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This list showcases the top London based Manager operating in the Venture Capital space. If you think a Manager 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.
Phylia Phoon
Operations Manager of Felix Capital
Phylia is the Operations Manager and also the Team Assistant in Felix Capital. She enjoys the challenges that her roles bring her and is always on the look-out for more responsibilities and to learn about the different areas of the business. Phylia has been an executive assistant at Advent Venture Partners (technology), Cocosa (fashion ecommerce), Bauer Media (Radio, Magazine and Lifestyle Division), AOL Inc. and fish4 (digital media). Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Phylia is fluent in English, Malay, Cantonese and Mandarin. She has been living in London for over 19 years and is always on the look out for spicy food.
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About Felix Capital: Felix Capital is a venture fund that focuses on digital commerce, digital media, and information technology companies.
Saket Narula
Investor Relations Manager of Amadeus Capital Partners
Saket is responsible for Amadeus’s investor relations and fundraising activities having joined in 2018. Prior to Amadeus, Saket was a Director with the Anchor Group based between London and Geneva advising and managing both direct and fund-based private market investments for European, Asian and British family offices and institutional clients. Previously he was with Credit Suisse in the investment banking division in London working in the financial sponsors and leveraged finance team, where he was responsible for underwriting and executing leveraged buyouts for private equity clients in EMEA. Saket began his career in the US in IBD focusing on high yield and leveraged acquisition finance for US corporates and M&A transactions. Saket has lived and worked both in the US and India and studied at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, where he gained minors in Systems Engineering and Technology Management Policy and also a B.S. in Commerce from the McIntire School of Commerce. He speaks fluent English and Hindi and is proficient in French and German.
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About Amadeus Capital Partners: Amadeus Capital Partners caters to the technology sector with seed, early, and later stage venture, and private equity investments.
Kaitlin Fronczek
Investor Relations Manager of Apax Partners
Kaitlin Fronczek is an Associate in the Investor Relations team. She joined the New York office in 2010 and is currently based in London. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Kaitlin worked in Investor Relations at Tailwind Capital and at Lionhart Advisors in New York. Kaitlin holds a BA in Psychology with honours from Vanderbilt University.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Rachel Lambert
Investor Relations Manager of Apax Partners
Rachel Lambert is an Investor Relations Manager and oversees and manages a global contact programme of meetings with investors. Based in London, Rachel joined Apax Partners in 2005 and was involved in the preparation phase and fundraising process for Apax Europe VII. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Rachel was an Investor Relations Manager at Baring Private Equity Partners (BPEP), a firm specialising in growth funds in emerging markets. She worked at BPEP for 12 years both in contact management and in the management of a global PR programme. Rachel began her career in the Training and Development department of the London Stock Exchange. Rachel holds a BA in Latin from Bristol University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Vocal Training from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Joanna Mangan
Office Manager of TowerBrook Capital Partners
Joanna Mangan is Office Manager for the London office of TowerBrook. Prior to joining TowerBrook, she was Executive Assistant and HR Administrator at Reed Elsevier, where she worked in the Technology Services department.
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About TowerBrook Capital Partners: TowerBrook Capital Partners is a London-based investment management firm that funds European and North American companies.
Derek Ooi
Senior Supply Chain Manager & Portfolio Operations of Baird Capital
Derek Ooi joined Baird Capital in 2006 as Senior Supply Chain Manager. Prior to Baird Capital, Derek served as a Senior Supply Chain Manager at Flextronics Shanghai where he was responsible for the supply chain management of telecommunications products. Derek also spent five years working for Komag (USD) in Malaysia as a Senior Purchasing Executive, overseeing procurement strategies and activities. Derek started his career in a leading freight management company in Malaysia. Derek is fluent in English, Malay and Mandarin and received his Degree of Commerce from Deakin University in Australia.
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About Baird Capital: Baird Capital makes venture capital, growth equity, and private equity investments in strategically-targeted sectors around the world.
