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Oliver Bonallack

Venture Analyst | ClimateTech | Renewables | TEDx Speaker | Terra.Do Fellow

Bristol, England

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  • Min Investment:

    $25,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $25,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Work Experience

2024

  • Operations Assistant

    2024

    ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ Shadowing Solderaโ€™s leadership during a successful โ‚ฌ2.5M seed raise and beyondโ€” contributing to market and regulatory research, registry applications & communications, mapping user flows, video editing, written copy & graphic design, and building internal processes in a fast-paced ClimateTech startup within the renewable Guarantees of Origin (GO) ecosystem.

  • Analyst & Platform

    2023

    ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ โžฃ Early-stage category defining B2B SaaS. โžฃ Founder, Investor, or Podcast Speaker? ๐Ÿ“จ oliver@teamignite.ventures โžฃ Investments I led include: - Otis AI (https://meetotis.com): All-in-one digital advertising solution for growing businesses - Rightcharge (https://rightcharge.co.uk/): Effortless EV charging cost management solution - Collectwise (https://collectwise.com/): AI agents and integrated legal for debt collection - Value Buddy (https://hellovaluebuddy.com/): The valuation solution for business loan underwriting Led deal sourcing and syndication efforts, worked with investor relations head on institutional materials, performed investment analysis, and participated in weekly investment committee meetings. Crafted detailed YC fund deal memos. Managed content team while implementing standardized processes and best practices following VCLab Venture Institute structured learning residency. Generated substantial social media growth with thousands of LinkedIn followers and 100k+ views across shorts and posts for Ignite and GP.

  • Venture Institute Residency

    2023 - 2024

    ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ ~10% acceptance, ~10% residency progression

  • Founder, Investor, Operator

    2023

    ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ-๐’๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐ฒ๐ง๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž & ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐Ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง Collective.VC is currently working towards capital deployment and value creation for the benefit of humanity.

  • Outreach Officer & Governance Team Member

    2024

    ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โžฃ Re-elected for 24/25 โžฃ Coinbase 2024 #StandWithCrypto Cohort 3 โžฃ Stellar Ambassadors

  • Founding Committee: Outreach Officer & Governance Team Member

    2023 - 2024

    ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โžฃ $300,000+ peak voting power across Arbitrum, Euler, Optimism, and DYDX (Feb 2024) โžฃ Only non-STEM student in the governance team. โžฃ Hosted Coinbase EMEA directors for 70+ students in 2023 โžฃ Hosted Railgun DAO Privacy Protocol in 2023 & 2024 โžฃ Hosted Internet Computer (ICP) UK Hub in 2024 โžฃ Hosted ReFi (Regenerative Finance) DAO Founder in 2024 โžฃ Invited to and attended Oxford Blockchain Conference 2023 โžฃ Member Society of European Students Blockchain Coalition โžฃ 6th/45th @ IBCOL 2023 with 'CrossVote' โžฃ Written content for socials and email, liaised with different speakers, societies, and schools. โžฃ EasyA App Enjoyer

2024 - 2024

  • Community & Marketing Associate

    2024 - 2024

    ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ Working on Videography, Outreach & Content for ClimateImpactโ€™s โ€˜Growth Retreatโ€™, an event for ClimateTechs raising $50m to $1bn โ€” 25th Nov: See you there!

2024 - 2024

  • Entrepreneur in Residence

    2024 - 2024

    ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญs ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ EIR role under Ash Phillips alongside my studies: Developing/deploying an investment model, supporting Rebel Meetups globally, and working on ways to tackle the status quo using entrepreneurship as a vehicle. Earned hotdesk privileges in perpetuity.

  • Networking

    2022 - 2024

    ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง Bristol-based founder/investor keen to share? Get in touch!

2023 - 2023

  • Carbon Offset Lead (Summer)

    2023 - 2023

    ๐…๐ข๐ง๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ โžฃ Undertook a sponsored CFA climate finance course before leading the offset arm โžฃ Structuring and leading an outreach plan for financial and commercial clients

  • Community Lead

    2023 - 2023

    ๐…๐ข๐ง๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ Stratiphy is a FinTech startup providing personalised quantitative investment strategies and carbon offsetting for retail and corporate investors. โ€ข Learned how to best assist the Stratiphy team as community lead and investor liaison โ€ข Sourced a substantial commitment from a private investor

2023 - 2023

  • Inaugural Cohort

    2023 - 2023

    ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐•๐‚ ๐‚๐จ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ Inaugural Cohort Member - The Venture Institute: The VC Career Launchpad. Successfully completed an intensive 8 week program from Adeo Ressi's VC Lab designed to accelerate an ethical career in venture capital. ~10% acceptance rate, ~10% apprenticeship progression rate.

2022 - 2023

  • Markets & Politics Analyst

    2022 - 2023

    ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ Wrote some articles for this section of Krugman Insights (previously Krugman).