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Vidu Shanmugarajah

Partner at GV (Google Ventures)

London, England

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000,000.00

Skills

Venture Capital
Capital Raising
Deal Execution
Private Equity
Strategy

Education

  • Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

    London School of Economics and Political Science

    (2005 - 2008)

  • King Edwards School, Birmingham

Work Experience

2015

  • Partner

    2015

    Partner @ GV (formerly Google Ventures), based in London. Portfolio companies: Kobalt, OSI, Wonderbly, Spybiotech, Vaccitech, Resolution Games, Currencycloud, Scandit, Evox, Owkin, Smol, nPlan, Synthesia, OMass, Rooser, deepset, Push Security, Context, Lawhive

2014 - 2015

  • Technology Investor

    2014 - 2015

    Growth equity investments with focus on B2B software, data and online businesses.

ConnexLaw

2013 - 2015

  • Founder

    2013 - 2015

    ConnexLaw was an online platform allowing businesses to source legal services more efficiently.

2010 - 2013

  • Associate (Corporate - Financial Sponsors)

    2010 - 2013

    Part of the team dealing with M&A and restructuring mandates for venture capital, private equity and distressed debt fund clients.

2011 - 2012

  • Secondment

    2011 - 2012

    Worked alongside Renewable Energy, Technology and Services investment teams.

Royal Bank of Scotland (Non Core/Asset Protection Scheme)

2010 - 2011

  • Secondment

    2010 - 2011

    Seconded to RBS whilst part of the Structured Finance team at Linklaters to work on structured product unwinds and distressed asset sales in conjunction with the UK Government Asset Protection Scheme.

2007 - 2007

  • Internship

    2007 - 2007

    Completed internship rotating through the capital markets and corporate teams, leading to an offer of a training contract at the firm.