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📍 London, England, United Kingdom🔄 Updated October 2026💼 5 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2022𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Member
Mar 2022
We help tipped workers receive cashless tips directly & transparently from their customers. We help restaurants, bars, hotels and cafes manage tips and tronc distribution amongst their staff. Welcome to 21st Century Tipping!
mid stageHospitality
Board Member
May 2019
Next Games is a Netflix game studio creating compelling fans-first interactive experiences by combining the stories of well-known movies and shows with interesting game mechanics. An unwavering focus on fans and fun gameplay is at the core of the studio’s game development, free from the constraints of free-to-play. www.nextgames.com
late stageComputer Games
Board Member, Investor, Technology Advisor
Jan 2019
TOSHI is redefining the last mile experience for the best brands in the world. As your hyper-local delivery partner, TOSHI: · Provides the luxury of convenience with same day, next day, and nominated day services. · Offers your customers a 1-hour delivery window, 7 days a week, 362 days a year. · Activates at-home services like Try Before You Buy and Wait & Try. · Delivers sustainably, with our community of retail-trained Assistants. 📍 London, New York City and Los Angeles. To find out more, please get in touch at contact@toshi.co.
Board Member, Investor, Technology Advisor
Jan 2019
TOSHI is redefining the last mile experience for the best brands in the world. As your hyper-local delivery partner, TOSHI: · Provides the luxury of convenience with same day, next day, and nominated day services. · Offers your customers a 1-hour delivery window, 7 days a week, 362 days a year. · Activates at-home services like Try Before You Buy and Wait & Try. · Delivers sustainably, with our community of retail-trained Assistants. 📍 London, New York City and Los Angeles. To find out more, please get in touch at contact@toshi.co.
Board Member
Dec 2018
Xineoh is a Canadian public company with its corporate headquarters situated in Vancouver. It’s engineering is run by its founder Vian Chinner, out of Johannesburg, South Africa. Xineoh predicts customer behaviour using artificial intelligence (AI), and prides itself in helping its clients out-predict their competition in order to maximise efficiency and customer satisfaction. The core strength of Xineoh’s technology lies in its ability to match people with products, match inventory with business opportunities, match prices with spending propensity and match people with usage patterns, with the use of deep learning algorithms. The Xineoh team has been building AI models to predict consumer behaviour for over a decade and they have applied it to different sectors including retail, real estate and financial services.
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2026
Portfolio CTO
Jan 2026
"Ideas are abundant. High-performance execution is rare. We build and operate companies designed from inception to deliver strong business outcomes." At Performant Ventures, we are a team of proven founders and seasoned operators who build, own, and operate a portfolio of technology, data, AI, and cyber security companies from the ground up. Led by a founding team with a shared history at companies including Google, Microsoft, and Accenture, we have founded and operated over a dozen businesses. We fuse decades of commercial, technical, and cultural expertise to turn ambitious ideas into high-performance, operational realities in months, not years. How We Build We provide our portfolio companies with an unfair advantage from day one. We de-risk execution and clear the path for rapid, sustainable growth through three core pillars: 01. Infrastructure, Owned & Secured: We own and operate our own Managed Service Provider (MSP). Every Performant Ventures company is built on a foundation of production-grade, secure cloud architecture with AI governance wired in before go-live. Performant Ventures is ISO 27001, and ISO 42001 Certified, as is each of our portfolio companies. 02. Operators, Seated: We are builders. Our operating partners work directly inside our portfolio companies across product, engineering, people, and go-to-market strategy to execute the vision. 03. Aligned in Equity: We are owners. We invest our own capital, our own MSP infrastructure, and our own operating time. We stay, we scale, and we win together. Our Portfolio We focus on building disruptive assets poised to deliver outsized impact and market-leading performance. PerimAssure: Continuous, AI-driven external attack surface verification, testing and remedy. In Stealth: Next-generation intelligent products and platforms. Performant Ventures turns ambitious ideas into high-performance, operational realities.
2023
Founder
Feb 2023
ShiftLine.ai is a business and technology consulting firm specializing in process improvement powered by AI-driven solutions. Our mission is to empower businesses to optimize their operations, enhance employee capabilities, and ultimately, improve their bottom line. At ShiftLine.ai, we understand that the future of business relies on harnessing the power of AI to streamline processes and maximize efficiency. Our team of experts is dedicated to providing tailored solutions that seamlessly integrate advanced AI technologies into your organizations workflow. Through our innovative approach, we aim to revolutionize the way businesses operate, making it more agile, efficient, and competitive. Our commitment to employee empowerment sets us apart. We believe that by leveraging AI to automate repetitive tasks, employees can focus on higher-value responsibilities, leading to enhanced job satisfaction, productivity, and growth. By combining human expertise with AI capabilities, ShiftLine.ai helps organizations foster a culture of innovation, creativity, and collaboration. At the heart of our strategy lies the unwavering goal of improving your companys bottom line. By identifying and addressing inefficiencies within your processes, our AI-driven solutions unlock new levels of profitability and create a lasting impact on your organizations financial performance. Choose ShiftLine.ai and experience the transformative power of AI automation. Together, lets redefine the future of business and set new standards for success.
2022
Founder - CTO
Aug 2022
Blockamp is a content discovery platform, that enables anyone to create NFT playlists, share them with frens, or embed them in any website
Board Member
Mar 2022
We help tipped workers receive cashless tips directly & transparently from their customers. We help restaurants, bars, hotels and cafes manage tips and tronc distribution amongst their staff. Welcome to 21st Century Tipping!
mid stageHospitality
2019
Board Member
May 2019
Next Games is a Netflix game studio creating compelling fans-first interactive experiences by combining the stories of well-known movies and shows with interesting game mechanics. An unwavering focus on fans and fun gameplay is at the core of the studio’s game development, free from the constraints of free-to-play. www.nextgames.com
late stageComputer Games
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