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This list showcases the top London based Partner operating in the Angel Investment space. If you think a Partner is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Jan Hammer
Investor & Partner of Index Ventures
Jan joined Index in 2010, and is a London-based partner, focusing on fintech and information/data services across all stages of growth. He is one of Index Ventures’ leading fintech investors, working with the founders of Adyen, Credit Benchmark, Robinhood and TransferWise. In all, Index has backed more than two dozen fintech companies, with more than $400 million. Jan has also led Index investments and is on the boards of Beamery, Collibra, SafetyCulture and Silverfin. Before he joined Index, Jan was at General Atlantic in London, where he worked on investments in Kaspersky Lab, Northgate Information Solutions and Torex Retail. He also worked in the M&A, TMT and Capital Markets divisions at Morgan Stanley. Jan is a graduate of Oxford University, and holds an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD.
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About Index Ventures, Productboard, Sofía, The Prince’s Trust, Wise: Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
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Carlos Gonzalez- Cadenas
Partner of Index Ventures
Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas is Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPO/CTO) at GoCardless.
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About GoCardless, Index Ventures: Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Danny Rimer
Partner of Index Ventures
Danny joined Index in 2002 and established the firm’s London office. He later opened the San Francisco office with Mike Volpi. His current investments include 1stdibs, Discord, Farfetch, Figma, Glossier, GOAT, Good Eggs, Grailed, Humu, Patreon and Scoop. Prior to Index, Danny was a General Partner at The Barksdale Group, where he invested in over a dozen companies. Earlier in his career, he was at Hambrecht & Quist (now owned by JP Morgan), where he began the Internet sector equity research group. He was managing director and underwriting analyst and took Amazon, Netscape and Verisign public among others. Previously, Danny was a director of Betfair, Dropbox, Etsy, Sky, Last.fm, Lovefilm, MySQL, and Skype; and formerly on the Board of Trustees at SFMOMA and MAGGIE’S Centres. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to business and charity.
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About Index Ventures: Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Martin Mignot
Partner of Index Ventures
Martin Mignot is the Partner at Index Ventures.
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About Algolia, Bird, Bulb, Index Ventures, La Ruche qui dit Oui, Maven Clinic, Revolut, Seedcamp, The Family: Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Hiro Tamura
Partner of Atomico
Hiro Tamura is a Partner at Atomico and part of the firm’s leadership team. He focuses on consumer, FinTech, and software as well as leading Atomico’s investments in late stage venture. He led Atomico’s investment into Compass, Clutter, and Masterclass in the U.S., and MessageBird, Framer, and OneTwoTrip in Europe and sits on the boards of Clutter, MessageBird, Gympass, SmartNews, OneTwoTrip, Framer, and Quid. Hiro has over 20 years experience in founding companies, investing into, and helping fast growth technology companies expand internationally as both an investor and an entrepreneur. Prior to joining Atomico, he worked with the Skype founders to help them grow their business in Asia. He also co-founded and was the chief investment officer at SP&W Co for over 5 years. Hiro is a Japanese national with a BA in Economic and International Studies from Northwestern University. He is the only member of the Atomico team to have made investments in every continent, and finds the lifelong relationships he has built with a diverse group of game changing entrepreneurs from around the world to be his greatest reward.
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About Atomico: Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
Niall Wass
Partner of Atomico
Niall Wass is a Partner at Atomico focusing on investment opportunities in the consumer space and marketplaces. He is point person for or has worked closely with the teams at Jobandtalent, OnTruck, Lendinvest, Habito, Fat Llama and Lime. He is also Chairman of two other consumer businesses, Glovo and Trouva. Previously, Niall spent over 15 years as an executive in early-stage tech-enabled consumer businesses. He was part of the Executive Team at Uber, COO and CEO at Wonga – the consumer finance business – and for many years, he was at Betfair – the sports betting marketplace
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About Atomico: Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
Camilla Richards
Partner & Head of Investor Relations of Atomico
Camilla is Partner and Head of Investor Relations at Atomico based in London. She oversees fundraising and the firm’s relationships with its investors globally. Before joining Atomico, Camilla spent six years at Apollo Management where she was most recently responsible for investor relations and fundraising for European Principal Finance Funds. She has also held several roles at Citigroup as part of the Private Equity Placements and Technology, Media and Telecoms Corporate Finance groups. Camilla graduated from Imperial College London with an MSci in Physics.
