Daniel Del Carmen — Video Portfolio

Films & stories

A vintage television showing Steve Jobs in the Lightyear Residency film thumbnail.Watch here

Lightyear Residency: Cohort Launch

Cohort launch film2026

Lightyear is a San Francisco residency incubated by Hf0. This is a launch video I directed. Don, Lightyear’s founder, brought me on to build out their creative and marketing team. In 2 months, we’ve grown from 0 to 17.2k followers (now more than hf0)

Gary Vaynerchuk in a white cap speaking in front of a Chez Vanner backdrop, with the on-screen words Seeing Your Own Name.Watch here

Paul Street x Gary Vaynerchuk Trailer

2026

Paul Street is the fastest growing affiliate marketing company in the US. This trailer highlights Gary V joining on as partner. It’s the first time he’s joined a marketing company outside of his own. I lead the creative at Paul Street and directed this documentary. Aaron, Paul Street’s founder is friends with Tashi (my VC’s founder) and asked Tashi’s permission for me to build out and lead Paul Street’s creative division.

Stats: 39.4k views

A wide view of the Lightyear Residency workspace, with desks beneath a chandelier.Watch here

Lightyear Residency: Building in Public

Mini documentary2026

This is a clip from one of our shoot days during a cohort season. Similar to Paul Street, Don is friends with Tashi (the founder of my VC). Don asked Tashi’s permission for me to build out the creative and marketing team for his residency and to be his fractional CD. A tight network has allowed me to be a Creative Director across multiple companies.

A Bluecore-branded ship on water beneath the words Floating Powerplant.Watch here

BlueCore Energy: Portfolio Company Highlight

2026

This is an animation educational video I directed on our portfolio company, Bluecore a nuclear energy company. It exists on the HartBeat Ventures instagram. (Kevin Hart’s firm). Hart Beat Ventures is a partner fund of X&VC (my firm). I lead creative at X& and all of our partner funds.

Stats: 15.3k views

An Illustrator Pokémon card surrounded by trading cards on a green cutting mat.Watch here

The world’s most expensive Pokemon card

Educational animation2026

This is an animated educational video that reports on emerging trends. With the rise in popularity with Pokemon cards, I saw an opportunity to create a story on the most expensive card. This is our way of getting involved with culture.

Stats: 10.3k views

Four football players gather around a LEGO trophy above the LEGO and FIFA logos.Watch here

FIFA x Lego Partnership

2026

This is an animated educational piece for Paul Street. As a marketing company, it’s important for Paul Street to report on big moves in marketing, partnerships, and branding. The FIFA x LEGO partnership was a topic we saw around the World Cup. It was an opportunity to report and engage with culture.

Ryuichi, CEO and co-founder of Craif, speaking in a lab, with his name and title on screen.Watch here

Craif Launch Video: Portfolio Company

2026

Craif is one of our portfolio companies at X&. This is a launch video I directed and co-wrote with the founder. Craif is a Bio-AI company detecting cancer from a single urine sample. This lives on the LinkedIn page of Craif’s founder.

Mike Posner on stage in a white T-shirt with his arms spread wide under colored stage lights.Watch here

Mike Posner Story

2026

This video is a simple but powerful video that shares the journey of Mike Posner's story. It's one of a batch of viral pieces we've crafted together from my previous time of being his Creative Director.

Stats: 22M views | +281k followers | 1.8M likes

A founder with curly hair using flight-simulator joysticks at a laptop in an ornate mansion office, with whiteboards behind him.Watch here

San Francisco: A Builder's Home

2026

This is a video that highlights why Lightyear Residency is based in San Francisco. This piece also serves to showcase snippets of what founders do in the mansion in the 30 days they are in the program.