Arnaud Bakker

Strategic Projects at Seqera & Syndicate One

📍 London, England Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2022
VC🌍 United Kingdom
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2022
We are developing natural language understanding systems for capital markets. Our premise is simple: markets are conversations and we aim to help its participants have better and more efficient conversations. Through our partnerships with global financial institutions we have access to datasets that have not been made available in the past. This allows us to create language models that are uniquely suited to capital markets while advancing the state-of-the-art. Our platform has been developed to ensure robust and safe delivery of large language models into the financial enterprise. The resulting applications enhance analytics, workflow automation and increased observability.
Investor
2021
Tulipshare is an activist investor and shareholder advocacy group on a mission to help investors push for stronger environmental and social commitments, using corporate governance to create a positive impact and ensure the companies we invest our money in are being responsibly managed by accountable leadership.
Investor & Board
2020
Seqera is on a mission to simplify complex data analysis pipelines in the cloud. We provide software that enables developers and data scientists to create and deploy data applications in any environment. Our core, open-source technology Nextflow transforms the building of massively scalable and distributed computing solutions. Seqera is now empowering customers across pharma, genomics and biotech to break with the status quo of closed-platforms and custom scripts to embrace the future of cloud.
Investor
2019
Our Healthcare Data Activation technology leverages the power of Artificial Intelligence to unlock healthcare data from hospitals data sources. We activate data from both structured and unstructured sources, including human-written records, thanks to our Natural Language Processing System. All data is standardizend into OMOP Common Data Model , and never leaves hospitals in-house systems, thanks to our Federated Data Model , enabling its comprehensive understanding for healthcare information while maintaining data protection and security.
Board Observer
2018
We protect brands and defend democracy from harmful social media manipulation campaigns, also known as astroturfing.
Investor
2018
Elephant is creating the global digital health network, connecting every part of the healthcare ecosystem. Elephant is a technology company working to solve the big problems in global healthcare. Founded by doctors and driven by medical expertise, we deliver frontline, agile technology that aims to save lives and reduces costs. Our software platform digitises medical clinics, providing them with the connectivity and tools that can transform primary care. Our mission is to deliver better healthcare for everyone. We are currently recruiting exceptional people to join our rapidly growing international team. View our careers page to apply for roles with Elephant: https://apply.workable.com/elephanthealthcare/ Watch our introductory film that showcases our product: https://vimeo.com/680413222 We are a small band of experts. Our mission is to solve the hardest problems in health and social care. We are product-driven and pride ourselves on delivery. Our culture is ambitious, open, creative and collaborative, and we believe that products, whether used in Sudan or San Francisco should be intuitive and beautiful. We have a firm code of principles based on transparency, safety and security, and want to build trust in all those who work with us. If you think you have what it takes, please get in touch.
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2023
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2023
Investing in the global economies of the future: Kraken Ventures invests in projects redefining how consumers and businesses interact in the digital age. With global resources & insights, and working with a proven leader in digital currency exchanges; we are the ideal partner for any financial technology company to support global growth, product & partnership development, and strategic efforts.
Partner - Kraken Ventures
2023
Kraken helps people own the power of their money. Founded in 2011, were one of the worlds longest-standing crypto platforms, now offering crypto, stocks, futures, staking, payments and more. Trusted by millions of institutions, professional traders, and consumers across 190+ countries. Built on the belief that everyone should own the power of their money, Kraken has been a category leader in crypto since 2011. Weve grown into a global financial platform offering crypto, stocks, futures, staking, payments and institutional infrastructure — all on a single foundation built for the future of finance. Our product lineup: — Kraken: the worlds leading hybrid investment platform, built for the future of finance from the ground up — Kraken Pro: the all-in command center that unleashes your trading potential — Krak: the next-generation money platform that turns every type of asset into usable money Proof of Reserves since 2014. Assets held 1:1. Trusted by 13M+ people, thousands of institutions, and a growing community of developers building on Kraken rails. Our mission: accelerate the global adoption of crypto so everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. Risk Disclosure: https://www.kraken.com/en-ca/social-media-disclosure
2022
Investor
2022
We are developing natural language understanding systems for capital markets. Our premise is simple: markets are conversations and we aim to help its participants have better and more efficient conversations. Through our partnerships with global financial institutions we have access to datasets that have not been made available in the past. This allows us to create language models that are uniquely suited to capital markets while advancing the state-of-the-art. Our platform has been developed to ensure robust and safe delivery of large language models into the financial enterprise. The resulting applications enhance analytics, workflow automation and increased observability.
Principal
2022
Samaipata is an early-stage founders’ fund investing in tech companies with network effects across Europe and beyond. The fund was founded in 2016 by two entrepreneurs, José del Barrio and Eduardo Díez-Hochleitner. José was the co-founder and CEO of the leading food-delivery platform in Spain (La Nevera Roja) which was sold for $100 million. Eduardo was founder of a 3D sound system sold to Dolby (IMM Sound), former Partner at Apax Partners, a prolific business angel, and the current Chairman at MásMóvil, recently valued at €20 billion, becoming the first Southern European Decacorn. If you’re an early-stage founder aiming at changing the world through innovation, get in touch with us! >> https://samaipata.typeform.com/to/k43fN6?utm_source=samaipata-linkedin
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