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Imran Ghory

Investor

Partner at Blossom Capital

London

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

About

A technically-trained investor who spent a decade building engineering and data science teams and scaling a company before joining Blossom. Known for coining the 'Fizzbuzz' interview technique, he focuses on backing early-stage European technology founders.

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Experience

  1. Blossom CapitalPartnercurrent2018 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
  2. MarketFinanceHead of Data Insights2015 — 2017
  3. Index VenturesInvestment Team2012 — 2014London, United Kingdom
  4. CoderStackFounder2010 — 2012
  5. Commerzbank AGVP Engineering / FX Developer2010
  6. Commerzbank AGFX Software Developer (Front-Office)2007 — 2010
  7. BloombergSoftware Developer (Fixed Income Electronic Trading)2006 — 2007
  8. BloombergEquities Software Developer2004 — 2006

Education

  1. University of BristolBachelor of Science (BSc), Maths and Computer Science (1st)2001 — 2004

Skills & more

Start-ups11Software Development5User Experience1Derivatives1Fixed Income1Electronic Trading2Entrepreneurship2Trading Systems6Bloomberg1

From Imran's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Bristol124

Chris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystSaran DaviesInvestor at Moonfire VenturesThomas RubensInvestor at DN CapitalIgnacio García LeónEntrepreneur in Residence at FJ LabsAnnabel StoddartOffice Manager and Executive Assistant at Medical Excellence CapitalMichael PatersonCo-founder & former CTO at Asymmetric Capital Partners

+ 118 more

Shared employers

Also worked at MarketFinance3

Kamil MieczakowskiGeneral Partner at Notion CapitalSylwester JanikGeneral Partner at Cogito Capital PartnersJulian CassenBusiness Development Manager at Time Finance

Also worked at Index Ventures124

Danny RimerPartner at Index VenturesAdrianna MaInvestor at Index VenturesAli Fisher SweetInvestor at Index VenturesAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesAndré DuboisInvestor at Index VenturesAvron MarcusInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 118 more

Also worked at Commerzbank AG63

Mariusz AdamskiGeneral Partner at Ff Venture CapitalMiriam UeberallTuring Labs AI; Ex-R&D at Flora Food Group, Kraft Heinz, Unilever at PeakBridge VCJoyce SantosInvestor at FELIX CAPITALMartin WeberInvestor at HV CapitalVictoria GraceFounding Partner at Colle Capital PartnersBenedek OrbanHead of Ecosystem, CV VC & CV Labs at CV Labs

+ 57 more

Also worked at Bloomberg96

Eric WagnerVP of Research and Data at Redpoint VenturesVivek GopalanInvestment Team at 8VCAndrea GurnariInvestor at Moonfire VenturesArpan PunyaniCo-founder and General Partner at Garuda VenturesNick AlbaneseVP, Research & Strategy and Investment Associate at The Westly GroupNaimish PatelChief Growth Officer at Red Cell Incubation

+ 90 more

Deals · 1

EQUILIBRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Board seat

via Blossom Capital · filed Dec 2023 · $7M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Blossom Capital

James Knox
CFO at Blossom Capital
Ksenia Kokareva
Operating Partner at Blossom Capital
Marianne Burgum Oliveira
Chief Operating Officer at Blossom Capital
Maxim Frenkel
Investment Partner at Blossom Capital
Nick Hayes
General Counsel at Blossom Capital
Ophelia Brown
Managing Partner at Blossom Capital

Network1

Cédric
Investor at Tomahawk.VC

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