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    DNS Capital

    Chicago, Illinois, United StatesFounded 2014
    www.dnscap.comLinkedIn
    ManufacturingConsumerFood & AgriculturePropTechE-Commerce & Marketplace

    DNS Capital is the investment office and internal merchant bank for the business enterprise of Gigi Pritzker, Michael Pucker, and their immediate family. Based in Chicago, it takes a long-term, flexible approach to investing in companies across manufacturing, industrials, business services, consumer products, real estate, retail, and agriculture.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months vs 8 prior). Average disclosed round size is $42.2M (across 71 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    68

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    JS

    Jason Schroeder

    Managing Director

    JE

    Jeff Ehlers

    Operating Partner

    BS

    Brian Stal

    Director of GSD

    RB

    Rachel Bartunek

    Director of Executive Support

    EC

    Emily Casey Brown

    Principal

    CM

    Chas Muth

    Vice President

    GL

    George Lyman

    Senior Associate

    SD

    Savannah Dosland

    Associate

    AB

    Alan Bakhos

    General Counsel

    LO

    Lizzie Osmundson

    Senior Counsel

    MK

    Mary Kate Holland

    Executive Assistant / Office Facilities Manager

    SH

    Scott Hairston

    Chief Operating Officer

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    100 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Seasats logoSeasatsSeries A$20MFeb 2026
    PParaglideSeed$5MJan 2026
    Ben logoBenSeries B—Dec 2025
    Edurino logoEdurinoSeries B—Jul 2025
    Jobandtalent logoJobandtalentSeries F$103MApr 2025
    JJob&TalentSeries F—Apr 2025
    Hawk AI logoHawk AISeries C—Apr 2025
    Vermillio logoVermillioSeries A—Mar 2025
    Sanas logoSanasSeries B$65MFeb 2025
    Fimple logoFimpleSeries A$12MFeb 2025
    Plumery logoPlumerySeed—Oct 2024
    Hero Bread logoHero BreadUnknown—Jun 2024
    Cognigy logoCognigySeries C$100MJun 2024
    Recogni logoRecogniSeries C$102MFeb 2024
    Yoto logoYotoUnknown$22MJan 2024
    MetOx logoMetOxUnknown—Dec 2023
    Lanes & Planes logoLanes & PlanesSeries B—Oct 2023
    Yoto logoYotoGrowth$22MOct 2023
    GoStudent logoGoStudentGrowth—Aug 2023
    Aibidia logoAibidiaSeries A$14MMay 2023
    Hero Bread logoHero BreadSeries B$47.5MMay 2023
    Edurino logoEdurinoSeries A—Mar 2023
    Hawk AI logoHawk AISeries B$17MJan 2023
    PayNearMe logoPayNearMeSeries D$45MJan 2023
    PayNearMe logoPayNearMeSeries D$45MJan 2023
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    Top Co-Investors

    Redpoint Ventures7 shared
    FJ Labs6 shared
    Khosla Ventures5 shared
    Insight Partners5 shared
    Quiet Capital5 shared
    Tao Capital Partners5 shared
    General Catalyst5 shared
    Atomico5 shared
    Acton Capital4 shared
    BMW i Ventures4 shared
    Cherry Ventures4 shared
    Seedcamp4 shared
    Cleveland Avenue4 shared
    Dawn Capital3 shared
    Global Brain Corporation3 shared
    Founders Fund3 shared
    Stripes3 shared
    Celesta Capital3 shared
    Mayfield Fund3 shared
    Left Lane Capital3 shared

    Last updated: 7 October 2026