Rui Z.

Talent Partner @Meta | Chair | Board Governance | Cross-Cultural Woman Leader | Community Leader

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2024
VC🌍 United Kingdom
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Sep 2020
Wirex is a digital payment platform with a mission - to make crypto and traditional currencies equal and accessible to everyone. We’re making fintech simple. Our innovative mobile app and next-gen Wirex card lets you buy, store, exchange and spend a wide variety of conventional and digital currencies quickly and securely, with no hidden fees and zero fuss. Download the app now and discover a world where every purchase earns you Cryptoback™ rewards - and using your cryptocurrency in real life is as easy as tapping your Wirex card. *Content on the page not intended for UK and NZ users!
Investor
Sep 2020
Chip is your wealth app. It gives you one easy place for your savings and investments. So you can build, manage and grow your long term wealth.
Investor
Sep 2019
Curve is on a mission to simplify the way people spend, send, see and save money. We are focused on an ambitious opportunity fuelled by a couple of trends starting to play out in the market, from fragmentation of financial services to new convergence layers for the customer experience. We believe the end-game will be a connected world of money, tailored individually for each customer. We’re building this end game - an Operating System for Money. For more details see https://www.curve.app
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Jul 2019
Airspace Experience Technologies (ASX) is an aviation technology start-up, re-imagining mobility with the mission to offer the public, logistic companies and first-response teams a cleaner, faster and more affordable transportation alternative. Headquartered at the historic Detroit City Airport, the ASX team is developing an electric vertical take-off and landing tilt-wing (eVTOL) aircraft known as Sigma-6. The goal is to produce and operate fleets of safe and reliable aircrafts that will connect urban centers and cities with smarter methods of mobility to vastly reduce commute times, logistic operations and transport of all kinds while producing zero operational emissions. Airspace Experience Technology’s vision is to move people and things 5x times faster than driving for the same cost per mile. By offering eco-friendly, quiet and connected eVTOL aircrafts that leverage the perfect fusion of automotive grade innovation and aviation technology we can re-imagine mobility. Designed, developed and built in Detroit, Michigan, ASX will help drive sustainable change and growth in the city and region by creating hundreds of new jobs and training opportunities for skilled professionals.
Experience · 7 entries
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2024
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Dec 2024
With community-focused campuses based in London Wembley, London Elephant and Castle, London Stratford, Luton and Birmingham, LSST – founded in 2003 – is a private higher education institute with an emphasis on providing practical training and support for all students. LSST believes in being inclusive and therefore attracts students of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities. We have a large number of mature students as we assess applicants on the basis of past work or professional experience and recognise individual merit regardless of a person’s previous educational achievement. We employ the best staff to ensure our students receive quality education and the direct support they need. We are extremely proud to be working in partnership with the University of West London, Buckinghamshire New University and DeMontfort University - who all accredit our large choice of degrees. Visit www.lsst.ac to find out more about the amazing things we do.
2020
Investor
Sep 2020
Wirex is a digital payment platform with a mission - to make crypto and traditional currencies equal and accessible to everyone. We’re making fintech simple. Our innovative mobile app and next-gen Wirex card lets you buy, store, exchange and spend a wide variety of conventional and digital currencies quickly and securely, with no hidden fees and zero fuss. Download the app now and discover a world where every purchase earns you Cryptoback™ rewards - and using your cryptocurrency in real life is as easy as tapping your Wirex card. *Content on the page not intended for UK and NZ users!
Investor
Sep 2020
Chip is your wealth app. It gives you one easy place for your savings and investments. So you can build, manage and grow your long term wealth.
International Talent Partner
Aug 2020
Metas mission is to build the future of human connection and the technology that makes it possible. Our technologies help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. To help create a safe and respectful online space, we encourage constructive conversations on this page. Please note the following: • Start with an open mind. Whether you agree or disagree, engage with empathy. • Comments violating our Community Standards will be removed or hidden. Please treat everybody with respect. • Keep it constructive. Use your interactions here to learn about and grow your understanding of others. • Our moderators are here to uphold these guidelines for the benefit of everyone, every day. • If you are seeking support for issues related to your Facebook account, please reference our Help Center (https://www.facebook.com/help) or Help Community (https://www.facebook.com/help/community). For a full listing of our jobs, visit https://www.metacareers.com
2019
Investor
Sep 2019
Curve is on a mission to simplify the way people spend, send, see and save money. We are focused on an ambitious opportunity fuelled by a couple of trends starting to play out in the market, from fragmentation of financial services to new convergence layers for the customer experience. We believe the end-game will be a connected world of money, tailored individually for each customer. We’re building this end game - an Operating System for Money. For more details see https://www.curve.app
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