Albion VC: investing in companies that improve your lives

<p>We talk to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/edlascelles/">Ed Lascelles</a>, Partner at <a href="https://www.albion.vc/">Albion</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicabartos/">Jessica Bartos</a>, Investment Manager at Albion.</p><p>You will find out more about:</p><ul> <li>What brought Jessica and Ed to VC investing? Jessica from the White House under Obama's Administration to Rothschild's at Wall Street and the City to Albion and Ed, a VC investor from before it became fashionable</li> <li>What is Albion? Who founded Albion? When? </li> <li>What’s Albion's investment focus/philosophy? Geographic focus?</li> <li>How much money they have raised since inception and for how many start-ups? </li> <li>What kind of start-ups do they invest in? Series A, post-product-market fit, writing checks of GBP 0.25 to 10 million</li> <li>What kind of FinTechs has Albion invested in? E.g <a href="https://www.quantexa.com/">Quantexa </a>or <a href="https://www.imandra.ai/">Imandra</a> </li> <li>How do you find them? How do scouting and due diligence work? What are your selection criteria?</li> <li>What’s your investment approach? E.g. min size of the stake, board seat, time to exit, economics?</li> <li>Investment success stories of the start-ups - <a href="https://www.booking.com/">Booking.com</a> or <a href="https://www.active.com/">active.com</a> </li> <li>How do you see the prospects of Fintechs vs incumbent banks? </li> <li>Assessment of the start-up scene in the UK and Europe vs. the rest of the world</li> <li>Wrap up: where and how can inspiring entrepreneurs learn more about Albion</li> </ul>