Dawn Capital

Dawn Capital is a London-based enterprise software venture capital firm focused on fintech and B2B software companies at Series A and Series B stages, investing in European founders building the next generation of business software platforms across financial services infrastructure, data management, collaboration, and enterprise workflow. The firm was founded by Norman Fiore and Evgenia Plotnikova and operates as one of the most active and experienced enterprise software investors in the European market, with deep expertise in financial technology. Dawn invests with initial checks from $5 million to $20 million and takes an active board role in each portfolio company. Portfolio companies include iZettle, the Swedish mobile payments company backed by Dawn as a major early investor before its $2.2 billion acquisition by PayPal in 2018; Collibra, the Belgian data intelligence and governance platform for enterprise data management that has grown into a unicorn; Mimecast, the UK cybersecurity company focused on email security acquired by Permira for $5.8 billion in 2021; and Gelato, the print-on-demand and personalised product platform. Beyond its original investments in iZettle, Collibra, Mimecast, and Gelato, the portfolio includes additional European enterprise software and fintech companies.