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Investor profile

Marcus Swanepoel

Co-Founder and Investment Committee, DCG Expeditions

About

Marcus Swanepoel is a South African venture capital investor at DCG Expeditions who co-founded and scaled crypto exchange Luno from startup to acquisition by Digital Currency Group, giving him rare end-to-end founder experience that most venture investors lack. He combines traditional finance background from Morgan Stanley and Standard Chartered with deep emerging markets focus, having built Luno into a leading crypto platform across Africa and other developing regions where crypto serves as everyday financial infrastructure rather than just speculation. Marcus Swanepoel is a South African venture capital investor at DCG Expeditions who co-founded and scaled crypto exchange Luno from startup to acquisition by Digital Currency Group, giving him rare end-to-end founder experience that most venture investors lack. He combines traditional finance background from Morgan Stanley and Standard Chartered with deep emerging markets focus, having built Luno into a leading crypto platform across Africa and other developing regions where crypto serves as everyday financial infrastructure rather than just speculation.

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Investment focus

Stages
Pre-Seed
Seed

Investment details

Avg check size$50K - $250K
Can lead rounds
No
Geographies
Europe
USA
Canada
LatAm
Asia-Pacific
ANZ
Israel
Africa
India
MENA