General Partner & Head of FinTech Investments, Dawn Capital. Husband. Dad of Two.

Joined January 2008
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17 Apr 2024
I’m delighted to be partnering with the Flatpay team. They are on a mission to simplify payments and financial management for small and medium sized businesses - and we’re very excited for the journey ahead! 🚀 Read all about our latest investment below @dawncapital #payments #fintech
🤝 We’re delighted to announce today that we are leading Flatpay’s €45m Series B funding round, supporting them in their mission to make payments transparent and easily accessible for SMEs. 👇 Read more on why we invested. 🔗 medium.com/@dawncapitalteam/…
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19 Jan 2024
RT @wef: Uniting Europe's Markets with @roelofbotha (@Sequoia), @NadiaCalvino (@EIB), @Paschald, @Lagarde (@ecb), @MyStephanomics (@busines…

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4 Oct 2023
I am thrilled to announce Dawn have led the $60m investment in @Brite Payments funding round. We are committed to supporting Lena and her exceptional team in their mission to revolutionise instant bank payments across Europe! This is not just an investment; it’s a journey towards innovation and growth. We are delighted to have Brite join the Dawn family and proud to have led this round. #brite #payments
🤝 We're incredibly excited to announce that we have led Brite Payments $60m #funding round, supporting Lena Hackelöer and her phenomenal team to continue their mission to accelerate instant bank #payments across #Europe. 🔗🧵👇
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Delighted to announce the launch of transition.vc - partnering with early stage startups tackling the looming environmental crisis.

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30 Jun 2023
Delighted and proud for the @dawncapital team to have received this fantastic accolade. A true testament to our founders and all the companies we have partnered with. A huge thankyou to @preqin and to our partners for helping us to reach this incredible milestone.
🏆 We're incredibly proud to have been recognised as the Top Performing Venture Capital Fund Manager in Europe in 2023 by @Preqin. This award is a true testament to the ongoing focus, commitment and ambition of all our exceptional founders and talented team. Thank you all! 💫
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21 Jun 2023
5 privileged thrill-seeking men pay £200k to view a sunken boat; navy, air force, coast guard, state air guard rescue, front page news 500 desperate safety-seeking people pay everything they have to risk a sunken boat; 100 kids dead, no rescue, news silent Humanity is wrecked.
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26 Jan 2023
Delighted that Lord Hammond has come on board the Copper journey- a fantastic testament to the opportunity ahead for the world’s leading Crypto bourse @dawncapital @CopperHQ
Another impressive milestone in @CopperHQ's journey! Lord Hammond's appointment will ensure the platform it is the best governed and most secure globally for acquiring, trading and storing digital assets. We couldn't be more thrilled for the team. Read the @FT article 👇
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23 Jan 2023
Delighted to share the wonderful Dawn news about Dan's promotion to Partner - it's a privilege to work with Dan every day, and hugely well deserved. Congratulations Dan! 🚀🚀 @dawncapital @dc_chaplin
We couldn't be more thrilled to share the promotion of @dc_chaplin to Partner! Dan is one of Europe's venture capital rising stars, and our fifth internal promotion to Partner 💥. Read more here: medium.com/@dawncapitalteam/…
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1 Nov 2022
Read more from my colleague @dc_chaplin on why we are so excited to invest
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Read more from @dc_chaplin on why we invested 👇 medium.com/dawn-capital/embe…
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1 Nov 2022
Welcome to the Dawn family @CoverGenius! We’re excited to be supporting you to bring your embedded insurance platform to the wider market.
1 Nov 2022
Cover Genius lands $70M infusion to grow its embedded insurance business tcrn.ch/3fkQFnk by @kyle_l_wiggers
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My daughter and I surviving the night in Ukraine. We are real people at war with crazy dictator and we need the world’s support right now #StandWithUkraine
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29 Oct 2021
Please do come join - Looking forward to a terrific conversation with Carlo and Julian! @cgualandri @Siftedeu @dawncapital
27 Oct 2021
On 3 November at 12:30pm BST, join Sifted Talks to discuss strategic spending. 💰 Hear from a panel of expert speakers including… 🔥 @cgualandri, CEO, @Soldo 🔥 @joshbell, General Parter, Dawn Capital 🔥 Julian Lange, CFO, Aiven investingforgrowth.splashtha… #Event with @Soldo
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25 Oct 2021
I’m absolutely delighted that we're leading the $100m Series C investment in #Billie and supporting Matthias, Christian, Aiga and the whole team as they continue to bring B2B payments to merchants and businesses globally! Here's why I'm excited: link.medium.com/UJk9FIRBDkb

🎉We’re delighted to be leading #Billie’s $100m Series C – the world’s largest to date in the B2B “buy now, pay later” market – partnering with @TencentGlobal and @Klarna, alongside existing investors @creandum, @speedinvest, @picuscap and @Global_Founders techcrunch.com/2021/10/25/bi…
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18 Oct 2021
Very much looking forward to this! Pls come join 🚀
💡 Join @joshbell this Wednesday at 3pm BST as he discusses how Europe is different from the US when it comes to financing SaaS businesses alongside @Nicolas_Colin and @henrik_grim. Register 👇 hopin.com/events/capchase-sa…
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17 Sep 2021
Absolutely delighted that the wonderful @evplot has been promoted to General Partner at Dawn. It is the greatest pleasure working with you every day👏👏👏
🎉 We couldn’t be more excited to share the promotion of @evplot to General Partner! altfi.com/article/8324_b2b-i…
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23 Aug 2021
It’s a good time to be a fintech-focused VC in Europe. 💸 With €22.6bn worth of exits over the past six months, 2021 is shaping up to be a blockbuster year for sales and listings. Here’s what the data tells us about Europe’s M&A boom. sifted.eu/articles/european-…
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16 Aug 2021
Huge congratulations to @HenrikMüllerHansen and the whole @Gelato team on their $240 million round. Thrilled to continue supporting you as you enable creators everywhere to produce and sell products on-demand to customers all over the world!
🎉We are delighted to announce our participation in @gelato_group's $240m round! We first invested in Gelato a decade ago and have watched #HenrikMüllerHansen and team build the business into the global on-demand print platform powering the creator economy sifted.eu/articles/gelato-un…
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5 Aug 2021
5 Aug 2021
Thrilled to have @insightpartners participate in @dataiku new $400mm financing round. I first met @fdouetteau back in 2017 and excited to finally partner up! techcrunch.com/2021/08/05/da…
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21 Jul 2021
I'm thrilled to share Soldo’s $180m Series C round and to continue our backing of @cgualandri, #MarianoDima and @Soldo’s team. As the largest fundraise in the spend management sector, the round is a huge testament to the strength of Soldo’s platform, offering and team
🎉 We first invested in @Soldo, Europe’s leading pay and automation platform in 2019 and today we are delighted to announce we have participated in their $180 million Series C, led by @Temasek
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16 Jul 2021
At Dawn we have seen firsthand the value strategic investors can bring to a startup’s journey, highlighted through our partnerships with the likes of @Tink and iZettle (@ZettlebyPayPal). Recently I shared some of my thoughts on these relationships below 👇
With @tink's agreement to be acquired by @Visa and 3 years on from iZettle’s sale to @PayPal, we’ve identified a common thread - neither transaction happened out of the blue. @joshbell explores the benefits strategics can bring to a start-up’s journey 👇 medium.com/dawn-capital/how-…
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