LM

Lian Michelson

Ocean, Climate & Impact Investor at Vala Capital

London, England

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Investment Director

    2022

    Vala is a European VC backing the best entrepreneurs as they build new ventures. We support startups and high growth companies led by teams that have the potential to positively change the world. We invest in startups with purpose that solve big problems around planetary health, sustainability and social goods.

  • Venture Partner

    2021

    Conscience is an early-stage fund pioneering the intersection of consumer and science. We invest into pre-seed and seed stage consumer start-ups embracing deep tech and data.

  • Industry Development Committee Member

    2022

    The UKSIF is the membership network for sustainable and responsible financial services, which promotes responsible investment and other forms of finance that support sustainable economic development, enhance quality of life and safeguard the environment.

2022

  • Board Member

    2022

    FlexSea is a sustainable-packaging company aiming to replace traditional petroleum plastic film with an innovative natural material derived from seaweed. The transparent, resistant material is degradable in marine, soil and home-composting environments and is also 100% edible.

  • Mentor

    2021

    Mentor on the Virgin StartUp Programme; a not-for-profit organisation that helps entrepreneurs in England and Scotland start, fund and scale their businesses.

  • Angel Investor

    2019

    Alma is an angel community in support of female founders. We aim to encourage and educate more to angel invest into women owned businesses. The community is only for angels and those wishing to learn about angel investing.

2019 - 2021

  • Capital Advisor

    2019 - 2021

    Antler selects the most passionate aspiring entrepreneurs, helps them find the right co-founder and connects them to a network of fitting business and academic domain experts worldwide. Antler provides funding from day one to support founders building businesses they will own and run, and that can positively impact local, national and global economies.

2019 - 2020

  • Mentor

    2019 - 2020

    Mentor during the Corporate Innovation Workshop - in collaboration with Equinor. Mentor during the Covid-19 Innovation Bootcamp – mentored some of the top 20 winners of the Global Online Startup Weekend: United to Fight Covid

2019 - 2020

  • Co-Founder

    2019 - 2020

    ALLOCATE is the European GP/LP event for tech VC funds and the LPs who invest into them. Our mission is to accelerate the ecosystem, making it easier for LPs to find the right funds to invest in and for GPs to find the right investors. Find out more at http://allocate.gp

2019 - 2019

  • Advisor & Subject Matter Expert

    2019 - 2019

    Work with the Foundry Team to mentor and support start-ups in Studio Days