Crowdfunding platform Seedrs has launched the inaugural Seedrs Venture Partner programme, a new curated community for VCs, accelerators, ecosystem builders and serial entrepreneurs.
The community aims to bring together established and emerging investors and influencers in private investing to support one another through global deal flow, mentorship and collaboration to help founders get further ahead.
Its first cohort includes Made.com co-founder Julian Callede, Dan Murray-Serter of Heights.com, and Yang Li, startup growth expert, entrepreneur and former Forbes 30 under 30 participant. The full list is below.
Partners within this carefully curated community share a common mission to build a fairer, equitable and sustainable world. The Seedrs team and its venture partners will regularly share deal flow, including access to global deals through the relationship with US platform Republic. It will also provide the best support and finance for their founders as well as nurture members’ professional development by sharing news, knowledge, experience and wisdom.
“We are creating something special – an active community of experienced investors and operators that will share ideas, opportunities, events and news that will support ambitious startups both inside and outside the Seedrs ecosystem,” said Jeff Kelisky, CEO of Seedrs.
“Furthermore, the programme’s ability to connect members globally through the Seedrs/Republic partnership will open up new and unique funding opportunities in this challenging economic climate.”
Seedrs Venture Partners programme is open to venture capitalists, accelerators, ecosystem builders and founders who are experts, mentors and leaders in their field.
Seedrs is also committed to ensuring underrepresented venture partners play a significant role within the community, in recognition of closing the funding gap for diverse founders and building a more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Applications for cohort 2 are now open.
Cohort 1
Dan Murray-Serter is co-founder of brain care company Heights, host of one of Europe’s top business podcasts Secret Leaders, co-founder & president of the Foundrs Community & an angel investor in over 50 startups.
Yang Li is a startup growth expert, entrepreneur and former Forbes 30 under 30 participant.
Adam Boita has over 20 years UK & global brand marketing experience with strong breadth and depth across disruptor growth brands in green tech, gaming, entertainment, lifestyle, FMCG and not for profit. He has overseen brands including PlayStation, Absolut Vodka, Havana Club, Malibu as well at NCS changing the lives of 16-17 year olds and now most recently tackling the climate crisis at Ecologi.
Susanne Chishti is the CEO of FINTECH Circle – Europe’s first FinTech angel investor network focused on early stage investments across the industry (both B2C and B2B), a FTSE 250 board member and an active FinTech Investor herself. Susanne is also the editor of The FINTECH Book Series published by Wiley.
Steven Rimmer has been involved in a number of insurance startups in the UK and South Africa. He is now a business advisor and holds a number of non-executive positions in start-up and growth companies. He also provides consultancy services across all business sectors, with various advisory board positions as well as mentoring to individuals.
Eduard Steimle is an investor manager at Techstars, leading all fundraising activities for EMEA-based Techstars portfolio companies. Eduard has been an advocate for London Tech Advocates since 2018 as well as a startup advisor, currently helping startups in various industries. He is also an active angel investor and launched his own Angel Syndicate in January 2020 called 6NINE26.
Henrik Wetter Sanchez has been a founder, an angel investor and an investment banker.
Avin Rabheru is an entrepreneur, early-stage investor and non-executive director. He is founder and CEO of Housekeep.com, which became the UK market leader in the £10 billion house and office cleaner market three years after launch.
Georgia Wright launched, scaled & sold quick grocery delivery company Fancy (YC S20) to US unicorn GoPuff. Previously she led corporate development and strategy for the Swarovski family, as well as the World Economic Forum in Davos and established the UK presence for global investment firm, Alignvest.
Courtney Carlsson is the founder & CEO of Paradym, a modern mental health app programme with personalised resilience courses for Gen Zs and Millennials who want to change their lives and find fulfilment. Paradym is a community of over 50k people across 150+ countries.
Jack Tang is a serial entrepreneur (including Urban.co – UK’s leading marketplace for wellness services), advisor and angel investor across various Web2 and Web3 companies.
Hannah Forbes is a crowdfunding expert having completed a PhD in crowdfunding and run over 100 rewards and equity campaigns. She was voted as a Top 100 Women in FinTech, placed on the Innovate UK Finance Powerlist and won a Women in Finance Award in 2021.
Brian Lucksinger is a community builder, diversity advocate, and project management professional.
Julien Callede is the co-founder of Made.com, one of the fastest-growing European startup success stories, which became a unicorn at IPO in 2021. He Splits his time between London, Paris, and Barcelona, working with the executive committees and boards of large corporations willing to challenge their business model.
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