Michael Holgate
Investment Manager & Partner of Baird Capital
Michael Holgate joined Baird Capital’s U.K. Private Equity team in 2014 from Spectrum Corporate Finance. Prior to joining Spectrum, Michael spent three years working in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Transaction Services team, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Michael has a First Class Master’s Degree in chemistry from Bristol University, including an industrial placement year spent working at GlaxoSmithKline.
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About Baird Capital: Baird Capital makes venture capital, growth equity, and private equity investments in strategically-targeted sectors around the world.
Will Gibbs
Investment Manager of Octopus Ventures
Will joined the team in 2013 and focusses on identifying new seed, series A and growth deals in the UK. He also works with a range of portfolio companies and is involved in fundraising. He was previously based in the New York office of Octopus Ventures, helping portfolio companies looking to internationalise to the US. Prior to joining Octopus, Will set-up and scaled an organic spirits company and a rare breed pig farm, and holds a degree in Ancient History from the University of Oxford.
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About Octopus Ventures: Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.
Matt Chandler
Investment Manager of Octopus Ventures
Matt Chandler serves as an Investment Manager at Octopus Ventures. Prior to joining Octopus Ventures in 2021, Matt was a Commercial Associate at True, a retail and consumer sector specialist investor and innovation consultant. Matt focused on early-stage investments into both consumer tech and B2B software companies and consulted multi-national retailers on digital strategy. Prior to True, Matt co-founded Mojo, a consumer Saas platform for the beauty and wellness industry. Matt is a graduate of the University of Nottingham Business School. Outside of work, he is an unprolific footballer, nervous skier, occasional painter, and avid backgammoner.
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About Octopus Ventures: Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.
George Whitehead
Venture Partner Manager of Octopus Ventures
Partner at ACF Investors.
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About ACF Investors, Clean Growth Fund, Octopus Ventures: Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.
Deepka Rana
Investment Manager of Northzone
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About Northzone: Northzone is an early-stage venture capital fund built on experience spanning multiple economic and disruptive technology cycles.
Paula Darlison
Group Administration Manager of Molten Ventures
Paula is the Group Administration Manager and has been with Draper Esprit since its inception, having worked alongside the founding team since 2000. Prior to Draper Esprit she has worked as an executive assistant at Cazenove, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley throughout more than 25 years within the City of London.
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About Molten Ventures: Molten Ventures is Europe’s largest listed tech VC firm. We inject the most visionary companies with energy to help them transform and grow.
Lucas Stoops
Investment Manager of Force Over Mass Capital
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About Force Over Mass Capital: Force Over Mass Capital is a London based venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology investments.
Lucy Kennard
Operations Manager of Concentric
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About Concentric: Concentric invests in software technology business in the financial services, mobility, real estate, industrial, and logistics sectors.
Guy Ward Thomas
Investment Manager of DN Capital
Guy joined DN Capital in 2015 as an Associate, having gained entrepreneurial experience in a Rocket Internet venture. He began his career in strategy consulting spending 4 years at OC&C advising PE Funds and large European TMT, retail and FMCG clients. Guy graduated from Cambridge with a first in Social and Political Sciences and subsequently spent a year studying Economics and Management at the Judge Business School. His sectors of focus include marketplaces, ecommerce and software.
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About DN Capital: DN Capital operates as an early-stage venture capital firm.
Sabine Khater
Portfolio Manager of Citi Ventures
Sabine Khater currently works as the Vice President for Citi Ventures. She previously worked at SFO Group as the Associate Director.
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About Citi Ventures: Citi Ventures harnesses the power of Citi to help people, businesses, and communities thrive in a world of technological change.
Naomi Fieldus
Talent Network Manager of Business Growth Fund
Naomi joined BGF in May 2013 as a Manager in the Talent Network team, with specific focus on developing the network of senior finance professionals. She joined BGF from an executive search firm, where she worked with a range of private equity clients, finding CFOs for their current and potential investee businesses. Prior to this Naomi spent ten years with PwC in Corporate Finance, advising private equity and corporate clients on acquisitions and disposals, primarily in the Consumer and Leisure sectors. Naomi holds a BSc in Mathematics and Economics from The London School of Economics & Political Science.
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About Business Growth Fund: Business Growth Fund is an influential investor in small and mid-sized businesses.
