Reece Chowdhry

“We’re going to get to $11bn.” I remember when Mati Staniszewski first said this to Oliver Kicks and me in our office. He was deadly serious. We smiled at the time because the goal felt so far awa...

From pre-seed to exit: Playter successfully exits to Shawbrook in an all-cash deal! Building in fintech is not for the faint of heart. It sits at the intersection of lending, regulation, and opera...

People drive everything at pre-seed more than any other stage. At Concept we’re obsessed with understanding founders at the deepest level, including both the traits that make teams exceptional and ...

Amazing to be backing Carles as an LP. We’ve worked together across multiple deals and he’s an absolute machine, thoughtful, sharp, and able to see the macro and the details faster than almost anyo...

Always good to be back at Slush. Still one of the best events in the world. I had the chance to deliver a keynote to a group of 30 pre-seed founders today, focused on how the early-stage landscape...

San Francisco Trip; Notes from the Ground Just back from a week in the Valley. A few reflections that really stood out for me (and Yoda, who joined me in the Presidio as a big Star Wars fan): The...

Today we launch 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐈— $88m, Europe’s largest dedicated pre-seed fund. Built for founders with just a concept and the conviction to chase it. In the last three years with Fund I, the Co...

Huge congrats to Mati Staniszewski, Piotr Dabkowski and the ElevenLabs team today. They’ve just announced a $100M employee tender, co-led by Sequoia Capital and ICONIQ, at a $6.6B valuation 2x the ...

We’re excited to back Archestra.AI, an open-source platform making it safe for enterprises to connect AI agents to their data, and proud to have led their $3.3M oversubscribed pre-seed round. When...