Charlotte Bruce
APAC and Head of Operations at Techstars
London Area, United Kingdom
Overview
Work Experience
General Manager EMEA & APAC and Head of Operations
2023 - Current
GM for EMEA & APAC focussed on helping talented entrepreneurs everywhere to succeed. Also oversee the Operations function to equip founders, partners and program teams with the tools they need to thrive.
Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.
Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.
Angel Investor
2020
Biotech startup creating the next generation of cross-protective vaccines Angel ticket with Cherry.
Vice President Operations
2021 - 2023
Leader of a diverse team across five frontier markets (Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Pakistan, Lebanon) and the UK, leading operations, business intelligence and customer success to bring digital healthcare infrastructure to primary healthcare facilities. Our mission is to put affordable, accessible healthcare into the hands of every patient, while ensuring continuity of care and world class data security. In parallel, offering stakeholders sustainable health systems and real-time actionable insights from a single facility to state and federal networks.
Principal
2019 - 2021
Cherry is a seed-stage venture fund that champions founders in Europe. Strengthened our UK coverage and thought leadership across the Fin/Insurtech, Health and Deep Tech/Bio verticals. Led firm building activities by launching Portfolio Day and the annual Founders Retreat. Investments and boards positions included Moss, Afilio, Baseimmune, Morressier and Drover
Group CEO & Co-Founder
2016 - 2019
Acquired by FWD Group in November 2018. Edirect operates Asia’s leading online insurance businesses with offices in Hong Kong, Thailand, Taiwan and Portugal. Our mission is to make insurance faster, simpler and more personalised for customers. We do this by combining leading technology and product expertise with operational excellence and a deep understanding of our markets.
Co-Founder (Frank)
2016 - 2019
Frank.co.th was Thailand’s fastest growing fintech. Acquired by Bolttech in 2018 and rebranded. Now Asia’s newest insurtech unicorn. Thailand's premier online insurance platform providing insurance that is Fast, Simple and Yours. Frank.co.th has formed deep partnerships across the consumer ecosystem to change the face of insurance, and received industry recognition including Top Car Insurance 2017 (Priceza Ecommerce Awards) and Most Innovative Startup 2017 (BKI Awards).
Co-Founder / VP Asia & Pacific
2014 - 2016
Acquired by Recruit Holdings for $219m in 2015. Quandoo is the fastest growing & technology leading restaurant commerce platform. Built the global go-to-market playbook. Launched and led the Asia Pacific region. Quandoo became market leader within 12 months in Singapore and Hong Kong. Australia followed with the most successful global launch.
Head of Strategy & Planning, EMEA
2013 - 2014
Head of Planning, category and inventory management for all verticals (Local, Travel, Goods, Live) and 24 EMEA countries. Managed EMEA merchandising, on-site shops and email cadence. Led the product road map and internationalisation of core US sales, management and platform tools. Launched cross-market revenue generation initiatives including multi-national deals and customer acquisition-focussed big brand deals.
Regional Vice President - Groupon Northern Europe
2010 - 2013
VP Sales. Led a multi-departmental team of 60 people with annual revenue responsibility over $40m and achieved consistent outperformance of targets. Launched several UK and Nordic markets as well as the EMEA Goods platform. Featured in the IPO road show as an international talent. • Regional Director UK (2011-2012) • Entrepreneur in Residence (2010-2011)
Groupon is a deal-of-the-day website that offers discounted gift certificates usable at local or national companies.
Raised $1,387,000,000.00 from MIG Capital, RTP Global and Atairos.
Hedge Fund Equity Sales
2007 - 2009
Advised Tier 1 hedge funds and major long-only institutions. Managed GS High Conviction Ideas portfolio. Managed the placement of IPOs and serviced clients on several other IPOs and rights issues. Passed FSA examinations - Securities, Derivatives, Regulation Passed Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) level 1 in December 2008
Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Intern
2004 - 2004
Summer internship (Tax) Graduate position offered
Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.