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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 United Kingdom based Partner operating in the FinTech 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.
Frederic Court
Founder and Managing Partner of Felix Capital
Frederic is the Founder and Managing Partner of Felix Capital. He has worked in the technology industry for the past 20 years, prior to Felix as General Partner with Advent Ventures in London, and previously as an entrepreneur. At Felix, Frederic works closely with Farfetch (NYSE:FTCH), goop, Mejuri, Yoobic, The Business of Fashion, Highsnobiety and Mirakl. He led the growth investments in Deliveroo and Peloton. While at Advent, Frederic led investments in Farfetch, Zong (sold to eBay), Vitrue (Oracle), Dailymotion (Orange), Qype (Yelp), Fizzback (Nice Systems) and Ubiquisys (Cisco). Frederic was named “Investor of the Year” in Europe by his peers at the 2012 Investor All Stars event. He was on the Midas List Europe 2017 and 2018. Previously he was an entrepreneur in France, building a VC-backed online marketplace for the textile industry, and before that a technology banker in London and New York with Lazard. A graduate of ESSEC in Paris and Bocconi University in Milan, Frederic is fluent in English, French, Italian and Spanish.
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About Adverity, Deliveroo, Felix Capital, Forter, La Ruche qui dit Oui, Moonbug, Oatly, Peloton: Felix Capital is a venture fund that focuses on digital commerce, digital media, and information technology companies.
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Les Gabb
Finance Partner of Felix Capital
Les Gabb is the Founder & Finance Partner of Advent Venture Partners.He attend to the University of Oxford.
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About Advent Venture Partners, Felix Capital: Felix Capital is a venture fund that focuses on digital commerce, digital media, and information technology companies.
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.
Irina Elena Haivas
Partner of Atomico
Irina Haivas is a Principal. Based in London, she works on sourcing and due diligence of global investment opportunities. Irina focuses on businesses that use advanced technologies such as machine intelligence or robotics and automation, to transform large industries. She also focuses on the intersection of science and technology, including next generation biology, as well as on companies in healthcare. Before joining Atomico, Irina was a growth and PE investor at GHO Capital Partners, where she invested, among others, in enterprise software and AI/ML businesses and focused on the intersection of science, healthcare and technology. Before that, Irina was part of the leadership team of Bain & Co. in Europe and the U.S., where she worked directly both with private equity firms on investment diligence, as well as with corporates on Innovation and Product, Go-to-Market, BD and acquisitions, and organisation scale-up. While at Bain she seconded in an operational role at Medtronic, one of the world’s largest medical engineering companies. Irina is a former surgeon, having studied medicine at Freiburg University in Germany and Iasi Medical University in Romania. She was a surgical fellow at Harvard Medical School before completing an MSc (Dist) in International Health Policy at London School of Economics. Irina speaks Romanian, English, advanced German, and conversational French.
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About Atomico, Creative Destruction Lab (CDL): 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.
Javier Etxebeste
Limited Partner (Founders Group) of The Fund
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About The Fund: A community-driven venture fund comprised of leading global founders & operators
Tim Levene
Partner and CEO of Augmentum Fintech
Tim graduated in Russian Studies from The University of Manchester and joined Bain & Company in Moscow, Boston, Sydney and London. Tim embarked on an entrepreneurial path and left Bain in early 1998 and created a new retail concept when he opened his first Juice bar (Fresh n Smooth) in 1999 in Canary Wharf. The business has since evolved into a 31-store business across London called Crussh. In the summer of 1999, Tim joined 3 former colleagues from Bain & Company and launched Flutter.com. Flutter became one of the highest profile internet businesses in the UK after it merged with Betfair.com in 2001. Tim became the Commercial Director of the newly merged business and launched Betfair globally. In 2010, Tim returned to London to start his next venture. He founded Augmentum Capital with the backing of RIT Capital and Lord Rothschild. The team focused on finding talented entrepreneurial teams in the Fintech industry that were bringing fundamentally disruptive products or platforms to the European market. In 2018, Tim and Richard successfully launched Augmentum Fintech on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, in the process becoming the first publicly listed Fintech fund in the UK. Tim was made a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2012 and for several years advised The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry on digital strategy and innovation. Tim was elected in March 2017 to The Court of Common Council in the City of London to represent the Ward of Bridge (as an Independent). Tim is also a Governor of The City of London School. Outside of the office, Tim has a young family and has been a Chelsea FC season ticket holder since 1979. He remains a keen footballer, golfer and skier although operating at a more sedate pace than in recent years.
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About Augmentum Fintech, City of London, Innovate Finance, The World Economic Forum: Augmentum Fintech is a FinTech fund that invests in early and later-stage FinTech companies.
Perry Blacher
Partner of Augmentum Fintech
Perry Blacher is a Partner at Augmentum Fintech.
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About Augmentum Fintech, Freetrade: Augmentum Fintech is a FinTech fund that invests in early and later-stage FinTech companies.
Richard Matthews
COO and Partner of Augmentum Fintech
Richard has 17 years venture capital and private equity experience in the technology, retail and leisure sectors on both sides of the fence. Having studied economics at the University of Manchester, Richard started his career as a Chartered Accountant at Coopers & Lybrand before leaving in 1999 to join Tim at Flutter.com (now Betfair) as CFO. In 2002 following the merger with Betfair he left to join Benchmark Capital Europe (now Balderton Capital), one of the early investors in Betfair. At Benchmark he worked on early stage technology investments both in the investment phase and assisting the investee companies post funding. He then joined Manzanita Capital in 2005, where he spent 5 years investing in the retail and leisure sectors globally before leaving to form Augmentum Capital. In 2018 Richard and Tim successfully launched Augmentum Fintech on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, in the process becoming the first Fintech focused public VC in Europe. Away from the office Richard enjoys spending time with his family, watching Arsenal and playing golf, though in the case of the latter 2 the word “enjoys” is used in its loosest sense.
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About Augmentum Fintech: Augmentum Fintech is a FinTech fund that invests in early and later-stage FinTech companies.
Martyn Holman
Partner of Augmentum Fintech
Martyn Holman is an experienced investor and influential business leader with a proven track record in serial business development, strategy and finance.
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About Augmentum Fintech, Flutter Entertainment, Linkdex: Augmentum Fintech is a FinTech fund that invests in early and later-stage FinTech companies.
Stephen Nundy
Partner & Chief Technology Officer of Lakestar
An experienced Technologist and Engineer with a passion for setting strategy and building commercial solutions for complex and ambitious businesses. Collected over 20 years of global experience, leading new technology innovation, building distributed, high-performance teams, driving significant client engagement, within dynamic and highly competitive businesses. Passionate focus on investing and building companies, and their teams, with hyper-growth solutions and technologies to match.
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About Lakestar: Lakestar is a venture capital firm investing in technology companies led by exceptional entrepreneurs.
Luke Hakes
Partner of Octopus Ventures
Although we come from different professional, industry, and scientific backgrounds, we share a real passion for business. We are committed to our companies. We view our management teams both as partners and customers. We bring considerable experience and expertise to our companies along with no small amount of ambition, energy, resolve and creativity. We also understand just how difficult it is to create and grow a business. It’s not just about having a great idea and a capable team: having a network of contacts and real world experience to draw upon counts for as much. That’s why we have been building both an informal and a formal network for over a decade. The latter, the Octopus Venture Partners, now numbers in excess of 100 businessmen, leaders of commerce, and entrepreneurs. The Venture Partners coinvest with Octopus and is a unique and invaluable resource for our companies to draw upon. This blend of knowledge and skill has allowed us to help more than 60 UK companies thrive in recent years. We are generalists preferring to back exceptional entrepreneurial teams rather than specific sectors. We look for businesses which can create, transform or dominate an industry. We are focused on the UK and can invest up to £5m. We have £150m to invest in the next three years.
