Where does Simon Levene work?

Simon Levene is Partner at Mosaic Ventures and Board director at Shipamax and Board director at Veriff.

What check size does Simon Levene write?

Simon Levene typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.

What boards does Simon Levene sit on?

Simon Levene holds tracked board seats at Shipamax, Veriff.

Where did Simon Levene go to school?

Simon Levene studied at Harvard Business School (mba); Harvard University (Choate Fellow, GSAS); University of Cambridge (BA, political theory & philosophy).

Simon Levene

InvestorFounder

Partner at Mosaic Ventures · Board director at Shipamax · Board director at Veriff

United Kingdom

Writes $1M – $10M checks · typically $5M

About

Co-founder of Mosaic who met Toby Coppel as a grad school roommate in 1995. Began as an operator at Excite@Home and Yahoo!, and has invested across the US and Europe over 30+ years.

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

s•••@mosaicventures.comreveal100% confident

Invests in

AgTechAI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Deep TechEdTech

Board director at Shipamax YC W17

Intro paths

Simon went through Y Combinator (Winter 2017) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Simon can intro founders to Shipamax's investors below.

Shipamax's investors · 5

Cherubic VenturesGrand Cayman · $220K – $27M checks · since 2019 Crane Venture PartnersLondon · $750K – $3M checks · since 2019 Long Venture PartnersMountain View · since 2019 Mosaic VenturesLondon · $1M – $10M checks · since 2019 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2017

Co-founders at Shipamax

Jenna BrownFounder/CEO

Fabian BlaicherExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Veriff YC W18

Intro paths

Simon went through Y Combinator (Winter 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Veriff's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Simon can intro founders to Veriff's investors below.

Veriff's investors · 13

Co-founders at Veriff

Kaarel KotkasFounder/CEO

Experience

AsyncInvestor and Board Membercurrent2024 — present
ParloaInvestor and Board Observercurrent2023 — present
LightyearInvestor and Board Observercurrent2021 — present
MavenoidInvestor and board membercurrent2020 — presentStockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
MavenoidInvestor and Board Membercurrent2020 — present
Mosaic VenturesCo-Founder and Partnercurrent2014 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
AuterionInvestor & Board Attendeecurrent2018 — present
VeriffInvestor & board Membercurrent2018 — present
Nexar Inc.Investor and board membercurrent2016 — present
Clue by BiowinkInvestorcurrent2015 — present
Docker, IncInvestorcurrent2015 — present
BlockstreamInvestor and Board Observercurrent2014 — present
COIN SCIENCES LTDInvestorcurrent2014 — present
NumberFour AGInvestor and Board Observercurrent2010 — presentBerlin Metropolitan Area
ResearchGATEInvestor, Board Membercurrent2010 — present
AppCardInvestor and Advisorcurrent2012 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
Seeking AlphaInvestor, Board Observercurrent2007 — present
GameforgeInvestorcurrent2007 — present
CHECK24 Vergleichsportal GmbHInvestorcurrent2007 — present
Convoy IncInvestor2017 — 2024
FotoliaInvestor and Board Member2013 — 2024NYC
SquarespaceInvestor, Advisory Board member2010 — 2024
ShapewaysInvestor, Board Observer2010 — 2024
EtsyInvestor2007 — 2024
MyHeritageInvestor, Board member2006 — 2024
ShipServAngel investor2000 — 2024
ShipamaxInvestor and Board Member2019 — 2022
ShipamaxInvestor and Board member2019 — 2022
bonify GermanyInvestor & Board Member2017 — 2022
KnewtonFounding investor, Board Member2008 — 2014
CardSpring (acquired by Twitter)Investor2011 — 2014
PlumfareInvestor2012 — 2013
Index VenturesVenture Partner2011 — 2012
Accel PartnersPartner2006 — 2010
iLikeAngel investor2003 — 2009
yahooVP, Corp Dev2002 — 2006
Arts AllianceAdvisory Board1996 — 2001London Area, United Kingdom
excite@homedirector corp dev1999 — 2000
@Homemanager bus dev1996 — 1998
lek partnershipassociate1992 — 1995

Education

Harvard Business Schoolmba1995 — 1997
Harvard UniversityChoate Fellow, GSAS1992 — 1993
University of CambridgeBA, political theory & philosophy1989 — 1992

Skills & more

Strategy34Start-ups48Entrepreneurship17Venture Capital83Business Strategy24Angel Investing19Fundraising4Business Development11Mergers & AcquisitionsStrategic Partnerships6

Languages French

From Simon's professional profile.

Deals · 2

ShipamaxBoard seat

via Mosaic Ventures · filed Jan 2020 · $9.6M raise

VeriffBoard seat

via Mosaic Ventures · filed Jul 2018 · $7.7M raise

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

Other disclosed investments

Investor

Async AuterionBlockstreamClue Docker FotoliaGetGroundHelp CentreInflection.aiKlangLightyearManas.aiMavenoid Multichain Nexar NousParloaSquarespaceZoe

Sources: SEC Form D filings · the firm's website.

Colleagues at Mosaic Ventures

Bart Dessaint

Venture Partner at Mosaic Ventures

Benedict Evans

Writes a weekly technology newsletter read by close to 200,000 people

Chandar Lal

Partner at Mosaic Ventures

Chris Rainville

Principal at Mosaic Ventures

Christophe Rainville

Principal at Mosaic Ventures

David Oglesby

CFO at Mosaic Ventures

Flo Yates

Investor at Mosaic Ventures

Freya Kempell

Executive Assistant at Mosaic Ventures

Network3

Bart DessaintScout

Venture Partner at Mosaic Ventures

Ben YuScout

Investor at Sierra Ventures

Chandar LalScout

Partner at Mosaic Ventures

Investors connected to Simon in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Simon Levene?: Co-founder of Mosaic who met Toby Coppel as a grad school roommate in 1995. Began as an operator at Excite@Home and Yahoo!, and has invested across the US and Europe over 30+ years.
Where does Simon Levene work?: Simon Levene is Partner at Mosaic Ventures and Board director at Shipamax and Board director at Veriff.
What does Simon Levene invest in?: Simon Levene invests in AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Deep Tech, EdTech.
What check size does Simon Levene write?: Simon Levene typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
What boards does Simon Levene sit on?: Simon Levene holds tracked board seats at Shipamax, Veriff.
What companies has Simon Levene invested in?: Investments tracked here include Async, Auterion, Blockstream, Clue, Docker, Fotolia, GetGround, Help Centre, Inflection.ai, Klang, Lightyear, Manas.ai, and 8 more.
Where did Simon Levene go to school?: Simon Levene studied at Harvard Business School (mba); Harvard University (Choate Fellow, GSAS); University of Cambridge (BA, political theory & philosophy).