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About Atomico: Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
Chris Barnes
Partner and Chief Operating Officer of Atomico
Chris is Partner & Chief Operating Officer at Atomico. Based in London, he works across all aspects of Atomico’s operations. He oversees portfolio management, fund management, investor relations, resource allocation, finance, legal and HR. Chris joined the company after thirteen years at private equity company Terra Firma, where he was CFO and a member of the Investment and Management Committees. While at Terra Firma, Chris was involved in the structuring, funding and execution of all of the portfolio investments, as well as the management of the firm’s operations. Prior to Terra Firma, Chris worked in the Private Equity group at Arthur Andersen for 10 years. Chris is a Chartered Accountant and has a Double First in Economics and History from Cambridge University. He ran his first (and last) marathon at age 12, which may explain why he now has a titanium hip and the knees of a ninety year old. A talented footballer in his youth, Chris gave up the chance of a playing career in the top flight to follow his dream of becoming an accountant.
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About Atomico: Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
Tom Wehmeier
Partner | Head of Research of Atomico
Tom is a Partner and Head of Insights at Atomico. Tom’s mission at Atomico is to share data and insights with the team to help us to make better, data-driven decisions and to have more insightful conversations with their key stakeholders. Tom is also the author of Atomico’s annual State of European Tech report. Prior to joining Atomico, Tom was a telecoms analyst for eight years during a period of huge change in the industry. Tom assures us that telecoms is fascinating, despite the reputation, and often reminds their team that without connectivity and smartphones so much of what is happening in today’s tech industry simply wouldn’t be possible. One summer, Tom decided to try his hand at teaching English and, after qualifying with distinction, went on to teach English in Oxford to students from all around the world. Fortunately, his English is much better than his French, German and Spanish, although he claims to get by in all of them.
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About Atomico: Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
Bryce Keane
Head of Communications & Partner of Atomico
Bryce is a Partner and Head of Communications at Atomico, where he has worked with the leadership of companies such as Klarna, Lilium, Truecaller, MessageBird, Peakon, Varjo, Bossa Studios and Memphis Meats to help them tell their stories to a global audience. Prior to joining Atomico, Bryce founded his own communications agency, Albion Drive, where he worked with entrepreneurs and fast growth companies to build their brands and reputations. The company was acquired by New York ad agency KBS just two years after it was founded, and Bryce remained Managing Partner until October 2016. An active, long-term supporter of technology start-ups, Bryce has also been embedded in the international startup community for many years as Co-founder of 3Beards – which he helped scale into 51 cities and counting via their popular Friday night tech community meet-up event Silicon Drinkabout – and as a mentor at 500 Startups and Seedcamp. Bryce also once played a US Marine as an extra on the Stephen Spielberg and Tom Hanks produced WWII mini-series The Pacific. His performance convinced him that a career in Communications was probably a better idea.
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About Albion Drive, Atomico, Cohn & Wolfe: Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
Caroline Chayot
Partner of Atomico
Caroline Chayot is a Partner at Atomico, where she helps portfolio companies hire, develop and retain the best talent in Europe – a key factor in the success of any fast-growing business. Prior to joining Atomico Caroline led the EMEA HR team at Twitter, where she supported the leadership team in scaling the business from two to six markets and grew the team from 80 based in London to 500 across the region. She partnered with Twitter EMEA’s leaders on strategic people issues, from expansion strategy to change management. Prior to that she worked at Google in HR for 9 years. Caroline holds a double Masters degree in Business and Management from ISC Paris and Kansai Gaidai University in Japan. Outside of work, you’ll find Caroline feeding her fitness obsession at high-intensity workouts or sharing the latest fashion with her followers as a secret Instagram influencer. She won’t share her alias, though, so good luck finding her.
