Investment stories
Embedding peace of mind: Why we invested in Cover Genius


In an increasingly digitised world, you’d expect insurance to have become more convenient, available and effective for consumers and businesses. But the global protection gap is actually growing. In fact, at $1.5tn, it’s widened 20% in just the past five years. It’s a startling figure and a symptom of fundamental challenges in the way insurance is …

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Hedgehog unleashed: Why we invested in Raito


Here at Dawn, we’re big believers in focus. In an early-stage startup the possibilities truly are endless, and so it’s essential to do one thing better than anyone else. In this domain, hedgehogs usually beat foxes. Following that philosophy, the past few years have seen an explosion in the tooling for the data stack. First-generation data …

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Supercharging hybrid work: Why we invested in RPA Supervisor


If you hear the phrase ‘hybrid work’, your mind might turn to pyjama chic or the constant worry that you’re on mute. But there’s an even more important hybrid work trend underway: the rise of human + digital workforces. With the help of automation tools — several of which we have previously backed at Dawn, …
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Cover Genius lands $70M infusion to grow its embedded insurance business
In Raito, former Collibra team members cite a ‘paradigm shift’, raise €4 million
Here are 23 startups in areas like AI, robotics, and quantum primed to take off in Europe’s $711 billion deep tech industry, according to VCs
RPA Supervisor lands cash to help companies manage their various RPA platforms
Fonoa raises $60M to automate tax compliance for global companies like Uber and Zoom
Medusa’s open source e-commerce tool for JavaScript developers aims to take on Shopify
Engineering the headless e-commerce revolution: why we invested in Medusa
Why developers are still the biggest opportunity in software — key trends you need to know
Shoreline scores $35M Series B to build automated incident response platform
POWER PLAYERS: 18 women to watch in 2022 who made partner or higher in Europe’s male-dominated VC ecosystem
More than one-third of Europe’s top VC firms are yet to hire a female partner
How to succeed in venture capital without really trying is anything but easy
Firebolt, a data warehouse startup, raises $100M at a $1.4B valuation for faster, cheaper analytics on large data sets
From web3 to climate and health tech: The tech trends and companies to watch in 2022
Latvian startup Lokalise raises $50m to streamline localisation and translation
Goodbye London, hello New York: Why Eigen Technologies moved their headquarters
Data intelligence company Collibra brings in another $250m to more than double its valuation
Swimm nabs $27.6M Series A to include up-to-date documentation throughout coding process
Billie, a buy now, pay later specialist for the B2B market, raises $100m on a $640m valuation
Dataiku recognized as a 2021 GartnerⓇ peer insights customers’ choice for data science and machine learning platforms
Element, a messaging app built on the decentralized Matrix protocol, raises $30m
Our number one criteria for CEO evaluation is how good they are at attracting talent
Quantexa raises $153M to build out AI-based big data tools to track risk and run investigations
Realtime data startup Ably counts Bloomberg and Hopin among its customers. We got a look at the pitch deck it used to raise $70 million
Ably raises $70 million for its developer platform that enables realtime features
Here’s why Visa made its bold play for hot open banking fintech Tink in a $2.15 billion acquisition after its Plaid deal fell apart
Firebolt raises $127m more for its new approach to cheaper and more efficient big data analytics
Denmark’s Templafy raises $60M for its B2B SaaS platform that does business document creation
Alan Howard leads $25 million investment in London crypto custodian Copper
Divido bags $30m to take its ‘buy now, pay later’ platform to more markets
Copenhagen’s CluedIn raises $15 million in Series A round led by Dawn Capital
Forbes under 30 Europe: The newcomers rethinking finance during the time of a global pandemic
Berlin’s BRYTER raises $66M to take its no-code tools for enterprises to the US
Dataiku again named a leader in the Gartner 2021 magic quadrant for data science and machine-learning platforms
We asked 12 prominent European tech investors to pick out fintech startups they think will blow up in 2021. Here are the 20 they chose.
Deloitte recognises Divido as one of the 50 fastest growing tech companies in the UK
Israeli-born company AccessFintech secures $20 million Series B to help global financial institutions collaborate
Element acquires Gitter to get more developers on board with the open Matrix messaging protocol
Data science startup Dataiku raises $100 million to keep growing its AI enablement software
TOP 50: Europe’s most influential women in the startup and venture capital space
Collibra raises $112 million at $2.3 billion valuation to provide better data governance
VC predictions: What do you think the UK IPO landscape looks like for fintechs in 2020?
Eigen nabs $37m to help banks and others parse huge documents using natural language and ‘small data’
It’s chips, not the cloud, that will save banks from the hackers of the future
UK Tech 100: The 100 most influential people shaping British technology in 2019
TOP 50: Europe’s most influential women in the startup and venture capital space
Borderless tax compliance: Why we invested in Fonoa


