Tom is Partner at Seedcamp, the leading European seed fund launched in 2007 with a belief that European entrepreneurs have the power to compete on a global scale. Seedcamp has invested in over 500 companies including publicly listed Romanian-founded, UiPath, Wise (formerly TransferWise) and unicorns Revolut, wefox, Pleo, Sorare, Grover, viz.ai, and Synthesia.
Tom joined in 2014 following an early career in law at SJ Berwin in London where he specialised in investment funds and corporate M&A in the private equity and venture capital sector. Tom graduated with a first-class honours in Economics from the University of York before attending law school in London.
Tom has worked with companies across a broad spectrum of sectors during his almost 10 years at Seedcamp and is passionate about finding relentlessly driven founders solving hard problems and supporting them on their journey to product-market fit. He has a particular interest in working in sectors that touch regulated areas and this has led to him regularly partnering with founders across Healthcare, Fintech and Legaltech. Additionally, Tom has more recently been building out our investment thesis around TechBio and sees huge opportunities at the intersection of technology and life science.
Tom is a regular speaker at International startup conferences and events. He’s also been a guest on a number of industry podcasts, and is a co-host of the Super Angel Podcast where he interviews leading angel investors from across Europe. Tom has been a guest lecturer at Imperial College Business School for the Venture Capital & Growth Finance course. He currently sits on the Advisory Board for the Oxford University Seed Fund, a student-led, venture capital fund, and is a mentor for the Founders at the University of Cambridge programme.
Tom lives in London with his wife and 2 young daughters who he has high hopes will follow in his footsteps and be Newcastle United fans :