YXS Capital

Founded a global venture platform backing innovators redefining how the world builds, powers, moves, and computes. YXS invests in breakthrough technologies that solve the world’s biggest challenges, helping extraordinary teams scale faster, reach further, and create global impact.

Fund I Performance: 14 investments, 5 unicorns (36% hit rate), 14.6x gross returns, 51% gross IRR. Ranked among the top 1% of venture funds worldwide on AngelList, based on global performance benchmarks.

Managing Partner

YOBE Ventures

At YOBE Ventures, we invest in unique tech companies from Seed to Series A. In addition, we advise visionary founders by guiding them through transparent capital-raising methods. By setting new benchmarks in tech investment and capital raising, we bridge the gap between ambitious/legit founders and investors, fostering shared success and innovation.

Founder

PEF Community

A private community of exited founders focused on what comes after success — exchanging insights, support, and opportunities as we navigate the next chapter with purpose.

Member

BBVA

Leading investor relations and managing capital raises from Series C to Series EM to $200M for the U.S. market, focusing on private equity. Specializing in building strategic partnerships and securing high-impact investments to drive growth.

Head of Investor Relations

Family Office of HRH Prince Nawaf Bin Abdullah Al Saud

-In charge of the relationship between the founder and the private office after initial investment.
-Advising on the business strategy and international scale.
-Managing to invest $36M in 12 different companies.

Head of Tech Investment - Early Stage Startup Europe

- Served as an investment analyst in the European startup ecosystem.
- Finding and analyzing the right deals for the HRH Private office in Europe, creating a network with the best potential startups and founders.
- Setting up the pricing for valuation and terms for the investment.

Investment Analyst  - Early Stage Startup Europe

The Family

The Family was a pioneering startup incubator based in Paris, founded in 2013. The Family was renowned for its unique, tailored support approach, eschewing traditional cohort models to provide customized assistance to European startups. 

It offered an array of valuable services, including workshops, seminars, and direct access to a vast network of investors and industry experts. This innovative approach significantly propelled the growth of numerous startups, cementing The Family's legacy as a key player in fostering entrepreneurial success across Europe.

Key Metrics of the Decade:
— A staggering $1.5 billion raised in follow-up funding;
— Boosting over 700 startups across Europe with our support;
— Guiding 5 unicorns (and counting!) Trainline, Algolia, Payfit, Stripe, and Qonto to success;
— Establishing a European presence with offices in London, Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, and Brussels;
— Pioneering Lion, a cutting-edge school designed to equip startup employees with the skills they need;
— Launching Pathfinder, a dynamic venture studio for exploring fresh business ideas;
— Kickstarting Kymono, a one-of-a-kind clothing brand that embodies the entrepreneurial spirit.

The Portable Monitor

•	Assisted CEO in the day-to-day operations of the company, including managing schedules, meetings, and correspondence.
•	Supported CEO with project management and coordination of the launch of the world’s first foldable accessory to triple laptop screens.
•	Played a key role in product development, collaborating closely with the product team to ensure the successful release of a portable, thin, and lightweight foldable monitor that supports all laptop sizes and brands.
•	Managed business communications, including liaising with partners and suppliers to streamline operations.
•	Ensured the smooth execution of key initiatives by handling administrative and logistical tasks, allowing the leadership team to focus on strategic decisions.
•	Contributed to marketing efforts by coordinating promotional campaigns and assisting with product demonstrations.

Executive Assistant

-Invested more than $10.3M with YOBE Ventures in tech companies since 2015. 5 portfolio companies have had positive exits. 
-Raised with YOBE Ventures team more than +$83M internationally with our founders as advisors.
-Advised and worked for the private office of HRH Prince Al Saud of Saudi Arabia to invest a total of $36M in Early-Stage European startups. The investment portfolio has an ROI of 22X since 2015.
-Completed one positive exit as a CFO in Fintech and a second one as a co-founder & CEO in 2019.

🌟 🚀 You are raising funds? We are investors in tech equity deals from Seed to Series c, happy to look at it. Send your deck to invest@yobeventures.com 
👉🏼  If you're hungry for more: https://www.yobeventures.com

Yotis Tonnelier

Peter Tyler

Plyable

The largest composite tooling network in the world:

Our verified international supplier network enables Plyable to respond to our customer’s needs globally, delivering composite molds using the latest in material and manufacturing technologies in ultra-fast lead times around the world

Chair

imageHOLDERS Ltd

Best-in-class innovative Digital Kiosk solutions for a wide range of industries

Hypetex

Business Advisor - Marine

Darcy Group

Non-Executive Director/Chair

Hi-Technology Group Limited

I have now left my role as Group Managing Director for Leading Technical Injection Plastics moulder, the Hi-Technology Group with factories in the UK and Slovakia, and will formally finish at the end of June 2023 to move to a full time Portfolio, Board Advisory and Board Mentor career. I handed over the running of the Hi-Tech organisation to my successor on May 2nd, 2023.

Group Managing Director

Private Equity

I acted as a Sector Advisor for two Private Equity companies on a defined Market Segment

Sector Advisor

NewCo 

CEO of a NewCo as a vehicle to acquire a PE backed MBI project for a target in the Oil & Gas and Marine sectors. The project ended when a deal could not be agreed.

IMT b.v.

IMT b.v. was acquired by Tideland in November 2015.

Lead Director

Tideland Signal

Managing Director/SVP

Vikoma International Limited

Managing Director

Non-Executive Chair, Non-Executive Director, Leadership Mentor for Private Equity, VC and privately held companies, Portfolio Director, Virtual Advisory Board availability, and Board Advisor in the remote sensing & monitoring/IoT, Marine, Electronics & Electrical, Power, Industrial, Environmental, Renewables, Advanced Composites, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, AI/Digital Solutions, Technical Plastics and polymers sectors. 

I am a Non-Executive Chair for a privately-owned company in the Environmental Products & Services sector. I am also a Non-Executive Chair for a PE held Digital Kiosks/Solutions manufacturer and for a VC/PE held AI/Composite tooling solutions company and advise a VC backed coloured composites company. I have led fund-raising across the VC/PE sector.

I have also acted as a Sector Advisor for Lower Mid-Market and Mid-Market Private Equity companies.

I possess a strong commercial background in International Business Development aligned with Senior Leadership experience across Strategy, M&A, People Development, Sales & Marketing, Business Development, Manufacturing Operations and Global Logistics. I have held Board roles in the UK, the Netherlands, Slovakia, the USA and UAE.

I champion the development of high-performing teams and in the principles of Customer focus, Quality and Excellence in all activities.

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