Benjamin Franklin famously said, “nothing in this world can be said to be certain, except for death and taxes”, and online businesses are no exception. With easy access to global markets, these companies have grown rapidly — often unchecked by regulation. But at some point, like all of us, they just need to pay their …
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Cover Genius lands $70M infusion to grow its embedded insurance business
In Raito, former Collibra team members cite a ‘paradigm shift’, raise €4 million
Here are 23 startups in areas like AI, robotics, and quantum primed to take off in Europe’s $711 billion deep tech industry, according to VCs
RPA Supervisor lands cash to help companies manage their various RPA platforms
Fonoa raises $60M to automate tax compliance for global companies like Uber and Zoom
Medusa’s open source e-commerce tool for JavaScript developers aims to take on Shopify
Engineering the headless e-commerce revolution: why we invested in Medusa
Why developers are still the biggest opportunity in software — key trends you need to know
Shoreline scores $35M Series B to build automated incident response platform
POWER PLAYERS: 18 women to watch in 2022 who made partner or higher in Europe’s male-dominated VC ecosystem
More than one-third of Europe’s top VC firms are yet to hire a female partner
How to succeed in venture capital without really trying is anything but easy
Firebolt, a data warehouse startup, raises $100M at a $1.4B valuation for faster, cheaper analytics on large data sets
From web3 to climate and health tech: The tech trends and companies to watch in 2022
Latvian startup Lokalise raises $50m to streamline localisation and translation
Goodbye London, hello New York: Why Eigen Technologies moved their headquarters
Data intelligence company Collibra brings in another $250m to more than double its valuation
Swimm nabs $27.6M Series A to include up-to-date documentation throughout coding process
Billie, a buy now, pay later specialist for the B2B market, raises $100m on a $640m valuation
Dataiku recognized as a 2021 GartnerⓇ peer insights customers’ choice for data science and machine learning platforms
Element, a messaging app built on the decentralized Matrix protocol, raises $30m
Our number one criteria for CEO evaluation is how good they are at attracting talent
Quantexa raises $153M to build out AI-based big data tools to track risk and run investigations
Realtime data startup Ably counts Bloomberg and Hopin among its customers. We got a look at the pitch deck it used to raise $70 million
Ably raises $70 million for its developer platform that enables realtime features
Here’s why Visa made its bold play for hot open banking fintech Tink in a $2.15 billion acquisition after its Plaid deal fell apart
Firebolt raises $127m more for its new approach to cheaper and more efficient big data analytics
Denmark’s Templafy raises $60M for its B2B SaaS platform that does business document creation
Alan Howard leads $25 million investment in London crypto custodian Copper
Divido bags $30m to take its ‘buy now, pay later’ platform to more markets
Copenhagen’s CluedIn raises $15 million in Series A round led by Dawn Capital
Forbes under 30 Europe: The newcomers rethinking finance during the time of a global pandemic
Berlin’s BRYTER raises $66M to take its no-code tools for enterprises to the US
Dataiku again named a leader in the Gartner 2021 magic quadrant for data science and machine-learning platforms
We asked 12 prominent European tech investors to pick out fintech startups they think will blow up in 2021. Here are the 20 they chose.
Deloitte recognises Divido as one of the 50 fastest growing tech companies in the UK
Israeli-born company AccessFintech secures $20 million Series B to help global financial institutions collaborate
Element acquires Gitter to get more developers on board with the open Matrix messaging protocol
Data science startup Dataiku raises $100 million to keep growing its AI enablement software
TOP 50: Europe’s most influential women in the startup and venture capital space
Collibra raises $112 million at $2.3 billion valuation to provide better data governance
VC predictions: What do you think the UK IPO landscape looks like for fintechs in 2020?
Eigen nabs $37m to help banks and others parse huge documents using natural language and ‘small data’
It’s chips, not the cloud, that will save banks from the hackers of the future
UK Tech 100: The 100 most influential people shaping British technology in 2019
TOP 50: Europe’s most influential women in the startup and venture capital space
Engineering the headless e-commerce revolution: why we invested in Medusa


