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A seasoned entrepreneur and investor, Anna has spent over 15 years shaping the consumer landscape through her pioneering investment approach, consistently identifying breakout brands early. Anna is one of a handful of female investors globally, to have founded her own investment funds with a specialist focus on beauty, wellness and lifestyle.
Anna launched her first fund in response to a gap she experienced as an operator: the need for capital paired with relevant domain expertise. She went on to establish Vaultier7 to continue accelerating the strategy, and with the addition of The Equity Studio, she continues to partner with the next generation of iconic consumer companies across the UK, Europe, and the US, supercharging growth for visionary entrepreneurs.
Her global portfolio includes category-defining brands such as TRIP, Gisou, Vestiaire Collective, 111Skin, Axel Arigato, Little Spoon, and DeMellier.
Earlier in her career, Anna was CEO of British luxury brand LINLEY, which she led through a successful sale. She began her career in financial markets, holding C-suite roles, and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. She has held over 15 board seats, passionate about supporting founders as they scale.
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Multi-hyphenate entrepreneur Rosie has achieved consistent success spanning multiple industries, from modelling to entrepreneurship, to beauty and fashion, collaborating throughout with the world’s leading super-brands, retailers and influencers.
Rosie’s commercial acumen has ensured the enduring success of her 10 year partnership with M&S, the stand out high street collaboration of this generation. Recognised as a cultural tastemaker, Rosie is sought after by luxury leaders from Tiffany to Valentino for her creative insights and social media curation.
Rosie is the Founder and Creative Director of the award-winning Rose Inc, the pre-eminent clean colour and skin care brand with clinically-proven efficacy, which launched in 2021, building on the content platform of the same name, that she created in 2018.
A highly influential icon, Rosie uses her platform to empower business growth for challenger brands. Astute at recognizing brands that are resonating with the new consumer, Rosie forges creative and strategic partnerships ahead of the curve. Recent examples include Waterdrop, Anine Bing, GiaBorghini, HunzaG to name just a few.
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Luca is a seasoned leader with a diverse background in financial markets advisory, investment strategy and business development. He has spent his career identifying, driving and investing in growth strategies within capital markets, both public and private.
Luca spent more than a decade in investment banking, most recently at JP Morgan, leading the High Growth Equities Sales desk, where he distributed global equities to institutional clients and was an innovator in product distribution. Prior to this, he held multiple roles at JP Morgan and UBS spanning Sales, Strategy, Business management and Client Relations.
Luca is an accomplished investor, managing multiple investment strategies from fixed income to digital assets. His specialism has included investing in micro-cap public companies and in projects leveraging blockchain to enable deep tech. Luca has made more than 30 direct investments in startups, working always with the founders to actively support these ventures, from capital raising to business strategy.
Luca holds a BSc in Business Management from London Metropolitan Business School and an Msc in International Business Practice from St Mary's University.
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Barbara is a highly experienced leader and operator at the intersection of investment and technology. She is comfortable with both the dynamic challenges of a new venture and the strategic requirements of public companies.
She is the Co-Founder of Komo Capital, a London-based investment firm established in 2024. Komo Capital specializes in global technology and fintech investments, aiming to support innovative companies that are reshaping the financial services landscape.
Prior to founding Komo Capital, Barbara was CEO and Founding Partner of Marcho Partners, a London-based investment firm backing world-class tech entrepreneurs beyond the traditional centres of the US and China. At Marcho, she launched the Entrepreneurs in Residence programme, nurturing a new wave of founders behind ventures like Ludo, Sourcerie, and Suri - each reimagining how technology shapes consumer experience and cultural behaviour.
Earlier in her career, Barbara spent 13 years at Morgan Stanley, culminating in her role as Head of the EMEA Capital Introductions business. She also holds a BSc from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
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Walther brings deep experience as a founder and investor. Walther Co-Founded Alena, a mental health company harnessing the power of computational neuroscience to help drive more personalised treatment of anxiety. He is also an early backer and current Board Member of the worlds leading web3 accelerator, Outlier Ventures, which has a portfolio of over 250 companies that have gone on to raise over $350m.
Walther’s passion in supporting entrepreneurs has led to over 50 direct investments in sectors ranging from health care to automated drones - always with a focus on backing game changing and often unconventional founders.
Earlier in his career, Walther gained valuable experience in corporate strategy, finance and operations at McKinsey and J.P. Morgan.
