Dan leads financial software investments for Dawn across payments, credit, insurance, capital markets and the CFO software stack. His portfolio includes European open banking leader Tink (acquired by Visa), Cover Genius, Copper, Brite and Billie.
As an investor, Dan looks for relentlessly ambitious founders that are determined to make financial services more transparent, more efficient and more accessible. Building strong personal relationships and offering straight-forward strategic advice, Dan aims to help founders focus on the critical value drivers in their businesses. He brings a deep network of founder, investor and executive relationships across the European financial services landscape to support our portfolio and founding teams.
Prior to Dawn, Dan spent several years at J.P. Morgan in London advising Europe’s leading financial institutions on M&A and corporate finance.
He has a bachelors degree in Modern History from Oxford University where he graduated with a starred first, and subsequently earned a MSt degree at Oxford with distinction.