About
Ed Bardos is a co-founder of Volution. He began his career as a corporate finance lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London and Tokyo, then moved in-house at Lehman Brothers and later served as Head of Legal, EMEA, for Neuberger Berman following the MBO of Lehman Brothers' asset management business. In 2012 he left to co-found a hospitality business that grew to four sites, and in 2018 he returned to investing, co-founding Volution.
Experience
- VolutionPartner & COOcurrent2020 — present
- VentureFoundersExecutive Directorcurrent2019 — present
- VentureFoundersInterim General Counsel2018 — 2019London Area, United Kingdom
- DIVERSO CORPORATION LIMITEDDirectorcurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Kua 'Aina UKCo-founder & Investor2011 — 2023London Area, United Kingdom
- VeddisGeneral Counsel - Consultant2019
- ICONTRACT ENTERPRISES LTDNon Exec Advisor & Investor2016 — 2018London Area, United Kingdom
- Neuberger BermanHead of Legal & Compliance, EMEA2008 — 2012London Area, United Kingdom
- Lehman BrothersVice President, Equity Finance, Legal2002 — 2008Tokyo & London
- Freshfields Bruckhaus DeringerAssociate - Corporate & Finance1999 — 2002London & Tokyo
Education
- Nottingham Law SchoolLegal Practice Course, Law1997 — 1998
- University of WarwickLLM, International Economic Law1996 — 1997
- University of WarwickLLB, Law1993 — 1996
Skills & more
Legal IssuesInvestment ManagementCross-border TransactionsCompliance RegulationsInvestment StrategiesCommercial AnalysisCapital Markets1Private Equity6Hedge Funds11Due Diligence1Alternative Investments2Corporate Governance
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DerivativesMergersCorporate FinanceRestructuringAsset ManagmentStructured FinanceSecuritiesInvestmentsfounderStrategyFinancial StructuringSecurities RegulationFrom Ed's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of Warwick118
MariaInvestor at InvestinorChen Yang SiaGeneral Counsel at Golden Gate VenturesMichael K CheungInvestment at Makers FundSvetlana BenderVice President, Artificial Intelligence & Behavioral Science at Flare Capital PartnersStephen ChambersGeneral Partner at SOSVDr. Mazin AlzaidiGeneral Partner at STV
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Shared employers
Also worked at VentureFounders4
Also worked at Neuberger Berman24
Jacqueline de SanctisManaging Director & Head of Investor Relations at ClearSkyAdam KerrSenior Partner at Mendoza VenturesAlex CeperoVP of Finance and Sr Controller at Upper90Brendan RogersCo-Founder & Partner at 2am VCCraig LifschutzManaging Partner, Founder at Lytical VenturesAndrew BoszhardtFounder and Managing Partner at Great Oaks Venture Capital
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Also worked at Lehman Brothers210
Scott MaxwellInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersDana SettleCo-Founder & Managing Partner at GreycroftHemal PatelManaging Director at Marlin Equity PartnersYusuf ÖzdalgaPartner, Head of U.K. & Europe at QED InvestorsSaar GurGeneral Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Pam TholenHead of Investor Relations at Paradigm
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Colleagues at Volution Ventures
Amy Goodwin
Senior Investment Manager at Volution Ventures
James Codling
Managing Partner at Volution Ventures
Jonny Laughton
Partner at Volution Ventures
Mike Edwards
Investment Director at Volution Ventures
Nick Hoar
Senior Partner at Volution Ventures
Nina Foote
Partner and Head of Growth at Volution Ventures
Sarah Hanafy
Entrepreneur in Residence, Marketing & Comms at Volution Ventures
Steve Lemon
Partner at Volution Ventures
Network4
Amy Goodwin
Senior Investment Manager at Volution Ventures
James Codling
Managing Partner at Volution Ventures
Jonny Laughton
Partner at Volution Ventures
Nina Foote
Partner and Head of Growth at Volution Ventures
Investors connected to Ed in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.