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About Atomico: Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
Dan Hynes
Partner of Atomico
Dan is a Partner and Head of Talent at Atomico, based in London. Passionate about people and building teams, he brings his extensive global experience in technology talent and staffing to help portfolio companies find, grow and keep the best employees in their respective fields – a key factor in the success of any fast-growing business. He is currently on the board of OnTruck, the Madrid-based logistics and transport company. Dan has helped gamechanging companies including 6Wunderkinder, Omio, Gympass, Klarna, Lilium, MessageBird, Supercell, Truecaller and Varjo strengthen their leadership teams, build recruitment processes, build manager effectiveness programmes, design compensation programmes and create internal communications plans. Prior to joining Atomico, Dan was responsible for talent and staffing at some of the world’s best-known technology companies including Google, Cisco and Skype. At Google, he grew the EMEA team from 60 based in London to 8500 across Europe by 2010, and at Skype he led the Talent team that scaled from 600 to 2300 in three years. Dan is a modest guy so you would never know that he is a Guinness World Record holder for the world’s largest syrtaki dance in Rhodes 2008.
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About Atomico: Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
Salim Nathoo
Partner – Tech & Telco Team of Apax Partners
Salim Nathoo is a Partner in the Tech & Telco team and is based in London. Salim joined Apax Partners in 1999 specialising in the Tech & Telecom space. Salim has both led and participated in a number of key deals including Zensar Technologies, EVRY, GlobalLogic, iGATE, Orange Switzerland, Sophos, SMART Technologies, Weather Investments, Tim Hellas, Inmarsat, Promethean and Mobifon. Salim has served as an Advisor and Member of the Board of Directors to a number of Apax portfolio companies including EVRY, GlobalLogic, iGATE, Orange Switzerland, Sophos, SMART Technologies, Weather Investments, Tim Hellas and Promethean. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Salim was an Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company where he specialised in advising clients in the telecom sector. Salim holds an MBA from INSEAD and an MA in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Giancarlo Aliberti
Partner of Apax Partners
Giancarlo Aliberti is a Partner in the Tech & Telecom team and joined the firm in 2000, based in London. He currently leads Apax activities in Italy, Turkey and Greece and is Head of Human Capital for the firm overseeing HR Policy. He has both led and participated in a number of key deals including Weather Investments, Farmafactoring, Tim Hellas and Sisal. He is a director on the boards of Farmafactoring and Sisal and previously served on the boards of Azimut and Tim Hellas. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Giancarlo was a Senior Vice President at Monitor Company, where he specialised in telecommunications and consulting support to private equity firms. He also worked at Montedison in a staff function supporting the President of the company. Giancarlo holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a summa cum laude degree in Economics from University of Rome
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Rohan Haldea
Partner of Apax Partners
Rohan Haldea is a Principal in the Tech & Telecom team. Rohan joined Apax in 2007 and is based in the London office. He has both led and participated in a number of key deals including iGATE, Tivit S.A. and Orange Switzerland. Rohan has also been actively involved in portfolio work at NXP Semiconductors. Rohan serves as a Director on the Board of Orange Switzerland. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Rohan was an Associate at Bain Capital in their North American private equity division in New York, where he specialised in evaluating and executing transactions in the Industrial, Distribution and Retail sectors. Prior to that, Rohan was a consultant at McKinsey and Co. in India. Rohan holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Technology in Manufacturing Sciences and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Mark Beith
Partner of Apax Partners
Mark Beith is Managing Director of Apax Digital and leads the team in Europe. He focuses on minority and buyout investments in high-growth software, internet and tech-enabled services businesses. He joined Apax in 2017 and has over 13 years of experience. He is based in London. Prior to joining Apax, Mark was at Silver Lake, where he executed the acquisition of several software businesses. He has also invested in early stage technology businesses across Europe, Asia and Africa. Previously, Mark was at Apollo Global Management, where he executed private equity and credit investments across a range of sectors, and before that he was a member of the European and UK M&A teams at Morgan Stanley. Mark holds an M.A. in History from the University of Cambridge.
