DN Capital

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DN Capital
Company type Private
Industry Venture capital
Founded2000;24 years ago (2000)
Headquarters
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. [1] [2] [3] [4] It was founded in 2000 by Nenad Marovac and Steve Schlenker, two Harvard Business School classmates. [5] [6] [7]

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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]

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References

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  2. "European VC firm DN Capital closes new €200M fund to invest at seed and Series A stage". TechCrunch. 24 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Shazam investor DN Capital has raised €200 million for its new fund". Business Insider. 24 January 2018.
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  16. "Investor Allstars: Investor of the Year 2016 Award Winners".
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