Three decades of exposure to European Tech as investment banker, VC and angel investor. All opinions my own.
London, UK
Joined February 2009
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So investment banking is much changed since I was last here. Firstly, Compliance has all the nice offices. My corner office on 57th floor, 270 Park Ave (aged 27) is a long time ago... – at Camden Town, London
Exciting new chapter in the journey... Looking forward to working with old friends and new colleagues @Stifel globenewswire.com/news-relea… – at Islington, London
Congrats to @HummingbirdVC @barendvandenb and @EarlybirdVC on an awesome result with Peak Games. Thrilled to have been a small part of the journey with you. – at Chalfont Saint Giles, South East
Showing my @daphnivc cycling shirt some love. Looking forward to @techbikers next adventure
Nice @ele_butler – at Chalfont Saint Giles, South East
Super excited to announce our investment in @libeo_io, and to work alongside @PierreDutaret @Jeremy_Att @paglandier and the great @localglobevc team @georgehdf
Congrats to @NikkiMcClaff and @vinothj for making Partner @DraperEsprit Now the fun begins 😉 – at Chalfont Saint Giles, South East
📣Draper Esprit is pleased to announce @NikkiMcClaff & @vinothj as our newest additions to Partnership Team.🎉Read more here: bit.ly/2R8hPhX
Looks easy, 40% YOY for 10 years. But it’s very hard... – at City of London, London
Draper Esprit leads Thought Machine’s $80m B round. Congrats to early investors @IQcap on the exciting journey so far. – at London, England
Thought Machine nabs $83M for a cloud-based platform that powers banking services tcrn.ch/2IajKgX by @ingridlunden
One for the road - some of the @EdenVentures team back in action two weeks ago in Sainte Foy – at Thal, Schweiz
Great to finally be an investor in @aiven_io alongside @EarlybirdVC. We saw this deal at the A round and should have done it then! – at Kloten, Schweiz
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Today's acquisition of @Pod_Point shows EDF's commitment to investing in #electricvehicles. Read more here: bit.ly/2UP5BgP Generation electric - everyone's welcome.
Congrats to our portfolio company @Pod_Point for getting the deal with EDF done - very topical just now! – at Kloten, Schweiz
*Announcement* EDF has acquired a majority stake in Pod Point, as part of a newly-formed joint venture with L&G Capital.⚡
Full details over on the blog: bit.ly/38qV6En
Ben Tompkins retweeted
Great piece by @robinklein at @localglobevc with advice to founders about the importance of cashflow:
"Having invested in more than 200 startups in the last 20 years, I can talk about why companies fail. Businesses fail because they run out of cash."
sifted.eu/articles/cashflow-…
Ben Tompkins retweeted
Crazy stat! “In 1990 a generation of baby-boomers, with a median age of 35, owned a third of America’s real estate by value. In 2019 a similarly sized cohort of millennials, aged 31, owned just 4%” economist.com/leaders/2020/0…
Just saw this. Congrats @IggyBassi. Great to see you getting funded from our partner fund @FuturePositive_ – at Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise, France
Thrilled to partner with the 🧠 @Iggybassy, Ben Calderhead and the @CervestEarth team. Their Earth Science AI platform forecasts how climatic events impact businesses, in real time, globally- years in advance.
I'll be joining the board with George Coelho
bit.ly/2WHNxnK