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About Apax Partners, Silver Lake: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Emilio Voli
Partner and Co Head of the Investor Relations team. of Apax Partners
Emilio Voli is a Partner and Co Head of the Investor Relations team. He joined Apax Partners in 2001 as a Partner in the Milan office and was involved in the investments in Azimut and PVH/Calvin Klein. In 2006, Emilio moved to London to lead Investor Relations. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Emilio was a consultant at McKinsey and Value Partners, where he managed the Latin American operations from Sao Paulo. Previously, he worked at Goldman Sachs in London and New York. Emilio holds a first class honours degree in History from Peterhouse, Cambridge and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Arthur Brothag
Partner of Apax Partners
Arthur Brothag is a Principal and joined Apax Partners in 2009. He is a member of the Healthcare team and is based in the Munich office. Arthur has participated in a number of key deals, including KCI and Unilabs. He is serving as an Observer on the KCI board and as a board member of Unilabs. Prior to joining Apax, Arthur worked at the private equity firm Warburg Pincus in London, where he focused on European healthcare. Before that, he was a member of Morgan Stanley’s healthcare M&A team in London. Arthur trained as a medical doctor with a state diploma and a doctorate from the Technical University of Munich; he held resident positions at University hospitals in Germany and Switzerland in internal medicine (cardiology and oncology). In addition to his medical and research training, he also completed his MBA studies with distinction at INSEAD Business School.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Frank Ehmer
Partner of Apax Partners
Frank Ehmer is a Partner in the Financial and Business Services Team. He is based in London and is focusing on global Business Services opportunities. Frank originally joined Apax Partners in 2000 in Munich and has been part of the Media Team previously. He has been involved in a number of key deals including Garda, Tommy Hilfiger, TIM Hellas, Top Right Group, CME, Tropolys and authentos. He has served as board member to a number of Apax portfolio companies including Garda, Tommy Hilfiger, TIM Hellas, Top Right Group, CME and authentos. Frank holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Diploma in business administration from the University of Mannheim.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Tom Hall
Partner of Apax Partners
Tom Hall is a Partner and Co Head of the Media team. Since joining the firm in 1998, Tom has been based in the London office and has focused primarily on media investments. Tom has both led and participated in a number of key deals including The Stationery Office, Zeneus Pharma and Thomson Directories. He has served as advisor and board member to a number of Apax portfolio companies including Truvo, Trader Media Group and SouFun. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Tom was a Media Analyst at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell and he began his career with S.G. Warburg, also as a Media Analyst. Tom holds an MA in English Literature from Trinity College, Cambridge.
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About Apax Partners, Baltic Classifieds Group, Next: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Gabriele Cipparrone
Partner of Apax Partners
Gabriele Cipparrone is a Partner in the Tech & Telecom team. Gabriele joined Apax Partners in 2003 and is based in London after having worked in the Milan office for four years. He has participated in a number of key deals including Orange Switzerland, Weather Investments, TDC, Sisal and Farmafactoring. He serves as a board member of Orange Switzerland, Sisal and Farmafactoring. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Gabriele was a consultant with McKinsey & Company where he specialised in advising clients in the telecom and utility sectors, and he also spent a brief period at Soros. Gabriele holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Torino and an MS in Industrial Engineering from École Centrale de Paris.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Mark Zubko
Partner of Apax Partners
Mark Zubko joined Apax Partners in 2010 and is a principal leading the Capital Markets Team. His Apax investing experience includes iGATE, Epicor, autotrader.ca, Kinetic Concepts, Orange Switzerland, Paradigm, Cole Haan, Takko and Unilabs. Prior to joining Apax, Mark was at Terra Firma Capital Partners and prior to that worked at Goldman, Sachs and Co. and MidOcean Capital Partners. Mark holds an MBA from Stanford University and has a BA in Economics from Wesleyan University.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Francisco Menjibar
Partner of Apax Partners
Francisco Menjibar is a Senior Associate in the Tech & Telecom group. He joined the company in 2010 and is based in the London office. He has participated in a number of key deals including Orange Switzerland. Francisco has also been actively involved in portfolio work at King. He is currently an observer on the boards of King and Orange Switzerland. Prior experience includes Magnum Industrial Partners and Oliver Wyman, where he specialised in advising clients in the telecom sector. Francisco holds an MSc in Computer Science from Centro Politecnico Superior de Zaragoza (Spain) and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (Fundacion Caja Madrid scholar, Honors).