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About Octopus Ventures: Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.
Howard Bell
Venture Partner of Octopus Ventures
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About Barclaycard, Clearswift, A HelpSystems Company, JustGiving, Octopus Ventures, Octopus Ventures: Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.
Marvin Ma
Venture Partner of Octopus Ventures
Marvin Ma joined as Octopus Venture Partner in March 2016. He is actively helping Octopus as well as its portfolios on China strategy and relationship building. Marvin is also Founder of Longhill Investments, an alternative investment firm based in Shanghai, helping Chinese institutions and family office for outbound investments and deal makings. Before that Marvin was a venture investor in HSBC Strategic Innovation Investment team covering Fintech Investments and ex Investment Banker in Torch Partners, a tech focus corporate finance advisory firm.
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About Octopus Ventures, Sumscope: Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.
Anthony Collinson
Venture Partner of Octopus Ventures
Anthony was a co-founder of Katalyst Ventures, which was launched in 2000. As Chairman of the company he helped build its private angel network to over 100 people, as well as raising over £18 million to fund a portfolio of 25 companies before Katalyst Ventures was sold to Octopus in 2007. Now a consultant, he acts as a director and observer to a number of investee companies within the team’s portfolio. He has a manufacturing, operational and general management background as well as extensive small business experience. He was a director of Porvair PLC and Managing Director of Porvair International Ltd. Previously Anthony was managing director of Scotfresh Limited, Irish Leathers Group Plc and Holmes Hall Tanners Limited.
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About Octopus Ventures: Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.
Tim Lebus
Venture Partner of Octopus Ventures
Tim Lebus has spent over 30 years in private equity and banking. He is currently Senior Adviser to Duke Street, the mid-market private equity group, having previously been a Partner from 2001 to 2012. Prior to joining Duke Street, Tim worked for more than 20 years as an investment banker, most recently as a Managing Director in the Financial Sponsor group at Deutsche Bank. He also works with Octopus Ventures, the venture capital arm of Octopus Investments. He is as an observer to a number of Octopus Ventures investee companies and is a director of Octopus Titan VCT 3 plc. In addition, he is a director of Bibby Line Group Limited. Tim qualified a lawyer and practised as a barrister in London and subsequently as a corporate lawyer in New York. He holds a degree in law from Cambridge University.
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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.
Philip Lay
Venture Partner of Octopus Ventures
Philip has been a partner at the Chasm Group, a Silicon Valley based strategy consulting firm founded by Geoffrey Moore, for the past 24 years. He joined Octopus Ventures as a Venture Partner in January 2018, after moving from San Francisco back to the UK. Earlier Philip had a successful entrepreneurial career, co-founding and leading a successful security and communications software company, TGR Software, before it was acquired, and before that he was a sales executive at IBM in the UK. Philip focuses mainly on B2B software/Saas. He has advised dozens of companies ranging from major tech companies such as Autodesk, HP, NetApp, Netsuite, SAP, Rackspace and Salesforce.com, to mid-sized players and startups entering their scale-up growth phase. Among the key themes of his work are: playing for power, land & expand business strategy and enterprise customer engagement. Philip has also delivered keynotes and moderated panels at industry and company conferences around the world; he teaches full-time MBA students at IESE in Barcelona
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About Octopus Ventures: Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.
Pooja Sikka
Partner of Octopus Ventures
Pooja Sikka currently works as the Partner for Octopus Ventures. She previously worked at EY as the Management Consultant and Ventures Team.
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About Octopus Ventures: Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.
Joe Stringer
Partner of Octopus Ventures
Joe Stringer currently works as the Partner for Octopus Ventures. He previously worked at Google as the Market lead.
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About Octopus Ventures: Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.
Ian Perry
Venture Partner of Octopus Ventures
Ian combines over 25 years sales, operations and general management experience in the IT industry with domain experience in the communications industry spanning wireline, wireless and IP service provider markets. Following consistent success in sales and sales management positions at Information Technology Ltd, Ingres and Sybase, Ian went on to join Portal Software as Vice President, EMEA in 1998. Building the EMEA organization from scratch his four year tenure at Portal Software saw the company rapidly achieve a dominant market position in convergent billing and customer care solutions securing the majority of Tier 1 operators across EMEA, and supported a highly successful NASDAQ IPO. Since leaving Portal in 2002, Ian operates an independent consulting business active in supporting and investing in early stage organizations spanning SaaS, direct / enterprise, channel and consumer business models. Ian currently holds non-executive board positions at Cloudmark Inc, Eseye Ltd, Central Europe On-Demand Zrt and Ontology Ltd.
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About Octopus Ventures: Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.
Alan Cairns
Venture Partner of Octopus Ventures
Alan, who joined Octopus Ventures in 2018, is a Venture Partner focussing on People & Talent Strategies across the portfolio. He’s a seasoned digital/tech focussed chief people officer having spent 8 years helping take MoneySupermarket from IPO, through a range of acquisitions including the substantive Moneysavingexpert, to a FTSE 150 with a £2Billion Enterprise value. He hired the executive team including CEO, several NED’s and the leadership team as well as building out the people strategy. He’s spent the past two years as CPO of MOO where he made some significant exec hires, codefied it’s culture and values as well as launching an all employee stock option plan. Alan is currently CPO for a systematic hedge fund, a proud mentor for ALT and an advisor to a nascent startup in psychometrics.
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About Octopus Ventures: Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.
Hans Otterling
General Partner of Northzone
Hans Otterling joined Northzone in 2006. His primary areas of focus are e-commerce, fintech, internet security, enterprise software and related SaaS models. His portfolio includes Tobii, Klarna, HappyOrNot, Footway, Fishbrain,and Outfittery. Hans holds an MBA from Stockholm School of Economics and University of Massachusetts (Fulbright scholar). Hans Otterling is an enthusiastic participant in all discussions about the secrets of successful serial entrepreneurship. Having started, grown, and sold several market leading companies, he has learnt a thing or two along the way. He revolutionised the field of Investor Relations, through founding Waymaker, an early internet-based information distribution company. Where listed Swedish companies had previously employed the services of taxis in order to get their financial reports to the media, Waymaker built a completely new network.
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About Northzone: Northzone is an early-stage venture capital fund built on experience spanning multiple economic and disruptive technology cycles.
Jeppe Zink
General Partner of Northzone
Jeppe joined Northzone in 2012. His primary areas of focus are fintech and SaaS businesses. His portfolio includes Trustpilot, Zopa, Wallapop, MarketInvoice, Nested, TrueLayer, Cornerjob, Anyfin, and CrossLend. Jeppe has over the years also invested in companies including Space Ape Games (exited to Supercell), EpiServer (exited to IK Investment Partners), Tobii (IPO), End2End (exited to MACH), Cocom (exit to Cisco) and Nomad (exited to Alstom). A Dane by birth, Jeppe was educated in Germany and England. His formative career years were spent at Deutsche Bank, focusing on mergers and acquisitions. A crash course in principal investing followed as Jeppe was part of the founding team setting up a venture capital fund with the bank as investor. There, Jeppe got to see the inside of the crazy ups and downs of the technology boom and bust first hand, including the successful investment and subsequent exit in Cocom, founded by previous Northzone Partner Gregers Kronborg. When DB Capital was spun out, Jeppe joined Amadeus Capital. Here, he worked through the ranks and made it to Partner with a specific focus on the Nordics. Jeppe co-invested with Northzone in several companies, including Tobii and EpiServer. Since joining Northzone, Jeppe has opened up the international investment activities of the firm, while leading the thinking on Northzone’s fintech investment strategy, alongside other categories.
