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DN Capital is a global early stage and growth capital investor in software, mobile applications, digital media, marketplace and e-commerce companies. The firm has operations in London, Berlin and Menlo Park and its objectives is to identify, invest in and actively support its portfolio companies to become global leaders.
Portfolio companies include Shazam Entertainment, Auto1 Group, Apsmart (sold to Thomson Reuters), Book A Tiger, Datanomic (sold to Oracle), Delectable, Endeca Technologies (sold to Oracle), Happn, JacobsRimell (sold to Amdocs), Mister Spex, OLX (sold to Naspers), Performance Horizon Group, Purplebricks, Quandoo (sold to Recruit Holdings), Tbricks (sold to Orc Holdings) and Windeln.de.
The professionals at DN Capital bring over 60 years of private equity experience to their investments, and actively work with portfolio companies to steward their growth through the various stages of development. Additional information about the firm and its portfolio companies can be found at http://www.dncapital.com.
Portfolio companies include Shazam Entertainment, Auto1 Group, Apsmart (sold to Thomson Reuters), Book A Tiger, Datanomic (sold to Oracle), Delectable, Endeca Technologies (sold to Oracle), Happn, JacobsRimell (sold to Amdocs), Mister Spex, OLX (sold to Naspers), Performance Horizon Group, Purplebricks, Quandoo (sold to Recruit Holdings), Tbricks (sold to Orc Holdings) and Windeln.de.
The professionals at DN Capital bring over 60 years of private equity experience to their investments, and actively work with portfolio companies to steward their growth through the various stages of development. Additional information about the firm and its portfolio companies can be found at http://www.dncapital.com.
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Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Employees: 11-50
Phone:+44 20 7340 1600
Founded date: 2000
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A; Series B
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| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.02.2022 | Jobandtalent raised $500 million Series E to accelerate its expansion in key markets | Nine months after the $120 million Series D announcement , Jobandtalent – Spain-based digital marketplace which uses AI to match workers to casual labor gigs in sectors like warehousing, e-commerce and logistics – raised in December 2... |
| 01.02.2022 | Starting 2022 explosively 💥 : GoStudent raised €300 million Series D at €3 billion valuation | We started the new year explosively – our portfolio company GoStudent , Vienna-based one-to-one video-based online tutoring, raised €300 million in Series D led by Prosus , giving the Company €3 billion post-money valuation. The round... |
| 01.02.2022 | Incode raised $220 million Series B earning unicorn status less than seven months after the Series A round | Incode Technologies , the next-generation identity verification and authentication platform for enterprises, raised $220 million Series B round led by General Atlantic and Softbank , giving the Company a $1.25 billion valuation a... |
| 05.10.2021 | HomeToGo: third IPO of DN Capital in 2021 | Founded in 2014, HomeToGo is a Germany-based marketplace business for the vacation rental industry which operates in Europe, America and the Asia-Pacific region. It employs more than 350 people and generated sales of €30 million in the ... |
| 05.10.2021 | Robin.io raised $38 million Series C led by Rakuten Capital to capitalize on rapid adoption of cloud-native technology | Congratulations to Robin.io , the leader cloud-native 5G, edge and enteprise application management which raised a $38 million Series C round led by Rakuten Capital and joined by Clear Ventures Emory University, Raine Next-Gen Communi... |
| 05.10.2021 | Remitly, the mobile remittance company, started trading on the Nasdaq 🚀 | Such a great year for DN Capital! The fourth IPO in 2021 is Remitly which opened more than 23% above their IPO price in their Nasdaq debut, giving the remittance processor a market capitalization of over $6.0 billion. Founded in 2011... |
| 05.10.2021 | Mister Spex – Successful IPO on Frankfurt Stock Exchange 🚀 | DN Capital’s portfolio company Mister Spex , one of Europe’s largest online eyewear retailers listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange on July 2, 2021. The Company’s shares were priced at €25 at the initial public offering with a total placem... |
| 05.10.2021 | New Deal: Factory14, acquiring and scaling the most recognizable consumer brands of tomorrow | We are excited to have led the $200 million Seed round of Factory14 together with dmg Ventures , VentureFriends and Victory Park Capital Advisors . The underlying idea behind Factory14 was based on the very successful model pio... |
| 05.10.2021 | Wellthy, caretaking concierge start-up, raised $35 million Series B to expand to the UK and Canada | Wellthy is a caregiving concierge service aiming to help employees pulling double duty caring for a loved one with special needs. Launched in 2014 by Lindsay Jurist-Rosner , the company started as B2C service and then expanded to emplo... |
| 05.10.2021 | New Deal: Tesseract raised $25 million Series A to strengthen institutional digital asset lending offering | Tesseract , the Helsinki-based digital asset lending company, which specializes in bridging institutional capital flows between traditional and digital asset finance, has raised $25 million in one of the largest Series A rounds in Finlan... |
| 05.10.2021 | Lendis accelerates large-scale B2B sales for home office equipment | Lendis , more than doubled in size during the pandemic – one key reason: developing a scalable solution for setting up companies with home office equipment for their employees. Fast-growing companies and enterprises such as lnfarm, Perso... |
| 05.10.2021 | GoStudent: Ed-Tech giant reaches unicorn status after raising Series C led by DST Global | GoStudent , the Vienna-based Ed-Tech scale-up which provides video-based online tutoring in 1-on-1 format, has raised a €205 million Series C round led by DST Global , with participation from additional new investors including SoftB... |
| 04.06.2021 | Divido, buy now pay later platform, raises $30 million Series B to drive international expansion | Launched in 2014, Divido is the world’s largest whitelabel platform for retail finance which connects lenders, merchants and partners at the point of sale, transforming retail finance with proven technology and industry expertise to creat... |
| 04.06.2021 | Cognigy secures $44 million in Series B funding to facilitate global customer and employee growth | Founded in 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany, Cognigy is a global leader in omnichannel customer and employee service automation with its conversational AI platform Cognigy.AI. The latter one is strongly focused on Contact Center Automation, co... |
| 21.05.2021 | New Deal: The European marketplace for online grocery Everli raises $100 million Series C | Everli, the European marketplace for online grocery active across 70 cities in Italy, Poland, Czech Republic and France, raises $100 million Series C to boost growth and expand its market internationally. In 2020, the company did $130 mil... |
| 21.05.2021 | New Deal: Boomin, the all-in-one portal transforming the UK property market | Boomin is the all-in-one property portal active in UK which is transforming the property market in the UK for everyone, by giving a much deeper and personal experience around real estate transactions. Individuals can interact with Esta... |
| 20.05.2021 | New Deal: Incode Technologies raises $25 million Series A investment to fuel aggressive growth in North America and Europe | Incode Technologies Inc. (“Incode”) based in San Francisco and Mexico, is a next generation digital authentication and KYC platform. The business was founded by serial entrepreneur Ricardo Amper which develops software that delivers an en... |
| 19.05.2021 | Cubyn raises €35 million to expand across Europe on the back of growing 8x YoY to €250 million GMV in 2020 | Cubyn, the market leader in the thriving e-commerce fulfillment sector, raises a €35 million Series C to double its team to 170 employees by the end of 2021 and expand its services internationally, starting with Spain and Portugal in Apri... |
