deciens / ‘deci·ēns /

adverb (Latin)
Ten times.

Deciens is a venture capital firm that supports early-stage founders building the next generation of financial services.

Founded in 2017 by Dan Kimerling, Deciens exclusively focuses on leading investments in companies of consequence across industries and geographies.

Deciens supports entrepreneurs leading the digital transformation of long-standing institutions by collaborating with companies like Chipper Cash, the largest African fintech, Treasury Prime, the leading banking as a service company, and Therma, the leading industrial energy measurement and management solution.

Deciens seeks visionary founders at the earliest stage of their company's life. We support our founders with advice, expertise, relationships, and, yes, capital.

Our Approach

Deciens has invested in over twenty early stage fintech companies. We seek to be the first material capital invested into companies of consequence. They tend to have increasing returns to scale, deep moats, and operate in winner take all markets of substantive size.