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Leonard Picardo

Investor at Deliveroo

United Kingdom

Overview 

Leonard Picardo is a seasoned professional with a diverse background in venture capital, corporate development, and business strategy. He is known for his role as the 2nd employee at Deliveroo and his experience as an ex-VC at Index Ventures, where he made strategic investments in companies like Tangent and Medusa. Currently, Leonard serves as a Non-Executive Director and Advisor to the Founder & CEO at HeliosX Group, while also being an active investor in over 80 companies. His significant career achievements include his various leadership roles at Deliveroo and his successful investments in early-stage companies across different sectors, showcasing his expertise in entrepreneurship and strategic partnerships.

Work Experience 

SJ

St John's College, Cambridge

  • Development Board

    2024 - Current

HG

HeliosX Group

  • Non Executive Director

    2024

  • Advisor to Founder & Chief Executive Officer

    2021

MR

Manta Ray

  • Advisor

    2021

VC

Various Companies

  • Advisor to Board / CEO / Founders

    2015

    7Bridges || Bricklane || Cala || HeliosX || Huel || Kellys/Spaceways || Rise & Fall || The Collecting Group || Uncommon I go deep with people, fundraising, growth and strategy matters

  • Investor

    2013

    Investor in >80 companies in areas I like, a few of which are: Climate: Life Supplies, Maeving, Shellworks, UNDO Carbon, Upway... Finance: Gilion, Hokodo, Ophelos, Payflows, PensionBee... Food: Cala, Hedgehog, Huel, Julienne Bruno, Sessions... Future of Work: Anterior, Code First Girls, Flown, Patch, Tangent... Health: Apian, Heights, Stitch, The Lowdown... Infrastructure/SaaS: Elliptic, Existent, Floodflash, Fonoa, Medusa Commerce, Opply... Other funky things: Gama (Space)

SC

Startup Core Strengths

  • Coach

    2021 - 2023

D

Deliveroo

  • Global Director of People Strategy & Development

    2019 - 2020

    Employee Engagement | Company Values | Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging | Learning & Development >3,000 employees in 15 different countries

  • Global Marketing Director

    2017 - 2019

    Accountable for marketing in all 12 countries and global consumer partnerships || £100m budget

  • Shared Parental Leave

    2018 - 2018

    Helped craft the Shared Parental Leave policy at Deliveroo and then spent 8 months looking after my new daughter.

  • Director of International Marketing

    2015 - 2017

    Launched Deliveroo in 11 countries outside UK in 6 months and grew them fast

  • Director of Marketing & Corporate Business

    2014 - 2015

    Started and grew the Marketing function | Grew and managed the corporate customer base in London

  • Fundraising, Sales, Ops, Product, Customer Service

    2013 - 2014

    2nd employee at Deliveroo, helped build the company from £0.5M GMV to £6Bn GMV

S

Socialbakers.com

  • Board Observer

    2012 - 2013

IV

Index Ventures

  • Investor

    2011 - 2013

    Deals: Zendesk, Socialbakers and Cambridge Satchel Company

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.

indexventures.com
OW

Oliver Wyman

  • Management Consultant

    2007 - 2011

CAVOK is a technical consulting firm that supports the development of manual systems and processes.

cavokgroup.com
RR

Redbull Racing F1 Team

  • Aerodynamics Engineer

    2003 - 2004

Education 

Investments 

Tangent

Pre Seed

Total funding: $1M

Learnerbly

Series A

Total funding: $12M

Medusa

Pre Seed

Total funding: $9M

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