.5B equity exit on a $1.0B investment. Dan was a co-founding executive of Level 3 and joined Metropolitan Fiber Systems (MFS) as it began to scale. All three exited for enterprise values > $14B. Dan also led the take private of ICG, which achieved a 25X return and led to the ideation of Zayo. Dan is an advocate for Colorado’s entrepreneurial communities and serves on the boards of Endeavor Colorado, Elevate Quantum, and Colorado Thrives.