| 19.05.2021 | Recargapay raises $70 million Series C to accelerate growth and dominate the Brazilian payments market | We are thrilled that our portfolio company RecargaPay, the leading Brazil-based fintech that allows users to top off their prepaid cell phones online, has raised a $70 million Series C round from Fuel Ventures and IDC Ventures. The compan... |
| 19.05.2021 | Jobandtalent secures €183 million from SoftBank and BlackRock to fuel expansion | Jobandtalent has just raised a €100 million Series D round from SoftBank and an additional €83m in debt from BlackRock to fuel its global expansion plans. This new funding comes only shortly after the company’s $108 million fundraise from... |
| 22.02.2021 | Auto1 – Successful IPO on Frankfurt Stock Exchange 🚀 | Dear DN Friends and Investors, you might have seen the big news already here , here or here : DN Capital’s portfolio company Auto1 listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange which represented the largest public market debut for a tec... |
| 10.12.2020 | GetAccept Raises $20m Series B Led by Bessemer | DN Capital led GetAccept’s Series A in January 2019, now the company has raised a $20m B round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. GetAccept is the leading sales enablement software for SMBs. The platform offers live chat, video, proposa... |
| 11.10.2020 | Remitly Announces $85 Million Round; a new DN unicorn | Remitly , the mobile-first provider of remittances and financial services for immigrants, today announced a $85 million funding round to fuel the company’s growth as the global demand for digital remittances continues to surge during the... |
| 10.10.2020 | Home services start-up Hometree raises £7m on the back of surge in demand | London based Home Services start-up Hometree has raised £7m in a funding round led by leading FinTech VC Anthemis Group, and existing investors DN Capital and Literacy Capital – the fund led by ex. Capita CEO Paul Pindar. Silicon Valley B... |
| 02.10.2020 | Car rental service Kyte, launching in Boston | Kyte , the app that enables users to book a rental car and have it dropped off at their homes has launched in Boston. The San Francisco-based startup launched in 2019, and is currently operating there and in Los Angeles. But it has bee... |
| 30.07.2020 | AUTO1 Group announces €255 million funding round to fund expansion of Autohero | Berlin, July 30, 2020 – AUTO1 Group, Europe’s leading digital automotive platform, today announced the closing of a €255 million funding round to support its continued growth and expansion. The convertible note funding round was led by Fa... |
| 23.07.2020 | DN Berlin Office Launch | Berlin has been one of DN’s most active markets over the years, where we have been proud to back so many great companies. We will be reinforcing our presence in Germany by opening an office in Berlin. Ragnar Jongen and Marius Oesterschlin... |
| 08.07.2020 | Partnerize Snaps Up Pepperjam | Partnerize has acquired Pepperjam, a leader in affiliate marketing technology and services. With a rich history in affiliate marketing technology and managed services, Pepperjam developed a well-respected presence in North America as a le... |
| 23.06.2020 | New Deal: DN invests in Online Tutoring Platform GoStudent | Vienna-based e-learning startup GoStudent has successfully closed an €8.3 million Series A round, led by Left Lane Capital. London-based DN Capital also joined the round alongside existing investors, and the founders of Swoodoo and Home... |
| 20.05.2020 | Happeo raises $12M in Series A funding to further disrupt the intranet industry | Social intranet platform Happeo announces to have raised $12M in a Series A funding round led by INKEF Capital . Happeo’s previous investors DN Capital, Maki.vc and Vendep Capital also joined the round. This new investment will enable... |
| 05.05.2020 | Recargapay sees 450% Subscriber Growth | Recargapay , the leading mobile payment platform and wallet for Brazil, has seen a 450% increase in their subscriber base following the onset of Covid-19. Recargapay’s solution is being adopted as customers look to digital alternatives t... |
| 30.04.2020 | Partnerize Acquires BrandVerity | Partnerize , the leading provider of partnership automation solutions for global brands, has announced the acquisition of BrandVerity , a leading SaaS provider of brand protection solutions for enterprise businesses. Partnerize will... |
| 04.03.2020 | New Deal: Munich-based business travel platform, Lanes & Planes, raises $10 million in Series A financing | The business travel and expense solution provider, Lanes & Planes, just announced the completion of their $10 million series A financing. The round is led by Battery Ventures, as the first announced investment in their recently rais... |
| 25.02.2020 | New Deal: $8 million raised for Chattermill in Series A round | London start-up Chattermill has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The ‘customer understanding’ platform uses machine learning to gain scalable insights into customer feedback. The round was led by DN Capital, alongside Ventec... |
| 04.02.2020 | Khosla Ventures leads $8.6m round in Polish robotics startup Nomagic | Nomagic , has developed software to enable a robotic arm to identify items from an unordered selection, pick them and pack them into boxes. Today the company is announcing an $8.6 million funding round, one of the largest-ever seed round... |
| 09.01.2020 | Partnerize Raises $50 Million in Round Led by Accel-KKR | Performance Horizon Group Ltd, which trades as Partnerize, raised a $50 million led by private-equity firm Accel-KKR. The remaining $5 million came from existing investor Silicon Valley Bank. The deal values Partnerize, at $240 million. ... |
| 05.12.2019 | Rakuten Selects Robin.io to enable End-to-End Cloud-Native Network | Rakuten Mobile has selected ROBIN.io to enable Rakuten Mobile’s end-to-end cloud-native network. Rakuten chose ROBIN Platform for automating deployment, scaling and lifecycle management. This will accelerate service delivery, improve end-... |
| 26.11.2019 | Cognigy secures Series A funding to lead the US market in Conversational AI | San Francicso (USA)/ Düsseldorf (GER), November 25, 2019 – Cognigy, the leading enterprise software vendor for self-service conversational artificial intelligence (AI) automation, today announces its second round of financing. The compan... |
| 01.10.2019 | Bnext Raises The Largest Series A Financing Round In Spain Led By DN Capital | With the financing raised in the Series A round, led by DN Capital, Redalpine and Speedinvest, Bnext will strengthen its leadership in Spain and launch its services in Latin America. Bnext has 300.000 active customers in Spain and hold... |
| 27.08.2019 | Mister Spex raises €65 million to accelerate international growth and retail network expansion | Mister Spex, Europe’s leading online optician, has raised over EUR 65 million to drive further business expansion. DN Capital led the Series A round of Mister Spex in 2010 and has since supported the company to internationalize... |
| 10.07.2019 | Remitly announces $220 million financing, accelerating international growth | Impact investors and financial institutions come together to back global digital remittance service SEATTLE – July 10th 2019: Remitly, the online international money transfer service, is announcing $220 million of new financing, ... |
| 04.07.2019 | Cubyn, pioneer of the “First Mile” logistic raises a €12 million Series B and launches Cubyn Fulfillment | Cubyn launches a new offer to reduce e-merchants logistics costs by 30% The company recruited three former Amazon managers to drive the new offer Refurbished device marketplace Backmarket is already using Cubyn Fulfillment Pa... |
| 12.06.2019 | New Deal: Board raises $7 million to disrupt the mortgage lending market | DENVER , June 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BoardRE Inc. (Board), a mortgage company that seeks to disrupt the mortgage lending market and level the playing field for home buyers by upgrading any offer to an all-cash offer, today announced... |
| 11.06.2019 | New Deal: Foodles, the cafeteria of tomorrow, raises €9 million to shake up traditional catering. | Clichy, June 6th – Foodles announces a €9 million fundraising and welcomes 3 new investors. The start-up, which offers an innovative alternative to traditional company catering, will use these funds to further accelerate its commercial d... |
