Meet 4 new AlbionVC homegrown Partners
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At AlbionVC we support visionary founders with long-term capital and know-how. Our value creation is rooted in our thematic approach, focus on human connection and a driven and united team.
Today, with great pleasure we announce multiple team promotions including four new homegrown Partners – Adam Chirkowski, Cat McDonald, Nadine Torbey and Paul Lehair.
Since joining AlbionVC, they’ve backed and supported multiple founders and their teams, led investments in category leading companies across SaaS, Fintech, Deeptech and ClimateTech. They’ve played pivotal roles in notable VC exits including Credit Kudos acquisition by Apple, and most recently Egress’s acquisition by KnowBe4.
These promotions reflect the team’s extensive experience and consistently strong performance and reinforce AlbionVC’s commitment to back UK’s most ambitious founders aspiring for global leadership.
Will Fraser-Allen, Managing Partner at AlbionVC, said: “We are delighted to celebrate the progress and achievements of such an incredible group of individuals. As it heads towards its 30th year, AlbionVC is going from strength to strength, and these promotions will further support our next phase of growth.”
Adam joined AlbionVC in 2013, having started his career at Rothschild. He leads our ClimateTech investing and has backed sector pioneers such as Gridcog, Mondra, and Tem.
Having started her career at Goldman Sachs, Cat joined in 2018. She is a generalist investor who focuses on supporting founders with a vision to solve core societal issues and has participated in notable exited investments including Egress and Ophelos.
Following years as an investor in one of the Middle East’s first VC funds, Nadine joined AlbionVC in 2018. Today Nadine specialises in Deeptech, AI and B2B software and has led investments in Perchpeek, Seldon and 5Mins.
Paul joined the team in 2019, having served as CFO of one of London’s most loved commuter apps Citymapper. He has invested in notable high-growth companies, including Gravitee.io and Treefera. He was also part of the AlbionVC team that supported Credit Kudos prior to their acquisition by Apple.
Ed Lascelles, Partner at AlbionVC added: “At AlbionVC we pride ourselves on having both deep domain expertise and the know-how to support founders in their scale up journeys. These promotions expand and celebrate that expertise across high growth areas from ClimateTech to AI.”
The news comes alongside the promotion of Molly Gilmartin to Investment Director, and Kibriya Rahman and Valerie Aelbrecht to Investment Managers.
A very warm congratulations to those who’ve been promoted from all of us at AlbionVC!
We are delighted to celebrate the progress and achievements of such an incredible group of individuals. As it heads towards its 30th year, AlbionVC is going from strength to strength, and these promotions will further support our next phase of growth.
Will Fraser-Allen, Managing Partner