# Haakon Overli

> Haakon Overli is a Series A investor at Dawn Capital (London) backing SaaS and Software. See 24 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: 24
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haakon-overli-299125/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/HaakonOverli
- Website: https://www.dawncapital.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/haakon.overli

Haakon Overli is a Series A investor at Dawn Capital in London focused on SaaS and Software. Dawn is Europe’s largest specialist B2B software investor, with assets under management of $1.5bn. Dawn partners with founders building the next generation of global software leaders, supporting them to harness extraordinary teams.Haakon has served on the boards of Self Trade and Wonga.com amongst others, and currently represents Dawn’sinterest at Conversocial, Crate.io, LeadDesk, Minute Media and Neo Technologies.Prior to formalising early stage investing at Dawn, Haakon worked with early stage companies from their first commercial efforts through to managing accelerated growth, often by serving as an interim manager or board member. They include G-Cluster (sold to Softbank Broadmedia) and Lateral Logic (sold to Electronic Arts).Mr. Overli studied Mathematics at the University of Oslo and holds a B.A. (Hons) in Economics from University of Durham.In his investment-banking career when the world was covered in ice, Haakon was a Director and Co-Head of Technology Investment Banking at ING Barings. Prior even to that, Haakon worked for JP Morgan in the M&A departments of New York and London.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3M–$12M |
| Series B | $18M–$22M |
| Series C | $15M–$62M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 5 | 21% |
| Software | 4 | 17% |
| Analytics | 3 | 13% |
| Advertising | 3 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 13% |