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Ralf Gruss
Partner and Chief Operating Officer of Apax Partners
Ralf Gruss is Chief Operating Officer. He is a former member of the Financial & Business Services team and is based in London. Ralf’s deal experience includes: Kabel Deutschland, LR Health and Beauty Systems, IFCO Systems, and Netrada Holding where he also served as advisor and board member. Prior to joining Apax Partners Ralf was a consultant with Arthur D. Little International Inc, where he specialised in advising clients in the Financial Services sector. Ralf holds a diploma in industrial engineering and business administration from the Technical University in Karlsruhe. He also studied at the University of Massachusetts and the London School of Economics.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Simon Cresswell
Partner of Apax Partners
Simon Cresswell is a Partner and the General Counsel of Apax Partners. He is based in the London office and joined the firm in February 2011. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Simon worked for Goldman Sachs. Prior to that, Simon worked for the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York and London and for Mallesons in Melbourne, Australia. Simon holds an LLB (Hons) from The University of Melbourne and a BBus in Finance and Accounting from Edith Cowan University.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Steven Dyson
Partner of Apax Partners
Dr. Steven Dyson is a Partner and Co-Head of the Healthcare team and is based in London. He joined Apax Partners in 2000 and has both led and participated in a number of key deals including KCI, Capio, Unilabs, General Healthcare Group and Zeneus Pharma. He serves as a director and board member to KCI, General Healthcare Group and Unilabs. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Steven was a consultant with McKinsey & Company. Steven holds a BA in Biochemistry from Oxford University and a PhD in Developmental Biology from Cambridge University.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Mark Zaleski
Partner of BCG Digital Ventures
Mark is an experienced Internet founder and executive. From 2000 to 2007, Mark was CEO for QXL ricardo, a leader of online consumer trading platforms. QXL was the best performing stock on the London Stock Exchange in 2005 and the LSE’s Main Market in 2004. It was sold for nearly £1 billion in 2007. He was also Chairman and CEO of Dailymotion from 2007 to 2009. Under his leadership, the Company became the world’s number one independent video-sharing site with over 60 million unique visitors and 1 billion video views per month. Mark is an angel investor, non-Executive Director of Show My Homework, Dynistics and GoCardless and advisor to Spotahome. He has also invested in several other high-growth internet businesses across Europe such as QXL ricardo plc, Dailymotion, Emesa, Digitech, Shutl, Wave Optics, Chirp and Spotahome.
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About BCG Digital Ventures, PROfounders Capital: BCG Digital Ventures is a corporate investment and incubation firm.
Ajay Chowdhury
Managing Director and Senior Partner. Regional Chair: Western Europe, South America, Africa of BCG Digital Ventures
Ajay Chowdhury is a Managing Director and Partner at BCG Digital Ventures.
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About Acacia Capital Partners, BCG Digital Ventures, Cambridge Enterprise, EnActe Arts, Inc., MachineMax, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art: BCG Digital Ventures is a corporate investment and incubation firm.
Andy Lees
Partner & Director of Product Management of BCG Digital Ventures
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About BCG Digital Ventures: BCG Digital Ventures is a corporate investment and incubation firm.
Patrick Rouvillois
Partner & Managing Director of BCG Digital Ventures
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About BCG Digital Ventures: BCG Digital Ventures is a corporate investment and incubation firm.
Verdi Israelyan
Managing Partner of Grishin Robotics
Verdi Israelian is a partner of [Grishin Robotics](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/grishin-robotics#/entity), a global investment company dedicated to supporting personal robotics around the world. Previously, he served Mail.ru Group, holding various titles such as the chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Prior to Mail.ru, Israelian co-headed CIS operations of European Special Situations Group at Goldman Sachs in Moscow, where he led several private equity investments in consumer, retail, new media, and real estate sectors in Russia and Kazakhstan. Before Goldman Sachs, he was a deputy head of Russia Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley and completed multiple IPO and M&A transactions. Israelian holds an MBA from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University in the Netherlands.
