# Dawn Marriott-Sims

> Dawn Marriott-Sims is a seed investor at Hg (London) backing InsurTech and Insurance. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Hg](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hgcapital)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jan 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawn-marriott-sims-6853701/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/dawnmarriottsim?lang=en

Dawn Marriott-Sims is an Operating Partner at HgCapital and the Executive Chair of Kinapse, an Hg backed business, providing Life Science services.Before joining HgCapital, Dawn was a Board Member and the Joint COO of Capita plc, a FTSE 100 company during her time of office. She was responsible for 6 of the 11 operating divisions and also led GroupIT, Group HR and Group Talent, who delivered services to the 75,000 employees. She is a Board member for the Institute of Collaborative Working, the driving force behind ISO 44001.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| InsurTech | 1 | 50% |
| Insurance | 1 | 50% |
| Smart Home | 1 | 50% |
| Home Services | 1 | 50% |
| Home Improvement | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hometree | Hometree is a home energy services company, is dedicated to expediting the journey towards achieving net zero emissions. Through the provision of installation, repair, and financing solutions for home energy hardware, we empower homeowners to make the transition to low-carbon living at their own pace.Hometree offers comprehensive home emergencyinsurance and maintenance cover, plus energy-efficient heating installations along with affordable financing plans. Hometree helps homeowners across the full lifecycle of sustainable home improvements - from the point of hardware installation, to how the projects get financed, to in-life repair and maintenance. | $3.8M | Seed | Jan 09, 2018 |  |
| Hometree | Hometree is a home energy services company, is dedicated to expediting the journey towards achieving net zero emissions. Through the provision of installation, repair, and financing solutions for home energy hardware, we empower homeowners to make the transition to low-carbon living at their own pace.Hometree offers comprehensive home emergencyinsurance and maintenance cover, plus energy-efficient heating installations along with affordable financing plans. Hometree helps homeowners across the full lifecycle of sustainable home improvements - from the point of hardware installation, to how the projects get financed, to in-life repair and maintenance. | $3.8M |  | Jan 09, 2018 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Literacy Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/literacy-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Oxford Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oxford-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DN Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dn-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LocalGlobe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/localglobe) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Hg

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Hg is a private equity firm that invests in software and services, focused on backing businesses. Hg is a sector expert investor, committed to helping build ambitious businesses across the technology, services, and industrial technology space, primarily in Europe. Deeply resourced sector teams focus on specific sub-sectors and investment themes toidentify companies occupying an established position within a niche, and which have the potential to grow faster than their market, create employment and become the leader in their industry. Hg’s dedicated operations innovation team provides practical support to management teams to help them realize their growth ambitions. Based in London and Munich, Hg has funds under management of close to £10 billion serving some of the world’s leading institutional and private investors.

5 contacts available at Hg.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dawn Marriott-Sims | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dawn-marriott-sims |
| Joris Van Gool | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joris-van-gool |
| Nick Jordan | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-jordan-c2b8 |
| Thorsten Toepfer | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thorsten-toepfer |
| Zeng Zhiqiang | President and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zeng-zhiqiang-5621 |

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## FAQ

### What does Dawn Marriott-Sims invest in?

Dawn Marriott-Sims invests primarily in InsurTech, Insurance and Smart Home startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Dawn Marriott-Sims last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dawn Marriott-Sims closed in Jan 2018. Shizune tracks 2 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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