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Lorcan Delaney

Principal at firstminute capital | ex-Morgan Stanley IB | Oxford CS

London, England

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $2,625,000.00

Education

  • Master of Science - MSc

    (2018 - 2019)

  • Bachelor of Engineering - BEng

    (2015 - 2018)

  • High School

    Liceo Scientifico "San Giuseppe del Caburlotto"

    (2012 - 2015)

Work Experience

  • Principal

    2023

  • Senior Associate

    2022 - 2023

  • Associate

    2021 - 2022

    $400m AUM seed fund backed by 130+ unicorn founders and star CEOs. We partner with founders at pre-seed and seed stage globally. Our ticket size ranges from $250k to $5m. Our team comprises 20 operators and investors from the likes of Index Ventures, DeepMind, Monzo, McKinsey, Goldman Sachs and more - sitting across London and Berlin. Launched in 2017, the firstminute portfolio today comprises 90+ companies re-shaping industries through technology and brilliant products. Our aim: to earn their trust through grit, empathy and copious numbers of introductions, and to deliver on our brand promise of being Europe’s most helpful seed fund.

2020 - 2021

  • Investment Banking Analyst

    2020 - 2021

    Technology Investment Banking Group

2019 - 2020

  • Early Employee | Operations Manager | Risk, Data Science & Analytics

    2019 - 2020

    • Designed, built and deployed the firm’s Automated Valuation Model (AVM) used to automatically estimate the value, risk discount and maximum accessible equity for collateral properties used in the secured lending operations of the firm using Python, Docker and Google Cloud Platform • Designed, built and deployed the firm’s loan pricing and underwriting models for the firm’s 3 core credit facilities • Contributed to fundraising activities and to the FCA Banking licence application by carrying out market due diligence, financial forecasting and process designs to automate the Decision in Principle and underwriting business functions • Managed the relationships and contributed to the negotiations with consumer credit reporting and property analytics providers

  • Co-Founder | Director of Technology

    2018 - 2020

    • Co-founded the UK's largest blockchain student hub, with a community of 3000+, based at UCL, LSE, Imperial College London and London Business School. • LBL educates students on blockchain technology, businesses on its implementation and policy-makers on its regulation, running 60+ lectures, workshops and hackathons in 2018/19. • Led team of 50+ students and entrepreneurs

2018 - 2018

  • Investment Banking Summer Analyst | Incoming Full-Time Analyst

    2018 - 2018

    Financial Institutions Group (FIG)

  • Business Developer

    2016 - 2017

    Website: http://blockchain.cs.ucl.ac.uk/ • Managed business development of a world-leading Research, Advisory and Engagement centre, backed by 9 departments of UCL • Oversaw the 4 divisions of the Centre's operational activities (Research, IT, Business, Marketing) - 4 co-ordinators and 15 technical assistants in 2016/17. Contributed to hiring process, performance monitoring and goal scoping & execution • Centre grew from 30 to 100+ Research Affiliates, from 0 to 500+ Student Members, and from 8 to 20+ industry partners

  • BCG Insight Programme (Intern)

    2017 - 2017

2017 - 2017

  • Strategy Consulting | EMEA Blockchain Lab (Intern)

    2017 - 2017

2017 - 2017

  • Spring Programme | Investment Banking Division (Intern)

    2017 - 2017

2017 - 2017

  • ISG Spring Insight Programme (Intern) | Incoming Summer Analyst

    2017 - 2017