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Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Education
BA First Class Honours
MSc (Distinction)
Lists including Tommy
Investments
Work Experience
2019
Co-Founder
2019
Giant builds and backs purpose-driven technology companies solving the world’s biggest challenges. We champion entrepreneurs creating a more sustainable, healthy and equitable planet. Giant invests at Seed and Series B in Europe and the US. We’re on the ground in London, New York, California and Copenhagen.
2023
Co-Founder
2023
Simpler, greener, home renovation.
2021
Co-Founder
2021
Modern student financial services.
Best-selling Author, Media Commentator and Speaker
2010
+ Best-selling co-author of 'CONNECT - How companies succeed by engaging radically with society', written with former BP CEO Lord Browne + ‘A bold and timely blueprint for the future’– Arianna Huffington + ‘A trail-blazing book of immediate value’ – Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO WPP + ‘How business must radically change to thrive in the 21st century’ –J. Hennessy, Chairman, Google + Experienced speaker on business and technology + Regular guest on CNBC, Bloomberg, BBC TV + Commentator for New York Times and Financial Times op-ed pages + Featured in CBS, Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, The Times of London, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Nikkei, Asahi Shimbun, Yahoo Japan, Huffington Post front page columnist, The Independent, Prospect Magazine, New Statesman, Virgin.com, McKinsey Quarterly, PR Week + Regular speaker and panelist. Recent events at Bloomberg, AXA, Ogilvy, McKinsey, PR Council, Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School, MIT Sloan School of Management, London Business School 'Leading Minds', Oxford University, NYU Stern Business School, London First, The Crowd, and Startup Weekend CNBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwkK2C_hXmg BBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2OL8S4Ksyg
2020 - 2023
Chairman & Co-Founder
2020 - 2023
Tailwind is a group of founder-led special purpose acquisition companies. Three Tailwind companies were listed on the New York Stock Exchange with a combined market cap of around $1 billion. As Co-Founder & Chairman I served on the public company boards and led fundraises with the world's largest institutional investors, from Fidelity to Blackrock.
2017 - 2022
LP and Venture Partner
2017 - 2022
Investor (LP) alongside 130 unicorn founders in this $300M seed fund. IC member, leading investments in companies including Dadi (acquired by Ro), Block, Summer, Harness Wealth & Kapu.
2017 - 2020
Product Leader & Swing CEO
2017 - 2020
Integrating Swing Technologies into Microsoft, following the exit of Swing to Microsoft. Product leadership across Microsoft's consumer offerings. Launched Teams, which now has 270 million daily users and re-launched Skype ($0.5BN P&L).
2014 - 2020
Co-Founder
2014 - 2020
Swing exited to Microsoft in 2017. It was recognized in the same year by Entrepreneur magazine's Best Companies in America award. Swing was featured by Apple as the top featured product on the App Store, and in Apple retail stores across the world. Swing’s mission was to reimagine the photograph. The Swing app allowed users to create interactive ‘living photos’. The result was a new visual medium to stand alongside photos and videos. Swing pioneered the concept of the living photo, which has since transformed visual communication in products from the iPhone to Instagram. Swing developed a range of imaging technology across software and hardware, with senior employees recruited from Apple, Instagram and beyond. Based in San Francisco and New York, Swing was backed by top tier investors and individuals including Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone.
2013 - 2015
Strategy consultant
2013 - 2015
+ Achieved the firm's top ranking + Promoted to Associate after only 5 months + Part of the team which helped to create London's economic development plan for 2036
2010 - 2012
Strategy consultant
2010 - 2012
Shaping strategy for C-level clients in media, consumer goods, energy and life sciences