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Akash Bajwa

Principal at Earlybird Venture Capital

United Kingdom

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Nonprofits
Microsoft Office
Public Speaking
Leadership
Fundraising
Volunteer Management
Event Management
Coaching
Research
Community Development
Policy
Visual Basic
Project Management
Numeracy
Analysis
Bloomberg
Bloomberg Terminal
Teamwork
Communication
Cultural Diversity

Education

Work Experience

  • Principal

    2024

    Founded in 1997, Earlybird is a pan-European early-stage VC. We backed category-leaders like N26, UI-Path, InterHyp, Smava, Peak Games, Aiven, Onefootball, Sennder and Isar Aerospace.

  • Investor

    2022 - 2024

    Founded in 1997, Earlybird is a pan-European early-stage VC. We backed category-leaders like N26, UI-Path, InterHyp, Smava, Peak Games, Aiven, Onefootball, Sennder and Isar Aerospace. Earlybird has 2 billion euros of assets under management and offices in Berlin, Munich, Paris, London and Istanbul. With eight IPOs and 30 trade sales, Earlybird is one of the most established and active venture capital firms in Europe.

  • Investor

    2024

2023

  • Board Observer

    2023

  • Investor

    2023

2022

  • Investor

    2022

  • Board Observer

    2022

2022

  • London Chapter Lead

    2022

2020 - 2022

  • Investment Team

    2020 - 2022

    Augmentum Fintech PLC is one of Europe’s leading venture capital investors focusing exclusively on the fintech sector. Augmentum invests in early and later stage fast growing fintech businesses that are disrupting the banking, insurance, asset management and wider financial services sectors. Augmentum is the only listed fintech-focused venture capital firm in the UK, having launched on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in 2018, giving businesses access to patient funding and support, unrestricted by conventional fund timelines.

2018 - 2019

  • Barclays Ventures

    2018 - 2019

    Barclays Ventures

2016 - 2017

  • Investment Management and Private Equity - Audit

    2016 - 2017

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