The firm prefers to invest in software, mobile, internet of things, technology, and telecommunications sectors in europe. In this special minipodcast, andy chats with eileen burbidge mbe, founding partner of passion capital. Passion capital was a workplace book club recommendation. Eileen is also an occasional angel investor in usbased companies including mattermark and wickr. What have leaders learned about themselves in 2018.
Eileen burbidge, the treasurys special envoy for financial technology, and a partner at passion capital, which funds tech startups, said she had had two rounds of ivf in the past year. Eileen burbidge keynote speaker london speaker bureau. Board of directors digital risk management digital shadows. Eileen burbidge speakers bureau and booking agent info. Vinaya gets investment from carmen busquets in seed round. London and new york alternate in terms of being the financial services capital of the world. The end of my vc career stefan glaenzer quits passion capital. Founded in 2011, passion capital is a venture capital firm based in london, united kingdom. Passion capital is a revolutionary asset that will completely change your idea of how to build longterm success for your career, company, or cause. Passion capital goodreads meet your next favorite book. Want to book eileen burbidge as a keynote speaker for your next event. Motheroffive is trying to have more children through ivf.
A plain english term sheet from a venture capitalist. Dubbed queen of the british vcs by fortune magazine, burbidge is a partner at passion capital, a londonbased venture firm that has. Marissa mayer, meg whitman, sheryl sandberg, ursula burns. How did an american, eileen burbidge, become queen of british. She is also the chair of tech nation, the british governmentbacked organisation. Ask leaders in any country this essential question. Eileen burbidge, mbe, partner, passion capital and chair, tech city uk, 45. It received the financial conduct authoritys permission to provide financial products and services in february. Having invested in more than 60 businesses in the past few years, my partners and i at passion capital know setting up and managing business banking efficiently is. In 2011, as a founding partner of passion capital, eileen burbidge was part of the team that built the preeminent earlystage technology venture fund based in london. While we occasionally hold open office hours at our office.
A pipeline audit can surface trends and reveals gaps that help leaders make informed process decisions. London is the financial services capital of the world. The uk technology industry has plenty of women in leading roles. Since 2011 weve funded 74 earlystage tech startups, backing over 100 founders who have grown their teams to include over team members. Eileen burbidge has been an american in london for a long time. Eileen burbidge is a partner at passion capital, the earlystage technology venture capital investment firm based in london. Information on investments, active portfolio, exits, fund performance, dry powder, team and coinvestors for passion capital. She is also the chair of tech nation, the british governmentbacked organisation supporting the. Founder of a company eileen burbidge invested in is the woman in london, runs a vc, knows startups like the back of her hand steve karmeinsky city meets tech. In a fascinating chat, eileen gives her views on london overtaking new york in fintech funding, is brexit impacting fintech funding in the uk, and her highlight of the year so far maybe. The firm prefers to invest in software, mobile, internet of things, technology, and. Eileen has a strong technology background and is a leader in the development of the uks increasingly renowned fintech industry. Uk challenger promises changing tides for small business.
Burbidge is a partner at the european venture capital firm passion capital, which has funded 65 tech startups since its inception in 2011. Eileen burbidge, a partner at passion capital, has been appointed the chair of tech city uk, the organisation looking after the uks tech industry and helping it develop having recently been appointed fintech envoy to the government, burbidge has taken up this new post chairing. This woman investor is, according to forbes, one of londons most influential venture capitalists. Eileen burbidge mbe born 1971 is an american venture capitalist resident in london and a founding partner of passion capital, an earlystage venture capital firm that has invested in the likes of monzo, go cardless and lulu, a private social network for single women.
At passion, she acts as board director for monzo bank, digital shadows, focal point positioning, prowler. Burbidge is also the chair of tech nation, a uk network for tech entrepreneurs. Monzo investor eileen burbidge steps down as as chair of digital. Eileen burbidge is partner at passion capital, the leading earlystage technology venture capital investment firm in europe, based in london.
