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DN Capital

DN Capital

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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]

References

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


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