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About
Fred Destin is the founder of Stride.VC, a London-based seed fund investing out of its second £120M fund. He was previously a General Partner at Accel and Accomplice (formerly Atlas Venture), where he served as lead investor and board member for companies including Deliveroo, Pillpack, Zoopla, Integral Ad Science, and TheCurrencyCloud. His current investments include Buena, Conceivable Life Sciences, and Techwolf.
Contact· published on Fred's own website
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Destin co-founded a new seed fund with Harry Stebbings after leaving Accel, initially registered as Stride VC.
- Hobbies
- Destin cited Mikhail Bulgakov's 'The Master & Margarita' as his favourite book.
Mentioned above: the Accel mafia →
From Fred's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Founder at Stride
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Stride's investors · 2
Co-founders at Stride
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
Skills & more
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Business StrategyEntrepreneurshipStart-upsProduct DevelopmentNew Business DevelopmentExecutive ManagementStrategic PartnershipsB2BMarketingStart-upLanguages English · French
- Decency Pledge — Emtrain
From Fred's professional profile.
Investments
Board seats
KNC
Investor
AccountableApplied ComputingAudioStackBotherCazooCrewDailymotionDeliverooDishpatchDoseEvermileEzra AIhandlyHofyHubooInspirational StoresIntegral Ad ScienceKDSKinveyKollenoMixadNodals AIOmneaPandoPillPackPlizyPurchaselyQargoRealeyes 3DRunaSeatwaveSecret EscapesTechwolf Skills intelligence platformThemaTriverUnibuddyWhenThenZefirZoopla
Per curated public sources.
Colleagues at Stride VC
Network12
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Fred Destin?
- Fred Destin is the founder of Stride.VC, a London-based seed fund investing out of its second £120M fund. He was previously a General Partner at Accel and Accomplice (formerly Atlas Venture), where he served as lead investor and board member for companies including Deliveroo, Pillpack, Zoopla, Integral Ad Science, and TheCurrencyCloud. His current investments include Buena, Conceivable Life Sciences, and Techwolf.
- Where does Fred Destin work?
- Fred Destin is Founder of Stride and Founder & Partner at Stride VC.
- What companies did Fred Destin found?
- Fred Destin founded Stride.
- What boards does Fred Destin sit on?
- Fred Destin holds tracked board seats at KNC.
- What companies has Fred Destin invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Deliveroo, PillPack, Accountable, Applied Computing, AudioStack, Bother, Cazoo, Crew, Dailymotion, Deliveroo, Dishpatch, Dose, and 29 more.
- Where did Fred Destin go to school?
- Fred Destin studied at HKUST Business School (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (MA, Finance).
- Does Fred Destin lead rounds?
- Yes — Fred Destin has led 2 tracked investments.
Founder mafias
Atlas Venture mafia40
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Accel mafia34
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management mafia29
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Deliveroo mafia20
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
HKUST Business School mafia17
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended HKUST Business School66
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Also attended Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management114
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