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About Grishin Robotics: Grishin Robotics is a VC firm, focused on robotics and IoT.
Yana Abramova
Partner of Pretiosum Ventures
Yana is a managing partner at Pretiosum Ventures. Her main focus is AI/Fintech and the Future of work/life. Yana also an ambassador for Tech Nation UK and an exceptional Tech Talent Visa holder. She speaks five languages and worked in different countries across the world.
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About Pretiosum Ventures: Pretiosum Ventures is a fund providing seed and series A venture capital to companies in the fields of AI, Fintech and future of Work/Life
Robert Walsh
Managing Partner of QVentures
Robert Walsh is an investor in over 75 early-stage companies from the Pre-Seed, Seed, Mega Seed, and Series A stage. Over 10 years ago, Robert left investment banking to join the start-up world and has never looked back. As the Managing Partner of QVentures, Robert leads a team in investing and supporting the UK start-up community, proudly boasting a portfolio that is 40% located in the UK regions. Robert is a firm believer in syndicate investing and is a trusted voice among fellow investors, Family Offices, and emerging entrepreneurs. Serving on the boards of seven companies in his portfolio, Robert is passionate about supporting and growing the UK start-up ecosystem and actively hosts educational events to engage the investor community, as well as being a valued speaker and panellist at industry events.
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About QVentures: QVentures is a Venture Capital firm providing direct investment opportunities and fund management.
Brian Hatton
Partner of QVentures
Brian is a Partner at QVentures responsible for the distribution process. In addition to connecting high value members of the network to fantastic investment opportunities, his responsibilities include business development and member engagement.
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About Flywheel Fund, QVentures: QVentures is a Venture Capital firm providing direct investment opportunities and fund management.
Severine Balick
Partner & Co-Founder of Middleland Capital
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About Middleland Capital: Middleland Capital is a private investment firm focused on global early-stage technology opportunities.
Naoki Kamimaeda
Partner and Europe Office Representative of Global Brain Corporation
Naoki is Partner and Europe Office Representative at Global Brain and is focused on AI, cloud tech, cyber security and fintech globally. Prior to joining GB, he worked for Sony as a software engineer specialised in AI and Big Data technologies. For the last 2 years in his Sony career, he worked in San Francisco as a software engineering manager of PlayStation Network and a member of PlayStation 4 Launch Team. Naoki holds an MSc of Computer Science from Tokyo Institute of Technology and an MBA from University of Cambridge.
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About Global Brain Corporation: Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed/early to pre-IPO startups.
Nic Brisbourne
Managing Partner of Forward Partners
Nic is the Managing Partner of Forward Partners, an “Applied VC” that backs early-stage companies from day one and provides them with a support team to supercharge their business.
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About Forward Partners: Forward gives founders their best shot at success.
Jasel Mehta
Partner & COO of Forward Partners
Jasel runs the team delivering value-added services to their partner companies, from early-stage idea through to launch and anywhere in between. This includes product strategy, customer experience, brand development, technology services, growth marketing, talent, PR and more (breathe). He has a background in building and running teams developing innovative products and experiences for some of the world’s most celebrated brands. This included 13 years at AKQA on clients including Audi, Coca Cola, Nike and Nissan. When not working, J’s a proud father of two, loves to travel and watching his favourite football team. What J loves about FP: “Being part of a sufficiently crazy, yet talented, team that help ambitious entrepreneurs create and shape great businesses.”
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About Forward Partners: Forward gives founders their best shot at success.
Edward Stephens
Global Head of Partnerships and Brokerage of Angel Investment Network
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Julian Carter
Founding Partner & Managing Director of EC1 Capital
Julian Carter is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of EC1 Capital. Julian is a hands-on entrepreneur and experienced executive with over 20 years of working in web-related companies in verticals such as Casual Social Games, Interactive TV, Mobile, Classifieds Publishing, SEO and Legacy Software Modernisation in the UK and Ireland. Julian currently sits on the board of WeSwap, User Replay, Glean.in, Truly Experiences, CitySocializer, LoyaltyLion, Hypaship, Tailster, Big Data For Humans and HandsHQ.
