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

Lovable

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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