Dan joined Dawn in 2018 and invests across automation, fintech, and vertical software. He looks for relentless, customer-obsessed founders using disruptive technologies and business models to transform and reshape industries at scale.

Dan heads up our research platform, Horizons, and led our early investments into several future category-defining leaders. These include Tink, the pioneering open banking platform acquired by Visa for $2.1bn; Cover Genius, the embedded insurer behind the world’s largest travel and e-commerce brands, as well as Copper, Europe’s leading institutional digital asset platform.

Prior to Dawn, Dan spent several years at J.P. Morgan in London within M&A and corporate finance. He was named on the Forbes 30 under 30 list. He graduated with a first in Modern History from Oxford University, where he also went on to earn a distinction in his Masters.

Outside investing, he continues to enjoy a good history podcast, travelling in remote corners of the world, and test cricket.