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About Big Data for Humans, EC1 Capital: EC1 Capital is a technology investment fund that offers seed, post seed, and Series A participation in web and mobile startups.
Andrej Babache
Partner of Mid Europa Partners
Andrej is a Partner at Mid Europa Partners. He is responsible for deal sourcing, executing and monitoring of investments. Prior to joining the team, he worked in Citigroup’s Investment Banking Division in London, focusing on transactions in CEE and Turkey.
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About Mid Europa Partners: Mid Europa Partners is a private equity firm specializing in private buyouts.
Robert Knorr
Co-Managing Partner of Mid Europa Partners
Robert is the Co-Managing Partner at Mid Europa Partners. He co-chairs the Investment Committee and Management Committee of the firm. He is also head of the Budapest office. Prior to joining the team, Robert worked with Bankers Trust in London and Deutsche Bank in Milan.
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About Mid Europa Partners: Mid Europa Partners is a private equity firm specializing in private buyouts.
Thierry Baudon
Partner of Mid Europa Partners
Thierry is the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Mid Europa Partners. Until 2016, Thierry led Mid Europa Partners as its Managing Partner. He subsequently became Executive Chairman until the end of 2018. In June 2018 Thierry was elected as Chair of Invest Europe (the European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association, formally known as EVCA) for 2019/2020. He has over 35 years of transaction and general management experience, including investing in Central Eastern Europe since 1985. Previously, he headed the International Finance Division of the SUEZ Group, and held senior positions with the EBRD and World Bank/IFC Group.
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About Mid Europa Partners: Mid Europa Partners is a private equity firm specializing in private buyouts.
Kerim Turkmen
Partner of Mid Europa Partners
Kerim is a Partner of Mid Europa Partners and is head of the Istanbul office. He is responsible for deal sourcing, executing and monitoring of investments. Prior to joining the team, he worked at GMT Communications Partners, a private equity fund specialising in telecommunications and media. Previously, he worked in the Investment Banking Division at Merrill Lynch in London. B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College, London M.Sc. in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics
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About Mid Europa Partners: Mid Europa Partners is a private equity firm specializing in private buyouts.
Roger Le Tissier
General Partner and Director of Mid Europa Partners
Roger Le Tissier was appointed as a Board Director of the managing entities of the Mid Europa Funds in 2005. Roger is a consultant to, and holds a number of non-executvie directorships with, leading asset managers, private equity GP’s, insurance, pension companies and charities. Prior to this he was the senior partner in the Guernsey office of the law firm Ogier from inception in 1998 until his retirement in 2013. He and the firm specialised in commerical matters including investment funds, international finance, banking, insurance, securitisations and corporate matters and, from a later date, litigation. The firm experienced significant growth since opening and acted for many leading financial institutions. Prior to 1998, Roger has had senior positions with a leading fund administrator and the Guernsey Financial Services Commisssion. As a lawyer, Roger has acted for clients in all sectors of the finance industry, but particularly in relation to funds and investment management. His wider practice involved securitisation of vehicles, financial services companies and many of the world’s leading banks and financial groups.
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About Mid Europa Partners: Mid Europa Partners is a private equity firm specializing in private buyouts.
Matthew Strassberg
Co-Managing Partner of Mid Europa Partners
Matthew is the Co-Managing Partner at Mid Europa Partners. He co-chairs the Investment Committee and Management Committee of the firm. He is also co-head of the Warsaw office. Prior to joining the team, he worked in the leveraged finance team at Merrill Lynch in London. Previously, he worked in the M&A department at J.P. Morgan in London and New York. Matthew began his career in New York where he worked at Merrill Lynch and TLC Capital Partners, the investment firm of Reginald F. Lewis.
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About Mid Europa Partners: Mid Europa Partners is a private equity firm specializing in private buyouts.
