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Michael Stothard

Principal at firstminute capital

Kensington, England

VC
Investor

Invests in

Locations:

United Kingdom

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $2,500,000.00

Skills

Newspapers
News Writing
Journalism
Online Journalism
Business Journalism
Editorial
Editing
Copy Editing

Education

Investments

Hiphops

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $650K

Work Experience

firstminute capital

2022

  • Principal

    2022

Mistral AI

2023

  • Investor

    2023

Typology

2022

  • Board Member

    2022

Talewind

2022

  • Board Member

    2022

Nabla

2022 - 2024

  • Board Member

    2022 - 2024

Sifted

2019 - 2022

  • Founding Editor

    2019 - 2022

    Editor of Sifted, the FT-backed new media group where we’re taking a fresh look at Europe’s startup and tech world, and building a diverse readership and community of founders, investors, innovators, thinkers and makers. We want to become the essential, trusted and independent resource for European tech.

Financial Times

2010 - 2019

  • Madrid Correspondent

    2017 - 2019

  • Paris Correspondent

    2013 - 2017

  • Capital Markets Correspondent

    2012 - 2013

  • Nordic Correspondent

    2011 - 2012

  • Markets Reporter

    2010 - 2011