Douglas L. Brown is the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of DLB Capital. See sector focus and contact routes.
Douglas L. Brown is the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of DLB Capital, a venture firm he established in 2006 after retiring from Morgan Stanley where he served as Vice Chairman of Investment Banking and ran the global insurance practice. He founded DLB Capital specifically to invest in start-ups operating in underserved areas within the financial services industry. His investment thesis targets early-stage financial services companies, with a geographic focus that includes opportunities in China, evidenced by his directorship at Shanghai Harvest Network Technology and China Rapid Finance. While specific check sizes and lead/follow behavior are not publicly detailed, Brown is noted as a founding investor in Hightower Advisors, an independent broker-dealer managing over $70 billion in assets. His portfolio includes notable companies such as Hightower Advisors, China Rapid Finance, and Shanghai Harvest Network Technology Co. Ltd.. Brown’s distinctive point of view centers on leveraging his 30 years of advising financial services firms to identify gaps in underserved market segments, and he has acted as a lead adviser to the PRC government on maj
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