Dayton Horvath provides strategic advice to entrepreneurs, business owners, and executives across numerous industries including chemicals and materials, consumer packaged goods, aerospace and defense, and diversified industrials for NewCap Partners. In supporting corporate development, merger and acquisition, and financing activities, Dayton specializes in emerging technologies market research and analysis. He has formalized this specialty more recently through his additional role as Director of Emerging Technology at AMT-The Association For Manufacturing Technology, a non-profit trade association. Dayton maintains industry expertise in the areas of additive manufacturing (known commonly as 3D printing), advanced materials and related manufacturing technologies.

Prior to joining NewCap, Dayton worked as an industry analyst and consultant with select Fortune 500 corporations and venture-backed startup clients. Preceding his work as a consultant, Dayton led the Materials Design and Manufacturing coverage area at Lux Research, a strategic advisory and market research firm. He provided strategic advice and technical expertise on advanced materials, design, and manufacturing technologies to 100+ Innovation 1000 clients. His role involved managing a compelling research agenda, authoring company profiles, analyst insights, and market reports, scouting and interviewing startups, as well as making introductions for clients to those startups.

Dayton received his M.S. in Chemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He also graduated from the University of Connecticut as a University Scholar and Honors Scholar with his B.S. in Chemistry, and minors in Business and Materials Science & Engineering. He is a two-time alumnus of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, and was one of three hundred national semifinalists in the annual Intel Science Talent Search.