About
Olly is a General Partner at Concept Ventures, a firm that invests in first-time and repeat founders. He leads or co-leads pre-seed rounds with cheques of up to $1.5 million, taking a sector-agnostic approach focused on European founders with global ambitions.
Experience
- Concept VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2025 — present
- Concept VenturesPartner2023 — 2025Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Concept VenturesPrincipal2021 — 2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Concept VenturesAssociate2019 — 2021London Area, United Kingdom
- ElevenLabsPre-seed Investorcurrent2022 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
- AronditePre-seed Investorcurrent2024 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
- Zinco AIPre-seed Investorcurrent2025 — presentMadrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
- AnamPre-seed Investorcurrent2024 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
- DexPre-seed Investorcurrent2025 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
- MobGrowth Specialist2017 — 2021London Area, United Kingdom
- Tech City VenturesPartnerships Manager2019London Area, United Kingdom
- Momentum LondonPartnership and Programme Associate2019London Area, United Kingdom
Skills & more
Asana2Microsoft Word6Microsoft Excel5Teamwork5Public Speaking1Communication3Venture Capital1Entrepreneurship6Research6Start-ups7Social Media Marketing5Spanish4
Languages English · Spanish
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Colleagues at Concept Ventures
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Anrea Munsamy
Associate at Concept Ventures
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Ariel Rahamim
Principal at Concept Ventures
Carles Reina
Venture Partner at Concept Ventures
Gloria Yu
COO at Concept Ventures
Jair Paula Jr
Partner at Concept Ventures
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Jeff Chowdhry
General Partner at Concept Ventures
Lauren Sauerland
Analyst at Concept Ventures
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Oliver Kicks
General Partner at Concept Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Olly?
- Olly is a General Partner at Concept Ventures, a firm that invests in first-time and repeat founders. He leads or co-leads pre-seed rounds with cheques of up to $1.5 million, taking a sector-agnostic approach focused on European founders with global ambitions.
- Where does Olly work?
- Olly is at Concept Ventures.
- Where did Olly go to school?
- Olly studied at University of Exeter (Flexible Combined Honours, Flexible Combined Honours); Marlborough College.
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Also attended Marlborough College9
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