Invests in
Locations:
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
- LB
- LB
- DM
Lists including Sajid
Investments
Plinx
Total Funding: $670K
Moneybox
Total Funding: $28M
Coconut
Total Funding: $10M
Nutmeg
Total Funding: $150M
LuckyTrip
Total Funding: $1M
Monzo
Total Funding: $1.7B
Pod Point
Total Funding: $11M
Stockflare
Total Funding: $710K
Pavegen
Total Funding: $3M
Work Experience
2018
Investment Manager
2020
Maven Capital Partners is one of the UK's leading private equity and alternative asset managers, providing a range of funding options to dynamic SMEs. I have specific responsibility for the Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) Maven Debt Finance - providing flexible lending between £100,000 - £2,000,000 to established SMEs in the Midlands who have a profitable track record and a strategy for growth. MEIF investments include: • Chevin Fleet Solutions (£1.5m) • You. Smart. Thing. Limited (£500k) • Autins Group plc (£1.5m) • The GP Service (UK) Limited (£1.5m) • SLC Operations Limited (£0.5m) • Wearable Link Limited t/a Plinx (£0.5m)
Investment Associate
2018 - 2020
Investor
2015
Personal investments in startup and early-stage companies via crowdfunding. Live investments: • Moneybox - www.moneyboxapp.com • Monzo - www.monzo.com • LuckyTrip - www.luckytrip.co.uk • Pavegen - www.pavegen.com • Adzuna - www.adzuna.co.uk Exits: • Nutmeg - acquired by JPMorgan Chase for £700m • POD Point - acquired by EDF Energy for £110m
2021 - 2021
Venture Fellow
2021 - 2021
The Newton Venture Program is a selective investor training program delivered by London Business School in partnership with LocalGlobe VC. The VC program introduces future investors to the VC ecosystem including GPs, LPs, TTO, Angels, Accelerators and the VC investment process (origination, structuring, term-sheets, legals, fund & portfolio management, exit) via academics, founders and seasoned VC investors from Index Ventures, Atomico, Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, Benchmark & others.
2016 - 2017
Corporate Finance Executive
2016 - 2017
Transaction experience: • Sales of Sonassi Holding Company Limited to iomart Group Plc (£16.5m) • Share sale of a snack food manufacturer transacted through a fixed charge receivership (Undisclosed) • Valuation of a £250m turnover global oil & gas engineering group
2012 - 2016
Corporate Finance Analyst
2012 - 2016
Transaction support experience: • Sale of Point to Point Limited to HCL Technologies Limited (£8m) • Raising development capital for Flow Communications UK Limited from Maven Capital Partners (Undisclosed) • Sale of Intercept IT Limited to Alternative Networks Plc (£13m)
2010 - 2010
Corporate Finance Research & Origination Analyst
2010 - 2010
2007 - 2008
Assistant Derivatives Accountant
2007 - 2008
2007 - 2007
Equity Derivatives Analyst
2007 - 2007
2007 - 2007
Equity Derivatives Structured Products, MENA Sales and Trading Analyst
2007 - 2007
2006 - 2007
Tax Associate
2006 - 2007