Dawn Capital promotes Dan Chaplin to partner based on stellar fintech investment record

LONDON, 23 January 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Dawn Capital (‘Dawn’), Europe’s leading specialist B2B software investor, is pleased to announce the marketing of Dan Chaplin to partner. The move makes the fintech specialist one of Europe’s youngest VC Partners and comes on the back of an amazing investment record.

Dan joined the team in 2018 and has since led some of our most successful investments, including in open banking leader Tink, which was acquired by Visa for 2 billion dollars in 2021. A Forbes 30 Under 30 for Finance in Europe alumnus, Dan has been promoted three times while deploying almost 300 million dollars of capital in early stage software companies across the continent. He is now co-head of fintech and digital assets with General Partner Josh Bell, with a particular focus on payments, credit and infrastructure platforms.

The promotion of Dan to partner is a testament to Dawn’s culture of nurturing and rewarding homegrown talent and demonstrates the firm’s commitment to supporting the next generation of Europe’s B2B investors. Half of Dawn’s general partners and 70% of partners have been promoted internally, which both sets it apart and reflects the strength and depth of the team.

Dan is committed to driving the success and growth of any of Europe’s most notable fintech companies and supporting founders and management teams at every stage of the scale-up journey. To date, Dan’s portfolio of investments includes:

• Open bank manager, Tink – acquired by Visa for 2 billion dollars in June 2021making it the joint second largest M&A exit in Europe to date

• Global embedded insurance platform, Cover Genius – has recently led its 70 million dollars Series D

• The world’s leading custodian for digital assets, Copper – is one of the leaders 50 million dollars Series B

• The institutional trading platform for digital assets, Elwood – co-chaired 70 million dollars Series A

• The B2B payment and credit platform, Billie – its leader 100 million dollars Series C

• The capital markets workflow and data platform, Access Fintech – leads its 20 million dollars Series B, and last participates in its 60 million dollars Series C

• Margin and security platform, OpenGamma – leading in its 10 million dollars growth round and most recently participated in its 20 million dollars strategic round with Allianz

• Canva for the production of digital 3D content, Omi – its leader 6 million dollars Seed round

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Dan joined Dawn from JPMorgan where he was involved in M&A transactions for European financial institutions. An academic mind, Dan graduated with a star first from Oxford University followed by a master’s degree with honors in modern history.

Josh BellGeneral Partner at Dawn Capital said:

“Dan is an invaluable member of the Dawn family. He has sourced some of our most exciting fintech investments, been a true thought partner to his founders, and delivered strong returns to our investors. Dan’s passion for each deal and company is infectious and his sound judgment is always welcome. On behalf of the entire team, we couldn’t be happier to welcome Dan into the Dawn partnership, making Dan our youngest promotion to the partnership to date – a much-deserved success.”

Dan ChaplinPartner at Dawn Capital said: “Joining the partnership couldn’t be more exciting – I’m hugely grateful to the team for their investment in me. It’s fantastic to be part of a culture that promotes from within. I’ve been given the opportunity to go from Associate to Partner – a path remains open to anyone who joins the firm – and this campaign only gives me more drive to continue building the firm, our legacy and supporting our amazing group of portfolio founders.”

James SticklandCEO of Elwood said:

“Dan is an excellent strategic thinker; engaging with founders and investment partners and willing to fight for deals and champion his convictions. Dan’s tough, pragmatic and fair-minded approach to deals is a joy to witness and he is highly respected by everyone at Elwood.”

About Dawn Capital

Dawn is Europe’s largest specialist B2B software investor, with total commitments of 1.9 billion dollars. Dawn partners with founders building the next generation of global software leaders, supporting them to leverage extraordinary teams, exceptional technology and scalable business models to create category-defining global companies. Dawn is an early-stage investor, backing companies from Seed, Series A and B, and continuing to fund the best through growth rounds to exit. The investment list includes Mimecast (formerly NASDAQ-listed, taken private by Permira in a 5.8 billion dollars transaction), iZettle (sold to PayPal for 2.2 billion dollars cash), Tink (acquired by Visa for 2.0 billion dollars), as well as current leaders, Collibra, Dataiku, Quantexa, Soldo, Copper and Elwood, among others.

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