Josh Bell
General Partner @ Dawn Capital
London, United Kingdom
Josh Bell is an Associate Partner and Head of Financial Services at Dawn Capital.Prior to Dawn, Josh worked with McKinsey & Company, managing teams that advised boards of Fortune global 500 financial institutions based in London, Geneva, Amsterdam and New York. Over the past 5 years, Josh has developed strong working relationships with manyof the key senior executives, particularly in Europe. Josh has in particular extensive experience working with clients in private equity, corporate finance and retail strategy. Most recently, Josh was recognised within the firm as a leading financial services expert in Europe.Within his retail and wholesale banking work, Josh devoted significant time to informing clients on the impact of new technologies on their industries, and helping to assess and implement these technologies for their businesses.In addition to his private sector client work, Josh was also integral to supporting McKinsey's relationship with the World Economic Forum, leading McKinsey support for the WEF's financial services knowledge initiatives and activities, principally for the Davos conferences in 2006 and 2007.Prior to McKinsey, Josh served in 2002 as an external, independent consultant to Lloyd's of London, leading their risk analysis, market segmentation and phasing for their online risk management exchange.Josh was a Graduate Scholar at Oxford University in Mathematics. He was subsequently a Research Fellow at Harvard University in Economics and Game Theory, publishing papers in Game Theory and IT Security journals before studying operational research and advanced financial modelling at Cambridge University, as part of an MPhil in Statistics; his MPhil research was supported by the Rand Institute of Santa Monica, California.
- Total investments:
- 19
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 53%
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Industries Josh Bell invests in
Stages Josh Bell invests in
Countries Josh Bell invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 9 (47%)
- Financial Services 9 (47%)
- Finance 3 (16%)
- B2B 2 (11%)
- Payments 2 (11%)
Stage
- Series A 4 (21%)
- Series B 4 (21%)
- Series C 3 (16%)
- Series E 2 (11%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (5%)
Country
- United Kingdom 6 (32%)
- Sweden 3 (16%)
- United States 2 (11%)
- Denmark 1 (5%)
- Germany 1 (5%)
Investments
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Flatpay
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Flatpay a fintech company that offers POS systems and payment solutions designed specifically for small and medium-sized businesses. Flatpay offers payment solutions to merchants through a straightforward and cost-effective platform. By providing a consistent transaction fee regardless of card type, it prioritizes transparency and user convenience. | $57.6M / Series C / Dec 01, 2024 | |
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Flatpay
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Flatpay a fintech company that offers POS systems and payment solutions designed specifically for small and medium-sized businesses. Flatpay offers payment solutions to merchants through a straightforward and cost-effective platform. By providing a consistent transaction fee regardless of card type, it prioritizes transparency and user convenience. | $48M / Series B / Apr 17, 2024 | |
Brite Payments
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Brite Payments is a second-generation fintech based in Stockholm. The instant payments provider leverages open banking technology to process account-to-account (A2A) payments in real time between consumers and online merchants. With Brite, no signup or credit card details are required as consumers authenticate themselves with top-of-mind detailsusing their bank’s usual identification method. Brite is connected to more than 3,800 banks within the EU and its offering is currently available in 25 markets across Europe. | $60M / Series A / Oct 04, 2023 | |
Pourwell
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The world's largest marketplace for alcohol-free drinks | Pre-Seed / Jun 22, 2022 | |
Elwood Technologies
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Elwood is a leading fintech firm specializing in comprehensive digital asset trading, portfolio, and risk management software for institutions. Its front-to-back solutions connect clients to global crypto exchanges, liquidity providers, custodians, and fund administrators while offering advanced execution management, portfolio analytics, and riskmanagement tools. Built by industry experts with deep experience in traditional finance and digital technology, Elwood empowers financial institutions to navigate digital asset markets with efficiency, security, and confidence. | $70M / Series A / May 16, 2022 | |
Koia
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Koia is a food and beverage company that specializes in manufacturing plant protein drinks. The company is driven by its mission is to empower people through plants,100% Plant-Based Protein and natural ingredients. Each 12 oz bottle is packed with 15-19g of plant-based protein with amazing taste and under 5g of sugar.The company was founded in2014 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | Convertible Note / Apr 15, 2022 | |
Billie
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Billie is a fintech startup with a mission is to reinvent working capital management for SMEs by offering innovative lending products. It is solving the order-to-cash problem through a fully automated invoice financing solution tailored to small businesses. In addition to its factoring services, Billie helps SMEs secure better payment terms byoffering a pay-after-delivery product for B2B online merchants. Billie was founded in 2016 and is based in Berlin, Germany. | $100.1M / Series C / Oct 25, 2021 | |
Copper
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Copper provides a secure infrastructure for the institutional digital asset investment community. Copper is a custody and portfolio management of digital assets for institutional investors. Asset managers are further protected by the ClearLoop network, which enables off-exchange trading and settlement at tier-1 digital asset exchanges. An offeringenhanced by the availability of uncollateralized lending. Copper's secure wallet architecture is available as a standalone application, a mobile app, and a browser extension for smart contract signing. | $51M / Series B / May 18, 2021 | |
Tink
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Tink is a cloud-based open banking platform that provides the infrastructure and value-adding data products that are enabling the future of financial services. Tink offers products such as account aggregation, payment initiation, data enrichment, and personal finance management that can be used to develop standalone services or be integrated intoexisting banking applications. Its partners include ABN AMRO, BNP Paribas Fortis, Nordea, Klarna, and SEB.Tink was founded in 2012 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden. | $102.9M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 11, 2020 | |
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Tink
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Tink is a cloud-based open banking platform that provides the infrastructure and value-adding data products that are enabling the future of financial services. Tink offers products such as account aggregation, payment initiation, data enrichment, and personal finance management that can be used to develop standalone services or be integrated intoexisting banking applications. Its partners include ABN AMRO, BNP Paribas Fortis, Nordea, Klarna, and SEB.Tink was founded in 2012 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden. | $95.5M / Jan 20, 2020 | |
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Co-Investors
About Dawn Capital
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.
Dawn Capital Contacts
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Evgenia Plotnikova
General Partner
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Josh Bell
General Partner
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Norman Fiore
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Dan Chaplin
Senior Associate
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Haakon Overli
Co-Founder and General Partner
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FAQ
What does Josh Bell invest in?
Josh Bell invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Finance startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 19 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 Josh Bell last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Josh Bell closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 19 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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