What I do now?
- VC: I’m a Partner at Lunar Ventures, a €80m early stage deep tech fund. We've invested first ticket into Zama (FHE), ElectricSQL (localfirst), deepset (enterprise AI), semiqon (quantum computing), DeepOpinion (agentic AI)
- Write: I write State of the Future, a popular investing newsletter with 2950+ subscribers covering emerging technology inc. fusion, crypto, quantum, SMRs, FHE +more.
- Angel: I angel invest in compute startups most notably:
What did I do before?
- 2021-2020: Fellowship Lead, RadicalXchange, I created a fellowship program to accelerate the creation of digital public goods. Mentors inc. Vitalik Buterin, Glen Weyl, and Audrey Tang.
- 2016-2021: Founding Partner and Head of Research, Outlier Ventures, a crypto fund and accelerator. I defined the investment thesis: "Blockchain-enabled Convergence" identifying opportunities at the intersections of IoT, blockchains and AI in 2016. “Fund I” made 10 investments including:
- IOTA, 2017, pre-seed, machine payments
- Ocean Protocol, 2018, pre-seed, data marketplace for AI
- Fetch.ai, 2018, pre-seed, crypto-based AI framework
- Brave, 2019, seed, privacy browser
- Biconomy, 2020, chain abstraction
- 2013-2016: Researcher & Strategy Consultant at Frost & Sullivan. Worked on a horizon scanning methodology to inform technology roadmaps for Intel, ARM and Huawei.
- I worked with Intel Labs in 2014 on an alternative to “proof-of-work” hardware which subsequently became SawTooth Lake.
What other stuff have I done?
- Board Roles:
- Policy:
- OECD, Blockchain Advisory Panel (2021)
- UK National Data Strategy (2020)
- WEF, Central Bank Digital Currency (2020)
- FCA, UK Crypto Asset Task Force (2018)
- Fellowships: Royal Society of Arts (RSA), a global network of change-makers enabling people, places and the planet to flourish in harmony.
- Mentor: Foresight Institute, Advancing technology for the long-term benefit of life.