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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based General Partner operating in the Financial Services space. If you think a General 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.
Kevin Comolli
Managing General Partner of Accel
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About Accel: Accel is an early and growth-stage venture capital firm that helps a global community of entrepreneurs.
Tom Hulme
General Partner of GV
Tom is a general partner at Google Ventures. Previously, Tom was a design director at IDEO Europe, where he founded OpenIDEO, an open innovation platform that has over 150,000 users from more than 170 countries. Tom also launched OIEngine, an online platform for IDEO clients, including Harvard Business School and the Knight Foundation. Before IDEO, Tom was managing director of Marcos, a British sports car manufacturer. As a serial entrepreneur, Tom also founded Magnom, a magnetic filter startup. Tom’s filter designs have been widely used in Formula One, Superbikes, JCB loaders, and central heating systems. Tom has been recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, and has been featured in WIRED UK’s Top 100 Digital Power Brokers list every year since the list has been published. He has also been included in the Evening Standard list of London’s 1000 Most Influential People. Tom earned a first class bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Bristol, and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he received the Baker Scholar Award of high distinction. Tom has also received an honorary doctorate from University Arts London.
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About GV: GV provides venture capital funding to bold new companies.
George Henry
General Partner of LocalGlobe
George Henry is Early-stage investor and Partner at Localglobe.
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About Latitude, LocalGlobe, Sandbox Network: LocalGlobe is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and impact investments.
Suzanne Ashman Blair
General Partner of LocalGlobe
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About LocalGlobe: LocalGlobe is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and impact investments.
Max Mersch
Co-founder & General Partner of Fabric Ventures
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About Fabric Ventures: Fabric Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in scalable decentralized networks.
Spencer Crawley
Co-Founder & General Partner of Firstminute Capital
Spencer Crawley is General Partner at firstminute capital. Launched in June 2017 and co-founded with Brent Hoberman, firstminute is a $100m global seed-stage fund, it is proud to count two institutional investors (Atomico and Tencent) and 29 founders of billion dollar technology businesses amongst its investors. Previous roles include Business Development at AppDirect (a San Francisco-based cloud commerce platform provider), Investment Associate at DMC Partners (Goldman Sachs spin-out Special Opportunities fund), and Analyst in the Moscow office of Goldman Sachs (in the Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities division). Spencer studied History at Oxford University, did his MBA at INSEAD, and speaks fluent Russian and pidgin French.
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About Firstminute Capital: Firstminute Capital is an early-stage venture fund based in London, investing globally. Backed by 30 unicorn founders and global strategics.
Suranga Chandratillake
General Partner of Balderton
Suranga joined Balderton as a General Partner in 2014, he was previously an entrepreneur and engineer. Suranga founded blinkx, the intelligent search engine for video and audio content in Cambridge in 2004. He then led the company for eight years as CEO through its journey of moving to San Francisco, building a profitable business and going public in London where it achieved a peak market capitalization in excess of $1Bn. Before founding blinkx, Suranga was an early employee at Autonomy Corporation, where he ultimately served as the company’s US CTO in San Francisco. In 2017, Suranga joined the UK Government’s Council for Science and Technology. Suranga was granted an OBE for services to technology and engineering in the 2018 UK New Year’s Honours.
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About Balderton, RhythmOne: Balderton is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on backing European-founded startups.
Alex Frolov
CEO and General Partner of Target Global
Alex founded Target Global in 2012 and have been actively involved in building organisation ever since. He leads the firm late stage investment practice and have invested in many successful marketplace companies. Many of those are in FoodTech space, like Delivery Hero (FRA:DHER) and Blue Apron (NYSE:APRN), as well as LemonCat and FoodFox. Recently he is focusing more on transportation and travel investments: Juno (sold to Gett), Dreamlines, etc. Prior to joining Target Global, Alex worked at the VC firm DFJ Esprit in London. Before that, he led several private and corporate startups in the tech field, including the medical business unit of United Corporation for Innovations. He started his career in the Asset Management, running the public market tech & telco fund. Alex holds a bachelor’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences and an MBA from the London Business School. Alexander also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst ® designation.
