DN Capital

DN Capital is an international venture capital firm headquartered in London that invests in technology companies.[1][2][3][4] It was founded in 2000 by Nenad Marovac and Steve Schlenker, two Harvard Business School classmates.[5][6][7]

DN Capital
TypePrivate
IndustryVenture capital
Founded2000 (2000)
HeadquartersLondon
ProductsVenture capital, growth capital
Total assets$600 million
Websitewww.dncapital.com

Investments and exits

DN Capital has raised approximately $600 million.[8] Among other roles, the firm looks to help US companies enter the European market.[8]

The firm's notable exits include:

Awards

DN Capital was awarded the Best Venture Fund of the Year at the 7th annual Private Equity Exchange Awards in Paris in 2016.[15] Nenad Marovac was awarded the Investor of the Year award at the 14th annual Investor Allstars Awards in London in 2016.[16] In 2017 DN Capital featured as one of the top performing Europe-based venture capital funds in the Preqin awards.[17]

References
  1. "DN Capital raises €200m to back tech start-ups despite Brexit". FT. January 24, 2018.
  2. "European VC firm DN Capital closes new €200M fund to invest at seed and Series A stage". TechCrunch. January 24, 2018.
  3. "Shazam investor DN Capital has raised €200 million for its new fund". Business Insider. January 24, 2018.
  4. "DN Capital raises $247 million fund for early-stage startups in Europe and the U.S." VentureBeat. January 24, 2018.
  5. "DLC Conference Speaker: Nenad Morovac".
  6. "Meet the investor: Steve Schlenker, DN Capital". Startups. January 26, 2017.
  7. "Stanford Mentor Overview: Steve Schlenker, DN Capital" (PDF).
  8. "REFILE: European stand-out venture fund DN raises new 200mln euro fund". Reuters. January 24, 2018.
  9. "UK's Datanomic acquired by Oracle". TechCrunch. April 14, 2011.
  10. "Japan's Recruit Buys European Restaurant Booking Service Quandoo For $219M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  11. "Verint to acquire kana software for $514 million". The Economic Times. 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  12. "Thomson Reuters Acquires Mobile Startup Apsmart To Re-invigorate Its Mobile Products". TechCrunch. June 8, 2012.
  13. "Oracle's Endeca acquisition to cost $1.1 billion". Boston Business Journal. October 24, 2011.
  14. "DN Capital Exits Purplebricks". FINSMES. September 19, 2016.
  15. "DN Capital, Interview With Founder Nenad Marovac". FINSMES. December 14, 2016.
  16. "Investor Allstars: Investor of the Year 2016 Award Winners".
  17. "Ranking the Top Angel and Venture Capital Fund Managers (Part II)".


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