UK – Playfair Capital, a London, UK – based early stage venture capital firm, is enhancing the team in London with three new hires.
In details, Jeevan Sunner joins as an Associate from PwC where she worked with founders of early-stage B2B SaaS companies to identify new commercial opportunities and raise Series A funding. She will be working across the full life cycle of the firm’s investments. Jeremy Luzinda joins as a Off-Cycle Analyst. Having already worked as COO and CCO at fast-growing startups, Luzinda is now committed to building a career in venture capital. Elise Congram is now joining the team in a full-time role responsible for managing the space and leading a major new initiative for founders which is in the planning phases for next year. Playfair have one further hire in the pipeline – a community manager who will be joining in the coming weeks to enhance all aspects of their offering to founders, both current and prospective, as well as building on existing initiatives supporting female founders and school students. Led by Federico Pirzio-Biroli, Founding Partner & Chairman, and Chris Smith, Managing Partner, Playfair Capital is an early-stage firm that combines angel investing with a focused fund, to invest in founders taking a sector-agnostic approach with investments spanning deep tech, SaaS, marketplaces and B2B companies. 01/09/2020