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London-based Dubens, 44, is one of Britain's leading internet entrepreneurs. He specialises in buying assets at rock-bottom prices and turning them around. He started the betting website 365 Media, sold in 2007 for £96m, netting Dubens £10m. He repeated that with internet business Pipex, most of which was sold for £330m. Recently, his Oakley Capital investment operation made a £94m profit on the sale of Host Europe for £228m, just two years after buying it.


Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2015

Asset

Series A investment in SplashThat through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$6,000,000

2014

Asset

Seed investment in Startup Compass Inc. through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$3,000,000

2014

Asset

Seed investment in Small Giant Games through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$3,100,000

2014

Asset

Angel investment in Cursogram through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$1,200,000

2014

Asset

Series A investment in SplashThat through PROfounders Capital (lead investor) where he is one of the investment partners (with Fabian Hansen)

$3,000,000

2014

Asset

Seed investment in SplashThat through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$1,500,000

2013

Asset

Seed investment in Entangled Media through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$3,500,000

2013

Asset

Seed investment in Lulu through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$2,500,000

2013

Asset

Series A investment in GetYourGuide through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$14,000,000

2013

Asset

Seed investment in ProtoGeo through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$1,600,000

2012

Asset

Series B investment in Applifier through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$4,000,000

2012

Asset

Series A investment in Busuu through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners (with Brent Hoberman)

$4,700,000

2012

Asset

Venture investment in RollUp Media through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners (with Rogan Angelini-Hurll)

$1,400,000

2012

Asset

Seed investment in echoecho through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$750,000

2012

Asset

Seed investment in Roomorama through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$2,100,000

2012

Asset

Seed investment in Blink Booking through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$4,400,000

2012

Asset

Series B investment in made.com through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$9,000,000

2011

Asset

Venture investment in Lulu through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$1,000,000

2011

Asset

Seed investment in echoecho through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$750,000

2011

Asset

Seed investment in Lanyrd through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$1,400,000

2011

Asset

Seed investment in Leap Motion through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$1,300,000

2011

Asset

Series A investment in onefinestay through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners (with Brent Hoberman)

$3,700,000

2011

Asset

Seed investment in Applifier through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$2,000,000

2010

Asset

Series A investment in citysocializer through PROfounders Capital (lead investor) where he is one of the investment partners (with Fabian Hansen)

$1,600,000

2010

Asset

Series B investment in TweetDeck through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$3,500,000

2010

Asset

Venture investment in Keynoir through PROfounders Capital (lead investor) where he is one of the investment partners (with Fabian Hansen)

$1,700,000

2010

Asset

Series A investment in made.com through PROfounders Capital where he is one of the investment partners

$3,800,000