# Dan Chaplin

> Dan Chaplin is a seed investor at Dawn Capital (London) backing FinTech and Internet. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Dawn Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dawn-capital)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-chaplin/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/dc_chaplin
- Website: https://www.dawncapital.com

Dan Chaplin is a seed investor at Dawn Capital in London focused on FinTech and Internet. Dan is an investor at Dawn Capital working on B2B software investments across Europe with a particular focus on FinTech.Previously, Dan worked for J.P. Morgan in London advising companies across banking, payments, insurance, and asset management on M&A execution, equity and debt transactions. Dan read Modern History at Oxford Universitygraduating with First Class Honours and went on to earn his MSt with Distinction there the following year.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Internet | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| InsurTech | 1 | 25% |
| Insurance | 1 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series D | 1 | 25% |
| Series E | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 1 | 25% |
| Germany | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cortea | Cortea leverages artificial intelligence to revolutionize the auditing process by enhancing speed, accuracy, and transparency. Cortea transforms audits from traditional, labor-intensive processes into faster, more reliable, and more transparent operations. | $13.9M | Seed | Jun 16, 2026 |  |
| Omi | Omi platform is designed for today's marketer and requires no technical skills. | $14M | Series A | Jun 17, 2024 |  |
| Cover Genius | Cover Genius provides an insurance distribution platform designed to protect the customers of e-commerce companies. Its products feature integrated end-to-end insurance and warranty capabilities and offer dynamic product recommendations and pricing optimization, while also undertaking the payment of a customer's claim in real-time, enablingcustomers to access increased protection against any uncertainty.The company was founded in 2014. | $80M | Series E | May 15, 2024 |  |
| Cover Genius | Cover Genius provides an insurance distribution platform designed to protect the customers of e-commerce companies. Its products feature integrated end-to-end insurance and warranty capabilities and offer dynamic product recommendations and pricing optimization, while also undertaking the payment of a customer's claim in real-time, enablingcustomers to access increased protection against any uncertainty.The company was founded in 2014. | $70M | Series D | Nov 01, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Motier Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/motier-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [G Squared](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/g-squared-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [King River Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/king-river-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Atlas Merchant Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlas-merchant-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cherry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherry-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founders Future](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-future) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Dawn Capital

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Dawn Capital is an early-stage venture fund focused on investing in the enterprise software and FinTech sectors.It provides capital and counsel to support founders to scale their business’s growth through talent, products, and business models to become category-defining, global companies. The firm is powered by cloud computing, ever-loweringbarriers to entry and multi-player categories are changing the way people live and work. As this innovation continues, with the growth of AI and no-code applications, the investment opportunities in Dawn’s area of expertise continue to increase. Its portfolio companies include Mimecast, iZettle, Neo Technology, iControl, Showpad, and Gelato Group.Dawn Capital was founded by Haakon Overli and Norman Fiore in August 2006 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

5 contacts available at Dawn Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Evgenia Plotnikova | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evgenia-plotnikova |
| Josh Bell | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josh-bell |
| Norman Fiore | Co-Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norman-fiore |
| Dan Chaplin | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-chaplin-1af0 |
| Haakon Overli | Co-Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haakon-overli |

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## FAQ

### What does Dan Chaplin invest in?

Dan Chaplin invests primarily in FinTech, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Dan Chaplin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dan Chaplin closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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