Jessica Pedroni Thorell
Investment Manager of Kinnevik AB
Jessica Pedroni Thorell is a growth investor at Kinnevik, based in their London office.
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About Cityblock Health, Kinnevik AB, Quit Genius: Kinnevik is an entrepreneurial investment group focused on building digital consumer businesses.
Rebecca Nordstrom
HR & Office Manager of Highland Europe
Rebecca is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations and administration of the London office. Rebecca joined Highland in January 2015 and is a core member of the Europe team. Rebecca previously worked at Kreab GavinAnderson as Head of Office Administration and at AllianceBernstein –, organising various client events including seminars, networking receptions and conferences, in addition to several in–house events. In her spare time she studies Human Resources Management, when not sampling London’s restaurants, museums and theatres. A native Swede she lives in London with her husband.
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About Highland Europe: Highland Europe is a growth-stage technology fund that invests in European internet, mobile, and software companies.
Rebecca Nordstrom
HR & Office Manager of Highland Europe
Rebecca is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations and administration of the London office. Rebecca joined Highland in January 2015 and is a core member of the Europe team. Rebecca previously worked at Kreab GavinAnderson as Head of Office Administration and at AllianceBernstein –, organising various client events including seminars, networking receptions and conferences, in addition to several in–house events. In her spare time she studies Human Resources Management, when not sampling London’s restaurants, museums and theatres. A native Swede she lives in London with her husband.
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About Highland Europe: Highland Europe is a growth-stage technology fund that invests in European internet, mobile, and software companies.
Stephen Lindsay
UK Business Development Manager of SFC Capital
Stephen is co-founder and Head of Business Development at Ixty. Before moving to the angel investing and startup world, Stephen developed his career in financial services and sales and worked in countries like Singapore and France. His main role at Startup Funding Club is introducing new investors to tax efficient investing through the Fund and angel network.
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About Ixty, SFC Capital: Early-stage investor combining its own angel syndicate & seed funds to provide investors with diversified exposure to SEIS/EIS businesses.
Alexis Koumoudos
Investment Manager of VEF
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About VEF: The emerging market fintech investor
Freya Macken
Investment Manager of AURELIUS Equity Opportunities
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About AURELIUS Equity Opportunities: Aurelius Equity Opportunities is an investment firm that provides equity, growth, debt and real estate investments.
Natasha Asher-Relf
Marketing Communications Manager of True.
Natasha has over six years’ experience in public relations, most recently holding the PR Manager role at LG Electronics. Her background is in the technology and consumer sectors, working for businesses such as Amazon, Panasonic, and Whitbread.
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About True.: True is a consumer-focused investment and innovation firm reimagining what good business looks like.
Evelina Olago
Investor Relations Senior Manager of Helios Investment Partners
Evelina Olago is previously in Helios’ Portfolio Operations Group and rejoined in September 2018 from McKinsey in London, where she was an Associate. Prior to joining Helios in 2014, she was an Assurance Associate in the Oil & Gas team at Ernst & Young in London.
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About Helios Investment Partners: Helios Investment Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm that focuses on African companies.
Sonny Bardhan
Senior Manager, Intellectual Capital of Omidyar Network
As a senior manager on the intellectual capital team, Sonny advances Omidyar Network’s strategy, research, impact and learning agendas across regions and initiatives. Prior to joining Omidyar Network in 2014, Sonny served as an investment manager at the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, where he developed strategy, built the investment pipeline, and originated and developed high impact opportunities to improve children’s welfare in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Sonny previously served as an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company, where he worked in both the financial institutions group and the social sector office. He began his career at Capital One, and has also worked with Innovations for Poverty Action and UnLtd. Sonny received an MPA in international development from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was a Reynolds Fellow in social entrepreneurship. He holds an MBA with distinction from the University of Oxford and a first class MA in natural sciences from the University of Cambridge.
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About Omidyar Network: Omidyar Network is an investment firm.
