THE EMPTY SPACE
Investing

Capital is another way to fill an empty space.

Sometimes the useful contribution is time. Sometimes judgement. Sometimes money. Occasionally all three.

What I bring.

  • More than 20 years backing founders.
  • Experience across private and public markets.
  • An operator's view of unit economics and cash flow.
  • A large network across the UK, UAE, India, Africa and Europe.
  • Comfort with technology before it becomes comfortable.
  • A preference for founders who get on with things.
The bias
I am more interested in a useful company at the wrong stage than a fashionable company at the right conference.

Where the attention goes.

Private

Startups

Founders, products and technologies with a plausible route to real value.

Public

Listed companies

Long-term themes, cash-generative businesses and technology shifts.

Frontier

Space + frontier tech

Categories where the map still has blank sections.

Not a fund website.

There is no mandate to deploy capital because a quarter is ending.

If something is genuinely interesting, send it. If the answer is no, a quick no is more useful than six weeks of polite limbo.

Bring us something worth thinking about

Building something worth seeing?

A concise founder note beats a 42-page deck. Tell us what exists, what is missing and why you are the person to build it.
Tell us what is missing