Motheroffive eileen burbidge, 47, a technology entrepreneur and treasury advisor, who lives in london, had her first child at 35, and had three sons and. Dan kieran from unbound kicked off the questions by praising the entrepreneurs for their courage, a sentiment echoed by fellow judges eileen burbidge from passion capital and hannah telfer from. For more insight into our first 4 years check out our infographic. She has previously held product leadership roles at yahoo. Eileen burbidge mbe knows a thing or two about pitches. Flattr is a micropayment and microdonation system that enables its users to financially support their favorite content creators. She brings extensive operational experience to her investment activities gleaned from business and product roles at. Techcrunch interviews eileen burbidge, partner at london vc firm passion capital, where we discuss her early days working at skype and apple, the types of.
In 2011, as a founding partner of passion capital, eileen burbidge was part of the. The uks top 100 black and minority ethnic leaders in. Burbidge with fellow passion capital partners stefan glaenzer left and robert dighero. Users of flattr are able to pay a small amount every month and click flattr buttons on sites to share the money they paid among those sites. He cofounded the londonbased earlystage firm seven years ago with partners eileen burbidge and robert dighero.
Passion capital has backed this cybersecurity business, an area that burbidge highlights for its vast opportunities given online attacks on businesses, such as ashley madison and. Eileen burbidge is a partner at prominent seedstage venture fund passion capital, which she established alongside stefan glaenzer and robert dighero. Eileen cofounded passion capital in 2011 where she is a partner and represents as nonexecutiveinvestor director at monzo bank along with several other passion capital portfolio companies. Eileen burbidge mbe is a partner at passion capital and serves as nonexecutive director to some of its portfolio companies including monzo bank. As the title infers, this is a book which identifies passion in individuals and organizations as a key ingredient for success. Eileen burbidge is a partner at passion capital, the leading early stage venture capital fund in london. Eileen burbidge keynote speakers bureau and speaking fee. Burbidge, a partner at prominent seedstage venture fund passion capital, said the technology involved in the bookmaking process was subtle, but far from trivial. Passion capital, a londonbased firm, has always had downloadable term sheets available on its site but today its doing away with all of the confusing terminology. One of londons bestknown earlystage technology investors, burbidge was in 2015 appointed special envoy for fintech by uk chancellor of the exchequer george osborne to champion the. Tide was founded by george bevis, who previously worked as a banker.
Its still a male dominated arena, of course, so weve. Partner at passion capital eileen burbidge during techcrunch disrupt. The seed round, led by passion capital, includes carmen busquets as an investor. Burbidge has met me in a glasswalled meeting room at white bear yard, the clerkenwell coworking space where her company passion capital is. Dubbed queen of the british vcs by fortune magazine, burbidge is a partner at passion capital, a londonbased venture firm that has invested in more than 70 earlystage startups since it was founded in 2011. The time zone in london means you can conduct a financial services transaction and settle within the same business day as in asia and america. Eileen burbidge, founding partner at passion capital and chair of lobby group tech nation, gave up her role at tide following a funding round. This is the first time the ft and inclusive boards, a recruitment agency that helps organisations to diversify, have published a top 100 list of. Passion capitals eileen burbidge succeeds baroness. Eileen burbidge biography eileen burbidge is partner at passion capital, the leading earlystage technology venture capital investment firm in europe, based in london.
Eileen burbidge, partner at passion capital, said it was no surprise to see london and britain leading the pack because it has both the talent and investor capital needed. American venture capitalist eileen burbidge is a founding partner at passion capital. Eileen burbidge, mother of five, turns to ivf to increase. London was top destination for tech funding in 2017. He was joined by the uk government advisor, venture capitalist and founder of passion capital, eileen burbidge, who became the chairman of tide. The firm prefers to make minority seed, earlystage, and laterstage investments. Passion capital partner eileen burbidge discusses driverless cars, amazons prime day and apple pay in a tech roundup with manus cranny on the pulse. Venture capitalist eileen burbidge is one of three founding partners. She brings extensive operational experience to her investment activities gleaned from business and product roles at yahoo. Passion capitals cofounder explains her maverick approach, declaring she. Eileen burbidge mbe born 1971 is an american venture capitalist resident in london and a founding partner of passion capital, an earlystage venture capital.
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