About
Michelle Coventry is VP Talent at Creandum, where she supports portfolio founders with hiring and building high-performance teams. She studied engineering and moved into headhunting for European tech funds before becoming an operator in talent and people operations roles. Over two decades she has helped scale 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
Education
- ICAEWCertificate, Non Executive Director/ Board Advisory2024
- Loughborough UniversityAeronautical Engineering with French, Aerospace1992 — 1996
- Columbia UniversityIPL, Institute of Personal Leadership2015 — 2016
Skills & more
Compensation & BenefitsTalent ManagementStartupsGlobal Talent AcquisitionLeadership DevelopmentExecutive CoachingVenture Capital99Private Equity99Start-ups99Executive Management99Business Development91Corporate Development36
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Business StrategyExecutive SearchEntrepreneurshipRecruitingAngel InvestingStrategic PartnershipsMergers & AcquisitionsE-commerceBiscuitsScaleupPeople ManagementFounderLanguages CSS3 · French · HTML5 · Rails · Ruby · Spanish
- Lovable
From Michelle's professional profile.
Colleagues at Creandum
Alexandra Österman
Executive Assistant at Creandum
Beata Klein
Associate at Creandum
Beatrice Rellman Skantze
General Counsel at Creandum
Cam Sellers
Investment Team at Creandum
Carl Fritjofsson
General Partner at Creandum
Clara Leise
Investment Team at Creandum
Daniel Blomquist
Fund Partner at Creandum
Daniel Ovenden
Talent Team at Creandum
Frequently asked questions
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Same school
Also attended ICAEW128
Abdul GueforManaging Director at Intel CapitalJames BraithwaiteFinancial Controller at NorthzoneJackson HeddyCFO at NorthzoneSteph OrdeChief Financial Officer at Episode1Sian CathrallPartner (joining next fund) at 4Di CapitalStephen ChandlerManaging Partner at Notion Capital
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Also attended Loughborough University53
Abbie RobusAssociate Director at Mayfair Equity PartnersDiane WalkerHead of Group Finance & Operations at Mayfair Equity PartnersCostanza CariniInvestor at DN CapitalAlasdair MitchellPortfolio Support at Giant Ventures Global LlpDiana KoziarskaManaging Partner at SMOK VenturesPatrick ForsterInvestment Analyst at The Spartan Group
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Also attended Columbia University688
Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDoug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIGabriella GiglioHR & Executive Talent at General CatalystScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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Shared employers
Also worked at Creandum47
Johanna OlnénData Analyst at NorthzoneAlessandro De BenedettiAssociate at NorthzoneKilian ThalhammerManaging Director, Head of Merchant Solutions at Deutsche Bank at PICUS CAPITALGemma BloemenVenture Partner at Systemiq CapitalStaffan HelgessonGeneral Partner at CreandumFredrik CasselGeneral Partner at Creandum
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Also worked at FiveAI3
Also worked at Kindred Capital VC18
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 Seedcamp59
Mattias LjungmanInvestor at Moonfire VenturesMillan SuriPrincipal at Episode1George RobsonInvestor at Sequoia CapitalKristjan LaanemaaFounding Partner at Karma VenturesKaushik SubramanianVenture capitalist, product personNell BrennanDirector of Finance at Valia Ventures
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