Chris Adelsbach
Venture Partner at Techstars
United Kingdom
Overview
Work Experience
Founding Partner
2019 - Current
Investing in incredible teams who want to reinvent financial services. Our target stage is Series Seed in the UK/Europe. We are excited by b2b and b2c companies tackling fintech, regtech, insuretech, proptech, payments, and lending challenges.
Venture Partner
2019
After four wonderful years as MD, I remain an active member of the Techstars global network by providing advice and mentorship regarding company selection to Techstars MD’s across Europe.
Managing Director
2015 - 2019
Accelerating some of the highest profile early-stage and growth companies in fintech. Working in concert with amazing business mentors, advisors, VC's and of course, our incredibly supportive friends at Barclays. #founderfirst
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.
Board Member
2022
Advisory Board Member and Investor
2021
I'm a strategic advisor to Venari Security which helps keep your network safe by conducting encrypted traffic analysis without the need for decryption.
Business Mentor
2021
Advisory Board Member
2018
Building Overledger - the first blockchain operating system that facilitates the building of multi chain applications.
Advisory Board and Investor
2020
Empowering generations to manage, save, and grow their money.
Advisory Board and Investor
2020 - 2023
Alumni Board Of Governors
2016 - 2022
Giving back to my alma mater and hopefully connecting graduates with opportunities in Fintech!
2018/19 Angel Investor of the Year
2018 - 2019
Named the United Kingdom’s top Angel Investor.