| 30.05.2019 | PropTech startup Housfy raises €6 million to fuel growth across Southern Europe | Housfy – an online real estate agency that sells properties without commission or intermediaries today announced a significant capital raise of €6 million. This latest investment round will accelerate Housfy’s expansion in Europe. The... |
| 09.05.2019 | Tourlane has raised $47 Million in Series C Funding led by Sequoia and Spark Capital | Berlin, Germany, May 7th, 2019 – Tourlane, the planning and booking service for customized, exclusive multi-day trips, has raised $47 Million within six months of its previous investment. The round was led by existing investors Sequoia a... |
| 16.04.2019 | New Deal: DN backs Leapwork, the startup making workplace automation accessible to all | LEAPWORK is the first solution that makes it possible for any employee to automate repetitive computing tasks, without needing to learn to code The Series A investment will help LEAPWORK accelerate product development and expand its ... |
| 06.02.2019 | TigerLaunch first regional kicked off in Paris on February 1st 2019 | Paris, France – February 1st 2019. Last Friday, the Princeton Entrepreneurship Club hosted 7 entrepreneurial teams from all over France in the first regional pitch contest of TigerLaunch 2019 competition, sponsored by DN Capital. Tiger... |
| 30.01.2019 | Nenad Marovac with Harvard Classmate Sheryl Sandberg | Munich, Germany – January 20th 2019. Nenad Marovac, DN Capital’s Founder and Managing Partner, was at the DLD Conference in Munich on Jan 19-21. He met HBS Classmate Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s current Chief Operating Officer. ... |
| 08.11.2018 | DN Capital gathers Entrepreneurs and Investors for its first annual Portfolio Day in Berlin | Berlin, 1 st November 2018 – 2018 marks the year of DN Capital Portfolio Day’s first edition in Berlin. Bringing together entrepreneurs, investors, limited partners and other stakeholders from the German venture capital ecosystem, the ... |
| 22.10.2018 | Allianz-backed fund switches on to energy start-up Hometree | The British technology start-up was seed funded by DN Capital, Local Globe and Literacy Capital in 2017 and is now joined by a new venture capital fund backed by one of Europe’s largest insurers. Covered by Sky News, you can view the ... |
| 22.10.2018 | Divido, the consumer finance platform, scores $15M Series A | Leading the round is Dawn Capital, and DN Capital, with participation from Mastercard, American Express Ventures and a number of previous investors. Renier Lemmens, who previously served as CEO of PayPal EMEA and was an executive at Barcl... |
| 22.10.2018 | DN backed Arthur’In raises €5.5m Series A | Funded by Ventech and DN Capital, Artur’In automates and personalises the management of social networks of small businesses. Covered by Les Echos , you can view the full article here , with an excerpt below. We selected funds wi... |
| 16.10.2018 | ZIVVER completes $12 million fund raise | ZIVVER completes $12 million fund raise AMSTERDAM / LONDON —(October 16, 2018)— ZIVVER, Europe’s leading secure communications platform, has raised $12M in a transaction done by DN Capital, Dawn Capital and existing investor henQ C... |
| 25.07.2018 | Happeo, the all-in-one digital workplace platform has raised a late seed round of $8 Million | Helsinki, Finland, 07/24/2018. Finnish software startup Happeo announced today that it has raised $8M from leading international investors including DN Capital (UK/Silicon Valley), Maki.vc (Helsinki), and Vendep Capital (Helsinki). V iew... |
| 20.06.2018 | Nenad Marovac announced as Chair for Invest Europe | Today Invest Europe announced Nenad Marovac , Managing Partner and CEO of DN Capital as its new Chair for 2018-19. Read the press release here: http://bit.ly/2yrOPKR (Excerpt below) Invest Europe today announces Nenad Mar... |
| 06.06.2018 | Caroobi raises $20 million in Series B round | Caroobi, raises $20 million in investment with a recent Series B round led by NGP Capital (formerly known as Nokia Growth Partners). Covered by TechCrunch , you can view the full article here , with a excerpt below. ‘The amount ... |
| 06.06.2018 | Innovation Day: How brands can leverage data to fuel innovation and organizational change. | Steve Schlenker comments at the San Francisco Innovation Day run by DN portfolio company Performance Horizon. For their first U.S. Innovation Day, they focused on Creative Change; discussing how brands and advertisers can leverage thei... |
| 06.06.2018 | Marriott CEO, Arne Sorenson discusses Hostmaker Partnership at VivaTech | Marriott CEO, Arne Sorenson discusses Hostmaker Partnership at the VivaTech Conference (4.33.58 to 4.35.25) |
| 26.05.2018 | Invest Europe – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger: How European VC backed a tech titan | Have a read of Nenad Marovac recent guest blog for Invest Europe, reflecting on the Spotify IPO and how European VC backed a tech titan. Excerpt below, with original article available at Invest Europe Company executives didn’t ri... |
| 20.05.2018 | DN & Bizworld: Inspiring Entrepreneurship | On Wednesday 16th May two of our DN employees (Imran Tehal & Natalija Wollny) participated in the VC section of one of the Bizworld programmes at Kings College, Wimbledon run by Lorena Szerman and Agnes Berns. BizWorld UK provid... |
| 17.05.2018 | Casey Swerner joins the panel at World Precision Medicine Congress May 16-18 | What do investors look out for in start-ups? What are the current trends in AI for healthcare? Where do we see the industry moving to in the next 5-10 years? DN Capital’s Casey Swerner joins the panel to discuss this and more at the Wo... |
| 16.04.2018 | HomeTree feature in FT: ‘The joy of boring business ideas’ | DN Portfolio company HomeTree featured in Financial Times on the 11th of April 2018, in an opinion piece written by Jonathan Margolis. ‘Slippers, razors and even gas boilers offer ripe pickings for profit and disruption’ “A few mont... |
| 28.03.2018 | Preqin’s ‘Top Performing Management Funds’ | Great to be recognised on Preqin’s ‘Top Performing Venture Capital Funds’ Report under the categories ‘ Top Performing Europe-Based Venture Capital Funds (Vintage 2003-2015 Funds)’ and ‘Top Performing Generalist Venture Capital Funds (V... |
| 15.03.2018 | Imran Tehal joins the Judging Panel at ESS2018 Demo Day | Imran Tehal will join the judging panel alongside Martin Mossler (MD @ Science Park Graz), Abbas Kazmi (MP @ Collegiate Capital) at European Student Startups Demo Day on March 19th 2018 in London. European Student Startups is the large... |
| 15.02.2018 | DN Capital raises new €200m fund | DN Capital today announces that it has closed its latest fund of €200 million (£177 million). The VC firm’s fourth fund, which was substantially oversubscribed, will primarily back Seed and Series A-stage companies in its sweet-spot of ma... |
| 03.02.2018 | RecargaPay raises US$ 22 million in Series B investment | With over 10 million virtual wallets and millions of transactions per month, the company is redefining mobile payments for unbanked & banked in Brazil. São Paulo, February 21, 2018 – RecargaPay, the mobile payments platform and wal... |
| 27.01.2018 | Business Insider Feature: Shazam investor DN Capital has raised €200 million for its new fund | Nenad Marovac and Thomas Rubens discuss the closing of DN Capital’s fourth fund, our investments and the likely impact of Brexit on the European VC ecosystem. You can view Business Insider’s coverage via this link , with an excerpt b... |
| 27.01.2018 | TechCrunch Feature: European VC Firm DN Capital closes new €200million fund | DN Capital’s fourth fund received quite a bit of press and we were fortunate enough to be picked up by TechCrunch. Covered by Steve O’Hear of TechCrunch on 25th January 2018. You can view the original article here. Excerpt below:... |
| 26.01.2018 | DN feature in Reuters: European stand-out venture fund DN raises new 200 mln euro fund | You can view the full article written by Eric Auchard on the 25th January via this link . Excerpt below: ‘FRANKFURT, Jan 25 ( Reuters ) – DN Capital, a European-focused venture firm co-founded by two Americans, has closed a new ... |
