Thomas Owen

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Angel Investor at Independent | ex-Revolut

Independent
London, UK · GMT (UTC+0)
13+ years experience
University of Cambridge
English
Investing
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Overview

I invest in AI applications, usually at pre-seed and seed. Backed 53 founders at pre-seed and seed. Sit on 3 boards. Most at home with venture capital and product.

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  • Founders building in AI applications
  • Questions about AI applications
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
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Skills
applied MLproductventure capital
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 2 months

Writing $100k cheques into seed AI applications in India

Cheque size
$100k
Stages
Series A
Sectors
AI applications
Geographies
India and Southeast Asia
Lead or follow
Follow
Decision time
About two weeks
How I help
First enterprise customers and pricing

Typically lead or co-lead. Decisions within 2 weeks.

London, UKventure capitalproductapplied ml
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Experience

  1. Angel Investor
    Apr 2022 - Present
    Independent · 4 yr 6 mo · Full-time · London, UK
    • Led or co-led 15 investments, 7 of them now at Series B or later.
    • Previously an operator for 9 years before investing.
  2. Finance Manager
    Nov 2020 - Apr 2022
    Revolut · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · London, UK
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $201 million raise.
  3. Senior Financial Analyst
    Feb 2019 - Nov 2020
    JPMorgan Chase · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · London, UK
    • Closed the books in 6 days, down from 17.
  4. Financial Analyst
    Oct 2016 - Oct 2018
    Salesforce · 2 yr · Full-time · London, UK
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $31 million raise.
    • Saved $9 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
  5. Finance Director
    Sep 2013 - Oct 2016
    Just Eat Takeaway · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · London, UK
    • Ran diligence on 9 acquisitions.

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Education

  1. University of Cambridge
    BA, Engineering
    1996 - 1999

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