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DN Capital

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DN Capital
Company typePrivate
IndustryVenture capital
Founded2000; 24 years ago (2000)
FoundersNenad Marovac[1] and Steve Schlenker
Headquarters
Number of locations
List
ProductsVenture capital, growth capital
Total assets$600 million
Websitewww.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]

Investments and exits

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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:

Awards

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DN Capital was awarded the Best Venture Fund of the Year at the 7th annual Private Equity Exchange Awards in Paris in 2016.[16] Nenad Marovac was awarded the Investor of the Year award at the 14th annual Investor Allstars Awards in London in 2016.[17] In 2017 DN Capital featured as one of the top performing Europe-based venture capital funds in the Preqin awards.[18]

References

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  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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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.
  16. ^ "DN Capital, Interview With Founder Nenad Marovac". FINSMES. 14 December 2016.
  17. ^ "Investor Allstars: Investor of the Year 2016 Award Winners".
  18. ^ "Ranking the Top Angel and Venture Capital Fund Managers (Part II)".
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