Ragnar Jongen

VC Investor

2022 - Current

DN Capital is a leading early stage VC firm with a focus on Seed, Series A and select series B investments. We focus on Marketplaces, Software, Fintech, Consumer Internet and Digital Health companies. The firm was founded in 2000 and has operations in London, Berlin and Silicon Valley. DN Capital’s previous funds are top performers and the firm is one of the lead investors in companies such as Endeca (sold to Oracle), Shazam (one of the world’s leading mobile apps, sold to Apple), Auto1 (Europe’s largest used-car marketplace), Purplebricks (IPO in London), OLX (sold to Naspers), Remitly (North America’s largest independent digital remittance platform) and Quandoo (sold to Recruit). Please feel free to send your deck to ragnar [at] dncapital [dot] com Proud to having invested in and/or supporting great businesses, such as: - Numa Stays (Berlin, DE) - Everli (Milan, IT) - Incode (San Francisco (CA), US) - Digital Motors (Irvine (CA), US) - Lanes & Planes (Munich, DE) - Joblift (Berlin, DE) - Housfy (Barcelona, ES) - Tourlane (Berlin, DE) - Lendis (Berlin, DE) - Dott (Amsterdam, NL) - Zivver (Amsterdam, NL) - Chairish (San Francisco (CA), US) - Triplemint (New York, US)

VC Investor (covering the DACH & BeNeLux from London)

2016 - 2022

Co-Founder

2016

VEECEE is an initiative to bring together like minded people in the VC sector in Europe. Together with dedicated partners we organise quarterly, invitation only events and masterclasses. Our goals: To make us become even more active members of the startup ecosystem and to share learnings and connect with entrepreneurs, founders and investors.

Summer Intern

2015 - 2015

McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm that serves leading businesses, governments, non governmental organizations, and not-for-profits. They help clients make lasting improvements to their performance and realize their most important goals.

Marketing Manager

2014 - 2014

Manager External Relations @ National Support Team AIESEC The Netherlands

2014 - 2014

Acquired and maintained relationships with then and new talent partners; coordinated activities provided to these partners (in-house days, workshops).

CEO and Founder

2011 - 2014

Dutch holding company for wholesale and retail projects (both online and offline) in consumer goods and innovative office supplies. Set up a joint-venture.

Sales representative

2013 - 2013

Board Member Central Executive Board for Student Organisations

2012 - 2013

Directly advised the Executive Board of the University of Groningen in matters of policy and finance concerning student facilities. Responsible for a budget of €1M+.

Manager Business Studies

2012 - 2013

Manager External Relations & Delegates @ W-Europe and N-America Leadership Development Seminar

2012 - 2013

Initiated and organized the largest seven-day student conference on leadership ever in The Netherlands. 330 students from 50 different countries were present. Responsible for acquisition and matters regarding (registration of) delegates.

President @ Make a Move Profile Team

2012 - 2012

Managed the publication of the annual Profile book, consisting of multinationals profiles (50+) and career advice for Dutch students.

Key Account Manager @ Meet a Mentor

2011 - 2012

New project in The Netherlands in which our team selected high potential Master students to provide them with a personal mentor (senior managers in participating companies). Responsible for acquisition and maintaining contact with participating companies (all Forbes 2000 companies).