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About Northzone, TrueLayer: Northzone is an early-stage venture capital fund built on experience spanning multiple economic and disruptive technology cycles.
Stephen Lemon
Co-Founder | Vice President | Strategic Partnerships & Corporate Development of Currencycloud
Steve has worked in Foreign exchange and international payments, pretty much forever, and participated in the first FinTech of the late 90s wave (before it was even called Fintech) as founding team member of HiFX. The current, product lead revolution has tipped him over the edge and he’s now a fully paid up FinTech geek, of the opinion that we live in exciting times and that Open APIs will change the world. Stephen currently also serves as a Non-Executive Director and Advisor for a number of early stage FinTech companies, and has recently mentored for the 2017 cohort at Techsters. In his personal time Steve is a keen amateur photographer, motorsport lover and live music fan.
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About Currencycloud: Currencycloud specializes in a fully cloud-based platform for B2B cross-border payments.
Matthew Ford
Partner of Mouro Capital
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About Mouro Capital: Mouro Capital is a venture capital firm backing entrepreneurs who are shaping the future of financial services.
Sabih Ali
Head of Strategic Partnerships Development of MarketFinance
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About MarketFinance: MarketFinance is a FinTech company providing business finance solutions that help companies grow.
Natasha Kyprianides
Portfolio & Digital Delivery Director, Barclays Partner Finance, UK of Barclays
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About Barclays: Barclays is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide.
Mark Beeston
Founder & Managing Partner of Illuminate Financial
Mark Beeston founded Illuminate after a 25+ year career in capital markets where he had been both the consumer of capital markets technologies as well as the entrepreneur, operator, and funder of capital markets businesses. Prior to founding Illuminate, Mark was the CEO for the Post Trade Risk and Information business at ICAP (now Nex) where he oversaw the creation of ICAP’s own investment subsidiary. Prior to ICAP Mark launched T-Zero (now ICELink) during his time at Creditex before the company was acquired by ICE in 2008. He started his career with 13 years at Deutsche Bank in derivatives trading and management, including periods as COO for both the Global Rates and Global Credit businesses. Mark has an undergraduate degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Mark was listed on the Institutional Investor Fintech Finance 35 and top 40 Lists, Financial News Fintech 40 Power List, Institutional Investor Trade Technology Top 30 and Top 40 Lists, and Derivatives Intelligence/Derivatives Week Rising Stars.
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About Illuminate Financial: Illuminate Financial is a venture capital firm backing companies that solve problems in financial services.
Alexander Ross
Partner of Illuminate Financial
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About Illuminate Financial: Illuminate Financial is a venture capital firm backing companies that solve problems in financial services.
Mark Whitcroft
Partner of Illuminate Financial
Mark Whitcroft is one of the Founding Partners at Illuminate Financial. He is also part of the Advisory Panel for IA Engine, the UK’s Investment Association fintech accelerator. Prior to Illuminate, he was an EIR at StartUpBootCamp FinTech London, on the Industry Advisory Board of ValueStream Labs and part of the Deutsche Bank team involved in the Accenture FinTech Innovation Lab in New York. Mark spent twelve years in various fixed income capital market roles at Deutsche Bank and HSBC based in New York, Singapore, Hong Kong and London. He has been an early stage fintech investor since 2010 and sits on the Boards of a number of portfolio companies. Mark has a BSc in Human Sciences from University College London and is Harvard Business School alumni via the Program for Leadership Development.
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About Illuminate Financial: Illuminate Financial is a venture capital firm backing companies that solve problems in financial services.
Rezso Szabo
Partner of Illuminate Financial
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About Illuminate Financial: Illuminate Financial is a venture capital firm backing companies that solve problems in financial services.
Denis Shafranik
Partner & Co-Founder of Concentric
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About Concentric, ERMAK Group, Supremum Capital: Concentric invests in software technology business in the financial services, mobility, real estate, industrial, and logistics sectors.
Kjartan Rist
Founding Partner of Concentric
Kjartan has spent the last 20 years working in the technology sector as a founder, advisor, board member, and investor. As a Founding Partner of Concentric, the London & Copenhagen-based venture capital firm, he works with early-stage tech businesses (Seed+ through Series B) to support their development and accelerate growth. Current investments include Airsorted, Huckletree, PayAsUGym, Pockit, Public.io, Digital Risks, Frontier Car Group, Insly, Memory.ai, Duedil, Coindirect etc. Concentric take a hands-on, founder focused approach to start-up investment and is passionate about strengthening the profile of the European Venture Capital sector. Prior to Concentric, Kjartan co-founded the venture fund DN Capital and the merchant bank Korral Partners, and have been instrumental in 70+ transactions. Kjartan graduated from the University of Bath and with an MBA from Imperial College London.
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About Concentric: Concentric invests in software technology business in the financial services, mobility, real estate, industrial, and logistics sectors.
Peter Harris
Partner & COO of Generation Investment Management
Peter is a Founding Partner and Chief Operating Officer of Generation Investment Management. Previously, Peter was part of Goldman Sachs Global Operations Division, where he was responsible for global operations infrastructure projects, and management of the North American operations and latterly international operations for Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Prior to that, Peter established the Marketable Securities Division Operations Department at CIN Management Ltd, before it was acquired by Goldman Sachs in 1996.Peter is qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant.
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About Generation Investment Management: Generation Investment Management is a private equity firm focused on integrated sustainability research and client alignment.
Hans Mehn
Partner of Generation Investment Management
Hans Mehn is a partner of [Generation Investment Management](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/generation-investment-management#/entity), a private equity firm dedicated to long term investing, integrated sustainability research, and client alignment. He also serves as a senior portfolio manager for the Climate Solutions Fund, a fund focused on public and private equity investments. Previously, Mehn worked at Swiss Re and affiliates, holding positions in the management of private equity and related investments. Prior to Swiss Re, he worked in the corporate finance department of Smith Barney. Mehn holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and art history from Duke University.
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About Generation Investment Management: Generation Investment Management is a private equity firm focused on integrated sustainability research and client alignment.
Alex Marshall
Partner and General Counsel of Generation Investment Management
Alex joined Generation in 2011 and is General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Generation Investment Management. Previously, Alex was Head of Legal for the Investment Management Division of Goldman Sachs outside the Americas, and a Senior Counsel at Clifford Chance. Alex received an LLB and a Diploma in Legal Practice from the University of Edinburgh, and a Masters in Corporate and Commercial Law from the London School of Economics. Alex is admitted as a Solicitor by the Law Society of Scotland.
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About Generation Investment Management: Generation Investment Management is a private equity firm focused on integrated sustainability research and client alignment.
Esther Gilmore
Partner & Head Of Client Team of Generation Investment Management
Esther joined Generation in 2007 and is the Head of the Global Client Team. Prior to joining Generation, Esther was a sustainability analyst at Sustainable Asset Management in Melbourne, Australia, a sustainability consultant at Matrix+ International, and a financial analyst at ING Barings and Barclays Bank in London.Esther graduated with a BCom/BA degree from the University of Queensland, received a Masters of Environment from the University of Melbourne, and received a GDip in Applied Finance and Investment from the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.
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About Generation Investment Management: Generation Investment Management is a private equity firm focused on integrated sustainability research and client alignment.
Lisa Anderson
Partner of Generation Investment Management
Lisa joined Generation in 2004 and is Chief Operating Officer of Generation Investment Management’s US operations. Previously, Lisa served in various roles at Goldman Sachs, including process enhancements, systems project management and analytical roles. Lisa worked in Goldman Sachs Asset Management Global Projects, Goldman Sachs Equity Operations, and as a Project Manager for the Investment Management Division of Goldman Sachs. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Lisa was a Project Analyst for Countrywide Bank in New Zealand, and was a Financial Accountant at UBS, PaineWebber and Prudential Holborn. Lisa is qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant.
