Blackfinch Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($250K–$500K Checks)

Kimberley brings a combination of corporate finance and investment experience to the team, having started her career in Investment Banking. She has spent the past 4 years investing in companies focused on disrupting the “Future of Work”, completing deals across multiple sectors including HealthTech, HRTech & RegTech.

Dan is the Chief Investment Officer - Blackfinch Asset Management & Ventures and leads the research and analysis across our range of listed portfolios. Before this, he was Head of Research for Blackfinch Group, and has held Senior Analyst and Investment Manager roles within Blackfinch for our Multi-Asset and Adapt AIM portfolios. Previously he was a Senior Analyst at Fidelity, working in fair value markets. Prior to that, Dan worked as an engineer at Intel. Dan holds a PhD in nanoelectronic research and is also a CFA Charterholder.

Nic is an entrepreneur and leader in B2B technology. He co-founded his own startup, Rhizome Live, a Software-as-a-Service business in the Education Tech sector. He raised £400k and gained access to a top accelerator. Prior to that he led a global team at Nokia which exercised portfolio control over 15 of their software products that grew in annual revenue from £50 to £250 million. Previously Nic held roles including Product Manager at Logica and Solution Architect at Portal Software. Nic holds a first-class degree in Engineering & Computing from the University of Oxford and a Ph.D. in Computer Vision from the Robotics Research Group at the University of Oxford.

Hassaan joined Blackfinch bringing financial services experience. Previously he was an Investment Analyst at M&G Investments where he worked on its Small Cap fund and in its asset-backed securities team. He was also an Associate at mobile network Three and as an undergraduate gained experience in business and finance at a local level. Hassaan is a CFA Charterholder, having completed all three levels of the CFA in 13 months and has a first-class degree in Economics and Management from Aston Business School. He was Vice President of the Economics Society, Finance Director of the Islamic Society and elected representative for his course.

Corey joined Blackfinch as a summer intern in 2019 and joined full time in the Ventures team in 2020 as an Analyst. Corey has a keen interest in entrepreneurship and start-ups and is a board observer for several companies within the Ventures portfolios. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the University of Nottingham with focus on economics, innovation and entrepreneurship.

Ijaz has had a varied career in the technology and startup space. An ex-founder, he spent the last four years building a travel startup. Prior to that he worked in partnerships at an EdTech startup and organised innovation focused conferences in the UK, US and Australia. He holds a degree in Biomedical sciences from Newcastle University.