Even as the pandemic-fuelled boom in e-commerce quiets down, the secular drivers behind digital commerce continue to push its volume up. Retail e-commerce is projected to reach $7.5 trillion by 2025 and B2B online commerce is a 4x larger market. Despite the breakneck growth of e-commerce, we are still in the first, or maybe second iteration …
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Cover Genius lands $70M infusion to grow its embedded insurance business
In Raito, former Collibra team members cite a ‘paradigm shift’, raise €4 million
Here are 23 startups in areas like AI, robotics, and quantum primed to take off in Europe’s $711 billion deep tech industry, according to VCs
RPA Supervisor lands cash to help companies manage their various RPA platforms
Fonoa raises $60M to automate tax compliance for global companies like Uber and Zoom
Medusa’s open source e-commerce tool for JavaScript developers aims to take on Shopify
Engineering the headless e-commerce revolution: why we invested in Medusa
Why developers are still the biggest opportunity in software — key trends you need to know
Shoreline scores $35M Series B to build automated incident response platform
POWER PLAYERS: 18 women to watch in 2022 who made partner or higher in Europe’s male-dominated VC ecosystem
More than one-third of Europe’s top VC firms are yet to hire a female partner
How to succeed in venture capital without really trying is anything but easy
Firebolt, a data warehouse startup, raises $100M at a $1.4B valuation for faster, cheaper analytics on large data sets
From web3 to climate and health tech: The tech trends and companies to watch in 2022
Latvian startup Lokalise raises $50m to streamline localisation and translation
Goodbye London, hello New York: Why Eigen Technologies moved their headquarters
Data intelligence company Collibra brings in another $250m to more than double its valuation
Swimm nabs $27.6M Series A to include up-to-date documentation throughout coding process
Billie, a buy now, pay later specialist for the B2B market, raises $100m on a $640m valuation
Dataiku recognized as a 2021 GartnerⓇ peer insights customers’ choice for data science and machine learning platforms
Element, a messaging app built on the decentralized Matrix protocol, raises $30m
Our number one criteria for CEO evaluation is how good they are at attracting talent
Quantexa raises $153M to build out AI-based big data tools to track risk and run investigations
Realtime data startup Ably counts Bloomberg and Hopin among its customers. We got a look at the pitch deck it used to raise $70 million
Ably raises $70 million for its developer platform that enables realtime features
Here’s why Visa made its bold play for hot open banking fintech Tink in a $2.15 billion acquisition after its Plaid deal fell apart
Firebolt raises $127m more for its new approach to cheaper and more efficient big data analytics
Denmark’s Templafy raises $60M for its B2B SaaS platform that does business document creation
Alan Howard leads $25 million investment in London crypto custodian Copper
Divido bags $30m to take its ‘buy now, pay later’ platform to more markets
Copenhagen’s CluedIn raises $15 million in Series A round led by Dawn Capital
Forbes under 30 Europe: The newcomers rethinking finance during the time of a global pandemic
Berlin’s BRYTER raises $66M to take its no-code tools for enterprises to the US
Dataiku again named a leader in the Gartner 2021 magic quadrant for data science and machine-learning platforms
We asked 12 prominent European tech investors to pick out fintech startups they think will blow up in 2021. Here are the 20 they chose.
Deloitte recognises Divido as one of the 50 fastest growing tech companies in the UK
Israeli-born company AccessFintech secures $20 million Series B to help global financial institutions collaborate
Element acquires Gitter to get more developers on board with the open Matrix messaging protocol
Data science startup Dataiku raises $100 million to keep growing its AI enablement software
TOP 50: Europe’s most influential women in the startup and venture capital space
Collibra raises $112 million at $2.3 billion valuation to provide better data governance
VC predictions: What do you think the UK IPO landscape looks like for fintechs in 2020?
Eigen nabs $37m to help banks and others parse huge documents using natural language and ‘small data’
It’s chips, not the cloud, that will save banks from the hackers of the future
UK Tech 100: The 100 most influential people shaping British technology in 2019
TOP 50: Europe’s most influential women in the startup and venture capital space
Another dimension: Why we invested in Omi


