Matthew De Jesus

Chief Strategy and Development Officer at MNK Group

📍 London, England, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2019
VC🌍 United Kingdom
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Sep 2019
Laced is a marketplace for the buying and selling of authentic luxury goods.
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Oct 2016
Pass the Keys® is the UK’s leading full-service short-let and holiday-let management company, simplifying hosting for homeowners since 2015. With 70+ franchise partners across the UK, Spain, and Northern Ireland, we combine bespoke technology, exceptional service, and deep local expertise to provide fully managed services—from guest screening and pricing optimisation to 24/7 support and hotel-quality cleaning and linen. Trusted by over 7,000 guests and hosts on Trustpilot, we’re setting the gold standard in property management. Whether you’re looking to earn more as a property owner, enjoy a seamless stay as a guest, or join a thriving franchise network, Pass the Keys® ensures you’re in expert hands. Host with us | Stay with us | Join our Franchise
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Observer / Investor
Oct 2016
Pass the Keys® is the UK’s leading full-service short-let and holiday-let management company, simplifying hosting for homeowners since 2015. With 70+ franchise partners across the UK, Spain, and Northern Ireland, we combine bespoke technology, exceptional service, and deep local expertise to provide fully managed services—from guest screening and pricing optimisation to 24/7 support and hotel-quality cleaning and linen. Trusted by over 7,000 guests and hosts on Trustpilot, we’re setting the gold standard in property management. Whether you’re looking to earn more as a property owner, enjoy a seamless stay as a guest, or join a thriving franchise network, Pass the Keys® ensures you’re in expert hands. Host with us | Stay with us | Join our Franchise
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Experience · 13 entries
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2019
Investor
Sep 2019
Laced is a marketplace for the buying and selling of authentic luxury goods.
2018
Principal
Nov 2018
Talis invests with high conviction at Seed & Series A across Europe and US. We help founders build category defining companies – Darktrace, Onfido, Ynsect, Pricefx, Seqera Labs, PortalOne, Howl
2016
Observer / Portfolio Company
Dec 2016
Luminance is the pioneer in Legal-Grade™ AI, wherever computer meets contract. Using a Mixture of Experts approach - known as the “Panel of Judges” - Luminance brings specialist AI to every touchpoint a business has with its contracts, from generation to negotiation and post-execution analysis. Developed by AI experts from the University of Cambridge, Luminances technology is trusted by 700+ customers in 70+ countries, from AMD and the LG Group to Hitachi, BBC Studios and Staples. The company closed a $75 million Series C in early 2025 and is backed by world-leading investors including Point72 Private Investments and March Capital. Luminance is hiring across the board. Get in touch to find out more.
Observer / Portfolio Company
Nov 2016
Established in 2011 in Germany, Pricefx AG is a provider of full suite price management and CPQ SaaS solutions. Our suite is based on the latest in native cloud architecture and offers flexible support for the entire price management closed loop cycle which includes pricing strategy, controlling, setting and realization. Our solution is suitable for B2B and B2C clients and is able to serve a wide array of industries. The platform is also designed to meet the specific pricing challenges of commercial organizations of any size or geographical location. Pricefxs vision is to become the leading SaaS pricing solution provider by offering an easily implemented and flexible tool that is inexpensive, risk-free and fully comprehensive. Our business model is based entirely on the satisfaction and loyalty of our customers. If we do our job, they stay, and more importantly, they tell others about us.
Investor
Oct 2016
Pass the Keys® is the UK’s leading full-service short-let and holiday-let management company, simplifying hosting for homeowners since 2015. With 70+ franchise partners across the UK, Spain, and Northern Ireland, we combine bespoke technology, exceptional service, and deep local expertise to provide fully managed services—from guest screening and pricing optimisation to 24/7 support and hotel-quality cleaning and linen. Trusted by over 7,000 guests and hosts on Trustpilot, we’re setting the gold standard in property management. Whether you’re looking to earn more as a property owner, enjoy a seamless stay as a guest, or join a thriving franchise network, Pass the Keys® ensures you’re in expert hands. Host with us | Stay with us | Join our Franchise
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