D4 has been investing and operating in the robotics and AI space since 2015. The partners have also achieved multi-billion dollar exits for investors by consolidating companies in the communications network sector. With deep expertise in both robotics and network management, D4 sees a unique opportunity to provide capital and drive consolidation in the robotics industry. We seek to invest in, and selectively serve on the boards of, high-performing startups that have solved or are positioned to solve critical challenges in robotics—creating platforms that can serve as the foundation for aggregating other complementary products within their verticals.

D4’s founding partners transformed a failing fiber optic company in London into Interoute, the leading independent communications platform in the EU, over 16 years. They rejuvenated the company after the dotcom crash and thrived during the 2008 financial crisis through effective sales strategies and careful management. Interoute was sold for $2.3 billion in 2018.

They also took over a struggling Dutch startup and created a pan-European ISP, yielding a €5.1 billion return for investors in 2000. Kinsella played a key role in developing MSNBC, a major news brand in America, serving as co-president while at Microsoft in the 1990s.

In 1991, McNeal and Kinsella launched their first digital project, TIS, which created one of the earliest commercial websites, selling it successfully in 1996.