Hannah Robbins
Office Manager of Nauta Capital
Hannah is the Office Manager for the London office of Nauta Capital. Hannah joined Nauta in early 2016 where she manages the daily running of the office by working closely with Nauta’s London General Partner as well as supporting the operations team with finance and HR. Prior to Nauta, Hannah worked in a China-focussed business consulting firm, as well as spending several years based across China studying Mandarin and working as an English Teacher. Hannah holds a BA in Geography from University College London and HSK 6 Mandarin after studying in both Zhejiang University and Harbin Institute of Technology, China. Hannah is currently studying for her CIMA qualifications part-time.
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About Nauta Capital: Nauta Capital is a pan-European Venture Capital firm investing in early stage technology companies.
Kate Mansfield
Investor Relations Manager of Beringea
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About Beringea: Beringea is a transatlantic venture capital seeking to create lasting success for rapidly scaling entrepreneurial companies
Francisco Gutierrez
Global Investment Manager of Startupbootcamp
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About Startupbootcamp: Startupbootcamp is a global network of industry-focused startup accelerators that provides investment and mentorship services.
Chloe Richardson
Investor Relations Manager of Parkwalk Advisors
Chloe is the office administrator at Parkwalk, helping on-board clients, managing EIS3s and liaising with their advisers and wealth managers. Before Parkwalk, Chloe worked for a technology company after graduating from the University of Southampton.
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About Parkwalk Advisors: Parkwalk is an investment management firm focused on UK-based technology companies that are spun out of UK university and research centres.
Joshua Burge
Investment Manager of Edge VC
Joshua Burge is an Investment Manager at Edge, focused on sourcing and developing investment opportunities in the creative industries and the technologies that enable them. Prior to Edge, Joshua worked at Kerdos Ventures, an early-stage technology investor. As a member of the Investment Committee at Kerdos, Joshua has valuable experience evaluating investment opportunities, working with talented management teams and modelling financial projections. Previously Joshua worked as an investment banking analyst and corporate finance practitioner at GP Bullhound. Joshua holds an MSc in Economic and Social History from All Souls College, Oxford.
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About Edge VC: Passionate Investors in Creativity
Niall Santamaria
Senior Investment Manager of Edge VC
Niall is an Investment Manager at Edge, having joined from Exodus Ventures, a specialist firm within the high-growth, early-phase digital media sector. At Edge Niall focuses on sourcing and developing investment opportunities in the creative industries and the technologies that enable them. A holder of the CFA charter and with an MBA from the London Business School, Niall has served as an investor, board member, strategic advisor and corporate finance advisor during a decade in venture capital.
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About Edge VC: Passionate Investors in Creativity
Hannah Williamson
Investment Manager of Edge VC
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About Edge VC: Passionate Investors in Creativity
Ashish Patel
Investment Manager, Head of Research of Mercia Asset Management PLC
Ash serves as Head of Research at Mercia Technologies, where his team delivers data-driven insights to support investment and strategic decision-making. He is also an active investor focusing on early and growth-stage healthcare, biotech and life science companies.
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About Mercia Asset Management PLC: Mercia is a proactive, specialist asset manager focused on supporting regional businesses to achieve their growth aspirations.
Johannes Lenhard
Investment Manager of NFQ Capital
Johannes Lenhard is an ethnographer of venture capital and homelessness and currently teaching and researching at the University of Cambridge (as the Centre Coordinator of the Max Planck Centre Cambridge for the Study of Ethics, the Economy and Social Change). Having worked towards a better understanding of survival practices of homeless people in London and Paris for his PhD, he has spent the last four years researching the ethics of venture capital investors. His monograph ‘Making Better Lives – Hope, Freedom and Home-Making among people sleeping rough in Paris’ will be published later this year and so will his co-authored book ‘Better Venture’ focused DEI in tech and VC. He contributes regularly to journalistic outlets, such as Techcrunch, Prospect, Sifted, Aeon, the Conversation and Crunchbase.
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About NFQ Capital: NFQ funds early stage ventures and accelerates them with the support of 400+ specialists for company-building services via NFQ Technologies.
