Dawn Capital

Evgenia Plotnikova, who was promoted by Dawn Capital, talks about diversity and what sets the firm apart from others.

The parade of opportunity funds closures continues in venture, as Dawn Capital, SOSV and others see advantages to the strategy.

Dawn Opportunities Fund II will invest up to $30m in the growth rounds of the firm's best-performing companies.

The European investor announces two promotions, lifting Mina Mutafchieva to partner and Dan Chaplin to principal.

Bryter, a no-code platform, has raised $16 million in Series A funding.

London and New York-based Eigen Technologies, a provider of natural language processing technology, has secured $37 million in funding. Lakestar and Dawn Capital led the round.

Chicago and Belgium-based Showpad, a sales enablement solution, has named Helen Yu as chief customer officer. Yu was the founder and CEO of Tigon Advisory Corp. Showpad's investors include Dawn Capital and Insight Partners.

Chicago and Belgium-based Showpad, a sales enablement solution, has secured $70 million in Series D funding. Dawn Capital and Insight Partners led the round.

Mountside Ventures’ new accelerator program is the first in Europe specifically geared to emerging VCs, who are struggling to secure commitments from limited partners.

An extended timeline to liquidity means LPs will be more careful about which GPs they continue to allocate to in 2024.

Many of the 18 venture capitalists we spoke with expect M&A exits to become more viable this year, but most don’t see the IPO market rebounding meaningfully until late this year or more likely in 2025.

VCs have low expectations for IPOs, but see a rebound in M&A, citing optimism about lower interest rates and interest from private equity investors and better-capitalized public companies eager to get teams and technologies at a discount.

More firms are giving a hard think to how best mentor and retain their most talented young professionals.

An in-depth look at how to keep hold of rising stars in private markets, courtesy of our colleagues at Venture Capital Journal. Plus: continuation funds are helping drive distributions; and UK exits are on the up. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.

As firms take a more thoughtful approach to their cultures, more general partners are thinking about how to best mentor younger professionals.

A recent venture capital exodus prompts some navel gazing with regard to talent retention. Plus: where individual investors expect to find the strongest returns; and Pictet has closed its debut healthcare vehicle. Here's today's brief, for our valued subscribers only.