Fuel Ventures is created by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs
Our team is composed of passionate and driven entrepreneurs and operators who understand the challenges and rewards of building a successful business, having experienced this world firsthand ourselves. We pride ourselves on our unwavering commitment to partnering with fellow entrepreneurs, providing not only the necessary capital but also invaluable guidance, resources, and mentorship.
Our diverse backgrounds, industry expertise, and hands-on approach enable us to offer unique insights and tailored support to help propel our portfolio companies towards exceptional growth. As a team that thrives on innovation and collaboration, we are dedicated to fueling the success of the next generation of game-changing businesses.
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Mark is an award winning digital entrepreneur having achieved multiple successful exits over the last decade. Mark takes an active role in mentoring the Fund's portfolio of companies.
Mark
Pearson
Michael has a background in early stage technology investing, along with managing international investor relationships. He heads up the Business Development team and sources new investment opportunities, also supporting portfolio companies with growth plans including follow on investment. He also sits on the investment committee and helps make investment decisions.
Michael
Burnett
Jing has extensive experience working with international investors and key Asian markets. Jing manages relationships with Chinese investors and Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa clients.
Jing Jing
Xu
Stan has +9yrs experience investing in early-stage technology companies and helping them scale to exit. He helps to find new investment opportunities for the fund and manages key relationships with investors.
Stan
Williams
Shiv leads investments from our Scale Up and Follow-On Funds. He works closely with our portfolio companies and sits on a number of boards. Previously, Shiv worked with a recruitment tech start-up in India before working in Wealth Management.
Shiv
Patel
Oli has spent several years working for startup companies and as an Analyst with an early stage venture fund and Angel investors. His focus is on sourcing new opportunities for Fuel and working with the existing portfolio.
Oliver
Hammond
Christina has +13 years' experience working in C-Level offices across Australia and Europe. She supports with new and existing companies in the portfolio, heads the Operations such as Marketing and Talent, as well as various general matters across all functions of Fuel Ventures.
Christina
Levada
Qasim has 9+ years of experience in Private Banking, managing the wealth of Ultra High Net Worth individuals and their families. He holds the Private Client Investment Advice & Management (PCIAM) qualification and is responsible for managing investor relations and supporting portfolio companies with growth capital.
Qasim
Mahmood
Alex has recently returned to London after a tour of over 25 years in New York, where he helped run the investment bank at Credit Suisse, been a senior private banker at J.P. Morgan, and had run equities for both HSBC and ABN AMRO, as well as being an MD in global equities at UBS.
Alex Shepard
Henry spent four years at another established VC fund where he led the fundraising and investor relations function, successfully raising institutional capital from the likes of APG and Schroders. At Fuel, Henry raises capital for Fuel's core funds and SPVs.
Henry Martin
James has gained a wealth of experience across diverse sectors of financial services over the past 15 years; including banking, pensions & venture capital. At Fuel, James leads the IFA/Strategic Partners distribution team.
James
D’Mello
Having completed the EIS Diploma in 2017, Katie’s recent focus has been in Tax Efficient Investments both at Platforms and Funds. Katie’s role within the IFA distribution team involves managing relationships with IFAs, wealth managers and financial institutions.
Katie
Hopkin
Mahesh has extensive venture investment experience with a particular focus on SaaS and Fintech businesses. Complimenting his early-stage experience he has also held investment banking and corporate finance role at organisations like UBS.
Mahesh Santiapilla
James’ focus at Fuel Ventures is on fundraising and investor relations, supporting the portfolio companies with growth capital from the likes of VCs and Family Offices, and earlier-stage funding from UHNW and Angels.
James
Steel
Katie holds a degree in International Politics and Italian from Georgetown University. Previously, Katie worked with startups in the venture debt space. Her focus at Fuel is on sourcing new investment opportunities and on deal execution.
Katie
Mathias
Hector’s primary focus is to raise capital for our core funds as well as managing relationships with existing fund investors. Hector is also involved in supporting Fuel’s portfolio companies with raising future funding rounds.
Hector
Hunt
Jonny began his career recruiting in the Financial Services sector before moving in-house to scale early stage start-ups. His role at Fuel is to work with the portfolio to source & hire the best talent whilst also helping to establish a successful people function & strategy.
Jonny
Thoroughgood
Pierce leverages his experience in venture capital, angel investing and legal roles. With a background in sourcing and executing deals from pre-seed to Series A stages, he's supported funds across multiple tech sectors. Combining a strong foundation in law and business with a proven ability to build meaningful relationships with founders and investors.