| 22.01.2018 | Our Manifesto | As we announce our new €200 million fund, here are the core beliefs which shape the way we work and help us give founders the edge: Founder-led venture capital Our two founders, 17 years after DN’s inception, remain active in every ... |
| 19.01.2018 | “What does it take to build a really big company?” | What does it take to build a really big company – hosted by GP Bullhound at Startupnight 2017, September 8th, on the main stage @Deutsche Telekom’s Representative Office in Berlin. Nenad Marovac joined the panel with Julian Riedlbauer ... |
| 16.01.2018 | SoftBank Vision Fund invests €460 million in DN Capital Portfolio Company AUTO1 | Berlin, January 15, 2018 AUTO1 Group, Europe’s leading multi-sided platform for the used car sector, today announced a € 460 million investment by SoftBank Vision Fund. The investment, of which around half will be made through the is... |
| 15.01.2018 | Steve Schlenker reflects on investing in AUTO1 | AUTO1 Group, Europe’s leading multi-sided platform for the used car sector, announced a €460 million investment by SoftBank Vision Fund last week. The investment, of which around half will be made through the issue of new shares, values A... |
| 11.01.2018 | Energy startup Hometree raises £2.9 million | Original article by tech.eu, can be found at: https://tech.eu/brief/hometree-funding-2/ UK-based energy startup Hometree has raised £2.9 million in fresh funding, led by Literacy Capital, the firm helmed by former Capita CEO... |
| 11.01.2018 | IMRAN TEHAL @ BUSINESS FUNDING SHOW ’18 – FEBRUARY 22ND | Thinking of attending? We’ve secured an exclusive discount of 15% off the standard ticket price for our network. Get your discounted ticket here using the code NetworkSpecial at checkout. Need funding but not sure how to get ... |
| 14.12.2017 | DN Capital leads €10 million round for Joblift | Joblift , a European job site in the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands, has raised €10 million in a funding round led by DN Capital. The round was joined by Picus Capital and existing investors Cherry Ventures, btov and TruVent... |
| 12.12.2017 | How we met Shazam. | By Nenad Marovac, founder and CEO of DN Capital. It’s not often in this industry that you can say your mother helped source one of your most successful and high profile investments – but that was exactly what happened with Shazam. ... |
| 08.12.2017 | Happy Holidays 2017 from DN Capital | Wishing you sparkle, wishing you cheer, for a bright holiday season and a happy New Year. Dear Friends, On behalf of everyone at DN Capital, we would like to wish you a happy holiday season and a prosperous New Year. ... |
| 05.12.2017 | Gründerszene selects H2G as No.1 for fastest sales growth | Article originally published via: https://www.gruenderszene.de/galerie/gruenderszene-wachstums-ranking-2017?pid=15757 Gründerszene has selected the tech companies with the fastest sales growth between 2014 and 2016. Here are the top 1... |
| 15.11.2017 | BOOK A TIGER receives fresh capital and further expands B2B business | DN Capital, Target Global, Atami Capital and Davidson Technology Growth are putting up EUR 8 million plus options in the current financing round for BOOK A TIGER. • Focus on technology and B2B business pays off – BOOK A TIGER is using ... |
| 09.11.2017 | Hostmaker raises $15M to fund global expansion | London’s number one Airbnb management service receives backing from existing investors DN Capital, Ventech and DSGCP, joined by Sansiri and Gaw Capital. Hostmaker , London’s number one Airbnb management company, has announced $15M... |
| 03.11.2017 | Nenad’s NOAH17 London – Fireside Chat with Sean Sewell | Speaker Sean Sewell, Co-Founder of Performance Horizon Group and Nenad Marovac, Managing Partner of DN Capital Event NOAH17 London Company Presentation by Sean Sewell, Co-Founder of Performance Horizon Group and Ne... |
| 01.11.2017 | DN Capital Portfolio Company Remitly Agrees to Raise $115 Million to Accelerate Global Expansion of Financial Services | Naspers’ PayU will lead round to fuel Remitly’s growth Seattle, Tuesday October 31st 2017 – Remitly , the largest independent digital remittance company in North America, today announced that it has agreed to raise up to $115 mi... |
| 06.10.2017 | Our Thesis-Driven Approach in Action: Health-Tech | When not sourcing and helping to build globally impactful companies alongside their CEOs, the team at DN Capital like to think deeply over where the world is going over the next 5-15 years, and use those insights to define new investment ... |
| 01.08.2017 | HomeTree Raises £1.9M in Funding | HomeTree, a London, UK-based energy startup focused on taking the pain out of the purchase and installation of home boilers, raised £1.9m in funding. Backers included LocalGlobe, DN Capital, Oxford Capital, FJ Labs, Jon Moulton, Ia... |
| 21.07.2017 | Steve Schlenker @ TiEcon 2017 – Good to Great: Good VC + Good Entrepreneur = Great Company | Good to Great: Good VC + Good Entrepreneur = Great Company Steve Schlenker gives his observations on the winning ingredients for a great company and the role of Venture Capital via this insightful TiEcon 2017 Panel. Direct link to v... |
| 20.07.2017 | 1st mile logistics pioneer Cubyn raises a $7M Series A round led by DN Capital to expand across Europe | • Cubyn doubled its user base in the last 6 months • Company forecasts 3x year on year growth in 2017 • Team will launch a UK office in the near future London/Paris, Thursday July 20th 2017 – On-demand logistics startup Cubyn ann... |
| 12.07.2017 | Caroobi secures millions in funding led by BMW, DN Capital and Cherry Ventures | Caroobi secures millions in funding led by BMW, DN Capital and Cherry Ventures ● Berlin-based startup Caroobi, a platform that allows users to book car repair services online, has concluded its Series A financing round led by BMW i Ven... |
| 05.07.2017 | Get Investment Ready to Secure a VC Workshop – Tips from DN’s Ragnar Jongen @ Business Funding Show | The ‘Meet Top Investors & Get Investment-ready to Secure a VC’ workshop run by Business Funding Show featured speakers from five VC companies (and four countries!), had a very interactive panel Q&A and was an ultimate success. T... |
| 26.06.2017 | Nenad Marovac @ impactCEE Conference Moderated Discussion: Where’s The Money Today? | Where’s The Money Today? impact’17 // 31st May – 1st June, Krakow http://impactcee.com facebook.com/impactCEE Twitter: Impact_cee ImpactCEE Conference: Top VC investors from all over the world met in Poland during the... |
| 22.06.2017 | DN Capital at NOAH 17 Berlin – 22/23 June 2017 | DN Capital’s Nenad Marovac and Thomas Rubens will be attending NOAH 17 Berlin Conference on the 22nd and 23rd of June. If you are attending and would like to get in touch – please reach out via the NOAH Connect app. NOAH is an a unique... |
| 21.05.2017 | Techbikers London Charity Ride on June 15th 2017 | We are very proud of Investment Manager, Guy Ward Thomas, who is cycling from Paris to London on June 15th to raise funds for his chosen charity ‘Room to Read’ as part of the Techbikers London event. Not an easy feat and very admirable... |
| 19.05.2017 | AUTO1 Group Valued at $2.8 Billion in Latest Funding Round | AUTO1 Group raises 360 million euros with leading banks and investors to expand within Europe. On the 19th of May 2017 – AUTO1 Group, Europe’s leading used-car marketplace, announced that it has raised 360 Million euros to focus on ... |
| 18.05.2017 | WealthClub / Eve Sleep IPO: the investment story. | Read the original article by Mark Churchill via Wealth Club here: https://www.wealthclub.co.uk/articles/investment-news/eve-sleep-ipo-investment-story/ Shares in eve Sleep plc (LON:EVE), the VCT-backed mattress-in-a-box pioneer, h... |
| 03.05.2017 | What’s the best thing you have ever said in an interview? | I have only had three jobs in the 27 years since graduating university, always in the direct investment field – first at a small buyout firm, then for a family office doing direct investments, then co-founding my own venture capital firm.... |
| 21.04.2017 | ‘Prepare the Perfect Pitch’ – Guy Ward Thomas’ advice | DN Investment Manager Guy Ward Thomas spoke recently at the Business Funding Show event in London, mentoring startups on how to ‘Prepare the Perfect Pitch’. His section focused particularly on how to adjust your pitch to different types... |
