# Daniel Cane

> Daniel Cane is the Boca Raton-based co-founder and co-CEO of ModMed and a co-founder of Blackboard. His career began with CourseInfo at Cornell and includes Kadoo, student entrepreneurship support at Cornell, and the Cane Institute for Advanced Technologies in South Florida. Cornell named him its 2026 Entrepreneur of the Year.

- **Role:** Co-founder and co-CEO at ModMed
- **Organizations:** ModMed (Modernizing Medicine), Blackboard, CourseInfo, Kadoo, Cornell University, The Cane Institute for Advanced Technologies
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics, Cornell University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Blackboard and helped take it public in 2004., Co-founded ModMed in 2010., EY Entrepreneur of the Year, 2015.

## Career timeline

- **1996** — Began digitizing materials for Cindy van Es’s Cornell statistics class.
- **1997** — CourseInfo became part of the business that became Blackboard.
- **2004** — Helped take Blackboard public on Nasdaq on June 18.
- **2007** — Left Blackboard and started Kadoo.
- **2009** — Kadoo was sold to 3Sixty Enterprises.
- **2010** — Co-founded ModMed with Michael Sherling.
- **2011** — Blackboard was sold for $1.6 billion.
- **2012** — ModMed joined the Research Park at FAU.
- **2015** — Received EY Entrepreneur of the Year recognition.
- **2018** — Daniel and Debra Cane’s $1 million gift established the Cane Institute for Advanced Technologies.
- **2021** — Cornell announced the Cane Entrepreneurship Scholars program.
- **2024** — Joe Harpaz became co-CEO alongside Cane in February.
- **2026** — Named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Blackboard and helped take it public in 2004.
- Co-founded ModMed in 2010.
- EY Entrepreneur of the Year, 2015.
- South Florida Ultimate CEO, 2016.
- Research Park at FAU Distinguished Entrepreneur Award, 2018.
- Funded student entrepreneurship support at Cornell.
- Co-funded the Cane Institute for Advanced Technologies with Debra Cane.
- Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year, 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Cornell announced Cane as its 2026 Entrepreneur of the Year.
- **2026-04** — Featured in the April Startup Cornell podcast.

## Links

- Website: https://www.modmed.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dcane
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/dancane

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Last updated: 2026-10-26