About
Fred Destin is the founder of Stride.VC, an artisan seed fund based in London currently investing from its second £120 million fund. Previously, he was a General Partner at Accel and Accomplice, where he led investments in companies including Deliveroo, Pillpack, Zoopla, Integral Ad Science, and TheCurrencyCloud. His current portfolio includes Buena, Conceivable Life Sciences, and Techwolf.
Founder at Stride
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Co-founders at Stride
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Harry StebbingsCo-Founder & Partner
Experience
- Stride.VCFoundercurrent2017 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- BuenaBoard Member and Lead Investorcurrent2023 — presentBerlin, Germany
- Kashmir IntelligenceBoard Member and Lead Investorcurrent2024 — present
- Conceivable Life SciencesBoard Member and Lead Investorcurrent2022 — presentNew York, United States
- TRIVERBoard Member and Lead Investorcurrent2022 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
- TechWolfBoard Member and Lead Investorcurrent2022 — present
- UnibuddyBoard Member and Lead Investorcurrent2019 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- OnsiBoard Member and Lead Investorcurrent2020 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- HofyBoard Member and Lead Investor2021 — 2024Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- SEDNABoard Member2020 — 2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- StrapiBoard Member2019 — 2022Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
- RunaBoard Member and Lead Investor2019 — 2022London Area, United Kingdom
- JowBoard Observer2019 — 2021Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
- PillPackBoard Member and Lead Investor (Seed)2013 — 2017Cambridge, MA
- Accel PartnersGeneral Partner2014 — 2017London Area, United Kingdom
- carwowBoard Member and Lead Investor2015 — 2017London Area, United Kingdom
- DeliverooBoard Member and Lead Investor2014 — 2017London Area, United Kingdom
- Zoopla Property Group LtdBoard Member and Lead Investor2007 — 2014London Area, United Kingdom
- Atlas VentureGeneral Partner2004 — 2014
- LagoaBoard Member2012 — 2014South Boston, MA
Education
- HKUST Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration (MBA)1994 — 1995
- Solvay Brussels School of Economics and ManagementMA, Finance1989 — 1994
Skills & more
SaaS49Mentoring9Strategy67Leadership18Management9Venture Capital99Entrepreneur5Digital Media39Investments59Angel Investing30E-commerce86B2B eCommerce2
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Business StrategyEntrepreneurshipStart-upsProduct DevelopmentNew Business DevelopmentExecutive ManagementStrategic PartnershipsB2BMarketingStart-upLanguages English · French
- Decency Pledge — Emtrain
From Fred's professional profile.
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Harry StebbingsScout
Founder & General Partner at 20VC
Andy LeaverScout
Operating Partner at Notion Capital
Jag SinghScout
Managing Partner at Angel Invest
Aimee Raleigh
Principal at Atlas Venture
Aviv Refuah
General Partner at Journey Ventures
Bruce Booth
Partner at Atlas Venture
Chelsea Johnson
Principal at Atlas Venture
Dave McClure
General Partner at Practical Venture Capital
David Grayzel
Partner at Atlas Venture
Jason Rhodes
Partner at Atlas Venture
Investors connected to Fred in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Fred Destin work?
- Fred Destin is Founder at Stride.
- What check size does Fred Destin write?
- Fred Destin typically writes checks of $340K – $5.5M.
- What companies did Fred Destin found?
- Fred Destin founded Stride.
Founder mafias
Atlas Venture mafia13
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Nessan BerminghamVenture PartnerFounded Korro Bio +2Romesh SubramanianEntrepreneur In ResidenceFounded RaNA Therapeutics +2Phillip SamayoaVenture PartnerFounded Codiak BioSciences +2Jason RhodesPartnerFounded Rectifypharma +1Sumit AgarwalAssociateFounded Shape Security +1Kevin BittermanPartnerFounded Editas Medicine
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Seedcamp mafia10
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Alexander BruehlCo-Investor ⇨ MinuboFounded Saastock +1Johan GjesdahlMentorFounded RementeAnders HallinMentorFounded RementeAlen CvisicMentorFounded TolaDevin HuntVenture PartnerFounded FuzzwichPaul AnthonyInvestor (LP)Founded Primer
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HKUST Business School mafia7
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management mafia7
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
PillPack mafia4
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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Same school
Also attended HKUST Business School36
Raoul Oscar FianoInvestor at DN CapitalRavi RajamonyVice President at March Capital PartnersPavel TinkovGeneral Partner & Founder at AUDEO VENTURESCatherine Ouellet-DupuisGeneral Partner at White Star CapitalAndreas HadjitofiAssociate at Quadri VenturesCarey LaiCo-Founder & General Partner at Conductive Ventures
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Also attended Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management61
Jeroen Van IseghemInvestment Analyst at Capricorn Venture PartnersOfir EjnesInvestor at FEBE VenturesEric van ZuijlenInvestment Partner at E-Capital Equity ManagementYannick OswaldPartner at Mangrove Capital PartnersJean-Baptiste MaenhoutInvestment Manager at SmartFinRoderick VerhelstPrincipal at Bioqube Ventures
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