Akash Bajwa

Principal

2024 - Current

Founded in 1997, Earlybird is a pan-European early-stage VC. We backed category-leaders like N26, UI-Path, InterHyp, Smava, Peak Games, Aiven, Onefootball, Sennder and Isar Aerospace.

Investor

2022 - 2024

Founded in 1997, Earlybird is a pan-European early-stage VC. We backed category-leaders like N26, UI-Path, InterHyp, Smava, Peak Games, Aiven, Onefootball, Sennder and Isar Aerospace. Earlybird has 2 billion euros of assets under management and offices in Berlin, Munich, Paris, London and Istanbul. With eight IPOs and 30 trade sales, Earlybird is one of the most established and active venture capital firms in Europe.

Investor

2024

Board Observer

2023

Investor

2023

Investor

2022

Board Observer

2022

London Chapter Lead

2022

Investment Team

2020 - 2022

Augmentum Fintech PLC is one of Europe’s leading venture capital investors focusing exclusively on the fintech sector. Augmentum invests in early and later stage fast growing fintech businesses that are disrupting the banking, insurance, asset management and wider financial services sectors. Augmentum is the only listed fintech-focused venture capital firm in the UK, having launched on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in 2018, giving businesses access to patient funding and support, unrestricted by conventional fund timelines.

Barclays Ventures

2018 - 2019

Barclays Ventures

Investment Management and Private Equity - Audit

2016 - 2017