Walther holds an MBA from IESE and a Bachelor's degree from Georgia Tech.
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Serial entrepreneur Alistair is a pioneer in the global consumer technology space, with a strong track record of creating, scaling and exiting e-commerce brands in the UK and the US over the last 20 years.
Currently Co-Founder and CEO of Bloom, the career coaching and mentorship platform powered by AI insights and short-form content. Alistair is also Chairman of THG ingenuity, the complete commerce business of the UK listed online retailer, which powers brands across wellness, beauty and lifestyle. At both businesses Alistair continues to pre-empt and execute on seismic shifts in consumer behaviour to create value.
Before Bloom, Alistair was Founder & CEO of Hero™, a virtual shopping platform that accelerates omnichannel sales for the world's leading retailers which was bought by Klarna in 2021. Prior to that he launched m-commerce specialist Grapple as Co-Founder & CEO which was acquired by Monitise PLC.
Alistair has lived and worked extensively across the US, Middle East and Asia. He regularly features in mainstream media and is also an accomplished public speaker.
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Meribeth has decades of operating, advisory, and board experience at the intersection of media, beauty, and fashion. She currently serves as Chair of the British Beauty Council and as a Non-Executive Director at BALLY and is continuing to shape the luxury landscape as an investor in multiple growth businesses.
For many years Meribeth was SVP, Platforms and Partnerships at News UK, the media business behind The Times & The Sunday Times, The Sun, talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK, and TalkTV, reaching 40 million consumers every month. In her role, she led teams managing relationships with platform partners including Meta, Google, and Apple.
Prior to joining News UK, Meribeth ran a leading media and luxury consultancy, as well as holding Non-Executive Director roles at Jimmy Choo and Belstaff.
She spent a number of years as Group Publishing Director at Hearst UK, the leading magazine media business and was responsible for the cross-platform publishing and commercial strategy of the company's luxury portfolio of brands including Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, ELLE Decoration, and Town & Country.
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Christoph is a visionary leader with a track record of success in beauty and consumer businesses. Today as Managing Director at Weltbild D2C Group, Chairman of beauty brand CAIA Cosmetics and Board Member of Berlin’s social media brand builder #You as well as Europe’s largest online children’s retailer babymarkt.de, Christoph continues to be a driving force converging consumer and strategy on a global scale.
Starting his career at The Boston Consulting Group in the consumer goods and financial services groups, Christoph then transitioned into operating leadership. Executive roles at Tchibo one of Germany's largest retail chains, provided him with invaluable experience in retail operations and management. It was from there he began making his mark on the beauty industry as Executive President at Douglas.
Continuing to craft global success stories that redefine the beauty industry for years to come, in 2019 Christoph embarked on a new venture as CEO of Kylie Cosmetics by Kylie Jenner in the US, before going on to run online beauty retailer Flaconi as Chief Executive.
Christoph, a German native, holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Passau and has continued his Executive education at Harvard Business School with a keen passion for leading with impact.
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Jordan has over two decades of experience building some of the world's most coveted talent and brands. Having honed her skills working for blue-chip corporate giants, Jordan pivoted seamlessly into the entertainment, lifestyle and fashion realm, using her talent for ideation and strategic execution alongside global profile building and Co-Founding new generation marketing agency Good Culture Inc.
An expert negotiator in talent procurement and partnerships, Jordan has cast campaigns and brokered partnerships for brands including Net a Porter, Christian Louboutin beauty, L’Oreal Paris, and Belstaff.
Jordan has led communication and cultural strategies for brands including SKIMS, Good American, Pattern Beauty, Disney, Creed, Barbour and Flannels. She is adept in road mapping long term strategy, brand extensions, partnerships and IP development for her clients.
Jordan is a notable voice within the industry addressing topical subject matters and using her platform to write for publications including the Telegraph and Grazia, covering topics from diversity and equality to motherhood and careers.
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Lisa is currently CEO at DREST a gaming platform merging the creative worlds of luxury fashion, beauty and lifestyle with gaming, media and e-commerce.
Lisa brings compelling strategic, operational and leadership experience with three decades of performance in tech, luxury retail and creative content businesses, both start-up and scaled. Previously Global Director of Sales & Marketing at NET-A-PORTER, Lisa also held senior operational and marketing leadership roles at iconic global brands Ralph Lauren, EMI Music / Capitol Records and Accenture, beginning her career at The Walt Disney Company.