Mila Lukic
Investment Manager of Bridges Fund Management
Mila previously worked as a Management Consultant with Accenture focusing on transformational change management, organizational alignment and process design and improvement work. Mila also spent 4 years working on Education Generation, an online community working together to fund scholarships for young leaders in developing world countries to participate in some of the world’s most forward-thinking education programs. Most recently Mila worked as an intern at High Trees Community Development Trust in Tulse Hill, Lambeth.
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About Bridges Fund Management: Bridges Fund Management is a specialist fund manager dedicated to sustainable and impact investment.
Graham Hewson
Incubator Manager of Imperial Innovations
Graham joined Imperial Innovations as the Incubator Manager in 2010. The Imperial Incubator is a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship, providing office and laboratory space for early-stage companies including many spinouts from Imperial College London. Graham has worked in Incubation for over nine years, and has previously managed a successful digital media incubator in London’s tech city.
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About Imperial Innovations: Imperial Innovations is a technology commercialization and venture capital investor that focuses on technology.
Daniel Bull
Investment Manager of Columbia Lake Partners
Daniel Bull is an Investment Manager at Columbia Lake Partners. He is responsible for the sourcing, financial analysis, structuring, documentation, and management of debt relationships with technology companies. Prior to joining CLP, Daniel worked as an Assistant Vice President in the Venture Capital Group at Comerica Bank in San Francisco. Daniel graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Business Administration from the University of Oregon.
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About Columbia Lake Partners: Columbia Lake Partners is an experienced team of investors providing growth loans to European technology companies.
George Bartlett
Investment Manager of Columbia Lake Partners
George Bartlett is an Associate at Columbia Lake Partners. He is responsible for the financial analysis, structuring, documentation, and management of debt relationships with technology companies.
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About Columbia Lake Partners: Columbia Lake Partners is an experienced team of investors providing growth loans to European technology companies.
Stephan Gueorguiev
Senior Investment Manager of Foresight Group
Stephan Gueorguiev joined Foresight Group in 2018 and currently works as a Senior Investment Manager in the London office. He has over 17 years of experience. Stephan is responsible for sourcing and executing investments in high-potential UK businesses across the UK . Prior to joining Foresight Stephan worked at August Equity where he focussed on buyouts of UK technology businesses. Stephan holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Cambridge University as well as an MBA from INSEAD.
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About Foresight Group: Foresight is an infrastructure and private equity investment manager that manages funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients.
Chris Wardle
Senior Investment Manager of Foresight Group
Chris joined Foresight in 2014 from Accenture’s M&A practice, where he managed pre-deal due diligence and post-deal corporate strategy projects for private equity, consumer goods, and technology clients. He has also worked closely with a number of start-ups and charities. Chris holds an MA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge.
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About Foresight Group: Foresight is an infrastructure and private equity investment manager that manages funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients.
Amy Crofton
Senior Investment Manager of Foresight Group
Amy joined Foresight in January 2017 from Lesmoir-Gordon, Boyle & Co, a boutique investment advisory and corporate finance firm in Mayfair. At LGB Amy focused on structuring equity and debt investments in UK SMEs. Prior to this, she spent seven years as a research analyst in the food retail sector, at both Barclays Capital and Citi. Amy graduated from Oxford, where she was an open scholar and has a first class degree in Materials, Economics and Management.
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About Foresight Group: Foresight is an infrastructure and private equity investment manager that manages funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients.
Elena Palasmith
Senior Manager, Institutional Capital of Foresight Group
Elena joined Foresight Group from Morgan Stanley where she worked within the Global Wealth Management Division. Elena holds a first class degree in Management from the University of Warwick.
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About Foresight Group: Foresight is an infrastructure and private equity investment manager that manages funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients.
Andi Kazeroonian
Investment Manager of Outward VC
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About Outward VC: Outward VC empower start-ups seeking to be the most important fintech companies in the world
Sanchit Dhote
Investment Manager of Outward VC
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About Outward VC: Outward VC empower start-ups seeking to be the most important fintech companies in the world
Giles Prentice
Investment Manager of Charterhouse Capital Partners
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About Charterhouse Capital Partners: Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP is a private equity firm specializing in buyout investments.
Tomer Strikovsky
Investment Manager of ETF Partners
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About ETF Partners: ETF Partners supports talented entrepreneurs and management teams with investment capital and experience.
