David Thevenon

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📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 9 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2024
VC🌍 United Kingdom
9
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Board Member
Nov 2024
We build space vehicles for a collaborative future.
Board Member
Jan 2023
Brigad is an app that enables self-employed professionals and businesses in Hospitality and Healthcare to connect for short-term missions. The community of talents is vetted by our teams to ensure highly-qualified and reliable professionals are able to accept the missions proposed. As a business, post a mission in a few clicks and talented pros will receive your proposition. Self-employed professionals choose the missions which suit them best, ensuring they arrive motivated, prepared and energised for the mission. Brigad launched in 2016 with the mission "to make work accessible and attractive to all" and is currently available in major cities in France and in the UK.
Investor
Jan 2021
Graphcore has created a new processor, the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU), specifically designed for artificial intelligence. The IPU’s unique architecture means developers can run current machine learning models orders of magnitude faster. More importantly, it lets AI researchers undertake entirely new types of work, not possible using current technologies, to drive the next great breakthroughs in general machine intelligence. Our next generation 3D Wafer-on-Wafer Bow IPU systems are helping AI innovators worldwide to build better, more innovative AI solutions, whether their focus is on language and vision, exploring graph neural networks and LSTMs or creating something entirely new. We believe our IPU technology will become the worldwide standard for artificial intelligence compute. The performance of Graphcore’s IPU is going to be transformative across all industries and sectors whether you are a medical researcher, roboticist or building autonomous cars. Our team is at the forefront of the artificial intelligence revolution, enabling innovators from all industries and sectors to expand human potential with technology. What we do, really makes a difference. Were always interested in hearing from exceptional people to join our team.
Private Investor
Mar 2019
Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (better known as Hims & Hers) is a multi-specialty telehealth platform building a virtual front door to the healthcare system. We connect consumers to licensed healthcare professionals, enabling people to access high-quality medical care—from wherever is most convenient—for numerous conditions related to sexual health, hair care, mental health, skincare, primary care, and more. With products and services available across all 50 states and Washington, D.C., Hims & Hers is on a mission to help the world feel great through the power of better health. We believe how you feel in your body and mind transforms how you show up in life. That’s why we’re building a future where nothing stands in the way of harnessing this power. We normalize health & wellness challenges—and innovate on their solutions—to make feeling happy and healthy easy to achieve. No two people are the same, so we provide access to personalized care designed for results. At our core, our mission is deeply personal—because we too are customers. In January 2021, the company was listed on the NYSE and is traded under the ticker symbol “HIMS”. To learn more about our brand and offerings, you can visit hims.com and forhers.com.
Board Member
Aug 2017
Kabbage from American Express has innovated a data and technology platform to help American Express move “Beyond the Card” and provide U.S. small businesses digital cash flow solutions, including online business checking accounts with 1.3% APY on balances up to $500,000, online payments to get paid faster, business analytics to forecast and track cash flow 24/7, and flexible lines of credit up to $250,000. Kabbage uses real-time data and automation to provide an integrated suite of financial tools empowering small businesses to spend less time on their books and more time on building thriving businesses. Twitter: http://twitter.com/kabbageinc Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KabbageInc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kabbageinc/ Learn more about Kabbage: https://www.kabbage.com/why-kabbage
Investor
Apr 2017
If you see technology as a way to smooth your path in life, our team does too: Your Path, Our Journey. We believe in technology that connects talented people who embrace diversity to create and share paths we dont even know about (yet!). We work to generate value not only for our users but, above all, for the communities we serve and for society as a whole, making everyday better for everyone with mobility and delivery services (99) or digital payments (99Pay). To make life easier for millions of people every day, since 2018 we have been part of DiDi Chuxing, the largest app-based convenience and mobility platform in the world. We are pioneers in creating solutions that start in Brazil and scale up to create a positive impact in more than 12 countries where DiDi operates. This innovation encompasses sustainability, safety, artificial intelligence, financial markets, and much more. Whether building projects from scratch or improving our solutions, we enjoy challenges that give us butterflies, which is why we work at a fast pace, with respect, collaboration, and good humor. Along this journey, we also draw strength from diverse experiences and opinions to grow together, fail quickly, learn, and adjust the course to create solutions that deliver even better results.
