DN Capital

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DN Capital
Company type Private
Industry Venture capital
Founded2000;24 years ago (2000)
FoundersNenad Marovac [1] and Steve Schlenker
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Number of locations
List
Products Venture capital, growth capital
Total assets $600 million
Website www.dncapital.com

DN Capital is an international venture capital firm headquartered in London that invests in technology companies. [2] [3] [4] [5] It was founded in 2000 by Nenad Marovac and Steve Schlenker, two Harvard Business School classmates. [6] [7] [8]

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Investments and exits

DN Capital has raised approximately $600 million. [9] Among other roles, the firm looks to help US companies enter the European market. [9]

The firm's notable exits include:

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References

  1. ↑ "Nenad Marovac". Forbes. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "DN Capital raises €200m to back tech start-ups despite Brexit". FT. 24 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "European VC firm DN Capital closes new €200M fund to invest at seed and Series A stage". TechCrunch. 24 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Shazam investor DN Capital has raised €200 million for its new fund". Business Insider. 24 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "DN Capital raises $247 million fund for early-stage startups in Europe and the U.S." VentureBeat. 24 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "DLC Conference Speaker: Nenad Morovac".
  7. ↑ "Meet the investor: Steve Schlenker, DN Capital". Startups. 26 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Stanford Mentor Overview: Steve Schlenker, DN Capital" (PDF).
  9. 1 2 "REFILE: European stand-out venture fund DN raises new 200mln euro fund". Reuters. 24 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "UK's Datanomic acquired by Oracle". TechCrunch. 14 April 2011.
  11. ↑ "Japan's Recruit Buys European Restaurant Booking Service Quandoo For $219M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  12. ↑ "Verint to acquire kana software for $514 million". The Economic Times. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  13. ↑ "Thomson Reuters Acquires Mobile Startup Apsmart To Re-invigorate Its Mobile Products". TechCrunch. 8 June 2012.
  14. ↑ "Oracle's Endeca acquisition to cost $1.1 billion". Boston Business Journal. 24 October 2011.
  15. ↑ "DN Capital Exits Purplebricks". FINSMES. 19 September 2016.


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