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About Generation Investment Management: Generation Investment Management is a private equity firm focused on integrated sustainability research and client alignment.
Jos White
General Partner of Notion Capital
Jos is an entrepreneur turned investor. He is currently a Partner at Notion Capital. Notion Capital is based in London and focuses on B2B SaaS/Cloud Services in the European market. Notion portfolio Companies that Jos has invested in include Avrios, CurrencyCloud, Idio, FiveAI, Futrli, Mews, Shutl (sold to eBay), Topia, Trustev (sold to Transunion). Prior to Notion, Jos co-founded three businesses – RBR Networks (sold to Datatec for $60m), Star (sold to Claranet for $88m) and MessageLabs (sold to Symantec for $700m). MessageLabs was one of the first and also, at the time of its sale, one of the largest software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies in the world and a trailblazer for the overall market. Jos is a well-known entrepreneur and investor in the UK and the US. He has spoken at numerous industry events including The Entrepreneurs Summit and the LBS Entrepreneurs Speaker Series and appeared on both TV and radio including BBC, CNBC, NBC, Sky and ITV. Jos received a BA honours degree in English Literature from London University and divides his time between New York and London.
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About Justworks, Notion Capital: Notion is an early-stage venture fund that focuses on technology and cloud computing markets.
Stephen Chandler
Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Notion Capital
Stephen Chandler is Co-founder and Managing Partner at Notion Capital. An entrepreneur, investor and company builder, with 20 years experience in forming, funding, running, advising and investing in technology businesses, he has been a co-founder of over ten businesses with involvement in dozens more, where he helped a number of leading tech companies develop and execute winning market strategies. He has primary responsibility for the external fundraising activities of the firm and is active in deal origination in SaaS, FinTech and eCommerce enablement in the UK and Nordic region. He is / was the Notion Capital representative on the boards of Tradeshift, Mojn, Selfnet and Star.
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About Notion Capital, SeedCloud: Notion is an early-stage venture fund that focuses on technology and cloud computing markets.
Chris Tottman
General Partner of Notion Capital
Chris Tottman is a founding partner at Notion Capital and, together with his general fund responsibilities, specialises in sales and HR strategy within portfolio companies. Chris joined MessageLabs Group in 1999 as one of its first employees and has had a number of executive level roles both within MessageLabs and Star, its sister company. Chris joined as Chief Commercial Officer where his responsibilities covered sales strategy for both Star and MessageLabs overseeing a period of fantastic growth for the group in terms of both revenues and employees. Between 2004-05 Chris was appointed as the interim CEO of Star.
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About Notion Capital: Notion is an early-stage venture fund that focuses on technology and cloud computing markets.
Patrick Norris
Partner of Notion Capital
Patrick is a Vice President at Notion; he joined the firm in July 2013. Patrick focuses on deal origination, evaluation and execution as well as fundraising, portfolio company development and cloud metrics benchmarking. Patrick is a Board Observer at Duedil, Mojn, DemystData and IOCS. Patrick is a three-time founder of businesses in the online, media and retail sectors and was also VP of Corporate Strategy at Curve Securities, joining shortly after inception of the business in 2009 to achieve rapid growth in funds on deposit, revenues and customers. Curve is now a business with over $3.5bn of client’s funds on deposit. Immediately prior to joining Notion, Patrick worked in a private equity advisory business sourcing and evaluating transaction opportunities for growth equity funds focussed on the TMT sector in Europe. Patrick began his career at Morgan Stanley in London in 2005. He spent over four years working across both the Investment Banking Division and Fixed Income Capital Markets, with a specific focus on structuring innovative capital management solutions for large corporates and financial institutions. During the financial crisis, Patrick was heavily involved in the European government bail-outs of financial institutions. Patrick holds an MSc in Finance and Investment from Edinburgh University and a BSc (Hons) in International Management and German from Manchester Business School and the University of Economics in Vienna.
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About Notion Capital: Notion is an early-stage venture fund that focuses on technology and cloud computing markets.
Stephen Millard
Operating Partner and Chief Platform Officer of Notion Capital
Stephen joined in January 2016 to lead Notion’s platform strategy. Stephen joined from Eccomplished, a retail tech advisory and strategic partner to Notion Capital. As CEO and Founder, he worked exclusively within the early stage retail technology sector, developing investment and growth strategies for companies including Amplience, Aurora Commerce, Brightpearl, Demandware, Detego, eCommera, Intelligent Reach and RichRelevance. He was previously Oracle European Marketing Director and MessageLabs Global Marketing VP.
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About Included VC, Notion Capital: Notion is an early-stage venture fund that focuses on technology and cloud computing markets.
Itxaso del Palacio
Partner of Notion Capital
Itxaso del Palacio is a Partner at Notion, a leading European B2B SaaS focused VC which has invested in companies such as GoCardless, CurrencyCloud, TradeShift and Unbabel among others. Prior to that, she Itxaso was the Investment Partner for M12 (formerly Microsoft Ventures) in Europe. Some of the most recent investments led by Itxaso include Mya Systems (conversational AI for recruiting), ForestAdmin (admin panel framework), Yulife (new life insurance provider), Onfido (identity verification platform), Unbabel (Machine Translation solution) and Beamery (CRM of recruitment). On the academic side, Itxaso is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Entrepreneurship at UCL School of Management. For the past nine years, Itxaso has taught entrepreneurship at UCL, Imperial College and the Royal College of Arts in London. She is passionate about helping entrepreneurs at universities building their businesses. Itxaso holds a prestigious Kauffman Fellowship and is very well connected to the global network of fellow investors. By background, Itxaso is an engineer and has a PhD in entrepreneurship and venture capital.
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About Notion Capital, University College London (UCL): Notion is an early-stage venture fund that focuses on technology and cloud computing markets.
Christopher Trepel
Operating Partner of Fenway Summer Ventures
Christopher Trepel is Group Chief Science Officer at GFKL-Lowell Group, where he leads the company’s pan-European Decision Science function. The department is multidisciplinary and responsible for asset valuation, predictive model development, financial forecasting, and consumer science research and development. Chris is also an Operating Partner at Fenway Summer Ventures. In this role, he contributes technical expertise in the areas of analytics, credit, data science, and consumer behavior. He is a board observer at XOR Data Exchange and an adviser to Lendable. He previously served as Chief Scientific Officer at Encore Capital Group (NASDAQ: ECPG), where he led the company’s Decision Science group, managed corporate strategy projects, and built the company’s inaugural Corporate Affairs function. Under his leadership, Encore introduced the industry’s first Consumer Bill of Rights. Prior to Encore, Chris was a VP within Wells Fargo’s Enterprise Risk Management division and also filled a strategic and analytic role within the bank’s Consumer Credit Group. He was formerly a consultant with McKinsey & Company, where he advised clients during M&A, business building, private equity, and operational improvement engagements. Chris has substantial academic research experience, including a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, postdoctoral work in Neurophysiology and Behavioral Economics, and over 50 publications and abstracts across five research areas.
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About Fenway Summer Ventures, Lowell Group: Venture firm backing companies tackling challenges at the intersection of finance & technology.
Christian Purslow
Partner of MidOcean Partners
Christian Purslow is a British-born businessman, co-founder of private equity firm MidOcean Partners, and former Managing Director of Liverpool Football Club. A season ticket holder of Liverpool, he was appointed managing director in June 2009, as a replacement for Rick Parry. Three months into his tenure, a team headed by Purslow negotiated an £80 million 4 year shirt sponsorship deal with Standard Chartered Bank. In October 2014, Christian joined Chelsea FC’s board to run their global commercial activities.
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About MidOcean Partners: Presence Capital is an investment firm that finances startups developing technologies such as virtual reality and augmented reality.
