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(1992 - 2002)
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2021
2021
Angel/Private investor in tech. Especially love B2B Marketplaces (e.g. Opply, Yassir) and B2B SaaS/Deeptech (e.g. 11x.ai, TitanML, Convergence AI, Galileo AI, incident.io, Omnipresent, Fonoa). Example investments: SaaS/Deeptech: Convergence AI, Conduct AI, Unify AI, Warden AI, Airs AI, Workflow, Galileo AI (Kholsa), incident.io (Index, Point9), 11x.ai (Project A), Co:helm/Anterior (Sequoia, NEA), Wordsmith AI, Platformed.com, rebo.ai, TitanML (Octopus), Worldover (Index, Chalfen Ventures, EF), Kaedim (A16z), Terra (General Catalyst, YC), Omnipresent (Kinnevik, Tencent, Hedosophia), askLio (YC), Prehendo (Picus Capital), Trigger.dev (YC), Ctrl (Earlybird, Localglobe), Existent, ESG360, Surfboard (Speedinvest), Zelt (Episode1, Village Global), Stackfix, Calliper (Sequoia), Quench.ai (Firstminute, Notion), Katch, UBIO (trivago) Marketplaces/nfx: Opply, Passionfruit (Firstminute, Playfair), Yassir (Bond Capital, YC), Sproutl (Index), Manara (YC), Sourcerie (Playfair), Verse, Hubble (Plural), Thrift+ (TriplePoint), Walking on Earth (Octopus), Urban (Felix Capital), Lofty AI (YC), Jump (Exit: Jobandtalent) FinTech: Accountable, Fonoa (Coatue, Dawn, Index), Sequence (A16z), Nous (Mosaic), Ntropy (Lakestar, QED), BoomFi (White Star Capital), Triver (Stride), Prograd, Odin, Belong (Octopus, Connect), Landscape, Rosecut, Urban Jungle Insurance (Intact Ventures, Eka Ventures), Augmize (EF), ACIN (Notion Capital) Consumer Tech: Bloom & Wild (General Catalyst, Index), Dishpatch (A16z, Localglobe, Stride, EF), Visible (Octopus), Whirli (Shut down), Picnic (Stride), Onloan (Shut down), ADAY (H&M, Downing) Advisor to 2 B2B marketplaces. Expert @ Seedcamp (Seedcamp Expert Collective) I mainly invest personally, but also as a scout or via syndicates like Ventures Together. I don't tend to invest in hardware, biotech/life sciences, games, ICOs, D2C brands or non-tech startups. ~30% female (co)founded, ~40% BAME (co)founded
2021
Non-Executive Director on 8-person global board of Amnesty International. Amnesty is a worldwide movement of more than 10 million people in over 150 countries and territories who campaign to end abuses of human rights.
2021
2021
2022 - 2023
2022 - 2023
Accel Angel/scout, working out of Accel offices in London
2023 - 2023
2023 - 2023
2020 - 2022
2020 - 2022
2013 - 2022
2020 - 2022
Trouva sold to a listed European trade buyer in an all-cash deal in May 2022
2013 - 2020
Founding CEO at Trouva, led to be one of 40 fastest growing companies in Europe (FT1000 2020, 225.6% CAGR), and the 2nd fastest tech co in the UK (Adyen Tech5 2018). Raised over $40m from Index Ventures, Octopus Ventures, LocalGlobe & BGF and expanded to 7 countries across Europe. Moved to NED after raising Series B. Spokesperson on the impact of tech on SMEs for BBC One, Forbes, BBC News, TechCrunch, CNBC & The Telegraph. Trouva launched in 2015 and connects customers with beautiful homeware and lifestyle products curated by the best independent stores in Europe, stocking brands such as Hay, Tom Dixon, Ganni & Veja. The marketplace is powered by a proprietary B2B SaaS platform for bricks and mortar retailers.
2010 - 2013
2010 - 2013
Investor at BC Partners, one of Europe’s largest Private Equity funds with over $40bn PE AUM, investors in Chewy.com, Amadeus, PetSmart, Intelsat, CarTrawler, Altice, Teneo, Foxtons, Office Depot & Com Hem etc Originated deals in Technology, Media & Energy and worked on majority acquisitions of large cap B2B and B2C companies across Europe and the US Acquisitions of Accudyne Industries (from United Technologies, jointly with Carlyle) for $3.5bn, one of the five largest deals globally in 2012, and the majority of the equity in Foxtons (2012) Board observer at Foxtons, London’s largest real estate agency
2012 - 2012
2012 - 2012
$3.5bn joint acquisition by BC Partners/Carlyle Group from United Technologies (UTC)
2011 - 2012
2011 - 2012
For BC Partners, majority owner