Invests in
Locations:
Min Investment:
$100,000.00Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00
Skills
Lists including Lian
Investments
Work Experience
2019
Angel Investor
2019
Investing in deeptech, climate & impact startups across the UK, US and Europe. 25+ investments to date including: Revela (Acquired), Oddity (IPO), Shift, Vitro Labs, One-Five, Cocoli, Harmony, Bright Biotech, Jude, Bitzero, HackCapital, Honest Mobile, VoltQuant, Wonder
2022
Board Member
2022
FlexSea is a sustainable-packaging company aiming to replace traditional petroleum plastic film with an innovative natural material derived from seaweed. The transparent, resistant material is degradable in marine, soil and home-composting environments and is also 100% edible.
2019
Angel Investor
2019
Alma is an angel community in support of female founders. We aim to encourage and educate more to angel invest into women owned businesses. The community is only for angels and those wishing to learn about angel investing.
2023 - 2024
Founder and Managing Partner
2023 - 2024
Global venture capital fund focused on early-stage ocean / blue-economy deeptech companies. Investment verticals: Plastic alternatives, blue food, maritime tech & robotics, ocean & off-shore energy.
2022 - 2024
Investment Director & Partner
2022 - 2024
Vala is a UK VC backing the best entrepreneurs as they build new ventures. We support startups and high growth companies led by teams that have the potential to positively change the world. We invest in startups with purpose that solve big problems around planetary health, sustainability and social goods. 15 fund investments include: Oxwash, Qflow, Flexsea, MakeMyHouseGreen (Switchd), Mondra, HonuWorx, Rad Propulsion, Sust Global, Pipeline Organics, Sennen (Acquired).
Industry Development Committee Member
2022 - 2024
The UKSIF is the membership network for sustainable and responsible financial services, which promotes responsible investment and other forms of finance that support sustainable economic development, enhance quality of life and safeguard the environment.
2021 - 2024
Venture Partner
2021 - 2024
Conscience is an early-stage deeptech fund pioneering the intersection of consumer and science. We invest into pre-seed and seed stage start-ups embracing deep tech and data.
2021 - 2023
Mentor
2021 - 2023
Mentor on the Virgin StartUp Programme; a not-for-profit organisation that helps entrepreneurs in England and Scotland start, fund and scale their businesses.
2019 - 2021
Capital Advisor
2019 - 2021
Antler selects the most passionate aspiring entrepreneurs, helps them find the right co-founder and connects them to a network of fitting business and academic domain experts worldwide. Antler provides funding from day one to support founders building businesses they will own and run, and that can positively impact local, national and global economies.
2019 - 2020
Mentor
2019 - 2020
Mentor during the Corporate Innovation Workshop - in collaboration with Equinor. Mentor during the Covid-19 Innovation Bootcamp – mentored some of the top 20 winners of the Global Online Startup Weekend: United to Fight Covid