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805 people in our graph share verified history with Michelle — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Lawrence BarclayunlockedMichelle: together at Techstars (2014)
×3Michelle: together at Techstars
×2Michelle: together at Creandum
×3Michelle: together at Loughborough University
About
Michelle Coventry is Creandum's VP Talent, supporting portfolio founders with global hiring and building high-performance workplaces. With an engineering background, she moved into tech headhunting and later spent over two decades as a talent and people operations operator scaling foundational teams at companies including Depop, Paddle, Wise, Dexory and Five.ai.
Experience
- CreandumVP Talent (inc Platform Partnerships)current2024 — present
- CreandumHead of Talent2021 — 2025Greater London
- FiveAIVP People2017 — 2022London Area, United Kingdom
- Kindred Capital VCFounding Talent Partner, now Talent + People Operations Advisor to Fund I and Fund II2016 — 2021London Area, United Kingdom
- SeedcampMentor/Workshop - Building High Performing Teams2015 — 2018London, United Kingdom
- TechstarsMentor (Talent & People Operations)2014 — 2017
- Maven VenturesFounder, Partner2008 — 2017
- Forward Partners, London, UKHead of Talent (via Maven)2013 — 2014London
- Calibre One Ltd /IncFounding Team, Partner - Perm Investor backed Tech Team Builds1999 — 2008London / San Francisco
- Walker HamillConsultant - Private Equity and Venture Capital1996 — 1999London, United Kingdom
Skills & more
Compensation & BenefitsTalent Management
Languages CSS3 · French
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Colleagues at Creandum
Alexandra Österman
Executive Assistant at Creandum
Beatrice Rellman Skantze
General Counsel at Creandum
Cam Sellers
Investment Team at Creandum
Carl Fritjofsson
General Partner at Creandum
Carolyne Wambayi
Office Administrator at TLcom Capital
Clara Leise
Investment Team at Creandum
Daniel Blomquist
Fund Partner at Creandum
Daniel Ovenden
Talent Team at Creandum
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Michelle Coventry?
- Michelle Coventry is Creandum's VP Talent, supporting portfolio founders with global hiring and building high-performance workplaces. With an engineering background, she moved into tech headhunting and later spent over two decades as a talent and people operations operator scaling foundational teams at companies including Depop, Paddle, Wise, Dexory and Five.ai.
- Where does Michelle Coventry work?
- Michelle Coventry is VP Talent at Creandum.
- Where did Michelle Coventry go to school?
- Michelle Coventry studied at ICAEW (Certificate, Non Executive Director/ Board Advisory); Loughborough University (Aeronautical Engineering with French, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering).
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Also attended Loughborough University96
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Shared employers
Also worked at Creandum53
Johanna OlnénData Analyst at NorthzoneAlessandro De BenedettiAssociate at NorthzonePhil WickhamExecutive Managing Director at Sozo VenturesGemma BloemenVenture Partner at Systemiq CapitalStaffan HelgessonGeneral Partner at CreandumFredrik CasselGeneral Partner at Creandum
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Also worked at FiveAI5
Also worked at Kindred Capital VC21
Rob HicksChief Financial Officer at Giant Ventures Global LlpAndrewInvestor at Dig Ventures Management LimitedDave WaschaOperating Partner at AlbionVCRussell BuckleyInvestor at Ballpark VenturesNat FalconerVenture Partner at Cornerstone VCAlex GoodwayOperations at Dawn Capital LLP
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Also worked at Seedcamp74
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