Dan Jones
Partner @ Global Founders Capital
London, United Kingdom
Dan Jones is a seed investor at Global Founders Capital in London focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Daniel has been working with tech startups for over a decade as an entrepreneur, operator, financier and investor. He was an early internet pioneer in the UK, building the first online food ordering platform, and has also been involved in a number of tech companies from formation through to exit. Most recently he was part of the venture capitalteam at Fidelity where he was involved in a number of investments in e-commerce, marketplaces and SaaS including NotOnTheHighStreet, Wahanda and GoodData. Daniel holds a ‘first class' Bachelor of Science degree from Warwick and Wharton business schools.
- Total investments:
- 20
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 35%
Last updated:
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Industries Dan Jones invests in
Stages Dan Jones invests in
Countries Dan Jones invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 7 (35%)
- FinTech 5 (25%)
- Software 4 (20%)
- SaaS 3 (15%)
- Information Technology 3 (15%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (25%)
- Series A 5 (25%)
- Series B 4 (20%)
- Series C 2 (10%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (5%)
Country
- United Kingdom 10 (50%)
- United States 3 (15%)
- India 1 (5%)
- Sweden 1 (5%)
- South Africa 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Goodstack is a SaaS and fintech platform for managing charitable donations. | $28M / Series A / Nov 18, 2024 | ||
| Yonder is a credit card that allows users to build good credit habits while earning and enjoying rewards at their favorite spots in town. They're on a mission to make money rewarding and credit empowering through products people understand and love.They're building a challenger credit card that's a key to the city, designed forexpats and young professionals. They've packed it with modern rewards, travel insurance, no FX fees, and loads more - all without needing a UK credit score. | $31.1M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 19, 2024 | ||
| Kaizan is an AI for Client Relationship Managers! Providing client-facing teams the automations & insights they need to optimise the client journey & increase the Satisfaction, Profitability & Revenue of every client | $1.2M / Pre-Seed / May 18, 2022 | ||
| Bamba is an android application allowing micro-merchants across Africa to run their entire business utilizing their phones. It focuses on simple tools for merchants to manage their customers, get paid, payout as well as takeout cash advances against their future cash flow. | $3.2M / Seed / May 18, 2022 | ||
| Rippling is a human resource management company that manages employees’ payroll, benefits, devices, and apps. It is a platform that automates manual work, like onboarding new hires. In just 90-seconds, a company can set up (or disable) an employee’s payroll, health insurance, work computer, and third-party apps, like Gmail, Microsoft Office, andSlack. It’s the only platform that truly unifies every employee system, and automates all of the administrative work.The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $250M / Series C / Oct 21, 2021 | ||
| Refyne partners with organisations to extend on-demand Earned Wage Access (EWA) to their employees. We believe employers play a crucial role in their staff’s financial literacy plan, and providing employees access to their real-time earned salary promotes a stress-free and productive workforce.Refyne’s one-stop platform enables your employee baseto build financial resilience and nurture a favourable work culture. With our plug and play technology, employees can see and withdraw their earned salary instead of opting exploitative payday loans or other high-interest credit schemes. | $4.1M / Seed / Dec 01, 2020 | ||
| Wagestream is a financial services firm that allows employees to stream their earned wages into their accounts through an instant app.The app allows them to have complete control over when they get paid. It also effectively ends the need for employee advances, loans, and employee stress suffered from short term, unplanned financial obligations.The company aims to play a key role in reducing the poverty premium and prevent employees from entering cycles of debt caused by overdraft fees, high-interest credit, or payday loans. Peter Briffett and Portman Wills was founded in 2018 and is based in London, England. It is backed by QED, Fair by Design, London Co-Investment Fund, and Village Global. | $25.5M / Series B / Jul 07, 2020 | ||
| Stream is a financial services firm that allows employees to stream their earned wages into their accounts through an instant app. The app allows them to have complete control over when they get paid. It also effectively ends the need for employee advances, loans, and employee stress suffered from short-term, unplanned financial obligations. Thecompany aims to play a key role in reducing the poverty premium and preventing employees from entering cycles of debt caused by overdraft fees, high-interest credit, or payday loans. | $25.1M / Series B / Jul 07, 2020 | ||
| Tide is a business finance platform supplying a range of tools to handle company financial operations. It provides business accounts, invoicing, expense management, accounting integrations, payroll, and tools for savings and payments. Tide enables business registration, offers plans suited to different business sizes, and facilitates access tobusiness loans and credit services. It allows users to make and receive payments, set up virtual or physical cards, issue invoices and connect with accounting systems. It also includes support services like fraud protection, help center resources, and business tips. | $54.4M / Series B / Oct 06, 2019 | ||
| Sonovate is changing how businesses of all shapes and sizes access finance and support to manage their freelance workforce. Sonovate helps businesses, from recruitment startups to large-scale organizations who’ve grown tired of the traditional approach to finance from the banking world. It offers a full end-to-end work pay solution, taking care oftasks such as: credit control, invoicing, payments, contracts, compliance, and timesheets through its cloud-based placement management application. | $123.5M / Debt Financing / Sep 09, 2019 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Global Founders Capital
GFC is a venture fund that supports entrepreneurs at various stages of business development. It focuses on global markets and seeks individuals with innovative ideas. The fund evaluates opportunities based on potential impact and feasibility. The firm supports ventures at all stages, including seed, early, and later stages, helping companies togrow and scale effectively.
Global Founders Capital Contacts
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Benedikt Körling
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David Sainteff
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Roel Janssen
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Arnt Jeschke
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David Citron
Partner
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What does Dan Jones invest in?
Dan Jones invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Dan Jones closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 20 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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