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About Palta, Target Global: Target Global is a venture capital firm that invests in tech companies across all stages of their lifecycle.
Pietro Bezza
Co-Founder and General Partner of Connect Ventures
Pietro is a tech founder turned early-stage venture capitalist. Pietro co-founded in 2011 Connect Ventures, a London-based Venture Capital firm who backs product-obsessed, mission-driven entrepreneurs at their seed stage. Investments Pietro led and work actively with include Citymapper, Typeform, Soldo, TrueLayer, Side and Forest. Before starting Connect Ventures, he was co-founder and CEO of Neo Network, mobile applications and content provider, acquired by Zodiak Media (De Agostini Group) in 2007. Pietro’s expertise is in category design, growth and branding. When he is not wrestling with his two kids, he plays ping-pong and tries to learn how to code.
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About Connect Ventures: Connect Ventures is a venture capital firm specialized in investments in seed, startup, series A, and early-stage companies.
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.
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.
Michael Cheung
Founding General Partner of Makers Fund
Michael Cheung currently works as the Founding General Partner for Makers Fund. He previously worked at Unit 2 Games as a Board Member.
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About Makers Fund, McKinsey & Company, Tencent: Makers Fund is a global interactive entertainment venture capital firm focused on early stage investments.
John Doran
General Partner of TCV
John is a General Partner in London and was a founding member of the TCV European effort. His primary investment focus is in the software, internet, and financial technology industries. His current investments include NewVoiceMedia, Believe Digital, WorldRemit, Perfecto Mobile and Brillen.de. John was previously an investor with Summit Partners where he focused on investments across software, internet and financial technology. John started his career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley, first in London before moving to New York. Prior to working in the professional world, John competed on the men’s ATP Tennis tour and was a member of the Irish Davis Cup team between 1996 and 2004. John received his M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and graduated with a B.A. in Economics (with honors) from Harvard College. Active Investments/Current Portfolio Companies o Believe Digital o Brillen.de o Elevate o NewVoiceMedia o Perfecto Mobile o WorldRemit
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About TCV: TCV provides investment capital to growth-stage private and public companies in the technology industry.
Tommy Stadlen
Co-Founder & General Partner of Giant Ventures
Tommy Stadlen is the Co-Founder of Swing, which exited to Microsoft in 2017. Swing, chaired by Twitter founder Biz Stone, created the #1 App Store app Polaroid Swing. Tommy is the author of the international bestseller ‘Connect: How Companies Succeed by Engaging Radically With Society’, written with former BP CEO Lord Browne. He is a frequent media commentator and speaker on technology and long-term capitalism, including as an op-ed contributor to the New York Times and Financial Times, and guest on CNBC, Bloomberg and BBC. Tommy is a former McKinsey consultant with global experience advising leading companies and governments. He previously worked for President Obama. He graduated with First Class honours from Oxford, and holds an MSc (Distinction) from the London School of Economics. He is an advisor to NYU Stern School of Business and a One Young World Ambassador. Tommy has been recognised by the Financial Times as one of the top 50 Global Ally Executives and by Entrepreneur magazine’s Best Companies in America awards. He is an LP and venture partner at firstminute capital, an international seed fund.
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About Firstminute Capital, Giant Ventures, Swing Technologies: Giant Ventures is a multi-stage, thesis-driven firm backing purpose-driven founders.
Michael Szalontay
General Partner of Flashpoint
Michael Szalontay joined Flashpoint Venture Capital as General Partner in 2010.
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About Flashpoint, Forbes Finance Council, IntelliBoard, QMENTA: Flashpoint is an international asset management firm investing in tech businesses.
