Founder / investor / advisor

Daniel Graetzer

I work across AI, iGaming, venture, and digital media, usually around the messy middle where strategy, product, operations, and capital have to line up.

Daniel Graetzer

Profile

I have spent more than two decades building, scaling, advising, investing in, and restructuring companies across technology, regulated betting, digital media, restaurants, and frontier tech.

The common thread: practical execution, commercial judgment, and an appetite for new markets before they become obvious.

Current

PartisAdvisory Partner · 2024-present
Newton-LorenzPartner · 2023-present
AlkimiInvestor & Advisory Board Member · 2021-present

Selected history

Carousel GroupFounder & President · 2017-2024
MaximBetCEO · 2021-2022
Mano RotaOwner · 2018-2025
Mediatech SolutionsExecutive Director, COO, CPO · 2013-2017
iglooTechnical Director · 2008-2012
Urban ExpressionCo-Founder · 2007-2010
Digital Age Corp.Founder · 2000-2006

Proof

Operator

Built and scaled businesses through growth, transactions, restructuring, and exits.

Investor

Works across regulated betting, media, venture, restaurants, and frontier technology.

Builder

Apple App Store Top 5 Entertainment App. Published photography. Three bronze trophies.

Media

Founder mode: whatever it takes to get the job done

iGaming Leader interview on founder mindset, operator grit, and getting the job done.

Writing

How to Get the Most Out of ICE 2026

ICE, conferences, and signal.

2025 AI Model Recap

The year models went vertical.

Google Just Turned Prediction Markets Into Financial Infrastructure

Prediction markets meet finance.

Alone at the Top: The Hidden Cost of Leadership

Leadership and loneliness.

The AI Supercomputer You Can Carry

NVIDIA makes AI personal.

Thanks to Sora 2, Reality Is Now Optional

Synthetic media and truth.

From the Holy Grail to a Loss Leader

The US sports betting story.

GPT-5 Just Launched. The Reactions Couldn't Be More Divided.

Hype. Backlash. Reality.