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Jo Oliver

Partner at Octopus Ventures

Greater London, England

Overview 

Jo Oliver is a Partner at Octopus Ventures in Greater London, England, specializing in venture capital and entrepreneurship. With a strong track record of investing in successful companies like Amplience and SwiftKey, Jo has also served as a Non-Executive Director for various organizations, demonstrating leadership and strategic acumen in the startup ecosystem. Jo Oliver's career highlights include leading investments in companies at various stages like Series A, Series B, and Seed, and across sectors such as SMB Software, Enterprise Applications, and Digital Media. Additionally, Jo's role as a Non-Executive Board Member for multiple companies showcases expertise in business development, due diligence, and angel investing.

Work Experience 

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Permutive

  • Non Executive Board Member

    2024 - Current

OV

Octopus Ventures

  • Partner

    2009

A

Amplience

  • Non Executive Board Member

    2011

    Amplience (formerly 10CMS) is a leading rich media marketing and merchandising platform for global brands and retailers. The Amplience platform provides brand owners and retailers with a simple, intuitive toolset with which to produce rich digital media for eCommerce web sites, mobile sites, tablet and mobile Apps, in-store kiosks and social destinations like Facebook.

TOKEN.IO LTD

  • Non Executive Board Member

    2018

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IOVOX

  • Non Executive Board Member

    2012

    IOVOX is the leading provider of real-time call tracking and phone analytics for businesses around the world. Our enterprise-class call management platform is empowering the industry’s biggest brands including BT, PagesJaunes and Zoopla, with valuable intelligence, to improve operational efficiencies, measure marketing ROI and increase profits through new revenue streams. IOVOX is transforming the data analytics landscape, proving the value of the phone and helping businesses to make smarter, more profitable decisions

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CurrencyFair.com

  • Non Executive Director

    2016 - 2023

    Send money instantly, or choose your own exchange rate and wait. With CurrencyFair, you've got complete control over your international money transfer.

T

Trouva

  • Non Executive Director

    2019 - 2021

PP

Property Partner

  • Non Executive Director

    2014 - 2021

    Property Partner (London House Exchange Ltd) uniquely combines residential crowdfunding with a secondary exchange upon which investors can trade their holdings. The company allows anyone to invest in an individual property of their choice, with as little or as much as they wish, so they can own a share of the property, receive rental income and access capital growth. The letting and management of the properties is carried out on behalf of investors.

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Calastone

  • NED

    2019 - 2020

RL

Rest Less UK

  • NED

    2018 - 2020

Education 

Investments 

Amplience

Seed

Total funding: $160M

Katalyst

Seed

Total funding: $41M

iovox

Series Unknown

Total funding: $9.6M

London House Exchange

Seed

Total funding: $33M

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