| 30.03.2017 | Steve on Startups.co.uk – Traits of a good entrepreneur, ideal investments and much more. | Steve covered questions like sourcing, traits of a good entrepreneur, ideal investments and upcoming hot sectors in a recent interview with Startups.co.uk Read the original article here: http://startups.co.uk/meet-the-investor-steve-s... |
| 06.03.2017 | Snapchat IPO – our thoughts via BBC Newsight | Nenad Marovac features in BBC Newsight’s coverage on the Snapchat IPO (0:59). |
| 02.03.2017 | PZU announces partnership with DN Capital | Vitelo Fund – brought to life by PZU under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the Ministry of Development – signed agreements with VC funds: Atomico, Evolution Equity Partners and DN Capital. Vitelo will acti... |
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| 02.10.2024 | Amsterdam-based Plumery secures €3 million to expand its digital banking experience platform | Plumery, a digital banking experience platform for true customer-centric banking, announced it has secured €3 million in additional funding from early-stage investor DN Capital and Fontes managed by leading global VC firm QED Investors. The... |
| 16.09.2024 | Hiring & developing the right people | Die passenden Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter für sein Startup zu finden, ist für jedes Founder-Team eine Herausforderung. Irene Klemm, Gründerin von Edurino, weiß, wie es geht. In den vergangenen Jahren wuchs das EdTech auf rund 100 Mitar... |
| 13.09.2024 | The Rise of Connectivity and Innovation: Lithuania's Tech Landscape | In the digital age, connectivity is king. As businesses expand globally, the need for seamless communication grows. Enter Nord Security's Saily Business eSIM. This new service is a game-changer for companies with employees on the move. It o... |
| 12.09.2024 | Vilnius invites startup communities to one of the largest startup events in the region | Startup Fair is returning to Vilnius, Lithuania, on October 3rd. It will host over 2,000 participants and 430 investors from 68 countries who will listen to over 60 notable speakers, see a startup competition for investment, and gather to n... |
| 01.08.2024 | The Surge of Innovation: A New Wave of Tech Investments in Europe | In the bustling tech landscape of Europe, innovation is the lifeblood of progress. Recent investments highlight a vibrant ecosystem, particularly in the DACH region. Companies are not just surviving; they are thriving, fueled by fresh capit... |
| 31.07.2024 | Social Discovery Ventures (SDV) Recognizes Two Unicorns in its Investment Portfolio: Flo Health Secures $200M+ Investment to Revolutionize Women's Health; Patreon Achieved Unicorn Status in 2021 | LIMASSOL, Cyprus, July 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SDV (Social Discovery Ventures), a European-based private investment company, celebrates a significant milestone with two unicorns in its investment portfolio, showcasing SDV's commitment to i... |
| 31.07.2024 | Checkly sammelt 20 Millionen ein – Macquarie investiert in Hawk – Planeteers erhält Millionensumme | Im #DealMonitor für den 31. Juli werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-Arc... |
| 10.07.2024 | +++ Numa +++ Venture Capital +++ Aleph Alpha +++ Cocoli +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Mittwoch, 10. Juli) #STARTUPLAND: NUR FÜR FRÜHE VÖGEL +++ Kommt mit ins Startupland! Ab sofort könnt Ihr Euc... |
| 12.06.2024 | Cognigy: AI-Based Customer Service Automation Company Raises $100 Million | Cognigy, a leader in AI-first customer service automation, announced that it has raised $100 million in Series C funding. The round was led by Eurazeo Growth, with participation from existing investors Insight Partners, DTCP, DN Capital, an... |
| 11.06.2024 | Cognigy Secures $100 Million in Series C Funding to Transform Customer Service Automation | In a groundbreaking move, Cognigy, a trailblazer in AI-first customer service automation, has successfully raised a staggering $100 million in Series C funding. This significant investment, spearheaded by Eurazeo Growth, marks a pivotal mom... |
| 11.06.2024 | Cognigy Raises $100m as Major Enterprise Brands Depend on Its AI Agent Workforce | Series C Funding Round Led by Eurazeo Growth to Accelerate AI Automation R&D and Global Expansion DÜSSELDORF, Germany & SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 11, 2024– Cognigy, a global leader in AI-first customer service automation, a... |
| 18.04.2024 | Venture Leaders Technology 2024: Team Captain’s blog by Zoundream CEO Roberto Iannone | Venture Leaders Technology 2024: Team Captain’s blog by Zoundream CEO Roberto Iannone 18.04.2024 10:00, Rita Longobardi linkedIn facebook twitter instagram youtube --> In early April, the Swiss National Technology Startup Team 2024 trave... |
| 02.04.2024 | Where Startups Meet Investors: The Tech.eu Summit London 2024 Startup Stage | The Tech.eu Summit London 2024, one of Europe's most prestigious tech events, will take place in London on May 16-17. The Tech.eu Summit London 2024 is just around the corner, summit will feature a dedicated Startup Stage, providing a platf... |
| 21.03.2024 | +++ DN Capital +++ Gülsah Wilke +++ Flink +++ Corporates +++ Naro +++ DHDL +++ Zalando +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Donnerstag, 21. März) #STARTUPTICKER DN Capital – Gülsah Wilke +++ Eine spannende Personalie: Investorin, Be... |
| 20.11.2023 | European investors grab the popcorn for the new ‘series’ of OpenAI, but are fearful of the fallout | With the OpenAI saga playing out across the pond, the European tech community has been waiting for the latest updates as if a new series of “Succession” was about to drop. Indeed, events have at times resembled some Greek tragedy about the ... |
| 24.10.2023 | AI-powered text-to-video platform Oxolo raises €13 million Series A | Today Oxolo, a company that has developed a generative AI video platform announced it has raised a €13 million Series A funding round led by DN Capital. Founded in 2020, Oxolo is building a platform for generative AI-based media. Its text-t... |
| 17.10.2023 | Germany’s Lanes & Planes bag €33M to fuel company growth in Europe | Read this article in: Germany-based Lanes & Planes, a leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for corporate travel in Europe, announced on Monday, October 16, that it has raised €33M in a Series B round of funding. Th... |
| 04.08.2023 | Austrian edtech GoStudent raises $95M to expand into DACH region | Austrian edtech GoStudent raises $95M to expand into DACH region 04 August, 2023, 10:32 Mariia Denysiuk --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> Vienna-based GoStudent has raised $95 milli... |
| 03.08.2023 | Edtech GoStudent raises $95M in funding for hybrid learning expansion in DACH region | Vienna-based edtech GoStudent has raised a $95 million funding round – a mix of equity and debt capital. Involved in the round was Deutsche Bank, and investors including Left Lane Capital, DN Capital, Tencent, Prosus, DST, Coatue and Softba... |
| 15.05.2023 | Finland’s tax tech startup Aibidia secures €13M for its global transfer pricing platform | Helsinki-based Aibidia, a company that claims to be the world’s leading transfer pricing platform, announced on Monday, May 15, that it has secured €13M in a Series A round of funding. The company’s Series A round was co-led by DN Capital a... |
| 15.05.2023 | Finnish company Aibidia raises €13M in Series A to upgrade global transfer pricing | Finnish company Aibidia raises €13M in Series A to upgrade global transfer pricing 15 May, 2023, 15:58 Rostyslav Sobachynskyi --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> Helsinki-based compan... |
| 01.03.2023 | Edurino's digital education platform raises €10.5 million series A | Building gamified digital learning apps "fit for the 21st century", Munich's Edurino raised €10.5 million in series A funds for its platform that introduces digital to kindergarten children. The round was led by DN Capital with pa... |
| 06.12.2022 | Customer intelligence platform Chattermill raises $26 million | London-based Chattermill has raised $26 million in a Series B funding round that will see the company press forward with its expansion plans in both European and U.S. markets. While the economic downturn is hitting bottom lines across the b... |
