Overview
- Gender
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male
- Investor Type
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Investment Partner,Angel
- Investor Stage
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Seed
Brent Hoberman is chairman and co-founder of Founders Factory, an ambitious corporate backed incubator/accelerator based in London, and also of Founders Forum, a series of intimate annual global events for the leading entrepreneurs of today and the rising stars of tomorrow. Brent is a co-founder and was founding chairman of Smartup, Grip & made.com, a leading European direct-from-factory consumer homewares retailer. Most recently, Brent co-founded Firstminute Capital, a London-based pan-European seed fund, backed by some of the world's top entrepreneurs. Brent co-founded lastminute.comin April 1998, was CEO from its inception and sold it in 2005 to Sabre for $1.1bn. Technology businesses he has co-founded have raised over $500m. Brent sits on the Advisory board for LetterOne Technology (a $16bn investment fund), the Oxford Foundry and the UK Government Digital Advisory Board. He is a board member of The Economist, a YGL and one of the Prime Minister's Business Trade Ambassadors. Brent was awarded a CBE for services to entrepreneurship in the 2015 New Year's Honour's List.
Personal Investments
Brent Hoberman has made 3 investments. Their most recent investment was on
Oct 30, 2016, when Owkin raised $2.10M.
Jobs
Brent Hoberman has 2 current jobs including
Co-Founder and Non Executive Director at MADE
,
Chairman of the Board of Directors at MADE
and
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| Organization Name |
Title At Company |
Start Date |
End Date |
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MADE
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Co-Founder and Non Executive Director |
Jul 1, 2016 |
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Detail |
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MADE
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Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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Detail |
Owkin
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