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This list showcases the top London based Associate operating in the Impact Investing space. If you think a Associate 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.
Charlotte Clune
Associate of Atomico
Charlotte is an Associate at Atomico. Based in London, she works on sourcing and due diligence of investment opportunities in the consumer space across Europe, as well as supporting Atomico and its portfolio companies on operational projects and research. Prior to joining Atomico, Charlotte was an Associate at The Blackstone Group in New York, followed by roles in the pre-seed and seed-stage investing ecosystems in New York and Oxford, respectively. Charlotte holds a BA in History (with distinction) from Yale University as well as an MBA (Hons) from the University of Oxford, where she was a Forté Foundation Scholar. Outside of work, when not searching for the best Sunday roast in London, Charlotte is often dreaming about big-wave surfing and the prospect of space tourism.
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About Atomico: Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
Luca Eisenstecken
Senior Associate of Atomico
Luca Eisenstecken is an Associate. Based in London, Luca is part of the investment team where he works on sourcing and due diligence of investment opportunities and portfolio management for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He has worked with Automation Hero. Prior to joining Atomico, Luca spent two years at San Francisco-based private equity firm Vector Capital, where he worked on multiple growth equity investments and buyouts across diverse technology verticals, including the growth investment into CPQ software firm CloudSense. Luca began his career at MergerTech Group, a Bay Area-based technology investment bank, where he advised clients on M&A and financing processes. Luca holds a Master of International Business with a concentration in Corporate Finance from Hult International Business School in San Francisco, as well as a BA in International Management with a concentration in hospitality management from IUBH School of Business & Management in Germany. He is fluent in German and English, with some basic knowledge of Italian. As he lived in California for half a decade, he will not get tired of reminding you how much better the weather is over there.
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About Atomico: Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
Nicole Lai
Associate of Atomico
Nicole Lai works as an Associate at Atomico. Before joining Atomico, she was a Partner Associate at Real Ventures for 2 years. She also worked as a Scientific Project Lead at Moonshot Health.
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About Atomico: Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
Sarah Guemouri
Senior Associate of Atomico
Sarah Guemouri is a Senior Associate based in London. She focuses on research to support the sourcing and evaluation of investment opportunities, provides regular insight on key technology trends, and helps compile the State of European Tech report. She is passionate about new ways of integrating data into work as machine learning and AI continue to mature, and using data to solve for biases and make the world a better place. Before joining Atomico, Sarah worked at App Annie, where she supported business development in EMEA and was responsible for mobile strategy consulting. Before that, she spent time in investment banking at J.P. Morgan in London, and in private equity at BNP Paribas in New York. She has a Master of Science in Corporate Finance and a Master in Management from EDHEC Business School. While Sarah’s preferred method of data analysis is Excel, her preferred method of dream analysis are short story classes where her nighttime imaginings often serve as inspiration into writing. Sarah is also the only Atomican who has ever lived full time on a sailboat and had her own yoga venture.
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About Atomico, Atomico: Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
Irma Gross von Trockau
Operations Associate of Mustard Seed
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About Mustard Seed: Mustard Seed invests in world-class early-stage businesses that seek to generate compelling financial and societal returns.
Kathy Gromotka
Associate of Downing Ventures
Kathy joined the Downing Ventures team as Associate in March 2018. At Downing, she is responsible for sourcing deals for the growing Ventures portfolio. Prior to this, she worked at Microsoft where she was responsible for sales strategy and operations management. She also worked at Bloomberg, working within sales and product development for the education division before being promoted to manage a New York-based sales team. Kathy holds an MBA from Oxford University.
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About Downing Ventures: Downing Ventures, a division of Downing LLP, invests venture capital into early and growth stage technology businesses.
Daniel Cheung
Associate of Downing Ventures
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About Downing Ventures: Downing Ventures, a division of Downing LLP, invests venture capital into early and growth stage technology businesses.