When it comes to online selling, the devil’s in the details. While the online sales boom — nearly 20% of retail sales worldwide in 2021 — is great news for brands, it’s putting huge pressure on the individuals who market and sell these products. Imagine you’re a content manager presenting a range of products. Whereas once a …

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Trust & Safety for a social internet: Why we invested in Checkstep


Over the past few years, our lives have become increasingly digital — the news, social media and everything in between infiltrating every part of our lives. In all of this, we know that the depths of the internet are a dark place to be yet, by and large, we manage to avoid it. But have …
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Cover Genius lands $70M infusion to grow its embedded insurance business
In Raito, former Collibra team members cite a ‘paradigm shift’, raise €4 million
Here are 23 startups in areas like AI, robotics, and quantum primed to take off in Europe’s $711 billion deep tech industry, according to VCs
RPA Supervisor lands cash to help companies manage their various RPA platforms
Fonoa raises $60M to automate tax compliance for global companies like Uber and Zoom
Medusa’s open source e-commerce tool for JavaScript developers aims to take on Shopify
Engineering the headless e-commerce revolution: why we invested in Medusa
Why developers are still the biggest opportunity in software — key trends you need to know
Shoreline scores $35M Series B to build automated incident response platform
POWER PLAYERS: 18 women to watch in 2022 who made partner or higher in Europe’s male-dominated VC ecosystem
More than one-third of Europe’s top VC firms are yet to hire a female partner
How to succeed in venture capital without really trying is anything but easy
Firebolt, a data warehouse startup, raises $100M at a $1.4B valuation for faster, cheaper analytics on large data sets
From web3 to climate and health tech: The tech trends and companies to watch in 2022
Latvian startup Lokalise raises $50m to streamline localisation and translation
Goodbye London, hello New York: Why Eigen Technologies moved their headquarters
Data intelligence company Collibra brings in another $250m to more than double its valuation
Swimm nabs $27.6M Series A to include up-to-date documentation throughout coding process
Billie, a buy now, pay later specialist for the B2B market, raises $100m on a $640m valuation
Dataiku recognized as a 2021 GartnerⓇ peer insights customers’ choice for data science and machine learning platforms
Element, a messaging app built on the decentralized Matrix protocol, raises $30m
Our number one criteria for CEO evaluation is how good they are at attracting talent
Quantexa raises $153M to build out AI-based big data tools to track risk and run investigations
Realtime data startup Ably counts Bloomberg and Hopin among its customers. We got a look at the pitch deck it used to raise $70 million
Ably raises $70 million for its developer platform that enables realtime features
Here’s why Visa made its bold play for hot open banking fintech Tink in a $2.15 billion acquisition after its Plaid deal fell apart
Firebolt raises $127m more for its new approach to cheaper and more efficient big data analytics
Denmark’s Templafy raises $60M for its B2B SaaS platform that does business document creation
Alan Howard leads $25 million investment in London crypto custodian Copper
Divido bags $30m to take its ‘buy now, pay later’ platform to more markets
Copenhagen’s CluedIn raises $15 million in Series A round led by Dawn Capital
Forbes under 30 Europe: The newcomers rethinking finance during the time of a global pandemic
Berlin’s BRYTER raises $66M to take its no-code tools for enterprises to the US
Dataiku again named a leader in the Gartner 2021 magic quadrant for data science and machine-learning platforms
We asked 12 prominent European tech investors to pick out fintech startups they think will blow up in 2021. Here are the 20 they chose.
Deloitte recognises Divido as one of the 50 fastest growing tech companies in the UK
Israeli-born company AccessFintech secures $20 million Series B to help global financial institutions collaborate
Element acquires Gitter to get more developers on board with the open Matrix messaging protocol
Data science startup Dataiku raises $100 million to keep growing its AI enablement software
TOP 50: Europe’s most influential women in the startup and venture capital space
Collibra raises $112 million at $2.3 billion valuation to provide better data governance
VC predictions: What do you think the UK IPO landscape looks like for fintechs in 2020?
Eigen nabs $37m to help banks and others parse huge documents using natural language and ‘small data’
It’s chips, not the cloud, that will save banks from the hackers of the future
UK Tech 100: The 100 most influential people shaping British technology in 2019
TOP 50: Europe’s most influential women in the startup and venture capital space
The foundations for crypto market access: Why we invested in Elwood