Alexander Konoplyasty
General Partner of Flashpoint
Alexander Konoplyasty is the co-Founder at Flashpoint Group. Alexander Konoplyasty serves as Managing Partner Flashpoint Venture Capital. He co-founded an investment company focusing on start-up investments in Internet in CEE/Israel/CIS. He was Independent Financial Advisor for the sale of 100% in Ventrade; with Ivan Tavrin in 2010 and helped in the acquisition of a significant minority stake in Net-By-Net Holding in 2010 for debt/equity restructuring of OJSC RBC Information Systems, including restructuring of c. US$260 million of debt, sale of 51% stake for US$80 million to ONEXIM, sale of RBC Bank. Alexander Konoplyasty was Director and Associate in Investment Banking at UBS. He was coverage banker for media/telecom and financial services in the CIS and completed over 20 investment banking transactions in Russia and Ukraine. He was Investment Banking Analyst at Morgan Stanley in the European Telecom Media Technology group and the Leveraged Finance group. He was Consultant of Transaction Support at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Alexander Konoplyasty has wide experience of leading all types of corporate finance transactions: M&A, IPO, private placements, leverage buy-outs, raising and restructuring debt. He mostly acted as execution “deal captain”. Alexander Konoplyasty studied Advanced Bachelor of Arts (Specialist) in Economics from 1998 to 2003 from Moscow State University for International Relations (MGIMO).
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About Flashpoint: Flashpoint is an international asset management firm investing in tech businesses.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Richard Anton
Founder and General Partner of Oxx
Prior to co-founding Oxx, Richard spent 18 years at Amadeus Capital, where he focused on B2B software investments in companies originating from the UK and Israel. Before joining Amadeus, Richard was in the TMT team at Apax Partners. In his early career he worked as a management consultant and a hands-on finance and business development executive, at software company Autonomy. Richard is a past Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association and current Chairman of the Tel Aviv University Trust. He has an MBA from INSEAD and a BA and MA in Mathematics from Cambridge University.
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About Oxx: Oxx is a new growth capital investment firm with offices in London and Stockholm.
Heidi Lindvall
General Partner of Pale Blue Dot
Heidi Lindvall is a general partner at Pale Blue Dot, the ClimateTech VC fund in Europe. Previously to founding Pale Blue Dot Heidi has worked as a documentary filmmaker, started multiple companies and ran accelerators and micro-funds.
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About Pale Blue Dot, Storygami: Pale Blue Dot is a seed-stage ClimateTech venture fund investing in companies that reduce and reverse the effects of climate change.
Luca Colciago
General Partner of Kreos Capital
Luca joined Kreos as a Partner in 2007 and is focused on executing transactions in the UK and continental Europe as well as participating in the management and execution of overall Kreos strategy. He has 18 years experience in finance including the last nine years in high-growth company lending. Luca has worked and lived in several European countries and in the USA. Prior to joining Kreos, Luca was a Director at Noble Group, where he led numerous hybrid credit/equity transactions for high-growth companies in continental Europe. While at Noble, he established the firm’s presence in continental Europe and built a significant network of equity sponsors. Luca led numerous transactions in the UK and Europe spanning a wide range of sectors. Before joining Noble, Luca was an Associate Director with GATX Capital in San Francisco and London. He was involved in financing both life-science and information technology growth companies and gained experience in the acquisition and disposal of asset backed structures. Previously, Luca was part of the founding team of a fund management company in Zurich, Switzerland. Luca started his career in Luxembourg at Republic National Bank of New York on the proprietary desk focusing on the currency market closely working with the Chief Portfolio Manager. Luca has a degree in Business and Economics from Universita’ Bocconi in Milan, Italy, and he also studied International Relations at ISPI. In addition, Luca holds an MBA from HEC School of Management, France, and the International Management Programme of New York University’s Stern Graduate Business School. Luca is fluent in English, French and Italian.
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About Kreos Capital: Kreos Capital is a growth debt firm that provides financing solutions for high-growth companies across Europe and Israel.