53 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 8 | 33% |
| Series B | 3 | 13% |
| Series C | 3 | 13% |
| Seed | 2 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 8% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 17% |
| Finland | 2 | 8% |
| Denmark | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Doubleword | Doubleword (formerly TitanML) is an InferenceOps platform that enables enterprises to securely deploy, manage, and scale open-source and custom AI models. By providing a self-hosted inference stack and control layer, it helps businesses reduce infrastructure complexity, costs, and vendor lock-in. | $12M | Series A | May 08, 2025 |  |
| Algorithmiq | Algorithmiq utilizes its expertise in quantum information, complex systems, and computational physics to develop algorithms to develop new and effective drugs, solve problems in life sciences, and discover new materials. | $4M | Seed | Feb 02, 2022 |  |
| Minute Media | Minute Media is a global technology and content company specializing in sports and culture. Minute Media’s proprietary tech platform enables the creation, distribution and monetization of digital short-form content experiences. They own leading sports content brands, The Players' Tribune, FanSided, 90min and STN Video, while also providingcontent creation tools for leagues, athletes and professional creators. The company reaches 200M monthly users, powering 1,500+ content creators and 250+ distribution partners across 14 global markets in 10 languages. Minute Media has offices in New York, London, Tel-Aviv, São Paulo and Tokyo. For more information, visit www.MinuteMedia.com. | $40M | Series I | Feb 26, 2020 |  |
| Minute Media | Minute Media is a global technology and content company specializing in sports and culture. Minute Media’s proprietary tech platform enables the creation, distribution and monetization of digital short-form content experiences. They own leading sports content brands, The Players' Tribune, FanSided, 90min and STN Video, while also providingcontent creation tools for leagues, athletes and professional creators. The company reaches 200M monthly users, powering 1,500+ content creators and 250+ distribution partners across 14 global markets in 10 languages. Minute Media has offices in New York, London, Tel-Aviv, São Paulo and Tokyo. For more information, visit www.MinuteMedia.com. | $39.2M | Series G | Jun 12, 2019 |  |
| Minute Media | Minute Media is a global technology and content company specializing in sports and culture. Minute Media’s proprietary tech platform enables the creation, distribution and monetization of digital short-form content experiences. They own leading sports content brands, The Players' Tribune, FanSided, 90min and STN Video, while also providingcontent creation tools for leagues, athletes and professional creators. The company reaches 200M monthly users, powering 1,500+ content creators and 250+ distribution partners across 14 global markets in 10 languages. Minute Media has offices in New York, London, Tel-Aviv, São Paulo and Tokyo. For more information, visit www.MinuteMedia.com. | $17M | Series F | May 15, 2018 |  |
| Minute Media | Minute Media is a global technology and content company specializing in sports and culture. Minute Media’s proprietary tech platform enables the creation, distribution and monetization of digital short-form content experiences. They own leading sports content brands, The Players' Tribune, FanSided, 90min and STN Video, while also providingcontent creation tools for leagues, athletes and professional creators. The company reaches 200M monthly users, powering 1,500+ content creators and 250+ distribution partners across 14 global markets in 10 languages. Minute Media has offices in New York, London, Tel-Aviv, São Paulo and Tokyo. For more information, visit www.MinuteMedia.com. | $15M | Series E | Feb 14, 2017 |  |
| CrateDB | Crate.io are the developers of CrateDB, a global leading edge database, that enables companies to access data insights at scale. The flexible, distributed database solution combines the performance of NoSQL with the power and simplicity of standard SQL. Optimized for large data volumes with high compute and data versatility requirements, CrateDBruns in the cloud, on the edge and on-premise.   ​We are a VC and corporate funded global technology company, recognized as cutting edge by both Forbes and Gartner. Crate.io is well funded with $10M+ capital raised in our latest financing round in 2021. We are gearing up for hyper-growth, with current offices in the US, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. | $2.7M | Seed | Jul 01, 2016 |  |
| Minute Media | Minute Media is a global technology and content company specializing in sports and culture. Minute Media’s proprietary tech platform enables the creation, distribution and monetization of digital short-form content experiences. They own leading sports content brands, The Players' Tribune, FanSided, 90min and STN Video, while also providingcontent creation tools for leagues, athletes and professional creators. The company reaches 200M monthly users, powering 1,500+ content creators and 250+ distribution partners across 14 global markets in 10 languages. Minute Media has offices in New York, London, Tel-Aviv, São Paulo and Tokyo. For more information, visit www.MinuteMedia.com. | $5M | Series D | May 17, 2016 |  |
| CrateDB | Crate.io are the developers of CrateDB, a global leading edge database, that enables companies to access data insights at scale. The flexible, distributed database solution combines the performance of NoSQL with the power and simplicity of standard SQL. Optimized for large data volumes with high compute and data versatility requirements, CrateDBruns in the cloud, on the edge and on-premise.   ​We are a VC and corporate funded global technology company, recognized as cutting edge by both Forbes and Gartner. Crate.io is well funded with $10M+ capital raised in our latest financing round in 2021. We are gearing up for hyper-growth, with current offices in the US, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. | $2.8M | Seed | Nov 01, 2015 |  |
| Conversocial | Conversocial is a Customer Experience Platform for Messaging Channels.Your customers have moved to messaging — your brand should too. Conversocial simplifies how brands communicate with their customers by combining human agents and bots in a single platform. The result; frictionless customer experiences throughout the customer lifecycle thatenhance customer loyalty and drive revenue — at scale. Forward-thinking brands such as Google, Sephora, British Airways, and Facebook trust Conversocial to help them embrace messaging as an efficient and scalable customer experience channel. Conversocial has offices in New York City, London and San Francisco with a global team of people passionate about helping brands build and scale meaningful relationships with their customers. | $11M |  | Oct 19, 2015 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gemini Israel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gemini-israel-funds) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Qumra Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qumra-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Molten Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-esprit) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Balderton Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/balderton-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Battery Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/battery-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Conor Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/conor-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals 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 Haakon Overli invest in?

Haakon Overli invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Analytics startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 24 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Haakon Overli's check size?

Haakon Overli typically joins rounds of $3M–$12M at Series A, $18M–$22M at Series B and $15M–$62M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Haakon Overli participates in.

### When did Haakon Overli last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Haakon Overli closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 24 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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