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Lorcan Delaney

Investor

Senior Associate at firstminute capital

London

Writes $1.3M – $5.1M checks · typically $2.6M

About

Lorcan Delaney is a partner with CS and finance background who stays engaged post-investment—shaping companies, making introductions, moving rounds quickly, and backing open-source AI for claims, inspections, and freight paperwork.

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningClimate TechConsumerDeep TechDeveloper ToolsFintechGamingHardwareHealthtechMarketplacesRoboticsSaaSSector Agnostic

Experience

  1. firstminute capitalPartnercurrent2026 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
  2. firstminute capitalPrincipalcurrent2023 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
  3. firstminute capitalSenior Associate2022 — 2023London Area, United Kingdom
  4. firstminute capitalAssociate2021 — 2022Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  5. TruvoInvestorcurrent2026 — presentNew York, United States
  6. ZymblyInvestorcurrent2026 — present
  7. Corvera (YC W26)Investorcurrent2025 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  8. nenoInvestorcurrent2025 — presentAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
  9. RectifyInvestorcurrent2025 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  10. RootlineInvestorcurrent2025 — present
  11. VoccaInvestorcurrent2025 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
  12. ScaleraInvestorcurrent2025 — presentZurich, Switzerland
  13. LupaInvestorcurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  14. OntikInvestorcurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  15. Reimagine RoboticsInvestorcurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  16. Portia AIInvestorcurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  17. ClarityCare AIInvestorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  18. ClaimSorted (claimsorted.com)Investorcurrent2024 — present
  19. IntropyInvestorcurrent2024 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  20. UnderstoryInvestorcurrent2023 — presentAarhus, Central Denmark Region, Denmark

Education

  1. University of OxfordMaster of Science - MSc, Computer Science2018 — 2019
  2. UCLBachelor of Engineering - BEng, Electrical and Electronic Engineering2015 — 2018
  3. Liceo Scientifico "San Giuseppe del Caburlotto"High School, Scientific High School2012 — 2015

Skills & more

Teamwork26Public Speaking11Management20Leadership20Team Leadership11Strategic Planning4StrategyResearch9Customer Service3Social Media4Project Management11Time Management7
+12 moreManagement ConsultingEconomicsFinanceData AnalysisMarketingData AnalyticsMachine LearningExcel ModelsAccountingCorporate FinanceAgile Project ManagementNumPy
  • Advanced Valuation and Strategy - M&A, Private Equity, and Venture Capital — Erasmus School of Economics
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital — Università Bocconi
  • Enhancing Resilience — LinkedIn
  • Entrepreneurship Foundations — LinkedIn
  • Finance Foundations — LinkedIn
  • Building RESTful APIs with Flask — LinkedIn

From Lorcan's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Oxford745

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageBrad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also attended UCL272

André DuboisInvestor at Index VenturesFrédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Jonas VetterleInvestor at Moonfire VenturesMarie FerriInvestor at DaphniElena PantaziPartner & Head of Platform at NorthzoneGiovanni MariggiInvestor at Medicxi

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Shared employers

Also worked at neno1

Sam EndacottPartner at Northzone

Also worked at Vocca2

Sam EndacottPartner at NorthzoneMichael StothardPrincipal at firstminute capital

Also worked at ClarityCare AI2

Lina WennerPartner at firstminute capitalAdam GhobarahFounder and Managing Partner at Top Harvest Capital

Also worked at Intropy1

Sam EndacottPartner at Northzone

Deals · 2

Capi MoneyLed round

via firstminute capital

MistralLed round

via firstminute capital

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

Colleagues at firstminute capital

Abby Hughes
Operations Manager at firstminute capital
Adriana Vitagliano
Principal at firstminute capital
Anaïs Benazet
Head of Community and Events at firstminute capital
Arek Wylegalski
Partner at firstminute capital
Ben McCloskey
Financial Controller at firstminute capital
Brent Hoberman
Executive Chairman, Founder at Founders Factory
Lina Wenner
Partner at firstminute capital
Michael Stothard
Principal at firstminute capital

Network2

Arek Wylegalski
Partner at firstminute capital
Brent Hoberman
Executive Chairman, Founder at Founders Factory

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