Oliver Boom

Chief of Staff @ Bordeaux Index

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 9 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2024
VC🌍 United Kingdom
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Board Observer
Aug 2024
GIANTX is an global gaming and esports organization competing in major competitions such as the LEC, VCT, SuperLiga, EAFC and Game Changers. We were formed through the merger of British esports team ‘EXCEL ESPORTS’ (Est. 2014) and Spanish power-house ‘Giants Gaming’ (Est. 2008) in 2023. Our mission is to unite, inspire and disrupt the gaming and esports world. With over 23 million fans across socials, 37 exceptional in-house talent and 3 HQs across Málaga, London and Berlin, we have proven to deliver best-in-class activations for our fans and partners alike. Our owned social channels focus on casual gaming and esports and accumulate more than 76m+ impressions and 7.1m+ engagements per month. All year round we deliver community-focused experiences at casual and competitive gaming events such as at Gamescom, Insomnia, Paris Games Week as well as our 3 HQs. If you’re a brand looking to find out more, please contact us at partnerships@giantx.gg
Board Member
Feb 2023
AKER. The Uniquely English Aperitif. The English countryside has always had the power to challenge, stimulate and excite. And were no different. Our name is a tribute to those rolling acres. Born to respect the past and inspire the future, we believe in the value of individual character. A uniqueness that cant be borrowed or imitated. Created in collaboration with Englands leading wine producer, Chapel Down, and non-conformist spirits distiller, Capreolus Distillery, AKER champions and celebrates all the land has to offer, distilling acres of English countryside into a single drop. An exquisite mix of summer fruits perfectly balanced with wild botanicals; AKER English Aperitif is the ideal accompaniment for the big and the small moments (and everything in between).
Board Observer
Dec 2022
Tellimer is a global technology, information, and data provider with over 20 years’ experience in financial markets. Through Tellimer Insights, our AI-powered, mobile-first, award-winning content platform, we equip investment professionals with the essential, hard-to-find knowledge they need to inform their decision-making. And through Tellimer Technologies, we empower businesses in all markets with intuitive content authoring, distribution and analytics, as well as bespoke data products and services.
Board Member
Feb 2022
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Board Observer
Nov 2021
Nutshell Asset Management is a London based, FCA regulated equity boutique. The Nutshell Growth Fund is a high conviction, long-term global equity strategy that has consistently outperformed global equity peers and indices since inception in 2019. It invests in a concentrated long-only portfolio of 25 to 35 companies with a persistent comparative advantage (‘wide moat’); identified through a disciplined, quantitative multi-factor screening process augmented with capital preservation, agile rebalancing and ESG bias. It is UCITS-compliant, offers daily dealing, and has no performance fee. The Nutshell Growth Fund is available through the following platforms, AEGON, AJ Bell, Aviva, BNY Mellon Pershing (Nexus), Charles Stanley Direct, Embark, Fidelity, FundsNetwork, interactive investor, MFEX, Novia Global, Praemium, Quilter International, Raymond James, and Transact; and also directly via the Montlake UCITS platform.
Angel Investor
2020
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2024
Board Observer
Aug 2024
GIANTX is an global gaming and esports organization competing in major competitions such as the LEC, VCT, SuperLiga, EAFC and Game Changers. We were formed through the merger of British esports team ‘EXCEL ESPORTS’ (Est. 2014) and Spanish power-house ‘Giants Gaming’ (Est. 2008) in 2023. Our mission is to unite, inspire and disrupt the gaming and esports world. With over 23 million fans across socials, 37 exceptional in-house talent and 3 HQs across Málaga, London and Berlin, we have proven to deliver best-in-class activations for our fans and partners alike. Our owned social channels focus on casual gaming and esports and accumulate more than 76m+ impressions and 7.1m+ engagements per month. All year round we deliver community-focused experiences at casual and competitive gaming events such as at Gamescom, Insomnia, Paris Games Week as well as our 3 HQs. If you’re a brand looking to find out more, please contact us at partnerships@giantx.gg
2023
Board Member
Feb 2023
AKER. The Uniquely English Aperitif. The English countryside has always had the power to challenge, stimulate and excite. And were no different. Our name is a tribute to those rolling acres. Born to respect the past and inspire the future, we believe in the value of individual character. A uniqueness that cant be borrowed or imitated. Created in collaboration with Englands leading wine producer, Chapel Down, and non-conformist spirits distiller, Capreolus Distillery, AKER champions and celebrates all the land has to offer, distilling acres of English countryside into a single drop. An exquisite mix of summer fruits perfectly balanced with wild botanicals; AKER English Aperitif is the ideal accompaniment for the big and the small moments (and everything in between).
2022
Board Observer
Dec 2022
Tellimer is a global technology, information, and data provider with over 20 years’ experience in financial markets. Through Tellimer Insights, our AI-powered, mobile-first, award-winning content platform, we equip investment professionals with the essential, hard-to-find knowledge they need to inform their decision-making. And through Tellimer Technologies, we empower businesses in all markets with intuitive content authoring, distribution and analytics, as well as bespoke data products and services.
Board Observer
Dec 2022
Westmorland Spirits Ltd. is the owner of Gilpin’s Westmorland Extra Dry Gin - the Gold Medal-winning London Dry Gin. Five-times distilled and handcrafted in small batches. The Spirit of England.
Board Member
Dec 2022
Established in 1997, Bordeaux Index began with the passion of a few wine & spirit lovers looking to redefine the way a wine merchant works. Today we are one of the leading global fine wine merchants with offices in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Los Angeles. With an emphasis on an unparalleled client relationship, transparency and innovative technology, Bordeaux Index became a major disruptor in the trade. Our product offering covers wine and spirits from all over the world including the famous French wineries of Le Pin, Cheval Blanc, and Chateau Margaux. During 2009 Bordeaux Index introduced LiveTrade, the worlds first online wine trading platform with firm bid and offer prices available 24 hours a day. LiveTrade won the ‘Best Online Trading Platform’ at The Drinks Business Awards 2020, described as a ‘game-changer’. Everything we do is driven by a restless passion for changing the way that fine wine and spirits are traded across the globe. That restlessness has seen us place our passion for excellence, and all we know about fine wine, into the creation of a cutting edge transparent trading technology, which now redefines the way that wine is bought and sold. We aim to make the world of fine wine accessible to a broader audience, demystifying the process. Bordeaux Index has promoted an unstuffy and innovative approach to selling fine wine for both consumption and investment. Buying and selling wine is only part of the Bordeaux Index package: we also offer the finest wine storage facilities in the UK. To ensure your wine is kept in perfect condition, we store our customer reserves in The Colerne Reserve, a brand new, state of the art wine storage facility operated by Octavian – the worlds leading long term fine wine storage provider. Our own Bordeaux Index dedicated team checks every case in and out, thus giving you the reassurance that your valuable wines are in the best possible hands. We serve as the connector between you, the customer, and the greatest
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