An Economics & Law major from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa (B Commerce, LLB), Bridgett holds an MSc from London School of Economics in Political Science as well as an MBA from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland.
A natural linguist - Bridgett speaks English, French, Dutch and Italian. Born and raised in South Africa and the Middle East, she has lived and worked extensively around the globe - currently residing in Milan, Italy with her husband and three sons.
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Mireia is the founder and CEO of award-winning luxury handbag brand DeMellier. DeMellier was founded in 2017 with the vision of doing things differently: to design handbags that would make women feel empowered, made ethically and sustainably, while giving back to those who needed most. Hand-crafted in Spain using the finest sustainably sourced materials, and funding greater than 650,000 vaccines through its ‘a bag a life’ initiative, DeMellier is renowned as a leader in its category today, celebrated by pre-eminent media, influencers and retailers alike.
Mireia initially developed her business skills and passion for retail working as a management consultant for Bain, and advised numerous consumer and luxury goods firms such as Burberry and LVMH.
Mireia was born in Barcelona and after having lived in a number of different cities she settled in London, which she now calls home. She graduated in Business and Economics from ESADE in Barcelona and University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Mireia is also a mother of 3 and passionate about children, education and championing women.
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Ben is an entrepreneur, operator and angel investor with extensive experience at the intersection of brands, food, supply chain and technology. Over the past decade, Ben has honed a well-rounded understanding of what it takes to launch, capitalize, scale and operate a modern consumer brand.
Currently, Ben is CEO and Co-Founder of Little Spoon, the #1 online baby and kids food brand and one of the fastest-growing direct-to-consumer brands in the US. The company, which is currently feeding upwards of 2.5% of American babies, is on a mission to make parents’ lives easier and kids healthier.
A serial entrepreneur, Ben’s prior experience includes starting and operating several businesses, including a CPG yogurt brand and a national food and beverage distribution company. Along the way, Ben spotted trends and helped cultivate new categories such as cold pressed juice and cold brew coffee – helping pioneer them from obscure, emerging concepts to everyday staples.
An active angel investor and startup advisor, Ben has invested in more than 30 disruptive, high-growth companies across a variety of sectors.
A big believer in the importance of company culture, Ben is perhaps most proud of his track record leading teams with top-tier retention and satisfaction. Ben grew up in Pittsburgh and currently lives in New York City and Miami.
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A former lawyer turned entrepreneur, Olivia has quickly become one of the leading voices shaping the wellness and consumer health movement in the UK. She is the Co-Founder of TRIP, the UK’s leading CBD brand and one of the fastest-growing soft drinks companies in the country.
Olivia began her career at Allen & Overy before joining FARFETCH as Principal Legal Counsel, where she worked at the intersection of luxury, innovation, and global expansion. It was a personal experience with CBD that sparked her transition from law to wellness entrepreneurship, recognising a need for more credible, design-led, and emotionally resonant products in the market.
She co-founded TRIP in 2019 to bring calm to modern lives. Under her leadership, TRIP has grown into a category-defining brand available in over 10,000 retail locations, including Selfridges, Boots, Sainsbury’s, and Soho House, while cultivating a loyal digital and community following.
Today, Olivia is widely recognised for her role in destigmatising mental health and pioneering a new wave of wellness brands built on empathy, aesthetics, and science-backed efficacy.
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A seasoned entrepreneur and former investor, Daniel is the Co-Founder of TRIP, the UK’s leading CBD brand, and a driving force behind its emergence as a cultural and commercial phenomenon across wellness and functional drinks.
Daniel began his career in private equity at Actis, with a focus on consumer businesses and growth platforms across global markets. While preparing for his wedding, a severe knee injury introduced him to the transformative effects of CBD, igniting the idea for a brand that could bring those benefits to millions, with best-in-class taste, design, and integrity.
He co-founded TRIP in 2019 with Olivia Ferdi, combining his background in finance and operations with a bold vision for building a next-generation wellness platform. Today, TRIP is stocked in over 10,000 retail locations and is one of the most recognisable names in the CBD and wellness sector in Europe.
Daniel continues to lead the brand’s expansion, building at the intersection of health, culture, and consumer performance, anchored by a mission to help people find calm in the everyday chaos.
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