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Ben Newsome
InvestorVP, Talent and People at Cherry Ventures
London
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
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About
Ben Newsome is Vice President of Portfolio Talent at Cherry Ventures, where he leads talent strategy and advisory services across approximately 130 portfolio companies at various stages from early-stage to pre-IPO in Europe and the US. He previously held roles at Monzo, Improbable, and Octopus Ventures, and has experience in portfolio management and scaling operations at high-growth companies. He is currently developing Elevate, a platform designed to distribute institutional knowledge and support across Cherry's portfolio network.
Experience
- Cherry VenturesVP Portfolio Talentcurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- PavilionExecutive Membercurrent2024 — presentNew York, United States
- VC PlatformMembercurrent2022 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Octopus VenturesHead of Portfolio Talent & Platform - B2B/AI2025 — 2026London Area, United Kingdom
- Octopus VenturesPortfolio Talent Manager - B2B/B2C2022 — 2025Greater London
- Monzo BankRecruitment Manager, AI/ML & Leadership Hiring2021 — 2022Greater London
- ImprobableRecruitment Lead2019 — 2021London Area, United Kingdom
- ImprobableSenior Talent Partner2018 — 2019London, United Kingdom, Washington D.C. USA, Edmonton, Canada
- SaltSenior Principal Consultant - Product, Engineering & Exec Search2017 — 2018London, United Kingdom, EMEA, USA
- RoomitCo-Founder2016 — 2017London, United Kingdom
- AdRoc GroupDirector - Technology Recruitment2016London, United Kingdom
- AdRoc GroupAssociate Director - Technology Recruiter2014 — 2016London, United Kingdom
- BitsilkPartner2014 — 2015London, Hamburg
- SkillsearchTechnology Recruitment Consultant2013 — 2014Brighton, Brighton and Hove, England
- London Commodity MarketsBusiness Development Manager2011 — 2013London, United Kingdom
- Professional GolferProfessional Golfer2008 — 2011Europe
Skills & more
Artificial Intelligence (AI)1StartupsManagement Accounting9Business Administration7Financial Modeling7Business CulturePeople ManagementRecruitment TrainingEmployee EngagementGrowth Strategies2Executive Search2Operating Partnership1
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Go-to-Market StrategyExecutive ManagementExecutive CoachingStart-up VenturesRecruitingRuby on RailsProduct ManagementStakeholder Management- Revenue Architecture — Winning by Design
- MBA Essentials — The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- NLP Practitioner And Coaching — UK College of Personal Development
From Ben's professional profile.
Colleagues at Cherry Ventures
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Alexander Langholz-Baikousis
CFO and Operating Partner at Cherry Ventures
Anna Sziwek
Senior Finance Manager at Cherry Ventures
Bruno Wisniewski
Investor at Cherry Ventures
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Christian Meermann
Founding Partner at Cherry Ventures
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Christina Käss
Executive Assistant at Cherry Ventures
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Claire McDonald
Team Assistant at Cherry Ventures
Daniel Glasner
Partner at Cherry Ventures
Dimitri Sedashev
Investor at Cherry Ventures
Network5
Christian Meermann
Founding Partner at Cherry Ventures
Daniel Glasner
Partner at Cherry Ventures
Dinika Mahtani
Partner at Cherry Ventures
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Filip Dames
Founding Partner at Cherry Ventures
Thomas Lueke
Partner at Cherry Ventures
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ben Newsome?
- Ben Newsome is Vice President of Portfolio Talent at Cherry Ventures, where he leads talent strategy and advisory services across approximately 130 portfolio companies at various stages from early-stage to pre-IPO in Europe and the US. He previously held roles at Monzo, Improbable, and Octopus Ventures, and has experience in portfolio management and scaling operations at high-growth companies. He is currently developing Elevate, a platform designed to distribute institutional knowledge and support across Cherry's portfolio network.
- Where does Ben Newsome work?
- Ben Newsome is VP, Talent and People at Cherry Ventures.
- What check size does Ben Newsome write?
- Ben Newsome typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Ben Newsome go to school?
- Ben Newsome studied at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (MBA Essentials, Business Administration and Management, General); Haywards Heath College (Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Pavilion73
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Also worked at VC Platform78
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