Dawn Hines

Aventura Investment Partners

Dawn Hines is co-founder and partner of Aventura Investment Partners, an early stage investment fund that targets the rural food-system value chain in Africa. Prior to launching Aventura, Dawn worked for seven years in the venture capital industry. She was an Investment Manager with Vanenburg Ventures and Fortis Group in the Netherlands and went on to found a venture consulting practice, working with early-stage companies in Europe, the U.S. and Africa. Since 2000, she has been involved in various roles in technology and manufacturing, including fund-raising and international expansion for 10 companies, turn-around of a U.S. manufacturing company and acquisition and change management of a European IT services firm.

Dawn began her career in the Investment Banking Group of Paine Webber (now UBS) in New York. Following MBA studies, she joined Reuters European headquarters in Geneva, as manager of business development for mobile applications. There she launched the first financial information text messaging service in Europe. Dawn completed an MBA at the Wharton School, including a semester at IESE Business School in Spain, and holds a BA in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania.