About
Hugo Markland is Chief Capital Officer at Karoo. He was an early employee at Lendable, where he led UK capital markets activities and helped raise billions in funding.
Founder at KarooYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Hugo went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Karoo's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Hugo can intro founders to Karoo's investors below.
Karoo's investors · 3
Co-founders at Karoo
JD
Jeanot DawsonFounder
OL
Oliver LambsonFounder
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Hugo Markland?
- Hugo Markland is Chief Capital Officer at Karoo. He was an early employee at Lendable, where he led UK capital markets activities and helped raise billions in funding.
- Where does Hugo Markland work?
- Hugo Markland is Founder of Karoo.
- What companies did Hugo Markland found?
- Hugo Markland founded Karoo.
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