Three decades of exposure to European Tech as investment banker, VC and angel investor. All opinions my own.
Joined February 2009
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23 Sep 2020
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...
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22 Sep 2020
Exciting new chapter in the journey... Looking forward to working with old friends and new colleagues @Stifel globenewswire.com/news-relea…
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1 Jun 2020
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.
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1 Jun 2020
Showing my @daphnivc cycling shirt some love. Looking forward to @techbikers next adventure
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25 Apr 2020
Nice @ele_butler
24 Apr 2020
Super excited to announce our investment in @libeo_io, and to work alongside @PierreDutaret @Jeremy_Att @paglandier and the great @localglobevc team @georgehdf
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4 Apr 2020
Big house,big garden, staff...?
3 Apr 2020
Things that don’t matter right now:
- Clothes
- Shoes
- Watches
- Jewelry
- Cars
What’s the new status symbol during a lockdown?
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3 Apr 2020
3 Apr 2020
📣Draper Esprit is pleased to announce @NikkiMcClaff & @vinothj as our newest additions to Partnership Team.🎉Read more here: bit.ly/2R8hPhX
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2 Mar 2020
Looks easy, 40% YOY for 10 years. But it’s very hard...
29 Feb 2020
Imagine you are only growing 40% a year at $10m ARR
That's not great
But if you just go heads down, and keep it up:
2020: $10m
2021: $14m
2022: $20m
2023: $28m
2024: $38m
2025: $53m
2026: $75m
2027: $105m
2028: $148m
2029: $206m
2030: $290m
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2 Mar 2020
Mate, if you’re struggling with hair ties, you have a long way to go...😀
26 Feb 2020
Fathers who have daughters,
We are all in agreement that hair ties are impossible to put in and get out of their hair, correct?
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2 Mar 2020
Love the question...
27 Feb 2020
Crucial question...after the zombie apocalypse, which would you sooner have - electric car or fossil fuel?
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2 Mar 2020
Draper Esprit leads Thought Machine’s $80m B round. Congrats to early investors @IQcap on the exciting journey so far.
2 Mar 2020
Thought Machine nabs $83M for a cloud-based platform that powers banking services tcrn.ch/2IajKgX by @ingridlunden
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15 Feb 2020
One for the road - some of the @EdenVentures team back in action two weeks ago in Sainte Foy
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15 Feb 2020
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!
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Ben Tompkins retweeted
13 Feb 2020
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.
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15 Feb 2020
Congrats to our portfolio company @Pod_Point for getting the deal with EDF done - very topical just now!
13 Feb 2020
*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
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Ben Tompkins retweeted
17 Jan 2020
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-…
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Ben Tompkins retweeted
18 Jan 2020
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…
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30 Jan 2020
Just saw this. Congrats @IggyBassi. Great to see you getting funded from our partner fund @FuturePositive_
2 Nov 2019
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
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28 Jan 2020
I went to school with Kevin Shields. We used to walk home together and he would tell me that he was going to be a rockstar when he grew up. Never, ever laugh when someone tells you that. Someone is going to be.
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