# DNS Capital: portfolio, investments and team > DNS Capital is a family office based in United States. 6 investments on record, latest Nov 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/dns-capital (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # DNS Capital Last cheque observed Nov 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Email Quiet Family office Seed Series A Series B Latinx Historically Ignored Founder African American Follow DNS Capital and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fdns-capital) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record Since the last cheque **2531** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$25M** Rounds led **1 of 6** Mostly in **United States, 83%** Pitch DNS Capital ## DNS Capital highlights - 01 6 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 100% of its rounds - 03 Led 1 rounds ## What they do > DNS Capital is the investment office and internal merchant bank for the business enterprise of Gigi Pritzker, Michael Pucker, and their immediate family. From their own website - **Type:** Family office (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO - **Sectors:** Latinx Historically Ignored Founder African American - **Based in:** Chicago, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances** - **2019** 4 rounds - **Nov** **[Truvian Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/truvian-sciences)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$27M** With 3 others - **Oct** **[Activ Surgical](https://millionrounds.com/company/activ-surgical)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$11M** *Led* - **Jul** **[Recogni](https://millionrounds.com/company/recogni)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$25M** With 5 others - **Jun** **[RapidAPI](https://millionrounds.com/company/rapidapi)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$25M** With 3 others - **2016** 1 round - **Oct** **[Financeit](https://millionrounds.com/company/financeit)** CA · FinSMEs **$17M** With 1 other - **2015** 1 round - **Jun** **[Thread](https://millionrounds.com/company/thread)** Series A · US **$2.8M** With 2 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team We hold **15** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **7** of 54 we have independently watched raise [Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/farmer-s-fridge)[Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/beyond-meat)[Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/activ-surgical)[Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/truvian-sciences)[Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantifind)[Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/bluevoyant)[Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/kallyope) Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Company Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$25M** the round, not its cheque Led 1 of 6 rounds **17%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Nov 2019 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A said *3* - Series B said *2* - Seed said *-* - Growth said *-* - Pre-IPO said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2015 2019 Often in the room with - [GreatPoint Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greatpoint-ventures) 3 - [Tao Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tao-capital-partners) 2 **Pitching DNS Capital?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as DNS Capital. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**GreatPoint Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greatpoint-ventures)[**Tao Capital Partners** Family office **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tao-capital-partners) ## Recently backed The latest companies DNS Capital put money into. [**Truvian Sciences** $27M · Nov 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/truvian-sciences)[**Activ Surgical** $11M · Oct 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/activ-surgical)[**Recogni** $25M · Jul 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/recogni)[**Financeit** $17M · Oct 2016](https://millionrounds.com/company/financeit) ## Quick answers about DNS Capital ### What does DNS Capital invest in? DNS Capital invests most often at Series A and Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Latinx, Historically Ignored Founder and African American. ### How active is DNS Capital? 6 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Nov 2019. ### What has DNS Capital invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Truvian Sciences (Series B, Nov 2019), Activ Surgical (Series A, Oct 2019) and Recogni (Series A, Jul 2019). ### How big are DNS Capital's cheques? The median round it joins is $25M. ### Does DNS Capital lead rounds? Yes: it led 1 of its 6 investments on record (17%). ### Where does DNS Capital invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (83%) and Canada (17%). ### Is DNS Capital investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Nov 2019. ### Who does DNS Capital invest alongside? Most often GreatPoint Ventures (3 rounds together) and Tao Capital Partners (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. 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