Luca Colciago
General Partner of Kreos Capital
Luca joined Kreos as a Partner in 2007 and is focused on executing transactions in the UK and continental Europe as well as participating in the management and execution of overall Kreos strategy. He has 18 years experience in finance including the last nine years in high-growth company lending. Luca has worked and lived in several European countries and in the USA. Prior to joining Kreos, Luca was a Director at Noble Group, where he led numerous hybrid credit/equity transactions for high-growth companies in continental Europe. While at Noble, he established the firm’s presence in continental Europe and built a significant network of equity sponsors. Luca led numerous transactions in the UK and Europe spanning a wide range of sectors. Before joining Noble, Luca was an Associate Director with GATX Capital in San Francisco and London. He was involved in financing both life-science and information technology growth companies and gained experience in the acquisition and disposal of asset backed structures. Previously, Luca was part of the founding team of a fund management company in Zurich, Switzerland. Luca started his career in Luxembourg at Republic National Bank of New York on the proprietary desk focusing on the currency market closely working with the Chief Portfolio Manager. Luca has a degree in Business and Economics from Universita’ Bocconi in Milan, Italy, and he also studied International Relations at ISPI. In addition, Luca holds an MBA from HEC School of Management, France, and the International Management Programme of New York University’s Stern Graduate Business School. Luca is fluent in English, French and Italian.
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About Kreos Capital: Kreos Capital is a growth debt firm that provides financing solutions for high-growth companies across Europe and Israel.
Maurizio PetitBon
General Partner of Kreos Capital
Over the past 19 years at Kreos, Maurizio has focused on identifying, assessing and managing UK and European healthcare transactions as well as participating in the management and execution of Kreos’s overall strategy. Over the past 30 years, Maurizio has built a career as manager, advisor, entrepreneur and investor. Prior to Kreos, Maurizio was Managing Partner of PMA Europe, London, a consulting partnership focused on assisting private equity firms and corporate clients in evaluating investment opportunities in technology companies. Prior to that, Maurizio was Principal Consultant at SRI International, in Menlo Park, CA and London where he advised a number of US, European and Japanese high tech companies on business development and M&A strategies. Maurizio held a number of managerial positions in the industry including Director International Operations at ACDC Electronics, a division of Emerson Electric, Business Development Director Europe for Emerson Electric Corp and Head of OEM sales at Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC) in Milan. Maurizio started his professional career in the Financial Planning and Control group at Rank Xerox International HQ. Maurizio holds a Doctor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Rome, Italy and an MBA from INSEAD. Maurizio is fluent in English, French and Italian.
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About Kreos Capital: Kreos Capital is a growth debt firm that provides financing solutions for high-growth companies across Europe and Israel.
Maurizio PetitBon
General Partner of Kreos Capital
Over the past 19 years at Kreos, Maurizio has focused on identifying, assessing and managing UK and European healthcare transactions as well as participating in the management and execution of Kreos’s overall strategy. Over the past 30 years, Maurizio has built a career as manager, advisor, entrepreneur and investor. Prior to Kreos, Maurizio was Managing Partner of PMA Europe, London, a consulting partnership focused on assisting private equity firms and corporate clients in evaluating investment opportunities in technology companies. Prior to that, Maurizio was Principal Consultant at SRI International, in Menlo Park, CA and London where he advised a number of US, European and Japanese high tech companies on business development and M&A strategies. Maurizio held a number of managerial positions in the industry including Director International Operations at ACDC Electronics, a division of Emerson Electric, Business Development Director Europe for Emerson Electric Corp and Head of OEM sales at Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC) in Milan. Maurizio started his professional career in the Financial Planning and Control group at Rank Xerox International HQ. Maurizio holds a Doctor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Rome, Italy and an MBA from INSEAD. Maurizio is fluent in English, French and Italian.
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About Kreos Capital: Kreos Capital is a growth debt firm that provides financing solutions for high-growth companies across Europe and Israel.
Ross Ahlgren
General Partner of Kreos Capital
Ross is a founding partner of Kreos and has been heavily involved with the development of Kreos’ newer markets. He focuses on technology financing in the UK and continental Europe. Ross has significant experience in operational/marketing roles in large organisations as well as building intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial ventures. Prior to Kreos, his most recent position was Vice President of Operations for American International Group’s (AIG) continental European operations focusing on developing marketing strategies for 14 countries, building small country operations and coordinating the acquisitions and management of alternative distribution channels. Ross holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and a BA in Business from the University of Texas.