Lucy Rands
Investment Manager of ETF Partners
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About ETF Partners: ETF Partners supports talented entrepreneurs and management teams with investment capital and experience.
Courtney Glymph
PR Manager of ETF Partners
Courtney Glymph is a PR Manager at ETF Partners.
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About ETF Partners, TempoCap: ETF Partners supports talented entrepreneurs and management teams with investment capital and experience.
Aleksandra Lament
Operations Manager of ETF Partners
Aleksandra Lament serves as an Operations Manager at ETF Partners.
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About ETF Partners: ETF Partners supports talented entrepreneurs and management teams with investment capital and experience.
Desiree Francois
Executive Assistant and Office Manager of ETF Partners
Desiree Francois serves as an Executive Assistant and Office Manager at ETF Partners.
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About ETF Partners: ETF Partners supports talented entrepreneurs and management teams with investment capital and experience.
Finance Manager of ETF Partners
Tiina Tanav serves as a Finance Manager at ETF Partners.
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About ETF Partners: ETF Partners supports talented entrepreneurs and management teams with investment capital and experience.
Finance Manager of ETF Partners
Tiina Tanav serves as a Finance Manager at ETF Partners.
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About ETF Partners: ETF Partners supports talented entrepreneurs and management teams with investment capital and experience.
Zoe Peden
Investment Manager of Ananda Impact Ventures
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About Ananda Impact Ventures, Brit My Pride, Insane Logic: Ananda Impact Ventures is a leading European venture capital investor focused on scaling impact-driven for-profit enterprises.
Christian Schenk
Investment Manager of Apposite Capital
Christian Schenk is an Investment Manager at Apposite Capital.
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About Apposite Capital: Apposite Capital is a London-based investment firm focused on healthcare services and life sciences companies.
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 .
Tim Lambert
Strategic Partnerships Manager of Octopus Investments
Tim joined Octopus in July 2015 as a Strategic Partnerships Manager in charge of relationships with Family Offices and High Net Worth Private Clients. Since graduating in 2004 Tim has spent all of his career within property, development and investment. In recent years he was a Director of a property investment firm focussed on assisted living and healthcare, where he came to know the Octopus team. He has extensive relationships within property, investment, law and accountancy. Outside of work, Tim is an ultramarathon runner and specialises in the 50 and 100 mile distance.
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About Octopus Investments: Octopus Investments is an venture capital investment firm
Adam Hart
Investment Manager of YFM Equity Partners
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About YFM Equity Partners: YFM Equity Partners is an independent private equity business owned by its senior management and investment team.
Trevor Jones
Investor Network Manager of The FSE Group
Trevor has over 30 years’ experience in UK venture capital and private equity, with Gresham Trust, Advantage Capital and as an angel investor. He holds an Honours degree from Liverpool University and is a Deloitte-qualified Chartered Accountant. When not organising FSE’s regular angel investor events Trevor escapes to his hideaway on the Hampshire coast with his wife and hound, or helps run his two family hospitality businesses – yes, he’s an entrepreneur as well as an investor!
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About The FSE Group: The FSE Group provides tailored funding solutions and support for ambitious and innovative small and medium enterprises.
Bradley Jones
Equity Portfolio Manager of The FSE Group
Bradley handles deal origination and all stages of the transaction lifecycle along with post investment management for the equity funds at The FSE Group. Bradley joined The FSE Group in January 2010, after completing his BSc honours degree in Management at the University of the West of England, firstly as the Marketing and Events coordinator and moved in March 2010 to the equity team, where he has progressed from fund executive to fund manager. Outside of work Bradley is a keen golfer and skier and enjoys watching rugby.
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About The FSE Group: The FSE Group provides tailored funding solutions and support for ambitious and innovative small and medium enterprises.
Hai Yen Nguyen
Executive Assistant Office Manager of TempoCap
Hai Yen Nguyen is the Executive Assistant Office Manager of TempoCap.
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About TempoCap: TempoCap is a growth and secondary direct venture investment firm.
