Funding extraordinary entrepreneurs with innovative and aspiring businesses.
The Veridian Ventures team has extensive investment experience.
The Veridian partners have a depth of operational experience across a wide range of industries, including financial services, tech, energy & infrastructure, e-commerce, telecom and others. They are well connected within the start-up community in the UK and abroad, resulting in strong deal-flow, access to follow-on funding and tailored advice for portfolio companies.
Dan has twenty years of experience in the fields of investment, finance, strategy, economics, business development and law, with top-tier organizations such as McKinsey & Company, UBS and Ernst & Young.
During the last six years in his role as Partner and Head of Finance for Vital Capital, Dan has led Vital Capital’s investment operations, overseen all investment opportunity screening and due diligence work, held overall responsibility for Vital Capital’s financial operations, and monitored many of Vital Capital’s portfolio companies. In many cases, he also represented Vital Capital on these companies’ Boards of Directors.
Prior to this, Dan was a management consultant for over a decade, during which he initiated and led a large number of assignments in a broad range of industries, including infrastructure, construction, healthcare, energy, telecommunication, financial services and others, in several markets and geographies.
Over the last years Dan has made several investments in early-stage companies both in the UK and elsewhere, a number of which have gone on to raise additional capital at substantially higher valuations. He brings with him a strong foundation of business fundamentals and a rigorous, methodological approach to the analysis of potential investment opportunities by Veridian.
Marwan has over twenty years of experience working globally across a variety of industries including financial services, pharmaceuticals, technology, construction, supply chain and logistics, and government.
He has broad experience across a variety of disciplines including strategy, change management, business process transformation, program management, strategic planning, and technology management. Marwan currently consults for a number of global organizations. Prior to his current role, he held management positions at Goldman Sachs and American Express.
Over the past few years, Marwan has invested in several high growth start-ups that have either reached profitability or have raised additional funding at higher valuations. He also advises start-ups on business strategy, fundraising, and valuation. He applies rigorous business analysis and uses his technical experience to evaluate start-up potential.
Marwan holds an MBA from INSEAD and an undergraduate degree in Computer & Communication Engineering.
Joe has several years of experience working as an Investment Analyst and Management Consultant. He has a proven background in creating meaningful impact for businesses looking to improve their key Financial and Operational Processes. He has held roles accountable for the delivery of multi-million-pound projects for FTSE250 Financial Services firms.
Over the past two years, Joe has taken an active role in assessing Start-ups across multiple sectors applying a rigorous due diligence process and helping partners create compelling investment memos and growing the syndicate.
Joe holds a first-class degree from King’s College London and qualifications in business analysis and project management.
Muhammed has several years of experience working as a Business Analyst and Management Consulting Analyst.
Prior to his current role, Muhammed worked as a Business Analyst supporting a number of teams at a software development company, with his last position in the Customer Success team. More recently, Muhammed has supported the management and delivery of multi-million-pound projects for public sector clients at global management consulting firm. Over the past two years Muhammed has contributed to Veridian as a Marketing Analyst, curating social media posts for LinkedIn and UKBAA. Muhammed holds a first-class degree in Economics and certifications in Agile and Scrum.