| 15.11.2022 | Pet insurance startup Napo raises £15 million series A | UK-based pet insurance startup Napo yesterday announced raising £15 million in a series A funding led by DN Capital, and backed by the pet care-focused Companion Fund. Around £6.5 billion of value was attributed to the UK pet care market as... |
| 26.05.2022 | Nomagic sweeps off $22 million to turn manual warehouses into automated fulfilment centres | Fulfilment centres are seeking automation and hence, the money from VCs have been pouring into robotics companies for a while now. Last year more than $17 billion poured into VC-backed robotic startups, nearly triple the investment in 2020.... |
| 25.05.2022 | Building digital tools for better elderly healthcare lands $7 million in Patronus kitty | The global healthcare system is confronted with new challenges due to the demographic shift. In Germany, for example, people aged 65+ are the fastest-growing group and their share of the total population will increase to 30% in the next 10 ... |
| 11.05.2022 | Barcelona’s Housfy houses in €30 million to make inroads into Portugal and Italy | The residential property market is fragmented into siloed services that create an inefficient and unsatisfactory customer experience. Attempting to change this, Barcelona-based residential real estate service provider Housfy has raised €30 ... |
| 06.04.2022 | France’s Foodles feeds workforce fresh food from formidable fridges | Not that the French might have a slight advantage over the English, Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish when it comes to cuisine, but … Parisian scale-up Foodles has successfully entered the UK market to bring the tasty vittles to the workf... |
| 30.03.2022 | Industrial Technology and Witchcraft casts €1.68 million spell on investors | Berlin-based Industrial Technology and Witchcraft has raised €1.68 million in a seed investment round. The games studio aims to produce new voxel and pixel-based games with ‘mesmerising graphics’ and ‘epic soundtracks’, and based on the req... |
| 08.03.2022 | Building benefits better, Ben brings home $16 million in Atomico-led round | London-based employee benefits platform Ben has raised $16 million in a Series A round that will see the company up the headcount as it further pushes the envelope on its SaaS and payments technology offer. Since its inception in late 2019,... |
| 08.02.2022 | Offering disruptive hotels to millennial and Gen Z, Berlin’s NUMA brings home $45 million | Berlin-based digital hotel operator and technology developer NUMA Group (previously known as COSI Group) has raised $45 million capital to further expand business. The round was led by DN Capital Group, one of the most successful global tec... |
| 15.09.2021 | Housfy secures €10M round backed by Seaya Ventures, Torch Capital, DN Capital, Cathay Capital, Aldea Ventures and CDTI | 15/09/2021 Press release HOUSFY SECURES €10M ROUND BACKED BY SEAYA VENTURES, TORCH CAPITAL, DN CAPITAL, CATHAY CAPITAL, ALDEA VENTURES AND CDTI. Madrid – Barcelona, September 15th, 2021. Housfy, a Real Estate multiservice platform that h... |
| 26.08.2021 | Leapwork A/S announced that it has received $62 million in funding from KKR & Co. Inc., Salesforce Ventures, LLC, DN Capital (UK) LLP, Headline | Leapwork A/S announced that it has received $62 million in a round of funding co-led by new investors KKR & Co. Inc. and Salesforce Ventures, LLC on August 26, 2021. The transaction included participation from existing investors DN Capi... |
| 10.07.2021 | DN Capital Launches $350M Fund | DN Capital, a London, UK- and Berlin, Germany-based venture capital firm, has launched its latest $350m fund (approx. £220m and €300m). Under the leadership of Nenad Marovac and Steve Schlenker, Fund V will back early stage entrepreneurs ac... |
| 09.07.2021 | London-based DN Capital launches new €300M fund to boost post-pandemic global recovery | London-based VC firm DN Capital unveiled its latest $350M (€300M) fund called Fund V. This new fund will back the early-stage entrepreneurs across Europe, the UK and the US, who are creating businesses built on the pandemic-accelerated surg... |
| 09.07.2021 | DN Capital closes €300m fifth fund | VC company DN Capital started its fifth fund in the best way possible. In April 2020, the company made its first investment from the vehicle into Vienna-based edtech startup GoStudent. A little more than a year later, GoStudent was a unicor... |
| 21.06.2021 | Coinbase backed DeFi platform Tesseract raises $25 million | Helsinki’s Tesseract, which specialises in bridging institutional capital flow between traditional and digital asset finance has raised $25 million in one of the largest Series A rounds in Finland to date. The startup was founded in 2017 an... |
| 02.06.2021 | London’s white-label for retail finance platform Divido picks up $30 million in Series B round | London-based white-label platform for retail finance Divido has raised $30 million in a Series B round led by HSBC and ING. Sony Innovation Fund by IGV, SBI Investment, OCS, Global Brain, and DG Daiwa Ventures along with existing investors ... |
| 22.04.2021 | 0100Conferences are Back With Their Next Seminal Event, This Time for The DACH Region | Who: 0100 Virtual DACH Conference When: May 3rd – 5th, 09:00 – 22:00 CET Where: Online event REGISTER HERE 0100Conferences, who we also covered back in February, are back with yet another massive event that promises to empower and revitali... |
| 09.04.2021 | 5 European VC firms focusing on SaaS startups that you should know | If you are leading a Software as a service (SaaS) startup, you’ll already know that SaaS companies usually focus on delivering centrally located software, licensed on a subscription basis. Also sometimes referred to as ‘on-demand software’ ... |
| 30.03.2021 | Milan-based online grocer Everli raises $100 million in series C round | Milan-based online grocery shopping platform Everli has raised $100 million in a series C round. This is Everli’s largest raise to date, and was led by Verlinvest and saw participation from existing investors FITEC, 360 Capital, Innogest an... |
| 20.03.2021 | Fulfilment solution Cubyn raises €35M to launch a 25,000 m2 facility in France and expand across Europe | Cubyn’s fulfillment solution cuts industry standard costs by 30% thanks to its technology Fulfillment revenue grew by x8 to 250M€ GMV in 2020 as the company plans to double its team to reach 170+ employees by 2021 Major marketplaces Back Ma... |
| 18.03.2021 | Paris-based logistics provider Cubyn raises €35 million in Series-C round | Paris-based on demand logistics and order fulfillment company Cubyn has raised €35 million in a Series-C round. This now brings their total raise to €55 million. The round was led by Eurazeo and Bpifrance Large Venture with new participatio... |
| 10.03.2021 | Madrid-based Jobandtalent secures €100 million from SoftBank Vision Fund 2, takes on US market | Workforce marketplace Jobsandtalent has secured €100 million from the SoftBank Vision Fund 2 in a Series D round. Additionally, they’ve secured €83 million in debt financing from BlackRock. SoftBank Vision Fund 2 now joins previous investor... |
| 17.01.2021 | Weezy on-demand grocery platform secures £15 million Series A funding | Weezy, a London, England based online supermarket platform built to deliver on-demand groceries in just 15 minutes secured £15 million Series A funding on 14th January 2021. |
| 18.11.2020 | Tutor marketplace GoStudent takes its Series A to €13.3M with Left Lane Capital and DN Capital | Vienna-based e-learning startup GoStudent has increased the Series A round it raised earlier this year to €13.3 million, adding €5 million this week in a round led by Left Lane Capital and DN Capital. To date it has raised a total of €16 mi... |
| 11.10.2020 | Remitly Announces $85 Million Round; a new DN unicorn | Remitly , the mobile-first provider of remittances and financial services for immigrants, today announced a $85 million funding round to fuel the company’s growth as the global demand for digital remittances continues to surge during the... |
| 17.06.2020 | Housfy cierra una nueva ronda de €3M. Participan Torch Capital, DN Capital, Cathay Capital y Seaya Ventures | 17/06/2020 Nota de prensa HOUSFY CIERRA UNA NUEVA RONDA DE €3 MILLONES. PARTICIPAN TORCH CAPITAL, DN CAPITAL, CATHAY CAPITAL Y SEAYA VENTURES. La inmobiliaria online Housfy ha anunciado el cierre de una nueva ronda de financiación de tre... |