Hai Yen Nguyen
Executive Assistant Office Manager of TempoCap
Hai Yen Nguyen is the Executive Assistant Office Manager of TempoCap.
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About TempoCap: TempoCap is a growth and secondary direct venture investment firm.
Oliver Sexton
Investment Manager of Midven
Oliver manages the commercialisation of bioengineering and medical technologies from Imperial College. Prior to joining Innovations he spent five years in commercial & licensing roles at Ark Therapeutics where he was responsible for corporate deal structures and partnering with large pharma. Previously he managed a small team in a biotech investment diligence consultancy and has worked as a strategy analyst. Oliver has a BSc in Molecular Biology/Biotechnology and an MSc in Plant Science. Currently he is a director of Acublate, an HIFU spin out from the CRT.
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About Midven, UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund: Midven is a specialist venture capital company providing investment to fast growing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), run by an
Sophie Andre
Portfolio and Operations Manager of Downing Ventures
Sophie joined the Ventures Team in 2017 to help manage and support the growing portfolio of companies. Prior to joining Downing Venture, Sophie worked in the property industry in Australia and as a client service executive for a large investment management company in the UK.
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About Downing Ventures: Downing Ventures, a division of Downing LLP, invests venture capital into early and growth stage technology businesses.
Laoise McGarry
Portfolio Manager 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.
Laoise McGarry
Portfolio Manager 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.
Uwe Andreas Kraemer
Venture Principal, Principal, Investment Manager of Zouk Capital
Uwe joined Zouk in 2014 as an Investment Manager in the Growth Capital Team, bringing with him more than 8 years’ experience in private equity, M&A and corporate finance and more than 6 years’ investment experience in technology focused venture & growth capital. Since 2008 he has executed and managed investments of more than € 100 million into European start-ups and growth companies. Before joining Zouk, Uwe was a Principal at ViewPoint Capital Partners in Frankfurt, where he focused on European Software & Internet Technology investments and actively supported the funds’ portfolio companies with organisational structuring and international expansion. Prior to that, Uwe served as an Analyst in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs between 2006 and 2008, advising European blue chips with strategic acquisitions, trade sales and IPOs. During his tenure Uwe advised on more than € 10 billion of cross-border M&A transactions and IPOs across various industries. Uwe holds a MSc with Honours in Computer Science and Business Administration from Darmstadt Technical University.
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About Zouk Capital: Zouk Capital is an independent private equity fund manager investing in companies that advance resource efficiency.
Tarquin Wethered
Investment Manager of EMK Capital
Tarquin Wethered is an Investment Manager and part of the founding team at EMK Capital. Prior to joining EMK, Tarquin worked at Bregal Capital and worked on investments in Cognita and Bluestep. Tarquin joined from Caledonia Investments Plc where he worked in the Unquoted Pool sourcing, executing and managing mid-market private equity investments across a range of sectors but particularly focussing on the financial services, leisure and property sectors. Tarquin joined Caledonia in 2013, from Hawkpoint Partners (latterly Canaccord Genuity) where he worked in the Financial Institutions and Business Services teams since 2010. Tarquin graduated from Balliol College, Oxford University with a BA in Economics and Management.
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About EMK Capital: EMK Capital focuses on investments in businesses where they can support growth and change.
Patrick O’Brien
Project Manager of Angels in MedCity
Patrick O’Brien is a project manager at Angels in MedCity.
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About Angels in MedCity, QMENTA: Angels in MedCity aims to introduce business angels to investment opportunities from healthcare and life sciences companies.
Trevor Stokes
Investment Manager of Sovereign Capital
Trevor joined Sovereign’s investment team in 2014. Prior to joining Sovereign, Trevor spent four years at Global Leisure Partners where he was Vice President, working on the origination and execution of a range of M&A transactions in the leisure and retail sectors. Previously, Trevor spent five years at KPMG Corporate Finance working on a number of transactions across the consumer, healthcare and media sectors. Trevor graduated from the University of Cambridge with an MA in Natural Sciences and has received the ICAEW Corporate Finance Diploma.
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About Sovereign Capital: Sovereign Capital is a buy and build specialist that helps portfolio companies achieve transformational growth.