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About Kreos Capital: Kreos Capital is a growth debt firm that provides financing solutions for high-growth companies across Europe and Israel.
Ross Ahlgren
General Partner of Kreos Capital
Ross is a founding partner of Kreos and has been heavily involved with the development of Kreos’ newer markets. He focuses on technology financing in the UK and continental Europe. Ross has significant experience in operational/marketing roles in large organisations as well as building intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial ventures. Prior to Kreos, his most recent position was Vice President of Operations for American International Group’s (AIG) continental European operations focusing on developing marketing strategies for 14 countries, building small country operations and coordinating the acquisitions and management of alternative distribution channels. Ross holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and a BA in Business from the University of Texas.
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About Kreos Capital: Kreos Capital is a growth debt firm that provides financing solutions for high-growth companies across Europe and Israel.
Aris Constantinides
General Partner of Kreos Capital
Aris is the founder and Investment Director of NBGI Ventures, responsible for its overall strategy and management, and leads its presence in the medical technology sector. Aris established NBGI Ventures in 2001, following five years in venture capital with Deutsche Bank’s venture capital team and CSFB’s Cabot Square Capital fund. He started his career at Bankers Trust as a derivatives specialist. Aris holds a B.Eng from Imperial College and a SM from MIT in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from INSEAD.
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About Kreos Capital: Kreos Capital is a growth debt firm that provides financing solutions for high-growth companies across Europe and Israel.
Aris Constantinides
General Partner of Kreos Capital
Aris is the founder and Investment Director of NBGI Ventures, responsible for its overall strategy and management, and leads its presence in the medical technology sector. Aris established NBGI Ventures in 2001, following five years in venture capital with Deutsche Bank’s venture capital team and CSFB’s Cabot Square Capital fund. He started his career at Bankers Trust as a derivatives specialist. Aris holds a B.Eng from Imperial College and a SM from MIT in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from INSEAD.
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About Kreos Capital: Kreos Capital is a growth debt firm that provides financing solutions for high-growth companies across Europe and Israel.
Alan Hudson
Co-founder & General Partner of GMG Ventures
Alan Hudson is the co-founder and general partner at GMG Ventures. Prior to that, he served as the chief investment officer of Guardia Media Group.
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About GMG Ventures, Vidsy: GMG Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund that invests in companies related to media-tech.
Raj Parekh
General Partner of Advent Life Sciences
Raj joined Advent in 2005 bringing over 20 years of experience in biomedical research and as an entrepreneur and investor. After gaining an MA and DPhil from Oxford University, he pursued a successful academic career in molecular medicine before co-founding Oxford GlycoSciences (IPO on LSE and NASDAQ). Following its sale to UCB-Celltech, he became Chairman of Galapagos nv, a member of the Supervisory Board of the Novartis Venture Fund and a founding Director of Celldex Therapeutics. Since joining Advent, he has been involved with those portfolio Companies primarily engaged in the discovery of new medicines, including Avila, EUSA and Thiakis. Raj currently serves on the Board of several portfolio Companies including Arrakis, Aura Biosciences and Levicept.
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About Advent Life Sciences, Capella BioScience, Oxford GlycoSciences, University of Oxford: Advent Life Sciences is one of Europeâs leading venture teams investing in life sciences businesses.
Shahzad Malik
General Partner of Advent Life Sciences
Shahzad joined Advent in 1999 with a strong background in science, clinical medicine, and international finance. He gained an MA in Physiological Sciences from Oxford University and an MD from Cambridge University, after which he specialised in interventional cardiology while also pursuing clinical and fundamental scientific research in heart muscle disorders. Since joining Advent, Shahzad has been actively involved with 21 portfolio Companies in Europe and the USA in all sectors of Life Sciences, including Algeta, Respivert, Biocartis and PowderMed. Shahzad currently serves on the Board of several portfolio Companies, including Acutus, Agenus and Versartis.
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About Acutus Medical, Advent Life Sciences: Advent Life Sciences is one of Europeâs leading venture teams investing in life sciences businesses.