Jonathan Goodwin
Partner, Head of Merchant Banking of Alvarium
Jonathan Goodwin is the founding partner of Lepe Partners, a merchant bank focused on entrepreneurs in the digital media sector. Prior to starting Lepe Partners in March 2011, Jonathan founded LongAcre Partners in August 2000 with Julian Culhane. LongAcre Partners advised clients including Friends Reunited on its sale to ITV plc, Celador (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire) on its sale to Endemol and uSwitch on its sale to EW Scripps. LongAcre Partners was sold to Jefferies & Co. in June 2007 where Goodwin served as the firm’s Global Head of Media & Internet Investment Banking for three years.
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About Alvarium, Founders Forum, Lepe Partners, PROfounders Capital: Alvarium is a dynamic investment ecosystem.
Bhaskar Majumdar
Founder & Managing Partner of Unicorn India Ventures
A seasoned media and technology executive, entrepreneur and early stage investor primarily focused in the UK and India. Passionate about building new businesses especially in the areas of media & technology capitalizing on the opportunities created by globalization and proliferation of technology and its convergence that enable startups to successfully disrupt traditional value chains in these industries. He held a series of positions in the Indian media industry that culminated into being chosen to roll out Zee internationally. In 2000, decided to strike it on his own launched Recreate Solutions – a digital media services company with backing from Insight Partners. Within six years the company grew over 800 people and established itself as a global player with offices around the world leading to his first exit. Recreate was sold to a major US system integrator that delivered a substantial return on shareholders’ investment. That led to adopting the role of an early stage investor/advisor for start ups in the media and technology space both as a primary investor as well as an advisor to private equity firms. Bhaskar serves as an advisor to the UK Government and Start Up Britain – as well as a Tech London Advocate. On the Advisory board of FICCI on Media and Entertainment as well as TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Board of India) on the Digital Addressable System Roll-out in India. He regularly contributes to discourse on media, convergence, and entrepreneurship in the UK and in Asia, in various conferences as well as publications. Also a Founder Charter Member of TIE in the UK and on the board of Total Start’s Mentor and Governance Board.
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About Unicorn India Ventures: Unicorn India Ventures is an early stage investor, we invest both time and money in budding entrepreneurs who are passionate to make a diff.
Alan Vaksman
Founder and Managing Partner of Digital Horizon
Alan is the Managing Partner and co-founder of VC and Venture Builder, Digital Horizon. He is also Director at a number of fintech startups including YesGrowth, SteadyPay and ANNA Money UK.
Alan has over 20 years’ experience in the financial sector, having held senior roles at international banks and leading consulting companies in South Africa and Europe including PWC, KPMG, Goldman Sachs and First National Bank. He has lived and worked in numerous countries around the world, and this experience has made Alan a passionate advocate for immigrant-led businesses.
Alan is also a successful startup co-founder. Since founding Digital Horizon, Alan has built and exited Factorin, a blockchain trade finance platform digitizing processes across buyers, sellers, and banks and Aximetria, a Swiss crypto financial services provider. His experience also includes investing in Monday (IPO), Lemonade (IPO), Market Kurly, Carta, Relativity Space and others.
Alan has an economics and psychology bachelor’s degree, a postgraduate law degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and an MBA degree from NYU Stern School of business (USA), LSE (UK), HSE (France) under TRIUM eMBA program.
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About Digital Horizon: Digital Horizon is a next generation venture capital firm headquartered in London.
Digital Horizon has substituted the traditional approach to venture capital investment for its ‘new age’ methodology, which accelerates return on investment at every stage, minimizes risk and maximizes profitability. Digital Horizon supports and empowers passionate founders, especially migratory and diverse talents, who are creating enduring and meaningful start-ups.
Digital Horizon manages two multistage funds, a growth fund and a venture builder, and predominantly focuses on the fintech and enterprise software sectors. Its funds have invested in a portfolio of successful start-ups including Klarna, Lemonade, Monday.com, Ably, and Bolt.
Digital Horizon was founded in 2018 by Alan Vaksman, a venture capitalist and banker with over 20 years of experience in UK, Europe, and Africa. It now employs almost 100 specialists with expertise in VC, IT and product development.
H. Casper Ager-Hanssen
Partner & Head of Venture Capital of Custos Group
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About Custos Group, Custos Group: Custos creates a unique platform that targets world-beaters and tomorrow’s enterprising disruptive innovators.
Alastair Lukies CBE
Founding Partner of Motive Partners
Alastair Lukies CBE is a UK businessman and entrepreneur best known as a pioneer and a champion for the UK’s globally FinTech industry. He founded Monitise in 2003. Three years later, Monitise was recognized as a ‘Technology Pioneer’ by the World Economic Forum and in June 2007 Alastair led the company’s demerger from Morse and listing on the LSE’s AIM market. During his time as CEO, Monitise grew to a market cap of $2 billion, employing 1500 staff on four continents. In January 2014, Alastair was appointed as a Business Ambassador to the Prime Minister for the financial services industry by the UK Government, and today acts as the sole Business Ambassador for FinTech. He was named Non-Executive Chairman of FinTech industry body, Innovate Finance, at its launch in August 2014. Alastair was awarded a CBE for services to mobile banking and charity in June 2014 and was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2011 Growing Business Awards. Prior to conceiving, financing and successfully building Monitise, Alastair was a co-founder of epolitix.com, the portal for Westminster, Whitehall and the devolved institutions.
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About Motive Partners: Motive Partners is an investment firm focused on technology-enabled companies that power the financial services industry.
Robert Brown
Founding Partner of Motive Partners
Robert Brown co-founded BearTooth in partnership with Riverstone in 2014. Prior to co-founding BearTooth, Robert Brown was a Managing Director / Partner and Global Head of Marketing & Limited Partner Services for Advent International. Prior to Advent, he was a Managing Director / Partner at The Carlyle Group where he focused on North American fundraising and investor relations. Robert Brown joined Carlyle in 1999 and during his tenure there raised capital for the firm’s investment partnerships, including funds and co-investments, and was actively involved in product development, fund formation and marketing strategy for these partnerships. Bob also served on the firm’s Investor Relations Coordinating Committee focusing on new fund initiatives, capital formation and limited partner relationships. Prior to Carlyle, he was a Vice President in the Private Equity Group at Merrill Lynch from 1994 to 1999. There, he was responsible for raising private equity, real estate, hedge fund, co-investment capital and direct private placements for almost 100 transactions. Robert Brown received his B.A. from Southern Methodist University and his M.B.A. from the University of Connecticut.
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About Motive Partners: Motive Partners is an investment firm focused on technology-enabled companies that power the financial services industry.
Ben Demiri
Chief Brand and Partnerships Officer of Twig
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About PlatformE, Twig: Twig is a fintech startup that provides a mobile banking app.
Alokik Advani
Managing Partner of Fidelity International Strategic Ventures
Alokik leads the Financial Services team which builds, backs and acquires innovative strategic financial services companies and technologies. He joined Eight Roads after ten years at Goldman Sachs, most recently as Head of Principal Strategic Investments, APAC, based in Hong Kong.
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About Eight Roads Ventures, Fidelity International Strategic Ventures: Fidelity International Strategic Ventures invests in fintech businesses and technologies.
