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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top London based Partner operating in the Financial Exchanges 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.
Ophelia Brown
Founder & Partner of Blossom Capital
Ophelia is the founder of Blossom Capital, an early stage venture fund that brings a wholly differentiated approach to investing. Blossom makes a small number of high conviction investments each year, which allows the team to work closely with their companies, helping them achieve their ambitious goals. Fascinated by user behaviour and design, Ophelia loves worked with founders with strong product DNA and design-oriented teams. Previously Ophelia was a GP at LocalGlobe and a principal at Index Ventures where her investments included Typeform and Robinhood. Ophelia is also the founder of ALT “Ambitious Ladies in Tech” – a mentor programme that matches junior women in technology start-ups with senior functional leaders to provide them with valuable coaching, skills development and networking. The network includes executives from some of the world’s leading tech companies like Amazon, Airbnb, Facebook, Google, Uber and many more.
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About Big Health, Blossom Capital: Blossom Capital is a venture capital and private equity firm that invests in consumer, enterprise, internet, and startup sectors.
Imran Ghory
Partner of Blossom Capital
Imran Ghory is a Partner at Blossom Capital focusing on Series A investments in Europe. Before joining Blossom Capital, Imran built his career focused on the data driven analysis of companies, both private and public. This included starting one of the first data-driven deal sourcing practices in venture capital at Index Ventures and leading engineering and data science teams at fintech companies including Bloomberg and MarketInvoice.
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About Blossom Capital: Blossom Capital is a venture capital and private equity firm that invests in consumer, enterprise, internet, and startup sectors.
Michael Siwek
Founding Partner of DMALINK
In 2013, Michael founded 7Hedge, a London-based FX Brokerage – underpinned by Deutsche Bank clearing and settlement. He later sold the business to a former Hotspot (CBOE Global Markets) executive. In 2015, Michael established DMALINK, offering order execution services, market data, and analytics used by banks, asset managers, and funds globally. In 2020, Michael co-founded DeFinity Markets, co-owned by DMALINK, an institutional digital asset ECN and DeFi marketplace for foreign exchange, cryptographic assets, and CBDC. Michael comes from a Financial Services background with senior positions at Gain Capital and The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). His specialty is Regulatory Technology, Market Data, and multi-asset class execution venues. Michael has a particular affinity for building, operating and distributing electronic trading venues from the ground up.
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About DeFinity Markets, DMALINK: DMALINK is a data-centric trading and RegTech platform for professional Foreign Exchange traders globally.
Philip Rowland
Partner of Riverside Company
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About Riverside Company: The Riverside Company is a private equity firm investing in companies with enterprise values of under $200 million.
Archimede Mulas
Founding Partner of Collective Equity Ownership
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About Collective Equity Ownership: CEO is a London-based collective equity fund offering ambitious founders and shareholders liquidity and diversification.
Giada Mazzoni
Partner of 1859 Capital
Giada Mazzoni is a Partner at 1859 Capital.
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About 1859 Capital: 1859 Capital runs a Collective Intelligence investment model based on its own bespoke data.
