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Edwin Appiah

Investor

General Partner at Cornerstone VC

London

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Edwin Appiah, a Black GP in a rare sibling-led UK team, scaled an Afro‑Caribbean angel syndicate into institutional VC and built a data-driven model scoring founders on coachability and pivoting.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningFintechHealthtechImpact & Social GoodSaaS

Experience

  1. Cornerstone VCGeneral Partnercurrent2022 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
  2. Cornerstone PartnersCo Foundercurrent2018 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
  3. Cornerstone PartnersInvestment Director2018 — 2022Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  4. Imperial College LondonIC Member - Imperial College Enterprise Fund IIcurrent2021 — present
  5. By RotationInvestorcurrent2022 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
  6. PlusHeatInvestorcurrent2021 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
  7. BoxxInvestorcurrent2021 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
  8. Afrocenchix LtdInvestorcurrent2021 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
  9. NUDEAInvestorcurrent2021 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
  10. HutchInvestorcurrent2020 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
  11. InUse-ReUse FurnitureBoard Advisorcurrent2020 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
  12. CoordinateInvestorcurrent2020 — presentSheffield, England, United Kingdom
  13. TectonicInvestorcurrent2019 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
  14. CheckboardInvestor2021 — 2022Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  15. CouttsPrivate Banker2007 — 2021London Area, United Kingdom

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship8Venture Capital1Angel Investing1Private Banking14Wealth Management29

From Edwin's professional profile.

Shared employers

Also worked at By Rotation2

Rita CherradiVenture Partner, Syndicate Lead at Sie VenturesAly BryanInvestor, Ventures Group at Closed Loop Partners

Also worked at Coutts13

Rudy PagesInvestor at HLM Investment PartnersStuart CookIndustry Partner at Stack AssetAdam SaidPrincipal at Octopus VenturesMaan EshgiGeneral Partner at VentureSouqYasmin VenemaPrincipal at 4impact capitalSinead BarryHead of Compliance at Oakglen

+ 7 more

Colleagues at Cornerstone VC

Dean Forbes
Board Member at Cornerstone VC
Jude Addo
Venture Partner at Cornerstone VC
Lord Dr Michael Hastings CBE
Board Member at Cornerstone VC
Nat Falconer
Venture Partner at Cornerstone VC
Oksana Stowe
IC Member at Cornerstone VC
Rodney Appiah
Managing Partner at Cornerstone VC
Susannah Nicklin
IC Member at Cornerstone VC
Vanessa Mbamalu
Analyst at Cornerstone VC

Network4

Jude Addo
Venture Partner at Cornerstone VC
Oksana Stowe
IC Member at Cornerstone VC
Rodney Appiah
Managing Partner at Cornerstone VC
Wilfred Fianko
General Partner at Cornerstone VC

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