Haakon Overli
Co-Founder and General Partner of Dawn Capital
Haakon started Dawn Capital with Norman Fiore in 2007. He has extensive investing, operational and venture capital experience. As an entrepreneur, he co-founded Self Trade – an online sharedealing platform – and acted as the CEO for the highly successful British part of the business and was a member of their European Executive Board. Self Trade was floated in April 2000 and then sold in October 2000 to DAB (a subsidiary of HVB of Germany) for €911M. Haakon has served on the boards of Self Trade and Wonga.com amongst others, and currently represents Dawn’s interest at Conversocial, Crate.io, LeadDesk, Minute Media and Neo Technologies. Prior to formalising early stage investing at Dawn, Haakon worked with early stage companies from their first commercial efforts through to managing accelerated growth, often by serving as an interim manager or board member. They include G-Cluster (sold to Softbank Broadmedia) and Lateral Logic (sold to Electronic Arts). Mr. Overli studied Mathematics at the University of Oslo and holds a B.A. (Hons) in Economics from University of Durham. In his investment-banking career when the world was covered in ice, Haakon was a Director and Co-Head of Technology Investment Banking at ING Barings. Prior even to that, Haakon worked for JP Morgan in the M&A departments of New York and London.
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About Dawn Capital: Dawn Capital is an early-stage venture fund that focuses on investing in the enterprise software and FinTech sectors.
Evgenia Plotnikova
Partner of Dawn Capital
Evgenia covers exciting B2B companies in software and fintech across Europe. As a Partner at Dawn, she led investments into Soldo, Dataiku and ZIVVER amongst others. Prior to joining Dawn, Evgenia has spent multiple years in venture and private equity. Evgenia was an investor at Atomico, pan-European VC, and TPG Capital, San Francisco headquartered PE fund with over $70Bn in AUM. Evgenia holds a Masters degree in Finance from SciencesPo Paris and studied at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Evgenia is fluent in French and Russian, has lived in 5 countries and traveled to 55 (and counting). In 2017, Evgenia was named in Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list of leading young entrepreneurs, innovators and game changers, and became the judge for its prestigious Finance category in 2018.
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About Dawn Capital: Dawn Capital is an early-stage venture fund that focuses on investing in the enterprise software and FinTech sectors.
Josh Bell
General Partner of Dawn Capital
Josh Bell is an Associate Partner and Head of Financial Services at Dawn Capital. Prior to Dawn, Josh worked with McKinsey & Company, managing teams that advised boards of Fortune global 500 financial institutions based in London, Geneva, Amsterdam and New York. Over the past 5 years, Josh has developed strong working relationships with many of the key senior executives, particularly in Europe. Josh has in particular extensive experience working with clients in private equity, corporate finance and retail strategy. Most recently, Josh was recognised within the firm as a leading financial services expert in Europe. Within his retail and wholesale banking work, Josh devoted significant time to informing clients on the impact of new technologies on their industries, and helping to assess and implement these technologies for their businesses. In addition to his private sector client work, Josh was also integral to supporting McKinsey’s relationship with the World Economic Forum, leading McKinsey support for the WEF’s financial services knowledge initiatives and activities, principally for the Davos conferences in 2006 and 2007. Prior to McKinsey, Josh served in 2002 as an external, independent consultant to Lloyd’s of London, leading their risk analysis, market segmentation and phasing for their online risk management exchange. Josh was a Graduate Scholar at Oxford University in Mathematics. He was subsequently a Research Fellow at Harvard University in Economics and Game Theory, publishing papers in Game Theory and IT Security journals before studying operational research and advanced financial modelling at Cambridge University, as part of an MPhil in Statistics; his MPhil research was supported by the Rand Institute of Santa Monica, California.
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About Dawn Capital, Haversack: Dawn Capital is an early-stage venture fund that focuses on investing in the enterprise software and FinTech sectors.
Norman Fiore
Co-Founder and General Partner of Dawn Capital
Norman co-founded Dawn Capital in 2007. Since that time he has invested in several of Europe’s leading SaaS businesses including Mimecast [MIME], Collibra, Showpad and Automile and in B2B/B2C e-commerce business Gelato. Prior to Dawn, Norman was Partner at the Reuters Greenhouse Fund, Reuters Plc’s global technology VC fund. At Reuters, Norman co-managed one of the largest corporate technology funds that invested over $450M in over 80 early, mid and late stage companies globally. In 2001, Norman and his fellow partners acquired the Greenhouse Fund and subsequently sold companies in the online media/advertising sector (Advertising.com (to AOL), Forbes.com (to PE buyer), Bitpipe (to TechTarget), Moreover (to VeriSign)), internet services (WhereOnEarth (to Yahoo), UltraDNS (to NeuStar), Radialpoint (to TA), Investis (to PE buyer)) and software (Packetvideo (to NextWave), ID2 (to Sonera), Metamerge (to IBM), Persistence (Nasdaq IPO, now PRGS). Prior to Reuters, Norman worked at Bain & Company in London, initially in the Telecoms practice and then the Private Equity group. Norman is a graduate of Stanford University with dual BS and BA degrees in Engineering and Economics and holds an MBA with distinction from INSEAD business school.
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About Bain & Company, Dawn Capital: Dawn Capital is an early-stage venture fund that focuses on investing in the enterprise software and FinTech sectors.
Alessandro Hatami
Managing Partner of Pacemakers.io
Alessandro is Managing Partner at Pacemakers. They provide independent advice to executive teams on selecting the right partners in order to convert digital strategies into commercial success. Previously, he was Group Innovation Director & COO Digital Banking at Lloyds Banking Group; MD of PayPoint.net, Director Large Merchant Services at PayPal & European Marketing Director at GE Capital. He is also a Board Advisor at CashPlus. He is a mentor of several FinTech start-ups working with Techstars, Seedcamp and Startupbootcamp. He is also an investor in several early stage companies.
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About Pacemakers.io: Digital Innovation in Financial Services.
Gary Bischoping
Partner of Hellman & Friedman
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About Finastra, Hellman & Friedman: Hellman & Friedman is a private equity investment firm providing strategic and financial management support to businesses.
Gary Bischoping
Partner of Hellman & Friedman
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About Finastra, Hellman & Friedman: Hellman & Friedman is a private equity investment firm providing strategic and financial management support to businesses.
Laurence Garrett
General Partner of Highland Europe
As a co-founder and General Partner of the Highland Europe Fund, Laurence primarily focuses on growth opportunities in the information technology sector for the European market. Prior to joining Highland Capital Partners in 2012 as a General Partner to launch their London Operations, Laurence was a Partner and founding member of Ethean Capital LLP.
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About Highland Capital Partners, Highland Europe, Hyperexponential, LoveCrafts, Modulr, StarLeaf: Highland Europe is a growth-stage technology fund that invests in European internet, mobile, and software companies.
Sam Brooks
Partner of Highland Europe
Sam is a co-founder and Partner with Highland Europe focusing on investments in growth stage internet and software businesses. Sam represents Highland Europe on the Boards of adjust, Brandwatch, MatchesFashion.com, Outfittery and is involved in the investments in GetYourGuide.com and NewVoiceMedia.Before joining Highland, Sam was a Vice President at Insight Venture Partners in New York where he spent over 6 years investing in expansion stage software and internet-enabled businesses. While at Insight Sam was involved with investments in 3P Learning, Beatport, Groupalia, Mentez, Netsmart Technologies (acquired by Genstar Capital), OverDrive, PerTrac Financial Solutions, Primavera Systems (acquired by Oracle), Privalia and Studio Moderna. Sam previously spent time working in software development at S.H. Brooks Co. and Cognos (acquired by IBM).Sam holds a Dip. Computer Science from University of Cambridge and an A.B., Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard College. As a former member of the U.S. National Rowing Team and Cambridge University Blue Boat, Sam has a strong interest in amateur sports. In addition to rowing, he enjoys cycling, swimming and cross-country skiing. A native of Boston, USA, Sam keeps a close eye on the Red Sox and Patriots from London, where he lives with his wife, son and daughter.
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About Highland Europe: Highland Europe is a growth-stage technology fund that invests in European internet, mobile, and software companies.
