Shamillah Bankiya

Shamillah Bankiya is a Partner at Dawn Capital in London, United Kingdom, where she leads early-stage investments for a venture capital firm managing over $2 billion in assets. Before joining the firm in 2020, she worked at the SoftBank Vision Fund, helping launch its London office and serving on the board of Roivant ahead of its $7 billion NASDAQ initial public offering. Her earlier career includes building data products at Bain & Company and founding a business-to-business labor-matching startup after graduating from Yale University with degrees in Economics, Mathematics, and African Studies. At Dawn Capital, Bankiya manages a portfolio featuring enterprise technology companies such as Qogita, Fonoa, and Lokalise, contributing to a fund that has produced 34 exits. Her current investment focus centers on artificial intelligence infrastructure, developer platforms, and complex marketplace models across the European technology sector.