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Lucia Cerchlan

Investor

Head of Portfolio & Product at Backed

London, England, United Kingdom

About

Lucia Cerchlan is Head of Portfolio & Product at Backed, where she focuses on supporting the firm's founders after investment. She has around a decade of experience working in startups and co-founded LUMUS, described as Europe's largest female angel syndicate.

Experience

  1. BACKED VCHead of Portfolio Management and Productcurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  2. BACKED VCHead of Founder Experience2024 — 2026London Area, United Kingdom
  3. LUMUS Investment CollectiveCo-Foundercurrent2020 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
  4. Newton Venture ProgramVenture Fellowcurrent2022 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
  5. Stealth StartupCo-Founder2023 — 2024London, England, United Kingdom
  6. KeeboHead Of Research2022 — 2023London, England, United Kingdom
  7. CuvvaHead Of Research2020 — 2022London, England, United Kingdom
  8. CuvvaUX Research Lead2020London, England, United Kingdom
  9. SlidoGo-to-Market and International Expansion2017 — 2020San Francisco, California, United States
  10. SlidoStrategic Partnerships2016 — 2017London, England, United Kingdom
  11. Ministry of Economy of the Slovak RepublicInnovation and Technology Policy Analyst2015 — 2016Bratislava, Slovakia
  12. BIPACPublic Policy Intern2015Washington D.C. Metro Area

Education

  1. London Business SchoolNewton Venture Fellow
  2. Imperial College LondonMSc in Economics & Business Strategy
  3. Northeastern State UniversityBachelor's degree, International Business & Finance
  4. Stanford UniversityVenture Labs

Skills & more

Languages English · Slovak · Spanish

From Lucia's professional profile.

Colleagues at Backed

Adena Wallingford
EA to Founders at Backed
Alex Brunicki
Co-Founder, Partner at Backed
Alexey Morgunov
Bio Venture Partner at Backed
Andre de Haes
Co-Founder, Managing Partner at Backed
Chen Cui
Co-Founder at Backed
Clare Hunter
Head of Brand, Communications and Marketing at Backed
David Linsey
Investor at Backed
Dominic Barnard
Finance Director at Backed

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