d.labs

Working with Startups on Product Discovery and taking them from 0 ->1

FinTech (Money Market Funds, Local and International Payments, Foreign Exchange)
PropTech (Multi sided platform for regeneration of old/unused buildings)
Internal AI tools (Optimisation of internal processes)

Senior Product Manager

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Vibe Builder (Shipped S1)

Stealth AI Broccoli

Weekend project(s). Product discovery and MVP creation on AI tools.

Product 

EIT Deep Tech Talent

Signed a pledge to commit with the EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative to skill one million people within Deep tech fields in Europe before the end of 2025  . 

Learn more and join us too! 👉 https://www.eitdeeptechtalent.eu/?utm_source=PLtoolkit

Pledger

Niftify®

Solo Head of Product 

Niftify™ is an NFT e-commerce platform (PaaS) that enables brands, 
creators, and entrepreneurs to launch compliant NFT stores and marketplaces from the comfort of their own domain.

We’ve built a fully-compliant platform to create, buy, sell and swap NFTs, layering complex metadata for smart tracking. This product is a cross-over product between Payments (Fintech) and Blockchain technologies/Industries. From KYC/KYB, Confirmation of Payee, 2FA and MFA (Multi Factor Authentication), Fiat on Ramp/Off Ramp, Crypto Wallets integration, Smart Contracts, AML Security and more - We have successfully done it all.

Lead Product Manager

MyHomeLovely

Product, Marketing, Operations
Launched, grew and sold MyHomeLovely, London-based  home services company (B2C) propelled with web app. All business operations work was done remotely since inception.
 
•	Uncovered opportunity for trusted local services, recruited first cleaners, gardeners, decorators 
•	Creation and ownership of service and product strategy
•	Launched product (no-code app) and service, acquired first customers and grown MRR revenue at 35% m-t-m growth rate in y1 and 15% m-t-m in y2
•	Reduced customer churn from >20% to <5% monthly in y2 
•	Reacted to COVID-19 and executed on the strategy that focuses on health and safety of customers and workers in y3
•     Streamlined operations and grew business x2 in y4

Acquired in Aug 2022.

Founder, CEO

Antler

Antler is a global early-stage venture capital firm that is on a mission to fundamentally improve the world by enabling and investing in the world's most exceptional people, building complementary co-founding teams, supporting the teams with deep business model validation, and providing a global platform for scaling.

To date, Antler has invested in over 900 companies globally across 30 different industries.

Founder in Residence

Software outsourcing and BPO Partner

Initially, a London-based digital agency offering software outsourcing services to nearshore. Working to bridge the gap between talent and SME's, bringing more value for a fraction of market prices. Most recently Recruitment, Software and BPO partner to a number of companies across the UK and USA.

Consultant, Product Owner

CrewLance

Product, Business Development & Marketing, Operations
2 sided marketplace (B2B2C) for event companies to hire event crew on-demand.

•	Identified £ 190m a year opportunity, attracted tech and business co-founders, grown event worker community to +2k,
•	Executed everything product-related and shipped two revenue-generating MVPs (marketplace and on-demand platform) 
•	Acquired first customers and grown accounts to  £50k+ in bookings, expanded the core team to 6 (engineers, ops, sales)
•	Reduced homepage bounce rate from >60% to <30% in month 12, achieved NetPromScore of 8,1

Co-Founder, Head of Product

YouSoft Ltd

Working with cross-functional software development teams on a number of award-winning projects for clients like Porsche (USA, Germany), Mercedes AG,  WeTrack, Vela (CRM).

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