Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 23
Number of Founded Organizations 1
  • Primary Job Title Co-Founder and Managing Director
  • Primary Organization 
    DN Capital
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner

Steve Schlenker has 20 years of venture capital and private equity investment experience.

Schlenker is a Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of DN Capital. He is particularly involved in investments in enterprise application software and consumer facing Internet applications. His companies at DN Capital include Endeca (acquired by

Oracle), Lagan (acquired by Kana), Datanomic (acquired by Oracle), Apsalar, Digital Chocolate, Sonico, Greenleads, IGA and FamilyBuilder (acquired by Intelius).

Prior to co-founding DN Capital, Schlenker was a senior member of the investment team in his capacity as chief investment officer for SUN Technology Investors. At SUN he was also involved in the investment and successful sale of PlanetAll to Amazon, and also invested in Cyberview Technologies (AIM: CYBV), eMode (later Tickle.com, acquired by Monster Worldwide), PlasmaNet and others.

Prior to joining SUN, he spent four years with Interlaken Capital, a buyout fund in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he worked on private equity investments in companies in the consumer goods, industrial distribution and service industries.

Schlenker received a BSc in Economics, summa cum laude, from the Wharton School of Finance with dual concentrations in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management, and an MBA, with high distinction, from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.

Number of Partner Investments 64
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
May 10, 2023
Aibidia
DN Capital
Yes
Series A - Aibidia
€13M
Nov 10, 2022
Kyte
DN Capital
Series B - Kyte
$60M
May 12, 2022
Tignis
DN Capital
Yes
Series A - Tignis
$7.2M
Oct 6, 2021
Kyte
DN Capital
Series A - Kyte
$30M
Jan 5, 2021
Kyte
DN Capital
Yes
Seed Round - Kyte
$9M
Jul 29, 2020
Remitly
DN Capital
Series F - Remitly
$85M
Feb 25, 2020
ShipHawk
DN Capital
Venture Round - ShipHawk
$4M
Sep 6, 2019
Kyte
DN Capital
No
Pre Seed Round - Kyte
Jul 10, 2019
Remitly
DN Capital
Series E - Remitly
$135M
Oct 26, 2018
ShipHawk
DN Capital
Venture Round - ShipHawk
$6.5M
Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 2
Steve Schlenker is the Co-Founder and Managing Director at DN Capital. Additionally, Steve Schlenker has had 2 past jobs including Chief Investment Officer at Sun Technology Investors.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Sun Technology Investors
Chief Investment Officer
Interlaken Capital
Team Member
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 23
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 5
Steve Schlenker holds 23 board and advisor roles including Board Member at Kyte, Member of the Board of Directors at Partnerize, and Member of the Board of Directors at RecargaPay.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
YogiPlay
Board Member
ClusterHQ
Board Member
Digital Chocolate
Member of the Board of Observer
Digital Chocolate
Board Member
IGA Worldwide
Board Member
Number of Events 2
Steve Schlenker has participated in 2 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, WOLVES Summit 2017 on Mar 28, 2017.