In the past few months, Sifted has reported on the "toxic environment” at some VC firms, and published allegations of sexual harassment by Nenad Marovac, an award-winning investor and founding partner of VC firm DN Capital. DN and Marovac deny the allegations, and the fund tells Sifted it has set up an externally-led investigation into the claims.
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