John Whittle
General Partner of Mid Europa Partners
John Whittle was appointed as a Board Director of the managing entities of the Mid Europa Funds in 2005. John is a non-executive director predominantly in Guernsey’s fund industry and also holds diectorship postions for two London listed funds. Prior to this, John was Finance Director of a large independent fund administrator and chairman of the NED committee of the Guernsey Investment Fund Association. John’s background is in large third party fund administration, having worked extensively in high technology service industries with in-depth experience of strategic development and M&A.
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About Mid Europa Partners: Mid Europa Partners is a private equity firm specializing in private buyouts.
John Whittle
General Partner of Mid Europa Partners
John Whittle was appointed as a Board Director of the managing entities of the Mid Europa Funds in 2005. John is a non-executive director predominantly in Guernsey’s fund industry and also holds diectorship postions for two London listed funds. Prior to this, John was Finance Director of a large independent fund administrator and chairman of the NED committee of the Guernsey Investment Fund Association. John’s background is in large third party fund administration, having worked extensively in high technology service industries with in-depth experience of strategic development and M&A.
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About Mid Europa Partners: Mid Europa Partners is a private equity firm specializing in private buyouts.
Nigel Rudd
Partner of Juno Capital Partners
Sir Nigel Rudd is best known as founder of Williams plc in 1982, which went on to become one of the largest industrial holding companies in the United Kingdom until its demerger in November 2000, creating Chubb plc and Kidde plc. He is presently Chairman of BAA Limited and the technology company Invensys plc, and has been a long-term advocate of a fund of this kind. Sir Nigel became Chairman of BGF in February 2011. Sir Nigel was knighted in 1996 for services to manufacturing. He has a long record as an active angel investor in small and medium-sized businesses. He has been Chairman of some of the largest companies in the UK, including Pilkington, Alliance Boots and the UK’s largest car retailer, Pendragon PLC, the company he founded with one dealership in 1982. He was a Director of Barclays PLC for 13 years, latterly as Deputy Chairman.
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About Business Growth Fund, Juno Capital Partners: Juno Capital is a London-based alternative asset manager, currently focused on venture investment in scale-up stage B2B SaaS businesses .
Edward Rudd
Partner of Juno Capital Partners
Edward focuses on sourcing investment opportunities and due diligence. His investment experience has included many University spinouts, primarily in the life sciences sector but also including nanotechnology and software. He is non executive director of Domainex Ltd and Biotronics 3D Ltd. Edward graduated from Oxford University and joined BZW where he worked in the investment management and equity capital markets divisions. He left to join KPMG in Birmingham where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. From 2002 until the establishment of Longbow Capital he was an investment executive and Finance Director at an early stage venture capital firm in London.
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About Juno Capital Partners: Juno Capital is a London-based alternative asset manager, currently focused on venture investment in scale-up stage B2B SaaS businesses .
Julian Hickman
Partner of Juno Capital Partners
Julian is responsible for running Juno Capital’ss private client operations; marketing Juno’s funds and managing the clients who invest in them. Julian graduated with a Chemistry degree from Durham University and then spent 10 years as a pilot in the Army. After an MBA at Henley he joined Rensburg as an investment manager before moving to Cazenove where he built the intermediaries team. Focusing on SIPPs this was the fastest growing business in new FUM at Cazenove.
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About Juno Capital Partners: Juno Capital is a London-based alternative asset manager, currently focused on venture investment in scale-up stage B2B SaaS businesses .
Claire Corbin
Partner & Operations Manager, Venture Investment of Juno Capital Partners
Claire acts as Juno’s lynch-pin, building relationships with investors, portfolio companies, prospective investments, professional advisers, partners and the wider venture network. She contributes to Juno’s evolving strategy, is responsible for managing investments to completion, and overseeing all third party and outsourced relationships.
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About Juno Capital Partners: Juno Capital is a London-based alternative asset manager, currently focused on venture investment in scale-up stage B2B SaaS businesses .
Puian Mollaian
Partner of Forticap
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About Forticap: Investment Company – Technology, Real Estate and Private Equity