| 20.05.2020 | Helsinki-based Happeo nabs €10.9 million for its ‘happier’ social intranet | Today Finnish startup Happeo, an employee communications platform, announces having raised approximately €10.9 million in a Series A funding round led by INKEF Capital. Happeo’s previous investors DN Capital, Maki.vc and Vendep Capital also... |
| 02.10.2019 | Bnext cierra una ronda de €22M liderada por DN Capital, Redalpine y Speedinvest, acuden también investores existentes | 02/10/2019 BNEXT CIERRA UNA RONDA DE €22 MILLONES LIDERADA POR DN CAPITAL, REDALPINE Y SPEEDINVEST, ACUDEN TAMBIÉN INVERSORES EXISTENTES. Bnext ha cerrado una ronda de €22 millones liderada por el fondo estadounidense DN Capital, y los eu... |
| 01.10.2019 | Madrid-based fintech startup BNext raises €21 million Series A round in Spain led by DN Capital | Madrid-based Bnext, Spain’s first mobile-first neo-bank has just announced the closing of a €21 million Series A financing round. The financing round was led by new investors DN Capital, together with existing investors including Paris-base... |
| 30.05.2019 | Housfy cierra una nueva ronda de €6M coliderada por Torch Capital, DN Capital y Seaya. Acude también Cathay Capital | 30/05/2019 Nota de prensa HOUSFY CIERRA UNA NUEVA RONDA DE €6 MILLONES COLIDERADA POR TORCH CAPITAL, DN CAPITAL Y SEAYA VENTURES. ACUDE TAMBIÉN CATHAY CAPITAL. Housfy, la plataforma tecnológica que permite a propietarios vender una vivie... |
| 17.04.2019 | This Denmark startup makes software robots to handle repetitive and mundane tasks to make companies efficient | A few years back the word ‘automation’ was tightly associated with robots replacing human labour with machine labour. While its the perfect example, there are other forms of automation as well ranging from as small as software application t... |
| 20.11.2018 | London’s startup ecosystem at a glance | Without a doubt, London is an exceptional place for startup development. The third largest tech hub in the world, and leading startup hub in Europe, is known for its vibrant community, a high concentration of capital and a massive concentra... |
| 15.02.2018 | DN Capital raises new €200m fund | DN Capital today announces that it has closed its latest fund of €200 million (£177 million). The VC firm’s fourth fund, which was substantially oversubscribed, will primarily back Seed and Series A-stage companies in its sweet-spot of ma... |
| 27.01.2018 | TechCrunch Feature: European VC Firm DN Capital closes new €200million fund | DN Capital’s fourth fund received quite a bit of press and we were fortunate enough to be picked up by TechCrunch. Covered by Steve O’Hear of TechCrunch on 25th January 2018. You can view the original article here. Excerpt below:... |
| 25.01.2018 | Term Sheet — Thursday, January 25 | HIGH TIMES Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Paid Content You can't secure what you can't see From ExtraHop The new funding brings the firm’s fundraising total to $200 million since its inception in 2011, which makes it the largest private ... |
| 25.01.2018 | Venture Capital Firm DN Capital Raises €200m Fourth Fund | DN Capital, a global venture capital firm, closed its fourth fund, at €200m (£177m). The fourth fund, which was oversubscribed, will primarily back Seed and Series A-stage companies developing marketplaces, SaaS, fintech, digital health and... |
| 25.01.2018 | DN Capital closes new €200 million fund to continue backing European startups | Venture capital firm DN Capital has announced the close of its fourth fund at €200 million to invest in seed and Series A rounds. The firm will back SaaS, fintech, and health startups among others through the oversubscribed fund. According ... |
| 24.01.2018 | DN Capital raises $247 million fund for early-stage startups in Europe and the U.S. | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. European venture capital (VC) firm DN Capital announced that it has closed its fourth fund at €200 million ($247 million) as it looks t... |
| 24.01.2018 | DN Capital raises $247 million fund for early-stage startups in Europe and the U.S. | European venture capital (VC) firm DN Capital announced that it has closed its fourth fund at €200 million ($247 million) as it looks to invest in seed-stage and series A-level startups in Europe and the U.S. Founded in 2000, DN Capital is ... |
| 24.01.2018 | European VC firm DN Capital closes new €200M fund to invest at seed and Series A stage | At roughly 17 years old, DN Capital is one of Europe’s oldest venture capital firms, albeit one that, by its own admission, has retained its scrappy roots and a certain kind of reputation to go with it. The VC hasn’t gone without success ei... |
| 20.07.2017 | 1st mile logistics pioneer Cubyn raises a $7M Series A round led by DN Capital to expand across Europe | • Cubyn doubled its user base in the last 6 months • Company forecasts 3x year on year growth in 2017 • Team will launch a UK office in the near future London/Paris, Thursday July 20th 2017 – On-demand logistics startup Cubyn ann... |
| 20.07.2017 | On-demand delivery startup Cubyn raises $7 million in Series A | Cubyn, an on-demand logistics startup based in Paris, has raised $7 million in a Series A round led by DN Capital with participation from BNP Paribas Developpement, Partech Ventures, and 360 Capital Partners. With this new influx of cash, C... |
| 12.07.2017 | Digital car garage Caroobi secures investment from BMW’s venture arm | Berlin-based Caroobi, a car repairs booking platform, has raised a financing round from BMW i Ventures with participation from existing investors DN Capital and Cherry Ventures. The terms of the investment were not disclosed. Caroobi descri... |
| 28.06.2017 | Energy startup Hometree raises £1.9 million to make boiler installations more efficient | Hometree, a London-based energy startup, has raised £1.9 million from LocalGlobe, DN Capital, Oxford Capital, FJ Labs, and Better Capital founder Jon Moulton. The startup claims it’s trying to change how people buy and install boilers in th... |
| 28.02.2017 | DSG Consumer Partners-backed Hostmaker raises $6.5m in new round | Premium Hospitality management service Hostmaker, headquartered in London, and backed by Singapore-based VC firm DSG Consumer Partners, has closed a new $6.5m funding round led by Paris-based venture capital fund Ventech. Existing investors... |
| 23.02.2017 | TripleMint Raises $4.5M in Series A Funding | TripleMint (formerly called Suitey), a New York City-based real estate tech startup, closed a $4.5m Series A funding. The round was led by DN Capital, with participation from new investors across the real estate and technology sectors inclu... |
| 23.02.2017 | Airbnb rental managers Hostmaker raise $6.5 million Series A round | Hostmaker, an Airbnb management service, has raised a $6.5 million Series A round led by Ventech with participation from DN Capital. The hospitality startup provides management services for short term rentals for homeowners, such as listing... |
| 23.02.2017 | TripleMint Raises $4.5M Series A | TripleMint today announced that it has closed a $4.5 million Series A round of funding. The round was led by DN Capital, with participation from new investors across the real estate and technology sectors, including Summit Action Fund and b... |
| 14.12.2016 | DN Capital, Interview With Founder Nenad Marovac | Nenad Marovac (DN Capital)Nenad Marovac, a professional with more than 20 years of venture capital experience in the media, telecom and technology sectors, is one of the key figures of the European private investment industry. In June 2000,... |
| 27.09.2016 | VC Under The Spotlight: Lawrence Barclay, DN Capital | In this month’s ‘VC Under The Spotlight’ interview series, I sat down with Lawrence Barclay, a Principal at DN Capital which is an international early-stage VC fund with offices in London, Berlin, and Menlo Park. With a specific focus on c... |
| 20.09.2016 | Airbnb management service Hostmaker raises $1.1 million in fresh funding | Airbnb hospitality management service Hostmaker has raised $1.1 million in funding, led by Initial Capital and existing investors DN Capital and DSG Consumer Partners. The UK-based startup, founded in 2014, provides a hospitality management... |
