Meet the team

We’re an ambitious team of founders turned investors and operators turned advisors. We are committed to helping category-creating companies unlock their potential and deliver their version of a better world.

General Partner

In the first part of my career I spent nearly 10 years in Paris working in consulting for Cap Gemini then in a start-up and in various sales roles. Then in 2005 I moved back to London and worked for 14 years in the City selling global equity research to fund managers.

I started angel investing in 2015 and built up an angel portfolio of 20 companies, building an angel syndicate along the way. We formed Love Ventures in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic and haven’t looked back since.

I love helping portfolio companies where I can, and am super excited by the growth of our first two funds and our own super team! Outside work, I enjoy sports, culture and travel. Most recently I cycled 458 miles in eastern Turkey for a charity called 1morechild.

General Partner

The early part of my career was spent at The Instant Group, a high growth pioneer within the global flexible workspace sector where I focussed on enterprise sales before its acquisition by MML Capital – their digital assets have now merged with IWG Group. From 2016, I worked at Dorrington PLC, a £1.4Bn private investment company, where I was an investment manager of a £200m portfolio of assets.

During this period, I began my own entrepreneurial journey within property development and also started angel investing, building up an angel syndicate alongside my brother Marcus. Having been in business together since 2009, we co-founded Love Ventures in 2020 and enjoy using our extensive networks to help the founders across our portfolio.

Outside of the world of start-ups, you can usually find me on the sports pitch whether it’s regular five-a-side football, squash, golf or skiing. I also love an adventure and have been recruiting founders for a round the world cycle to Sydney, starting off with London to Paris in September.

Investment Associate

Prior to Love Ventures, I spent the past 9 months as a Venture Fellow at Backed VC and Hearst Ventures. Before this, I founded a D2C data-driven consumer fashion brand after working in Management Consulting for 2 years in London and Paris. 

When I’m not obsessing over start-ups, you’ll find me battling with my love-hate relationship with Yoga, eating one too many Acai bowls and practicing my golf swing; the game that refuses to love me back.

Meet the team

We’re an ambitious team of founders turned investors and operators turned advisors. We are committed to helping category-creating companies unlock their potential and deliver their version of a better world.

General Partner

In the first part of my career I spent nearly 10 years in Paris working in consulting for Cap Gemini then in a start-up and in various sales roles. Then in 2005 I moved back to London and worked for 14 years in the City selling global equity research to fund managers.

I started angel investing in 2015 and built up an angel portfolio of 20 companies, building an angel syndicate along the way. We formed Love Ventures in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic and haven’t looked back since.

I love helping portfolio companies where I can, and am super excited by the growth of our first two funds and our own super team! Outside work, I enjoy sports, culture and travel. Most recently I cycled 458 miles in eastern Turkey for a charity called 1morechild.

General Partner

Adrian has over a decade of experience as an investment professional and chartered surveyor. From 2016, he worked at Dorrington PLC, a £1.4Bn private investment company, where he was an investment manager of a £200m portfolio of assets. Prior to that, he worked for six years at The Instant Group, a high growth pioneer within the global flexible workspace sector where he focussed on enterprise sales before its acquisition by MML Capital.

Adrian has built an angel syndicate alongside Marcus that has invested in 20 early stage businesses during the last six years. He led PropTech company Deepfinity’s £200k seed funding round in 2020 and joined as a Board Observer to help drive their SaaS sales and marketing strategy. In 2016, he also co-founded A&M Love Property, a technology-led residential development business, backed by private investors and joint venture partners seeking long-term returns.

Adrian uses his extensive network and deep knowledge of property from an investment and operational perspective to identify category creators within the emerging PropTech sector and leads this vertical for the Fund.

Investment Associate

Prior to Love Ventures, I spent the past 9 months as a Venture Fellow at Backed VC and Hearst Ventures. Before this, I founded a D2C data-driven consumer fashion brand after working in Management Consulting for 2 years in London and Paris. 

When I’m not obsessing over start-ups, you’ll find me battling with my love-hate relationship with Yoga, eating one too many Acai bowls and practicing my golf swing; the game that refuses to love me back.

Investment Associate

Before joining Love Ventures, I spent 3 years at Barclays working as an Assistant Vice President across Barclays Ventures and the Strategic Opportunities team where I helped build, invest in and run a portfolio of leading FinTech partners.

Prior to that I studied Economics & Management at the University of Bristol, where I also managed a student events business and worked for a startup, Freddie’s Flowers, alongside my university studies.

Outside of Love, you’ll normally find me honing my sub-par tennis serve, cover drive or parallel turns (aka complete sports bore). When I get the chance I love getting out into the countryside to live out my fantasy of climbing the Seven Summits; 1 down so far, so I’ve got some way to go!

Head of Investor Relations

Just prior to joining the team at Love, I worked as Senior Investment Consultant at RISE Ventures, a London based venture brokerage, where I built out an investor network across Europe while raising funds for UK companies from Seed to Series B. The bulk of my professional career was spent as an entrepreneur / operator, building the musical instrument brand, Hendrix Drums.

I started the company in 2010 and grew it into a globally distributed brand with a presence in the US, UK, Asia, and Europe, and led it through to a successful acquisition and exit in 2019. 

I also have experience as a technical analysis quant day trader, though with my extroverted personality, I soon realised I much preferred collaborating with people face to face as opposed to spending my days in front of candlestick charts.

Investment Associate

Before joining Love Ventures, I spent three years at Barclays working as an Assistant Vice President across Barclays Ventures and the Strategic Opportunities team where I helped build, invest in and run a portfolio of leading FinTech partners. Prior to that I studied Economics & Management at the University of Bristol, where I also managed a student events business and worked for a startup, Freddie’s Flowers, alongside my studies.

Outside of Love Ventures, you’ll probably find me honing my sub-par tennis serve, cover drive or parallel turns (aka complete sports bore). Whenever I get the chance, I love getting out into the countryside to live out my fantasy of climbing the Seven Summits; I’m one down so far, so I’ve got some way to go!

 

Head of Investor Relations

Just prior to joining the team at Love, I worked as Senior Investment Consultant at RISE Ventures, a London based venture brokerage, where I built out an investor network across Europe while raising funds for UK companies from Seed to Series B. The bulk of my professional career was spent as an entrepreneur / operator, building the musical instrument brand, Hendrix Drums.

I started the company in 2010 and grew it into a globally distributed brand with a presence in the US, UK, Asia, and Europe, and led it through to a successful acquisition and exit in 2019. 

I also have experience as a technical analysis quant day trader, though with my extroverted personality, I soon realised I much preferred collaborating with people face to face as opposed to spending my days in front of candlestick charts.