Philip Kasumu

Allocator One is one of the most active investors in emerging fund managers globally, with visibility on around 80% of the market. We back the top 3% of breakout GPs and provide them with the capital, data, and infrastructure to scale.

Systemiq Capital back tech founders solving planet scale problems, investing where tech meets the physical world. We focus on Series A± companies in UK, Europe and North America. At Systemiq Capital, we: * Have access to a platform of 300+ experts through our partnership with climate consultancy Systemiq Limited. This allows us to open doors for founders: direct access to customers, talent, and partners * We back exceptional people in industries we know inside out. * We provide deep insight, not just capital. * We bring a global perspective. Each investor backs 1–2 companies per year to build deep, lasting relationships with our founders. Investment themes include: • Electrification: Software for distributed energy, EV charging, power trading, and industrial efficiency. • Decoding Nature: Tech-enabled platforms for biodiversity, synthetic biology, and regenerative agriculture. • Applied AI: bringing advances in AI to complex physical industries like logistics, manufacturing and real estate. Our portfolio includes: 🔋 Ohme – Europe’s largest home EV charging company (electrification) 🧬 Basecamp Research – Mapping nature’s biodiversity to unlock valuable proteins for biotech (decoding nature). 🔗 Circulor – Enabling supply chain transparency in the automotive sector through digital material tracking (applied AI).

Allocator One is one of the most active investors in emerging fund managers globally, with visibility on around 80% of the market. We back the top 3% of breakout GPs and provide them with the capital, data, and infrastructure to scale.

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank, is the bank of the world’s most innovative companies and investors. SVB provides commercial and private banking to individuals and companies in the technology, life science and healthcare, private equity, venture capital and premium wine industries. SVB operates in centers of innovation throughout the United States, serving the unique needs of its dynamic clients with deep sector expertise, insights and connections. SVBs parent company, First Citizens Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCNCA) is a top 20 U.S. financial institution with more than $200 billion in assets. First Citizens Bank, Member FDIC. Learn more at svb.com. Please contact client service at https://www.svb.com/client-service/help-desk/ for all account questions. To ensure your information is secure, please do not include any personal account information in posts or messages. Please visit https://jobs.firstcitizens.com/ if you are interested in a career at SVB. Comments are moderated and will be removed if they are off-topic or abusive. Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, as well as the other divisions, subsidiaries, and affiliates of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company (together, SVB), are U.S. financial institutions and provide products and services to non-U.S. clients on a cross-border basis from the United States of America. SVB is not licensed or regulated as a bank or any other type of financial institution outside of the United States of America. Please review our International Disclosures for more information: https://www.svb.com/international-disclosures/

Inclusive Boards is an agency set up specifically to support organisations in efforts to develop boards that are more diverse, inclusive organisations, and stronger governance structures. Our services include executive search, diversity training, and advisory. We are the leading diversity board practice in the UK, guaranteeing the most diverse longlists in the market. Our work cuts across sectors including sport, technology, and UK Plc. We have worked with some of the largest charities in the UK, including Amnesty International, the Royal National Institute for Blind People (RNIB) and British Red Cross. We have over 60,000 diverse professionals within our network and a reach that expands into communities across the UK. Through our collective experience, we have developed the following for a number boards: diversity action plans, skills matrix, constitutions, strategic plans, governance reviews and more.

Walking off the well-worn path is down-right terrifying. But what scares us the most is that you only get to live life once- you only have one shot at getting it right. To stack the odds in our favour, through Startup Handmedowns we bring in entrepreneurs and leaders who have reached where we want to be in life, and together we inherit the experience of how they got there. From interviews with founders of unicorns to the thought-leaders of today, our mission is to live one life the size of one hundred.