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Daniel Kaufman is an angel and real estate investor that has founded and co-founded several technology and media start-up companies. He co-founded Shoott in 2018, where he serves as chairman, and he founded DLK Communities in 2012, where he remains active. Kaufman has lived in New York City and Paris, but his current location is unknown.
Earlier in his career, he founded musician promotion company RadioAirplay in New York in 2010 and JIT Consulting in 1992. He also co-founded several companies: the cryptocurrency NeuCoin in 2014; Smart Lighting in 2011; streaming music service Jango in 2007; Direct Revenue in 2003; online shopping company Dash.com in 1998; and wireless cable AATV - Armenia and America TV Communications and BBTV - Baku and Boston TV Communications in 1995. Kaufman began his career as an analyst with Gemini Consulting in 1991.
Kaufman earned a BA in Political Economy in 1991 from Williams College. He graduated magna cum laude, was awarded the Sloan Fellowship in Political Economy and was named the "Class of 1960" Economics Scholar. Kaufman has also been involved with the Williams Club in New York City.
In July 2018, Kaufman co-founded Shoott with Jennifer Tsay and Kat Tchernavskikh and serves as chairman. Shoott is headquartered in New York City and connects freelance photographers with customers. The company is in 600+ locations across 60+ US cities.
In January 2012, Kaufman founded DLK Communities, which offers affordable, high-quality apartment communities with extensive services and amenities. He remains active with DLK Communities.
Kaufman founded RadioAirplay in January 2010 and remains involved with the company. RadioAirplay is a free service that provides airplay to emerging artists on internet radio.
Kaufman co-founded Jango in July 2007 with Chris Dowhan. Jango is a free, online music streaming service. Kaufman is still involved with Jango, though his role is unknown.
Kaufman co-founded the cryptocurrency NeuCoin with Johan Sandstrom. Kaufman and Sandstrom raised $2.25 million for the venture. Investors included Patrik Stymne, Rob Goldman, Emil Michael, and Henrik Kjellberg. Launched in 2015, the Paris-based coin was a new cryptocurrency designed specifically to tip content creators and make online micropayments. Its first partners included Kaufman's other companies RadioAirplay and Jango. On November 25, 2016, NeuCoin shut down. NeuCoin announced on its blog that its foundation would "cease supporting NeuCoin services, destroy its remaining coins, and dissolve itself".
Kaufman co-founded Direct Revenue along with Joshua Abram, Rodney Hook and Alan Murray. The company was founded in 2002, and an investor of the company was Insight Partners. Direct Revenue was an adware company that closed in 2007 after it was fined $1.5 million by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in February of 2007. The FTC case charged that they used unfair and deceptive methods to download adware onto consumers’ computers and then obstruct them from removing it, in violation of federal law. Direct Revenue was also sued by the New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in 2006. The case alleged that Direct Revenue distributed their spyware by offering "free" game and browser enhancements that would then have Direct Revenue's servers install spyware without notifying consumers. The case was dismissed in 2008, in part because the end-user license agreement (EULA) did get end-user consent to install the adware.
