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Bao-Y Van Cong

Partner at Target Global

London, England

Overview

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2023 - Current

  • Investment Director

    2020 - 2023

    Target Global is a pan-European technology investment firm with more than €3 billion in assets under management. It invests in companies across all stages of their lifecycle, from pre-seed to pre-IPO. Since 2012, Target has invested in global winners including Delivery Hero, Revolut, Auto 1 Group, Copper, Rapyd, Wefox, Flink, Cazoo, and many others. Target's experienced team of investors, many of whom began their journeys as founders and operators, help exceptional entrepreneurs build leading companies that target trillion-dollar markets. To date, Target has backed 15 unicorns, had 21 exits and 7 realized IPOs. Target has six offices around the world with investing offices across Berlin, London, Tel Aviv, and Barcelona. To learn more about Target Global, please visit: https://www.targetglobal.vc.

  • Investment Manager

    2019 - 2020

  • VC and Growth Associate

    2017 - 2019

  • Investor & Board Member

    2024

  • Board Member

    2022

  • Investor & Board Member

    2021

  • Investor & Board Member

    2021

  • Investor & Board Member

    2021

  • Investor & Board Member

    2020 - 2023

  • Investment Banking Associate

    2017 - 2017

  • Investment Banking Analyst

    2016 - 2017

  • Investment Banking Analyst I Media and Telecoms

    2014 - 2016

  • Investment Banking Summer Analyst

    2014 - 2014

    - Advisory for Top Tier European insurance company on live M&A buy side deal – leading work stream for Q&A process interacting with client and advisors independently - Advisory for European bank on live M&A sell-side deal – conducted valuation for part of business - Contributed to and lead several work streams for three pitch books on European banks

  • Intern Consulting Financial Services

    2013 - 2013

    - Implemented SEPA in leading German bank alongside two consultants – sparring partner for subproject transaction banking - Researched legal, operations and IT in the financial industry for three client proposals, preparation of proposal documents with MS PowerPoint winning one new project

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