About
Adrian Lloyd built Marakon's China office and speaks fluent Mandarin, offering rare Asia experience; he seeks founders who decline offers from Google or Goldman and has a hands-on, design-oriented streak.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechHardwareSaaS
Experience
- Episode 1 VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2012 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
- Oxbridge EntrepreneursFoundercurrent2025 — presentLondon, UK
- vector.aiDirectorcurrent2019 — present
- PickrDirectorcurrent2018 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- SupplyCompassDirector Board Of Directorscurrent2019 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- ThirdEye labsBoard Directorcurrent2016 — present
- User ReplayBoard Directorcurrent2014 — presentUnited Kingdom
- SimplyCookBoard Directorcurrent2015 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Oxbridge Founders and AngelsDirectorcurrent2019 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- EtonPreneursFoundercurrent2012 — present
- MarakonConsultant2006 — 2008Shanghai
- MarakonAssociate Consultant2004 — 2006London Area, United Kingdom
Education
- Stanford Graduate School of BusinessMaster, Business Administration2008 — 2010
- University of OxfordMA, East Asian Studies1999 — 2003
Skills & more
Angel Investing3Management Consulting15MBA1Venture Capital24Start-ups49Strategic Consulting4Investments11Strategy32Financial Modeling5Business Development8Private Equity4
Languages Chinese - Mandarin · French
From Adrian's professional profile.
Colleagues at Episode1
Adam Shuaib
General Partner, PhD at Episode1
Carolina Monck
Investor, PhD at Episode1
Dom Lester
Investment Ops Lead at Episode1
Hector Mason
General Partner at Episode1
Matt Harrison
General Counsel at Episode1
Megha Prakash
Venture Partner at Episode1
Millan Suri
Principal at Episode1
Nuan Zhang
Investor at Episode1
Network7
Ian HogarthScout
Partner at Plural
Mandeep SinghScout
Scout at Andreessen Horowitz
Tom BlomfieldScout
General Partner at Y Combinator
Harveer Bharaj
Partner at QVentures
Hector Mason
General Partner at Episode1
Paul Anthony
Investor at Episode1
Siobhan Clarke
Partner at Episode1
Investors connected to Adrian in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Adrian Lloyd?
- Adrian Lloyd built Marakon's China office and speaks fluent Mandarin, offering rare Asia experience; he seeks founders who decline offers from Google or Goldman and has a hands-on, design-oriented streak.
- Where does Adrian Lloyd work?
- Adrian Lloyd is General Partner at Episode1.
- What does Adrian Lloyd invest in?
- Adrian Lloyd invests in AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, SaaS.
- What check size does Adrian Lloyd write?
- Adrian Lloyd typically writes checks of $250K – $1.5M.
- Where did Adrian Lloyd go to school?
- Adrian Lloyd studied at Stanford Graduate School of Business (Master, Business Administration); University of Oxford (MA, East Asian Studies).
Same school
Also attended Stanford Graduate School of Business1,299
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Also attended University of Oxford955
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageBrad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index Ventures
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