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Work Experience
Principal
2024
Founded in 1997, Earlybird invests at pre-seed to Series A across Europe. Earlybird is among Europe’s most established and active venture capital firms.
Investor
2022 - 2024
2025
Investor and Board Observer
2025
Unified Gateway for Speech AI Pre-Seed Lead
2025
Investor and Board Observer
2025
3D Foundation Model Seed Lead
ML
2023
Investor
2023
Stablecoin Infrastructure Series B co-led by Ribbit and Polychain
2024
Investor
2024
AI Agents for Accounting Seed Lead Investor
2024
Investor
2024
AI-driven IP Protection Seed Lead
2022
Board Observer
2022
Synthetic Data
2022 - 2025
Investor and Board Observer
2022 - 2025
Treasury Management Software
C
2023 - 2024
Board Observer (Acquired by Sana AI)
2023 - 2024
AI for Sales
E
2022 - 2024
London Chapter Lead
2022 - 2024
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Substack•Sep. 2024
Notion's Journey From PLG To The Enterprise: Robbie O'Connor
Notion's enterprise strategy
PLG (Product-Led Growth)
enterprise software market
community and ambassador programs
enterprise features and security
Substack•Sep. 2024
The Untapped B2B SaaS GTM Channel: User-Led Growth
B2B user referrals
SaaS Go-To-Market Strategies
Product-Led Growth
Sales-Led Growth
Marketing-Led Growth
Substack•Sep. 2024
BizOps As The Connective Tissue In Startups: Bryan Chung
BizOps
early-stage startups
software and company building strategy
Figma's international expansion
strategic planning
Substack•Sep. 2024
Hiring Your First Sales Person: James Allgrove
sales hiring strategy
founder-led sales transition
first sales hire timing
ideal customer profile (ICP)
sales process understanding
Substack•Sep. 2024
Multi-Product In Pictures
multi-product strategy
software companies
company building strategy
AI impact on software
public market readiness
Substack•Aug. 2024
Design Partnership Masterclass: James Allgrove
early stage B2B SaaS companies
design partnerships
product market fit
go to market strategy
design partner agreements
Substack•Aug. 2024
Open Questions About AI
LLM OS War
AI inference clouds
Fine-tuning-as-a-service
LLM observability
Hardware optimization for LLM training
Substack•Aug. 2024
AI-Driven Software Upgrade Cycles
Early stage venture capital
SaaS market trends
AI/ML in software industry
Software upgrade cycles
AI applications
Substack•Jun. 2024
The Future Of Application Software
AI in enterprise software
software transformation
database and application merging
cloud software disruption
AI-native application development
Substack•May 2024
The RAG Stack: Featuring Knowledge Graphs
early-stage investment
software strategy
RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation)
enterprise AI
knowledge graphs
Substack•Aug. 2023
A guide to embedded payments with Max Lehmann, Senior Vice President @ Nium & Scout @ a16z
embedded finance
financial services in SaaS
payments industry trends
fintech platforms
software platforms
Substack•Aug. 2023
The perils of customer selection
fintech infrastructure
customer selection
go-to-market strategies
software and fintech trends
design partners
Substack•Jul. 2023
Bob Noyce's Penetration Pricing As A Market-Creating Innovation: App & Infrastructure Cycles
Substack•Jul. 2023
Displacing Systems Of Record: Systems Of Action As A Wedge To Integrate And Surround
Substack•Jul. 2023
Reflections On The European Payments Landscape
Regulation-driven innovation
European fintech landscape
Payment Services Directive (PSD)
Electronic Money Directive
Open Banking
Substack•May 2023
Second-order effects of AI in Vertical SaaS
Vertical SaaS companies
exit timelines
winner-takes-most dynamics
AI in Vertical SaaS
moat-trajectories in AI
Substack•May 2023
First Principles Of Product In The AI Age
skeuomorphism
AI revolution
value capture in AI
AI enhancements in software
demand-side economies of scale
Substack•Feb. 2023
Professional services beget high quality enterprise software revenues
enterprise sales
Customer Success
professional services
software retention
PLG (Product-Led Growth) strategy
Substack•Feb. 2023
Segmentation and ICP: Merits of Focus
Missives newsletter
early stage founders
product roadmap prioritization
customer segmentation
Ideal Customer Profile (ICP)
Substack•Jan. 2023
Investing in Partnerships: Distribution Capex
software purchasing trends
partner influence on buyers
SMB software purchasing
Bill.com's partner network
partnerships for growth
Substack•Jan. 2023
Revenue Quality: Product Suites in Fintech
Fintech market correction
Transactional business models
SaaS companies
Revenue diversification
Product portfolio strategy