Board Member
Nov 2015
Grab is Southeast Asia’s leading superapp, offering a suite of services consisting of deliveries, mobility, financial services, enterprise and others. Grabbers come from all over the world, and we are united by a common mission: to drive Southeast Asia forward by creating economic empowerment for everyone. At Grab, every Grabber is guided by The Grab Way, which explains our mission and the operating principles on how we can achieve it together. We call these principles the 4Hs: Heart We work together as OneGrab to serve communities in Southeast Asia Hunger We work to understand ground truths and drive improvements, big and small Honour We keep our word and steward our resources wisely to build and sustain trust Humility We are a constant work-in-progress, and we never stop learning to get better
Private Investor
Jul 2015
BioAge is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutic product candidates for metabolic diseases by targeting the biology of human aging. The Companys lead product candidate, BGE-102, is a potent, orally available, brain-penetrant small-molecule NLRP3 inhibitor being developed for cardiovascular risk and retinal diseases. A Phase 1 SAD/MAD trial of BGE-102 is underway, with topline data including additional MAD cohorts anticipated in 1H26. The Company is also developing long-acting injectable and oral small molecule APJ agonists for obesity. BioAge’s additional preclinical programs, which leverage insights from the Company’s proprietary discovery platform built on human longevity data, address key pathways involved in metabolic aging. BioAge offers a comprehensive compensation package, comprehensive health and wellness benefits (medical, dental, and vision insurance), childcare and fertility benefits, and a 401(k) retirement savings plan with matched employer contributions. We pride ourselves on giving employees many opportunities for career development, including a generous annual budget for continued learning and dedication to training and skill development. At BioAge, everyone matters, and we embrace diversity and differences while we learn from each other. We are an equal opportunity employer. BioAge prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. BioAge conforms to the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.
Investor / Board observer
Nov 2014
Legendary Entertainment is a leading media company with film (Legendary Pictures), television (Legendary Television) and comics (Legendary Comics) divisions dedicated to owning, producing and delivering content to worldwide audiences. Legendary has built a library of marquee media properties and has established itself as a trusted brand which consistently delivers high-quality, commercial entertainment including some of the worlds most popular intellectual property. In aggregate, Legendary Pictures-associated productions have realized grosses of more than $14 billion worldwide at the box office. To learn more visit: www.legendary.com
Experience · 14 entries
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Investments (9)
Board (5)
2024
Board Member
Nov 2024
We build space vehicles for a collaborative future.
2023
Board Member
Jan 2023
Brigad is an app that enables self-employed professionals and businesses in Hospitality and Healthcare to connect for short-term missions. The community of talents is vetted by our teams to ensure highly-qualified and reliable professionals are able to accept the missions proposed. As a business, post a mission in a few clicks and talented pros will receive your proposition. Self-employed professionals choose the missions which suit them best, ensuring they arrive motivated, prepared and energised for the mission. Brigad launched in 2016 with the mission "to make work accessible and attractive to all" and is currently available in major cities in France and in the UK.
2021
Investor
Jan 2021
Graphcore has created a new processor, the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU), specifically designed for artificial intelligence. The IPU’s unique architecture means developers can run current machine learning models orders of magnitude faster. More importantly, it lets AI researchers undertake entirely new types of work, not possible using current technologies, to drive the next great breakthroughs in general machine intelligence. Our next generation 3D Wafer-on-Wafer Bow IPU systems are helping AI innovators worldwide to build better, more innovative AI solutions, whether their focus is on language and vision, exploring graph neural networks and LSTMs or creating something entirely new. We believe our IPU technology will become the worldwide standard for artificial intelligence compute. The performance of Graphcore’s IPU is going to be transformative across all industries and sectors whether you are a medical researcher, roboticist or building autonomous cars. Our team is at the forefront of the artificial intelligence revolution, enabling innovators from all industries and sectors to expand human potential with technology. What we do, really makes a difference. Were always interested in hearing from exceptional people to join our team.
2020
General Partner
Feb 2020
Balderton is a multistage venture firm with 25 years of experience supporting Europe’s best founders from Seed to IPO. We have both early and growth funds and invest across the technology sector.
2019
Private Investor
Mar 2019
Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (better known as Hims & Hers) is a multi-specialty telehealth platform building a virtual front door to the healthcare system. We connect consumers to licensed healthcare professionals, enabling people to access high-quality medical care—from wherever is most convenient—for numerous conditions related to sexual health, hair care, mental health, skincare, primary care, and more. With products and services available across all 50 states and Washington, D.C., Hims & Hers is on a mission to help the world feel great through the power of better health. We believe how you feel in your body and mind transforms how you show up in life. That’s why we’re building a future where nothing stands in the way of harnessing this power. We normalize health & wellness challenges—and innovate on their solutions—to make feeling happy and healthy easy to achieve. No two people are the same, so we provide access to personalized care designed for results. At our core, our mission is deeply personal—because we too are customers. In January 2021, the company was listed on the NYSE and is traded under the ticker symbol “HIMS”. To learn more about our brand and offerings, you can visit hims.com and forhers.com.
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