Bonjour Eurazeo!Venture is a people business, and I’ve loved working with my team at OMERS… but when the chance unexpectedly came to start Eurazeo’s Early…Sep 9, 2021Sep 9, 2021
Published inOMERS VenturesMapping the Future of the Capital Markets tech stackFor the past year, I’ve been spending time in the Fintech Capital Markets space. Capital markets are the oil of modern commerce, with…Nov 30, 20202Nov 30, 20202
Super Cool Online Museum Gift ShopsGiven how much our cultural institutions have been suffering financially over 2020, and how much I *love* a good museum gift shop, I’ve…Nov 14, 2020Nov 14, 2020
Published inOMERS VenturesPrimary Bid: why we’re backing the team on a mission to democratise capital markets access.I’m hugely excited to announce that OMERS Ventures has led an investment in PrimaryBid’s Series B. We couldn’t be more thrilled to support…Oct 26, 2020Oct 26, 2020
Published inOMERS Ventures EuropeMy personal “series A”After nearly 4 amazing years at LocalGlobe, the news is out that I’ve just left to join the newly formed OMERS Ventures Europe, alongside…Mar 25, 2019Mar 25, 2019
Published inLocalGlobe NotesLife insurance with heart — on yulife’s product launch.Life insurance. It’s a huge market — c. £10B of premium spent in the UK annually. It’s also boring, undifferentiated and old fashioned…Nov 9, 20181Nov 9, 20181
Published inLocalGlobe NotesOur investment in ZenCargoWe’re delighted to announce that LocalGlobe have invested in Zencargo’s seed round, completed earlier this year alongside our friends…Sep 25, 2018Sep 25, 2018
Published inLocalGlobe NotesMeet my financial friend — why we invested in AI assistant CleoCleo, the AI banking assistant we first invested in at seed in 2017, has just raised an additional $10m. We couldn’t be more delighted to…Sep 22, 2018Sep 22, 2018
Published inLocalGlobe NotesInsurance 3.0 — our investment in FloodFlashWe first met Adam and Ian, the founders of FloodFlash, via Freddy, the CEO of Cuvva, one of LG’s portfolio companies (our favourite kind of…Aug 1, 2018Aug 1, 2018