Gajan Rajanathan
Partner of Highland Europe
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About Highland Europe: Highland Europe is a growth-stage technology fund that invests in European internet, mobile, and software companies.
Jean Tardy-Joubert
General Partner of Highland Europe
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About Condeco, Highland Europe, Talentsoft, YOOBIC: Highland Europe is a growth-stage technology fund that invests in European internet, mobile, and software companies.
Ronan Shally
Partner & CFO of Highland Europe
Ronan is the CFO for Highland Capital Partners Europe. Ronan joined in 2014 and is responsible for the financial and administrative functions of the Europe office. Before joining Highland, Ronan was Head of Private Clients at an accounting firm in Ireland that focussed on complex investment funds. Prior to that, he spent 11 years in the Channel Islands focussing on the administration of offshore investment fund structures, including 7 years in the private equity arena with the Aztec Group. Ronan holds a B.B.S., Business Studies from the University of Limerick and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. Ronan is a keen follower of Liverpool F.C. and also likes to keep in touch with rugby and Gaelic games in his native Ireland. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons in addition to indulging in his passion for athletics where he previously represented Guernsey in the Island Games and at British Athletics league events.
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About Highland Europe: Highland Europe is a growth-stage technology fund that invests in European internet, mobile, and software companies.
Alexandre Noschese
Co-Founder & Venture Partner of ONEVC
Alexandre Noschese currently works as the Co-Founder and Venture Partner for ONEVC. He previously worked at Granular Capital Ltda. as the Analyst.
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About ONEVC: ONEVC is a seed-stage venture firm that primarily invests in entrepreneurs that tackle multi-billion dollar markets.
Jonathan Gane
Business Development and Partnerships of ABAKA Holdings
Jonathan Gane, Business Development & Partnerships Director, was previously Managing Director at TP ICAP Institutional Services division covering strategy, acquisitions and origination. Prior to this he was CEO and co-CIO of the fund of hedge funds, Fort Rock Asset Management, investing in quantitatively driven hedge funds that included systematic trading, AI and machine learning strategies. He spent 15 years with Societe Generale in London and New York where he was Managing Director, Global Head of Origination & Structuring for the Newedge Alternatives division covering hedge funds and institutional investors.
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About ABAKA Holdings: ABAKA is the Enterprise platform powered by Artificial Intelligence enabling institutions to build digital retirement solutions
Alix Murphy
Director of Mobile Partnerships of Zepz
Alix Murphy A leading Mobile Money specialist, Alix helps build and support commercial relationships with telecoms operators all over the world. Before WorldRemit, Alix was at the GSMA, where she consulted mobile operators on revenue opportunities in Mobile Money and digital identity. She has on-the-ground expertise of the telecoms sector in regions as diverse as sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, North America, East Asia and South East Asia. In her early career, Alix spent several years in international development, including at the Grameen Foundation and Aga Khan Foundation.
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About Zepz: Zepz is a money transfer service that helps migrants send money to their loved ones all over the world.
Gareth Jefferies
Partner of RTP Global
Gareth is a Partner at RTP Global, a Series A stage venture capital fund.
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About RTP Global: RTP Global is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology investments.
David Lofthouse
Venture Partner of Clocktower Technology Ventures
David is London-based Venture Partner, leading Clocktower Technology Ventures in the UK and Europe. He is responsible for all fintech investment activity, including originations, investment execution and portfolio management in this region. David was previously Co-Founder and CIO of Prologue Capital, a highly successful fixed income global macro hedge fund. David’s earlier career in trading spans JP Morgan, Greenwich Capital and Goldman Sachs. David holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nottingham. David lives in Mayfair with his wife and young child.
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About Clocktower Technology Ventures: Clocktower Technology Ventures invests in the insurance, payments, personal finance, lending, credit, and asset management sectors.
Saumeel Pachigar
Head of Partnerships of acasa
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About acasa: acasa is a household management tool and bill splitting package that helps students, sharers and couples.
David Harrison
Managing Partner of True Potential
David Harrison Managing Partner, True Potential LLP In 1997, David founded financial services firm Positive Solutions and grew the business to the largest in the country, representing 1,900 independent financial advisers (IFAs), with a turnover of £114 million and profits in excess of £1 million a month. In 2007, David became Managing Partner of Newcastle-based financial services group True Potential LLP, which had a turnover of £56.7 million in 2015 and currently employs over 250 staff and Partners. David oversees the strategic and key business decision areas for the Group and is a crusader for technological advances in financial services. His vision is to foster a nation of educated savers who set clear targets for their future and use technology to reach their goals. He also believes in the value of building the right savings habits and accessing investments in a way that suits savers’ lifestyles. This has led to the development of world-first technology such as impulseSave®, which helps savers top-up their investments from anywhere in the world with as little as £1 at a time. David invests in technology, chiefly by hiring the brightest developers from the three world-class universities on his doorstep. He currently has 24, most of whom joined the company while still students. He is a regular commentator on the UK’s savings gap crisis and has featured in coverage by the BBC, The Times and The Guardian.
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About True Potential: True Potential is one of the fastest growing and most innovative financial services groups in the UK.
Mark Henderson
Senior Partner of True Potential
Mark Henderson Senior Partner, True Potential LLP Mark began his financial services career in private banking with Lloyds, covering investment management, and executor and trustee work in the north of England and Scotland. He then moved to Merrill Lynch’s International Private Client Division before joining Positive Solutions where he held the position of Director of Wealth Management. Mark is one of the founding partners of True Potential LLP, initially heading up provider relations. In this role, he was responsible for gaining industry-wide agreements that enabled the firm to develop technology for evaluations, electronic payments and commission statements. Instrumental in building the True Potential Wealth Platform, Mark is responsible for enhancing the platform’s product range which now covers ISAs, GIAs, Pensions and Investment Bonds (both onshore and offshore). He has also been the key driver in the development of the True Potential strategy fund range, and the continued evolution of the Wealth Platform’s product and fund range, as well as its benefits for both advisers and clients. In 2013, Mark launched two new Goldman Sachs Institutional funds. These are a first of their kind for retail investors, often reserved for ultra-high net worth and institutional clients, and available only to True Potential clients. In addition, he helped develop one of the first free pension wrappers in the UK, the TPI Pension. Most recently, Mark has overseen True Potential Investments LLP’s success in gaining investment management permissions. This allows True Potential to create and retain greater control over a range of strategy funds. The funds help to drive down charges and provide better value and choice to clients.
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About True Potential: True Potential is one of the fastest growing and most innovative financial services groups in the UK.
Javier Santiso
Founder & General Partner of Alma Mundi Ventures
Javier Santiso is the managing director of global affairs and new ventures at [Telefonica](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/telefonica), a diversified telecommunications group that provides fixed line and mobile telephony services. He currently resides in Madrid, Spain.
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About Alma Mundi Ventures, Start Up Spain, Telefonica: Alma Mundi Ventures is a venture capital firm that funds primarily technology-based companies with B2B and B2B2C business models.
Mikael Karlsson
Partner of Actis
Mikael is unequivocal about his colleagues at Actis, and Globeleq – the Actis portfolio company which Mikael leads as CEO. In his eyes, this group of people simply represent, “the best energy team in the emerging markets.” Mikael should know; since 1990 he has worked in the world of emerging markets energy and infrastructure. He joined Globeleq in 2002 and rejoined as CEO in 2009. He began his career at ABB Energy Ventures, the developer and investor of 36 power projects worldwide with a total value of US$15bn, where he held senior management positions as head of global development and investments, head of Asia, head of Europe, Middle East and Africa and chairman of the investment committee. He has been involved in power projects in China, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Morocco, Côte d’Ivoire, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua. He believes that Actis has a unique and winning position in the marketplace because of its strong, long-term local presence, its global industry skills and its commitment to best practice via its dedicated Value Creation Group. This successful combination matters because energy projects contribute to the economic development of a country as well as generating high risk adjusted returns to shareholders. Mikael holds a master of science in industrial engineering and management from Linkoping Institute of Technology in Sweden and an MBA from University of Massachusetts, Amherst in the U.S.