| 19.09.2016 | DN Capital Exits Purplebricks | After an IPO on the London AIM in December 2015, DN Capital has recently sold its shares in Purplebricks, a UK-based online estate agency allowing customers to sell their properties. The vc firm achieved a 6x return on its overall investmen... |
| 25.08.2016 | DN Capital to Raise €200M Fourth Venture Capital Fund | DN Capital, a London, UK-based early stage and growth capital investor, is raising its fourth fund. The final target of the new vehicle, launched in April 2016 and almost completely subscribed, has been fixed at €200m. Have a look at the li... |
| 27.06.2016 | These investors could be the most impacted by Brexit | Many UK-based investors have put money into other EU countries, and may have offices there The repercussions from Brexit keep on coming. Following the United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union last week, causing the Pound to dro... |
| 18.05.2016 | Creandum backed Peak launches mobile-first brain training app | Peak, the successful UK-based brain training app, backed in part by Creandum, has launched in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden with localised versions to the native languages of each country. Peak is the app that trains your cognitive function ... |
| 15.04.2016 | Daily funding roundup - April 15, 2016 | HomeToGo raised $20M; Beekeeper closed $5M financing; Parkloco received seed investment Parkloco, a Boston, MA-based provider of a parking industry data analytics platform, raised a seed funding round of undisclosed amount. The round was le... |
| 29.01.2016 | Daily funding roundup - January 29, 2016 | BloomReach announced $56M funding; BirdEye raised $8M; Sonovate closed $7.15M Series A funding Velo Labs, a San Francisco, CA-based creator of Skylock, a Bluetooth connected bicycle lock, raised $1 million in funding. The round was led by D... |
| 19.11.2015 | Hostmaker, service provider for Airbnb homes, raises $2m seed round from DN Capital, others | Premium London-based hospitality management service provider for Airbnb hosts and their homes, Hostmaker, has raised $2 million in seed funding led by DN Capital, the company said in a press release. Continue reading this story with a subsc... |
| 18.11.2015 | Hostmaker Closes $2M Seed Funding | Hostmaker, a London, UK-based full-service hospitality management company, closed $2m seed funding. The round was led by DN Capital with participation from Avala Capital, DSG Consumer Partners, Delivery Hero co-founder Nikita Fahrenholz and... |
| 18.11.2015 | Airbnb hospitality management service Hostmaker closes $2m seed funding round led by DN Capital | London-based hospitality management service Hostmaker has closed a $2 million seed funding round led by DN Capital. The round was joined by Avala Capital, DSG Consumer Partners, Delivery Hero co-founder Nikita Fahrenholz and former MD of Ai... |
| 18.11.2015 | Eve Closes £2.5M Series A Funding | Eve, a London, UK-based e-commerce mattress startup, closed £2.5m Series A funding. Backers included DN Capital and Octopus Ventures. The company intends to use the funds for international expansion (into Germany and the USA), advertising i... |
| 06.10.2015 | Linear Work In Nonlinear Environments | Josh Summers Contributor Josh Summers is the entrepreneur in residence at DN Capital. Previously he founded Shufflehub. We are constantly bombarded by nonlinear success stories: The Facebook-MillionsOfDownloads-Airbnb-10,000Followers-Expone... |
| 06.10.2015 | Daily funding roundup - October 6, 2015 | Impossible Foods raised $108M; Code42 secured $85M; Canva bagged $21M Mumbai-based Aasaanjobs Pvt. Ltd that owns and operates the online recruitment portal Aasaanjobs.com said on Wednesday that it has raised $1.5 million in funding from Inv... |
| 01.10.2015 | Daily funding roundup - October 1, 2015 | General Assembly raised $70M; Neon Therapeutics secured $55M; Dolly landed $8M Social Finance (SoFi for short), a lending startup has raised a monster round of funding, taking $1 billion from SoftBank, with existing Third Point Ventures and... |
| 02.07.2015 | Daily funding roundup - July 2, 2015 | HomeToGo raised $6.7M; Your.MD scored $5M; Pneuron announced $5M Payever, a Hamburg, Germany-based provider of commerce solutions, closed a seed round of funding. High-Tech Gruenderfonds made the investment. Over 3.000 businesses of all typ... |
| 22.04.2015 | Find a “shitty old dirty industry”, then disrupt: US VCs tell startups at Slush Down Under | Australian entrepreneurs should target “dirty old industries” and those sectors the subject of American “hubris”, according to a number of American venture capitalists. Speaking on a panel at the Slush Down Under conference, Tomorrow Ventur... |
| 10.04.2015 | Atlassian’s knowledge, not capital, will help grow Australia’s startup ecosystem | Australia could build a startup ecosystem around the success of Atlassian, much like Silicon Valley did with PayPal, according to DN Capital founder and managing partner Steven Schlenker. Speaking to StartupSmart from San Francisco ahead of... |
| 09.04.2015 | Atlassian’s knowledge, not capital, will help grow Australia’s startup ecosystem | Australia could build a startup ecosystem around the success of Atlassian, much like Silicon Valley did with PayPal, according to DN Capital founder and managing partner Steven Schlenker. Speaking to StartupSmart from San Francisco ahead of... |
| 19.03.2015 | Remitly Closes $12.5M Series B Funding Round | Remitly, Inc., a Seattle, WA-based online global remittance service, closed a $12.5m Series B funding round. The round was led by DFJ with participation from DN Capital and existing investors QED Investors and Trilogy Equity Partners. In co... |
| 25.02.2015 | Shark Punch Raises $1.2M in Funding | Shark Punch, a San Francisco, California and Helsinki, Finland-based social discovery and community platform for games, raised $1.2m in funding. The round was led by London Venture Partners, which is investing from their seed fund and their... |
| 21.01.2015 | Shazam Raises $30M in Funding | Shazam, a London, UK-based music discovery startup, raised $30m in funding. The investment valued the company at over $1 billion. For DN Capital, which first invested in the company in 2004, the increased valuation represents a 1000x increa... |
| 18.12.2014 | Book A Tiger Raises $5M | Book A Tiger, a Berlin, Germany-based home cleaning platform operating in Germany and the DACH region, raised $5m in a Series A financing. The round was led by DN Capital with participation from new investor Target Ventures, an investor and... |
| 12.12.2014 | Happn Raises $8M in Funding | Happn, a Paris, France-based provider of a hyperlocal data app, raised $8m in funding. Backers included Alven Capital and DN Capital. The company intends to use the funds to expand internationally. Led by Didier Rappaport, Founder and CEO, ... |
| 02.09.2014 | DN Capital Raises $200M For 3rd European Fund, As Euro Tech Resurges | London-based DN Capital, which has invested in Shazam and Videdressing among others, has today announced it’s raised $200 million (€144 million) for its third venture capital fund, GVC III, a three-times increase on its previous fund. Inves... |
| 02.09.2014 | DN Capital raises its third VC fund worth $200 million | DN Capital LLP, one of the UK’s leading venture and growth investors, today announces the raising of $200 million (€144 million) for its third venture capital fund, GVC III, a three time increase on its previous fund. As it is well known, D... |
| 02.09.2014 | DN Capital Closed Third Venture Capital Fund at €144M | London, UK-based venture capital firm DN Capital closed its third fund at €144m ($200m). Investors include family offices, large institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds. GVC III focuses on investing in early and growth stage comp... |
| 18.08.2014 | Purplebricks Gets Another £8M To Disrupt Real Estate Agencies In The UK | Purplebricks, the UK-based property startup which hopes to disrupt the agency model by charging a low fixed fee for transactions which normally cost thousands, has secured a £7 million investment – or a 30% stake – from Neil Woodford, one o... |
| 23.07.2014 | Quandoo Closes $25M Financing Round | Quandoo, a Berlin, Germany-based provider of real-time reservation platform for restaurants, closed a $25m Series C financing round. The round was led by Piton Capital and affiliates, with participation from Holtzbrinck Ventures and DN Capi... |
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