Awards & Recognition
★MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) 2021 for services to British Technology Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
★Forbes Midas List for Europe 2017, 2018, 2019
★Forbes Midas List #89 (2024) and Midas Seed List #11 (2024)
★Financial Times #1 most influential BAME tech leader (2019)
★Seedcamp named Firm of the Year at European VC Awards 2024
Notable Facts
→Co-founded Seedcamp in 2007, Europe's first seed fund
→Invested in 500+ companies including unicorns Wise, Revolut, UiPath, Synthesia
→Sits on UK Digital Economy Council providing policy advice to government
→Engineering and Business degrees from University of Pennsylvania, MBA from INSEAD
→Previously worked at Vodafone, 3i, and MakeMyTrip in early days
→Regular speaker at major conferences including Web Summit, SXSW London, Viva Technology
→Has 22.6K Twitter followers
→Lives in Miami with office in London