Bio

Significant experience US/Europe as 2x founder, early stage operator, & late stage exec/advisor. Born UK/lived US 20 years (last decade San Francisco) Led investments in 60+ mainly seed stage co's that increased by $10bn+ in aggregate value. Investments incl: Backlotcars-Seed-$425mm Exit, Returnly-Seed-$300mm Exit, Honey-Series A-$4bn Exit, Zume-Seed to $1.8bn, Maven-Seed to $1.35bn, Ouster-Seed-$1.4bn Exit, Zipline-Series B-$2.9bn+, Carta-Series D-$8.5bn. Additional Exits incl: Seed: KIT to Shopify, Podz to Spotify, LeapYear to Snowflake, SigOpt to Intel & Series A: Prodigy to UPST Roles incl: 2012-2020. Sole Venture Partner in Silicon Valley Real Ventures, Canada's leading seed stage/Canadian VC of Year 2015/2016. 200+ investments & $325mm/5 funds/portfolio co's valued $10 billion+, incl: Sonder $2bn+, Blockstream $3.2bn, Clearbanc $2bn, Tenstorrent $1bn CEO/Co-Founder & now Chairman of Pensar-powering future of learning; customers incl NASA. Team/Board include some of the worlds leading Data Science & Education executives/experts Senior Advisor-Cambridge Quantum July 2019-October 2021. From early stage co to merger with Honeywell Quantum to form ''the largest, most advanced standalone quantum computing company in the world'' Advisor- Amity Ventures. Co-conceived Amity Growth Ventures: Investments incl Talkdesk-$10bn, Carta-$7.4bn-(separate from my other Carta investment) & Snyk-$8.5bn. Main/Lead investor in SPV's-Honey (Series A to $4bn Exit to Paypal) & Ouster (Seed to $1.4bn Exit) Director biz dev/top salesperson at leading telco software company (TCS)-from seed stage to $30mm revenue/just prior to $150mm sale Founder/CEO Brandfever: pan-European internet co selling excess inventory of leading sports/fashion brands via flash sales. Built one of leading management teams Europe incl ex President Neiman Marcus & CMO Orange (France Telecom). Raised several million $ debt/equity funding from top tier investors (Incl Chairman TCS/Co-Founder Ticketmaster-see above) Lover of mountains. Lived Jackson-WY-skied ski-mountaineering classics incl Apocalypse Couloir and Sliver Couloir in Tetons Advisory Boards: Actarus- 7+ years-early stage tech/media fund. Portfolio includes: LendingClub (IPO), Indiegogo, AngelList, & DCG Metroleap Media-2+ years-previously world's 3rd largest online music site Scanbuy-6+ years-global leader mobile QR code tech Board of Directors: Slooh-6+ years-Leader in live, celestial event programming using patented imaging tech/remote controlled telescopes Falling Whistles for 3+ years-non-profit campaign for peace in Congo