London based VC Firm Blossom Capital has raised $432 million to back early-stage tech startups in Europe, a third of which has been earmarked for cryptocurrency infrastructure investments, founder Ophelia Brown will be joining us on the 24th February for a fireside chat. Ophelia is a passionate technology investor and venture capitalist. In 2018 she co-founded Blossom Capital with a mission to bring a highly differentiated approach to early stage venture capital. Blossom's mission is to supercharge the most visionary founders in Europe, enabling them to build companies which compete on a global scale. As a General Partner at LocalGlobe, she helped build their first institutional fund and invested in a number of exciting companies including Beamery, Cuvva, Debut, Echo, Tessian and Zego. In 2016, with the mission to improve the ratio of women in senior roles in technology startups, Ophelia founded ALT "Ambitious Ladies in Tech" - a mentor programme that matches junior women in technology start-ups with senior functional leaders to provide them with valuable coaching, skills development and networking. The network now counts over 65 mentees and 130 mentors, including executives from some of the world's leading tech companies. Previously, Ophelia was with Index Ventures for four years where she led investments in Big Health, Call9, MarvelApp, Osper and Typeform and worked closely with Credit Benchmark, Peoplevox and Robinhood. Ophelia was named by Forbes magazine as a rising star in its inaugural Europe 30 Under 30.
Thursday, February 24, 2022
5:00 PM ā 8:00 PM UTC
5:00 PM | Introduction |
5:05 PM | Fireside Chat |
6:00 PM | Netwroking |
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