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About Actis: Actis is a global growth markets investor in private equity, energy, infrastructure, and real estate.
Aman Ghei
Partner of Finch Capital
Aman is a board member at Twisto, Symmertical.ai and Purely Capital and board observer at TaxScouts, Trussle, Goodlord and Squirro. He joined Finch Capital in 2016 from Nordeus, one of Europe’s leading mobile game developers, where he started their London studio and was a product manager for new titles and Top Eleven, a game played by 150m users. Prior to Nordeus, Aman was at Facebook, where he led efforts in their mobile partnerships, distribution and ad network initiatives. Before joining Facebook, Aman was an investor with Accel Partners, where he was actively involved in various technology investments including Spotify, HouseTrip and Hailo. He was also a board observer at Supercell and Space Ape Games. Aman started his career at Credit Suisse, where he was part of their global technology group and was involved in various technology transactions including Ogone, a leading pan European PSP, as well as IPOs and capital market transactions for Interxion, NXP and Nokia. Aman graduated with high distinction from Kelley School of Business, Indiana with a B.Sc. in Finance and Accounting.
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About Finch Capital, Finch Capital: Finch Capital is a series A/B investor in high-growth financial technologies companies run by exceptional entrepreneurs with EUR 2-5m in ARR
Kapil Pankhania
Finance Business Partner of Form3
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About DadShed, Form3: Form3 is a cloud native payments-as-a-service platform that designs, builds, and runs the technology that powers the future of payments.
Sharif Mohamed
Head of Affiliate Partnerships of iwoca
Sharif is an experienced leader in business development and marketing across a range of sectors most notably creating and scaling the affiliate channel with in iwoca, a fast growth European Fintech.
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About iwoca: Iwoca offers credit financing services for small businesses.
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.
Richard Hurwitz
Partner of THE TIFIN GROUP
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About THE TIFIN GROUP: TIFIN is a platform that creates and operates fintech companies in wealth management, investments, and personal finance
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.
Ekaterina Almasque
General Partner of OpenOcean
Ekaterina (Katya) Almasque is a Venture Partner at OpenOcean and she leads the London Team and Operations. Before joining OpenOcean, Katya was a Managing Director of the Samsung Catalyst Fund in Europe, Samsung’s Electronics $500M venture capital multistage investment fund focused on core technology areas including robotics, autonomous driving, artificial intelligence, digital health, data infrastructure and device level technologies. She led investments across Europe in leading companies such as GraphCore, Mapillary, AIMotive, Sentiance and Quobyte, as well as several venture funds. For over ten years prior to that, Katya was part of several corporate and independent venture capital funds in Silicon Valley and Europe, including EMC and Siemens Venture Capital. Additionally she was a founding partner of a global private equity advisory firm specializing in high-tech growth companies with $1B+ markets in the technology and environmental sectors, where she led investments in the US, Brazil, and Europe.
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About Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), OpenOcean, Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center: OpenOcean is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in B2B software across Europe.
Edward Chandler
Chief Commercial and Partnerships Officer of eNett
As Chief Commercial and Partnerships Officer, Edward’s job is to understand the needs of eNett’s customers and strategic partners, and match them with tailored payment solutions. A finance and payments enthusiast, Ed has held senior positions at MasterCard, as well as being CEO of Kalixa payments group and board director of Circulo payments. Before joining eNett, Ed provided Strategic and operational advice to board and management team at banking start-up Frees. Ed regularly blows peoples’ minds through his ability to drink from a glass without touching it.
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About eNett: ENett is a fintech company that’s redefining virtual payments for the travel industry.
Jason Ball
Partner of GR Capital
Venture Capital and Angel Investor, focused on Fintech, Foodtech, Health & Wellness and Mobility Previously at Qualcomm Ventures Europe with investments in Arteris (acquired by Qualcomm), Videoplaza (acquired by Ooyala), We7 (acquired by Tesco) and YPlan (acquired by TimeOut). Prior to joining Qualcomm, Jason at London Seed Capital, a seed and early stage venture capital fund, where he focused on material science and software companies, notably leading the firm’s investment in Brandwatch.
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About GR Capital: A pan-European venture fund with a panoramic view
Nick Adasi
Managing Partner, Head of UK of DealGlobe
Nick was a member of the DealGlobe launch team in 2014. Previously he worked in a leading European hedge fund, based in London and specialising in Venture Capital. Before this he worked at Goldman Sachs in New York as part of the luxury & retail sector team. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland holding a BSc in Finance
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About DealGlobe: DealGlobe offers a full suite of financial advisory services for cross-border deals with China, underpinned by unique proprietary technology
Christian Thun-Hohenstein
Managing Partner of DealGlobe
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About DealGlobe: DealGlobe offers a full suite of financial advisory services for cross-border deals with China, underpinned by unique proprietary technology
Christoph Ruedig
Partner of AlbionVC
Christoph joined Albion Ventures as an Investment Manager in October 2011 and focuses on investments in healthcare and renewables. He initially practised as a radiologist, before spending 3 years at Bain & Company. In 2006, he joined 3i working for their Healthcare Venture Capital arm. Most recently he has worked for General Electric’s healthcare division, where he was responsible for mergers and acquisitions in the medical technology and healthcare IT sectors. He holds a degree in medicine from Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich and an MBA from INSEAD.
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About Albion Capital Group, AlbionVC: AlbionVC invests from seed through to Series B in B2B software and healthcare
Robert Whitby Smith
Partner of AlbionVC
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About Albion Capital Group, AlbionVC: AlbionVC invests from seed through to Series B in B2B software and healthcare
Alan Walsh
Head of Network and Partnerships of Bud
Alan was one of the first employees at Bud – an open banking platform and intelligent marketplace, distributed via banking apps. Prior to Bud, Alan spent 15 years delivering commercial growth at some of the largest and most respected FS brands including American Express, Barclays, GE and Santander. Now leading the strategy and development of the Bud network, Alan is helping craft Bud into one of the most innovative companies in the Open Banking space, through collaboration with key partners. Bud is the award winning financial network that makes the money part of life easier.
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About Bud: Bud is a financial network combining APIs & data to create a new species of connected experiences.
Stacy Kim
Partner of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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About Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati provides legal services for technology, life sciences, and other growth enterprises.
Craig Netterfield
Managing Partner of Columbia Lake Partners
CLP’s Founding Partner. Over 13 years’ venture lending experience in North America and Europe. Previously Partner at Wellington Financial. Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and MBA from the Ivey School of Business.
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About Columbia Lake Partners: Columbia Lake Partners is an experienced team of investors providing growth loans to European technology companies.
Eli Koen
Partner of Vela Partners
Eli Koen is Tech Investor at Vela Partners. Previously, Eli was the co-head of Emerging Europe Equities at Fortis in London, where he co-managed the Fortis Emerging Europe Equity fund, and managed the Fortis Turkish Equity fund. Prior to fund management, he was a research analyst for emerging markets at Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers in London. Eli brings crucial expertise to Vela Partners in analysis and valuation. He holds a graduate degree in international economics and finance from Brandeis University, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Boğaziçi University.
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About Union Bancaire Privee, Vela Partners: AI-enabled venture investor.
Ameya Upadhyay
Venture Partner of Flourish Ventures
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About Flourish Ventures: Flourish is a global venture capital firm focused on early-stage Fintech investments that enhance financial health.
