Leo Chandler
VC Impact Investor @ Nesta
London, England
Invests in
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Min Investment:
$250,000.00Max Investment:
$1,000,000.00Target Investment:
$500,000.00
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Work Experience
2019
Associate Director
2024
Investment Manager
2022 - 2024
Investment Associate
2019 - 2022
Early stage investor at Nesta, the global innovation foundation - investing in Seed/Series A ventures in Climate Tech/Sustainability, Education, Health, Healthy Ageing, Government Innovation/Tech, the Future of Work and FinTech for Good.
2023
Observer
2023
2022
Board Observer
2022
AirEx is a London based climate tech company with the mission to tackle fuel poverty and climate change. AirEx has developed the world's first smart air brick solution that helps householders reduce the homes' heating energy bills without compromising air quality.
Director
2022
Investor & Board Observer
2019 - 2023
TheTalentPeople is an organisation that helps connect the next generation of talent with employers and educators. They operate the UK's #1 Talent website - GetMyFirstJob.co.uk - as well as providing award winning Applicant Tracking System and media services to organisations engaged in the Emerging Talent agenda. They now have over 420,000 candidates working with more than 100 of the largest and best known training providers, employers, Universities and Colleges in the UK from areas as diverse as engineering to accountancy and IT to animal care. As a result of their efforts, over 1,000,000 people were better informed about the options open to them, and over 35,000 started their careers through opportunities their platforms had managed.
2019
Member Board of Trustees
2019
2023 - 2023
Venture Fellow | IndieBio
2023 - 2023
Completed a Secondment from Nesta to work with SOSV's IndieBio team in New York. IndieBio is the world's leading startup development program for life science and biotech companies with solutions for Human & Planetary Health. SOSV/IndieBio is one of the most active pre-seed/seed stage deep tech investors.
2022 - 2023
Ambassador
2022 - 2023
Fellow
2020 - 2023
Founded in 1754 by William Shipley, the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) is a London-based, British organisation committed to finding practical solutions to social challenges. The RSA Fellowship is a global community of 30,000 proactive problem solvers who share the RSA's vision and values. Fellows work together to share ideas, build networks and create opportunities for people to collaborate, influence and demonstrate practical solutions to resolve the challenges of our time.
2021 - 2022
Fellow
2021 - 2022
2019 - 2022
Head of VC Strategy
2019 - 2022
Global-Shaper powered impact investor newsletter, featuring startups, connecting investors with startups with an impact. I am working to maximise the value of the network to better support the startups coming through the platform.