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DN Capital

Venture capital firm · Founded 2000 · Active in 2026

DN Capital is a venture capital firm based in UK, founded in 2000. The page below shows 15 Power Law outcomes from DN Capital's portfolio — 11 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 4 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in eCommerce & Marketplaces · Fintech · Other B2B Software; top portfolio geographies are Germany · USA · Brazil. DN Capital ranks #481 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

15 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #481 · Global · 15 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 22% 5y
11
Decacorns ↓ 100% 5y
0
Thoroughbreds ↑ 67% 5y
12
01 · Exits

DN Capital’s biggest exits.

DN Capital portfolio companies worth $1B+ that have IPO’d or been acquired. Each shows its valuation at exit and, in grey, its current value if still public.

$12.9B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $5.9B
$7.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $3.9B
$1.3B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $229M
$1.0B IPO · 2021
Entered Series B+Now $39M
$1.0B acquisition · 2025
Entered Series A
02 · Estimated holdings

DN Capital’s selected top holdings.

An estimate of DN Capital’s largest live positions — disclosed shareholding × Dealroom’s latest valuation — across 3 companies where DN Capital is a named shareholder, worth about $259M in estimated equity value.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 GoStudentEducation · Unicorn 5.5% $3.5B $192M
  2. 2 Job&TalentJobs Recruitment · Unicorn 4.5% $1.5B $67M
  3. 3 Secret EscapesTravel · Thoroughbred 0.01% $436M $44K

Estimated value = DN Capital’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

03 · Portfolio analysis

The 15 DN Capital Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. Germany7
  2. USA3
  3. Brazil1
  4. Austria1
  5. Spain1
  6. Netherlands1
  7. Italy1
By sectorCount
  1. eCommerce & Marketplaces6
  2. Fintech5
  3. Other B2B Software1
  4. AI1
  5. Other1
  6. Edtech1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+6
  2. Series A7
  3. Seed1
04 · Portfolio market map

DN Capital's 15 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
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15 of 15 Power Law outcomes
05 · Power Law comparison

How does DN Capital stack up?

DN Capital in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.

Compare against

Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.
06 · Portfolio founders

Where DN Capital's portfolio founders come from — and where they studied.

58 founders across the 15 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. University of St.Gallen and Home24 are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
Germany23
United States6
Austria4
Spain4
India2
Georgia1
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UniversityCount
University of St.Gallen4
WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management3
University of Mannheim3
Comillas Pontifical University3
Harvard Business School3
Copenhagen Business School2
University of Osnabrück2
University of Münster2
Fachhochschule Münster2
University of Hamburg2
+27 more →
Origin companyCount
Home243
Rocket Internet3
Rovio3
SAP2
Zalando2
Microsoft2
Groupon2
Kiteworks1
Airbus1
Sitecore1
+9 more →
Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company.

Market sentiment

What the market is saying about DN Capital

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about DN Capital on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

In the news

Latest news about DN Capital

Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning DN Capital — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.

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