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Lauren Apostolidis

Platform Director at AlbionVC

London, England

Overview 

Lauren Apostolidis is currently on maternity leave from her role as Platform Director at AlbionVC, where she excels in building networks, programming, and partnerships. With a background that includes roles at Thomson Reuters and Huckletree, she has demonstrated expertise in relationship management, strategic planning, and business development. Apostolidis has a proven track record of success in venture capital, having held positions at prominent firms like BACKED VC and Alma Angels, and she brings a wealth of experience in managing partnerships and driving growth strategies in the financial services and technology sectors.

Work Experience 

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AlbionVC

  • Platform Director

    2022 - Current

    Focussed on supporting the Albion VC portfolio of founders and their leadership teams & building our ecosystem of investors, partners and experts.

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Alma Angels

  • Community Member

    2021

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BACKED VC

  • Venture Scout

    2020 - 2022

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Huckletree

  • Ecosystem & Growth Lead

    2020 - 2022

  • Platform Manager

    2018 - 2022

    Huckletree is a workspace accelerator; we leverage our position at the centre of the tech ecosystem to ensure that our members are best set for success. Platform is the value-add service for our members; we work closely with our communities of entrepreneurs and start ups/scale ups to understand their needs and challenges, then advise and connect them with the most relevant network for them. This network is made up of other members, the investment community and our ecosystem of ambassadors (investors, entrepreneurs and experts); the aim is to equip our members with the right expertise and knowledge to help them scale. Platform also curates and manages high-impact, value add event programming (Investor Office Hours, Female Founder Breakfasts and CXO Summits). I also manage our annual in-house accelerator, Alpha; a 12-week long accelerator programme designed for startups with underrepresented founders to help them in their early stages of growth. Our ultimate goal is to make the first steps of their entrepreneurial journey structured and impactful as they progress towards raising their seed round.

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Thomson Reuters

  • Partnership Manager - Open Platforms & Fintech

    2016 - 2018

    Worked with +100 early - late stage fintech companies on partnership opportunities within the Thomson Reuters (now Refinitiv) financial data division. The role included connecting with key industry innovation leads up to C-suite. Project managed the Techstars Barclays accelerator on behalf of TR, identifying high potential partners to collaborate with, provide data to and provide internal introductions. Advised and collaborated on the launch of Thomson Reuters Labs in Zuug, working closely with the on-the-ground team to build, manage and execute the launch; this included screening and identifying relevant local fintech start ups to accept onto the incubator. I also led the onboarding, integration and relationship management of the ecosystem of third party developers into App Studio, the third party distribution platform on the flagship desktop product, Eikon.

  • Strategic Account Manager

    2013 - 2016

  • Graduate

    2012 - 2013

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Condé Nast

  • PR Intern

    2011 - 2012

Condé Nast Entertainment develops feature films, TV and digital video based on the company's iconic brands.

condenast.com

IPC Media Group

  • PR and Events Intern

    2011 - 2011

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