Founder at Stride.VC. Mind: Blown. Heart: Open. Venture capital should run on: truth and trust.
Founder of Stride.VC, artisan capital. Proudly made in London. I help build companies. Bio: Fred is the founder of Stride.VC, an artisan seed fund operating out of London and currently investing out of its second £124M fund. Prior to Stride, Fred was a General Partner at Accel and Accomplice (f.k.a. Atlas Venture). He was the lead investor and board member at Cazoo (IPO), Deliveroo (IPO), Pillpack (acq. AMZN for $1BN), Zoopla (IPO, $3BN sale), Integral Ad Science ( $4.5BN IPO), TheCurrencyCloud (acq. VISA for $1BN) and others. He is deeply passionate about the craft and journey of company building from the earliest days. Dissenters welcome.
co.uk
currencycloud.com
recordedfuture.com
rakuten.com
pillpack.com
commerzbank.com
dailymotion.com
United Kingdom
Founder
Stride.VC
• www.linkedin.com/company/stride-vc
Sep 2017 - Present
London, United Kingdom
Board Member and Lead Investor
Buena
• www.linkedin.com/company/withbuenadotcom
May 2023 - Present
Berlin, Germany
Board Member and Lead Investor
Kashmir Intelligence
• www.linkedin.com/company/kashmir-intelligence
Mar 2024 - Present
Board Member and Lead Investor
Conceivable Life Sciences
• www.linkedin.com/company/conceivable-life
Nov 2022 - Present
New York, United States
Board Member and Lead Investor
TRIVER
• www.linkedin.com/company/triver-fintech
Dec 2022 - Present
London, England, United Kingdom
Board Member and Lead Investor
TechWolf
• www.linkedin.com/company/techwolf
May 2022 - Present
Investment Manager
Speed Ventures
Feb 2000 - Mar 2001
London, United Kingdom
deel.com
strapi.io
jow.fr
progress.com
jpmorgan.com
seedcamp.com
conceivable.life
unibuddy.com
runa.io
accel.com
integralads.com
amexglobalbusinesstravel.com
goldmansachs.com
techwolf.com