Experience

dara5

• United Kingdom
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investment Principal

  • Dec 2021 - Present

  Investment Principal for an international Multi-Family Office, with a core focus on US and European Venture Capital investments: 👉 Funds as an LP (Pre-Seed to Series A) 👉 Companies (Series B to Pre-IPO) Sectors of interest: FinTech, PropTech, Healthcare, SaaS, Climate, Marketplaces Lead the deal origination and due diligence on all investments. Investment Principal for an international Multi-Family Office, with a core focus on US and European Venture Capital investments: 👉 Funds as an LP (Pre-Seed to Series A) 👉 Companies (Series B to Pre-IPO) Sectors of interest: FinTech, PropTech, Healthcare, SaaS, Climate, Marketplaces Lead the deal origination and due diligence on all investments.



Tech Nation

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisor

  • Jul 2022 - Feb 2023

  Advisor to Upscale Tech Nation programmes. Selecting and working with the best UK Series A and beyond companies. Over 6-months, 30 founders and senior leadership teams receive over 60 hours of support, delivered by over 20 scale coaches Advisor to Upscale Tech Nation programmes. Selecting and working with the best UK Series A and beyond companies. Over 6-months, 30 founders and senior leadership teams receive over 60 hours of support, delivered by over 20 scale coaches



PwC

• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Investment Manager

  • Oct 2019 - Dec 2021

  Partnered with 10+ start-ups on their Series A and Series B fundraising strategies in sectors including Enterprise SaaS, FinTech and AI.Head of Deal Origination overseeing a team to review 3,000 start-ups a year.Wrote pitch decks and built financial models for start-ups with B2B and B2B2C business models; led discovery workshops with start-ups on market sizing, investor metrics and valuation techniques.Supported start-ups to analyse and negotiate term sheets in markets such as AI (B2B) and Impact (B2B2C).Founded and led a programme between PwC and Cambridge University to provide students with the skills required to become a VC analyst. Show less

• Head of Startup Accelerator

  • Jul 2018 - Sep 2019

  Signed and partnered with a B2B Enterprise SaaS start-up portfolio to support commercial scale; increased portfolios' pipeline and revenues through c.500 requested partnership meetings.Led discovery workshops with start-ups, including topics on sales and marketing techniques, go-to-market strategies and institutional fundraising; the portfolio raised over $60m in funding from VCs and other institutional investors.Presented portfolios at pitch events to audiences of 100+ C-suite level executives. Show less

• Associate

  • Jan 2015 - Jul 2018

  ACA Qualified Chartered Accountant (First time passes) with three years of audit experience focused in the Private Business market, working with fast growth companies in the Technology, Automotive and Enterprise sectors.Delivered Audit Committee reports and proposals. Time also included work in the Non-Profit sector and exposure to US GAAP reporting clients.Flying Start Champion for PwC in the South East.