Evgenia PlotnikovainDawn CapitalCome rain or shine, AI is the future: Why we’ve reinvested in Dataiku (again)Every December, the Dawn team reflects on the year gone by and makes a set of predictions for the next. There is no doubt that 2022 brought…Dec 15, 2022Dec 15, 2022
Evgenia PlotnikovainDawn CapitalSharing the workload: Granulate joins IntelAsaf Ezra and Tal Saiag’s company didn’t exist four years ago. When we participated in their Series B last year, Granulate was still just…Apr 6, 2022Apr 6, 2022
Evgenia PlotnikovainDawn CapitalTurning the tide: Why we invested in ShorelineThe cost of digital outages is higher than ever. When almost every aspect of our daily lives is touched by software, we’ve got zero…Mar 28, 2022Mar 28, 2022
Evgenia PlotnikovainDawn CapitalFired up: Why we’ve reinvested in FireboltEvery company now is not just a software company, but a data company too. Data is the core of every app, product and service, becoming part…Jan 27, 20221Jan 27, 20221
Evgenia PlotnikovainDawn CapitalSync and swim: Why we invested in SwimmIf it’s not documented, it doesn’t exist. A truth every developer knows, but doesn’t want to hear.Nov 30, 2021Nov 30, 2021
Evgenia PlotnikovainDawn CapitalWelcome to the world of Everyday AI: Why we’ve reinvested in DataikuFrom my very first encounter with Florian Douetteau, Dataiku’s Co-founder and CEO, I knew that he was building something special. We met…Aug 5, 2021Aug 5, 2021
Evgenia PlotnikovainDawn CapitalWhy we invested in Firebolt: Snowflake catapulted the data warehouse into the cloud.For many years, Snowflake has been the byword for the entire cloud data warehouse market. The company’s growth stands testament to how easy…Jun 24, 2021Jun 24, 2021
Evgenia PlotnikovainDawn CapitalHow cloud has won: The state of the market in 2021Cloud has won. Having lingered on the horizon for the last two decades, cloud companies across the value chain — IaaS, PaaS and SaaS…Apr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021
Evgenia PlotnikovainDawn CapitalWhy We Invested in GranulateFor most software companies, COGS is dominated by cloud costs. Across the market, these can account for anywhere between 10 and 20 percent…Feb 4, 2021Feb 4, 2021
Evgenia PlotnikovainDawn CapitalWhy We Invested in HarbrToday, some of the most exciting businesses are innovating across the data value chain, like Dawn portfolio companies Collibra and Dataiku…Nov 17, 2020Nov 17, 2020