DN Capital
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Venture capital |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founders | Nenad Marovac[1] and Steve Schlenker |
| Headquarters | |
Number of locations | List
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| 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]
Investments and exits
[edit]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:
- Shazam (acquired by Apple for approximately $400 million)[4]
- Datanomic (acquired by Oracle)[10]
- Quandoo (acquired by Japan's Recruit Holdings for $219 million)[11]
- Kana (acquired by Verint Systems for $514 million)[12]
- Apsmart (acquired by Thomson Reuters)[13]
- Endeca (acquired by Oracle for $1.1 billion)[14]
- Purplebricks (LSE: PURP)[15]
Awards
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Nenad Marovac". Forbes. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "DN Capital raises €200m to back tech start-ups despite Brexit". FT. 24 January 2018.
- ^ "European VC firm DN Capital closes new €200M fund to invest at seed and Series A stage". TechCrunch. 24 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Shazam investor DN Capital has raised €200 million for its new fund". Business Insider. 24 January 2018.
- ^ "DN Capital raises $247 million fund for early-stage startups in Europe and the U.S." VentureBeat. 24 January 2018.
- ^ "DLC Conference Speaker: Nenad Morovac".
- ^ "Meet the investor: Steve Schlenker, DN Capital". Startups. 26 January 2017.
- ^ "Stanford Mentor Overview: Steve Schlenker, DN Capital" (PDF).
- ^ a b "REFILE: European stand-out venture fund DN raises new 200mln euro fund". Reuters. 24 January 2018.
- ^ "UK's Datanomic acquired by Oracle". TechCrunch. 14 April 2011.
- ^ "Japan's Recruit Buys European Restaurant Booking Service Quandoo For $219M". TechCrunch. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ "Verint to acquire kana software for $514 million". The Economic Times. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- ^ "Thomson Reuters Acquires Mobile Startup Apsmart To Re-invigorate Its Mobile Products". TechCrunch. 8 June 2012.
- ^ "Oracle's Endeca acquisition to cost $1.1 billion". Boston Business Journal. 24 October 2011.
- ^ "DN Capital Exits Purplebricks". FINSMES. 19 September 2016.
- ^ "DN Capital, Interview With Founder Nenad Marovac". FINSMES. 14 December 2016.
- ^ "Investor Allstars: Investor of the Year 2016 Award Winners".
- ^ "Ranking the Top Angel and Venture Capital Fund Managers (Part II)".
External links
[edit]- DN Capital (company website)
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