Kaasim Mahmood
General Partner of Advent Life Sciences
Kaasim joined Advent in June 2005 after spending four years at Cutfield Freeman & Co, a London based corporate finance boutique, where he worked on a wide variety of transactions including financings, mergers and acquisitions. Kaasim is qualified as a medical doctor and has an MB BS from the Royal Free & University College Medical School, London.
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About Advent Life Sciences: Advent Life Sciences is one of Europeâs leading venture teams investing in life sciences businesses.
Roger Le Tissier
General Partner and Director of Mid Europa Partners
Roger Le Tissier was appointed as a Board Director of the managing entities of the Mid Europa Funds in 2005. Roger is a consultant to, and holds a number of non-executvie directorships with, leading asset managers, private equity GP’s, insurance, pension companies and charities. Prior to this he was the senior partner in the Guernsey office of the law firm Ogier from inception in 1998 until his retirement in 2013. He and the firm specialised in commerical matters including investment funds, international finance, banking, insurance, securitisations and corporate matters and, from a later date, litigation. The firm experienced significant growth since opening and acted for many leading financial institutions. Prior to 1998, Roger has had senior positions with a leading fund administrator and the Guernsey Financial Services Commisssion. As a lawyer, Roger has acted for clients in all sectors of the finance industry, but particularly in relation to funds and investment management. His wider practice involved securitisation of vehicles, financial services companies and many of the world’s leading banks and financial groups.
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About Mid Europa Partners: Mid Europa Partners is a private equity firm specializing in private buyouts.
John Whittle
General Partner of Mid Europa Partners
John Whittle was appointed as a Board Director of the managing entities of the Mid Europa Funds in 2005. John is a non-executive director predominantly in Guernsey’s fund industry and also holds diectorship postions for two London listed funds. Prior to this, John was Finance Director of a large independent fund administrator and chairman of the NED committee of the Guernsey Investment Fund Association. John’s background is in large third party fund administration, having worked extensively in high technology service industries with in-depth experience of strategic development and M&A.
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About Mid Europa Partners: Mid Europa Partners is a private equity firm specializing in private buyouts.
John Whittle
General Partner of Mid Europa Partners
John Whittle was appointed as a Board Director of the managing entities of the Mid Europa Funds in 2005. John is a non-executive director predominantly in Guernsey’s fund industry and also holds diectorship postions for two London listed funds. Prior to this, John was Finance Director of a large independent fund administrator and chairman of the NED committee of the Guernsey Investment Fund Association. John’s background is in large third party fund administration, having worked extensively in high technology service industries with in-depth experience of strategic development and M&A.
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About Mid Europa Partners: Mid Europa Partners is a private equity firm specializing in private buyouts.
Nicholas Stocks
General Partner of White Star Capital
Nicholas has experience as an entrepreneur, operator, advisor and investor. Previously, he founded he worked for Global Founders Capital, the $1bn sector agonstic global fund, and was an early member of the team at UKCloud (formerly known as Skyscape). He has also worked for Access Industries-owned AINMT in Brazil, PT in Lisbon, and was an investment banker at UBS in London. Nicholas holds an MBA from London Business School.
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About White Star Capital: White Star Capital is an international venture and early growth-stage investment platform in technology.
Nick Stocks
General Partner of White Star Capital
Nick is a General Partner at White Star Capital, leading the London office, investing in and working with entrepreneurs across Europe. He focuses on DTC, Marketplaces and SaaS and is on the boards of companies such as Clark, Butternut Box, and Red Sift.
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About White Star Capital: White Star Capital is an international venture and early growth-stage investment platform in technology.
Taylor Wescoatt
General Partner of Concrete Venture Capital
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About Concrete Venture Capital, Seedcamp: Concrete VC is a proptech focused platform including Starwood Capital, JLL Spark, U+I Group, and more.
Josep Santacana
General Partner of Nekko Capital
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About Nekko Capital: Nekko Capital manages venture capital funds targeting European digital transformation companies in early stage.