A tidal wave of institutional money has flowed into digital assets over the past two years. And, with it, we’ve seen the rapid growth of exchanges, brokers, lenders and custodians — and an emerging crypto market structure. But efficient and transparent access to this market and asset class remains a challenge, even for the most …

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Sharing the workload: Granulate joins Intel


Asaf Ezra and Tal Saiag’s company didn’t exist four years ago. When we participated in their Series B last year, Granulate was still just two years old. Now, this rocketship of a company is joining one of their titan champions, Intel — an acquisition so clearly a natural evolution for a business whose software agent slashes the cost of …

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Welcome to the world of Everyday AI: Why we’ve reinvested in Dataiku
Why we invested in Firebolt: Snowflake catapulted the data warehouse into the cloud
Reimagining business spend at no one’s expense: why we are partnering with Soldo
Turning the tide: Why we invested in Shoreline


The cost of digital outages is higher than ever. When almost every aspect of our daily lives is touched by software, we’ve got zero tolerance for downtime, whether it is our work chat or our favourite food delivery app. At the same time, delivering a seamless customer experience 24/7 has become more challenging. As businesses …

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Welcome to the world of Everyday AI: Why we’ve reinvested in Dataiku
Why we invested in Firebolt: Snowflake catapulted the data warehouse into the cloud
Reimagining business spend at no one’s expense: why we are partnering with Soldo
Fired up: Why we’ve reinvested in Firebolt


Every company now is not just a software company, but a data company too. Data is the core of every app, product and service, becoming part of the fabric of modern business. The evolution of data warehousing — the foundation on top of which companies build all kinds of analytics experiences and services — made this possible. …

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Welcome to the world of Everyday AI: Why we’ve reinvested in Dataiku
Why we invested in Firebolt: Snowflake catapulted the data warehouse into the cloud
Reimagining business spend at no one’s expense: why we are partnering with Soldo
Found in translation: Why we invested in Lokalise


It’s fitting that my first trip after a worldwide lockdown was to meet the team helping digital products go global. Having missed my morning flight to Lisbon (a PCR-test related snafu) and scrambled to still make it there a few hours later than planned, there I was — on a sunny rooftop, finally face to …
