# Daily Mail and General Trust

> Daily Mail and General Trust is a VC fund backing Service Industry. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jun 2019
- Lead investor: 57%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-mail-and-general-trust-plc
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/DMGTplc
- Website: http://www.dmgt.com

Daily Mail and General Trust is a VC fund in London focused on Service Industry and Internet. DMGT provides businesses and consumers with compelling information, analysis, insight, events, news, and entertainment. It also manages a diverse, multinational portfolio of companies with total revenues of around £1.5bn. DMGT is also a founding investor and the largest shareholder of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC and ZPG PLC.The companyalso specializes in education Technology, energy information, insurance risk, events & exhibitions, and property information. DMGT was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in London, England, UK.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Service Industry | 3 | 43% |
| Internet | 2 | 29% |
| Analytics | 2 | 29% |
| Risk Management | 2 | 29% |
| Retail | 1 | 14% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 29% |
| Series C | 2 | 29% |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Angel | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 43% |
| India | 2 | 29% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Erik Levy | Group Head Corporate Development and M&A | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erik-levy |
| Paul Zwillenberg | CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-zwillenberg |
| Rob Chandhok | CTO | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rob-chandhok |
| Tim Collier | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-collier |
| Alfred Harmsworth | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alfred-harmsworth-3438 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CUDONI | Cudoni is the leading serviced luxury marketplace in the UK and Europe; leveraging data and technology to provide exceptional service and complete convenience to consumers and businesses in the buying and selling of pre-loved luxury, in a way no resale business has before. We do all the work involved in the sales process; from item collection,through to providing data-driven market valuations, professional photography, descriptions, authentication, listings, storage and fulfilment. Our experience and credibility allows us to attain a 30-50% higher selling price on average for our sellers (than if they sold their items themselves), as pre-owned luxury is a market characterised by counterfeits, and value extraction is often difficult. For those who prefer not to wait for items to sell on consignment, but still want to avoid the hassle of selling themselves, we offer an ‘Instant Purchase’ solution. As we exclusively control inventory, unlike P2P incumbents, buyers are able to browse the most in-demand, curated products, with assurances around authenticity and quality, available for next day delivery at the click of a button. | $1.8M | Angel | Jun 27, 2019 |  |
| Skymet Weather | Skymet Weather designs web and mobile based climate, weather, and crop analytics platform that measures and predicts climate risk for agriculture insurance companies, banks, and public sector institutions in India. The company's climate, weather and crop analytics platform enables users to mitigate weather risks, thereby supporting farmers tocope with the consequences of climate change and organize themselves around their changing environment by providing an updated information regarding weather change through automatic weather stations. It also offers lightening detection network to track thunderstorms in real time. | $6M | Series C | Dec 18, 2017 |  |
| Skymet Weather | Skymet Weather designs web and mobile based climate, weather, and crop analytics platform that measures and predicts climate risk for agriculture insurance companies, banks, and public sector institutions in India. The company's climate, weather and crop analytics platform enables users to mitigate weather risks, thereby supporting farmers tocope with the consequences of climate change and organize themselves around their changing environment by providing an updated information regarding weather change through automatic weather stations. It also offers lightening detection network to track thunderstorms in real time. | $4.5M | Series B | Aug 06, 2014 |  |
| iProf Learning Solutions | iProf, India's largest Tablet PC based education content delivery company, brings to you a smarter way of studying through its advanced android based application that works on offline mode i.e. without internet connection. It enables students to learn & revise concepts for school curriculum (class IX to XII) & important entrance testslike IIT JEE (Main & Advance), AIPMT (NEET), CA-CPT & more through its advanced learning solution. iProf is India's largest tablet based education delivery company . It provides digital content in both Online and Offline (Pen Drive, SD Cards, Tablet PC & Mobile based) mode of content delivery to students in a secured and scalable environment. | $9M | Series B | Jan 23, 2014 |  |
| FNA | FNA is a deep technology analytics company that offers financial system services. Its platform allows financial institutions to map and monitor complex financial networks and to simulate operational and financial risks. FNA’s clients include the world’s largest central banks, financial market infrastructures, and leading financial institutions.The company is driven by a mission to make the financial system safer and more efficient and to play a pivotal role in the growing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning ecosystem, where FNA's engine powers use cases across a growing number of business domains.FNA was founded in 2013 and is based in London, England. | $532K | Seed | Jun 01, 2013 |  |
| Globrix | Globrix exists to allow users to search nearly every property for sale or to rent in the UK down to the last detail.Globrix is not a property listing site, but a property search engine. Their sofware tracks down almost every single estate agentin the UK and searches their websites, coming back with a list of what is available to buy or rent.Users can sort through results by keyword, allowing them to find their perfect homes.Globrix does not accept paid placement or listing fees from agents. Funds are generated by allowing targeted and relevant ads on the side of the page. |  |  | Jan 21, 2010 |  |
| Spot Runner | Spot Runner is an Internet based ad agency that focuses on making it easy and affordable for local businesses to advertise on TV. Traditionally making commercials has been too expensive and complex for small businesses. The ones that have gotten past these obstacles often end up showing an ad that looks terrible in comparison to those producedfor major corporations.Spot Runner is looking to change the television ad industry by offering everything needed to get your commercial on TV at a reasonable price. The entire process takes just days and is a fraction of the cost (as little as $500) of what it otherwise would be.They've done all of this by creating a library of stock TV ads. Once users find one they like, they can customize it by adding voiceovers, a logo and business information. After an ad has been purchased it remains in Spot Runner's library, but won't be sold to anyone else in the same area. | $51M | Series C | May 07, 2008 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Daily Mail and General Trust invest in?

Daily Mail and General Trust invests primarily in Service Industry, Internet and Analytics startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 7 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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### Who are the partners at Daily Mail and General Trust?

The team at Daily Mail and General Trust includes Erik Levy (Group Head Corporate Development and M&A), Paul Zwillenberg (CEO) and Rob Chandhok (CTO), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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