Lorcan Delaney

Principal

2023 - Current

Senior Associate

2022 - 2023

Associate

2021 - 2022

$400m AUM seed fund backed by 130+ unicorn founders and star CEOs. We partner with founders at pre-seed and seed stage globally. Our ticket size ranges from $250k to $5m. Our team comprises 20 operators and investors from the likes of Index Ventures, DeepMind, Monzo, McKinsey, Goldman Sachs and more - sitting across London and Berlin. Launched in 2017, the firstminute portfolio today comprises 90+ companies re-shaping industries through technology and brilliant products. Our aim: to earn their trust through grit, empathy and copious numbers of introductions, and to deliver on our brand promise of being Europe’s most helpful seed fund.

Investment Banking Analyst

2020 - 2021

Technology Investment Banking Group

Early Employee | Operations Manager | Risk, Data Science & Analytics

2019 - 2020

• Designed, built and deployed the firm’s Automated Valuation Model (AVM) used to automatically estimate the value, risk discount and maximum accessible equity for collateral properties used in the secured lending operations of the firm using Python, Docker and Google Cloud Platform • Designed, built and deployed the firm’s loan pricing and underwriting models for the firm’s 3 core credit facilities • Contributed to fundraising activities and to the FCA Banking licence application by carrying out market due diligence, financial forecasting and process designs to automate the Decision in Principle and underwriting business functions • Managed the relationships and contributed to the negotiations with consumer credit reporting and property analytics providers

Co-Founder | Director of Technology

2018 - 2020

• Co-founded the UK's largest blockchain student hub, with a community of 3000+, based at UCL, LSE, Imperial College London and London Business School. • LBL educates students on blockchain technology, businesses on its implementation and policy-makers on its regulation, running 60+ lectures, workshops and hackathons in 2018/19. • Led team of 50+ students and entrepreneurs

Investment Banking Summer Analyst | Incoming Full-Time Analyst

2018 - 2018

Financial Institutions Group (FIG)

Business Developer

2016 - 2017

Website: http://blockchain.cs.ucl.ac.uk/ • Managed business development of a world-leading Research, Advisory and Engagement centre, backed by 9 departments of UCL • Oversaw the 4 divisions of the Centre's operational activities (Research, IT, Business, Marketing) - 4 co-ordinators and 15 technical assistants in 2016/17. Contributed to hiring process, performance monitoring and goal scoping & execution • Centre grew from 30 to 100+ Research Affiliates, from 0 to 500+ Student Members, and from 8 to 20+ industry partners

BCG Insight Programme (Intern)

2017 - 2017

Strategy Consulting | EMEA Blockchain Lab (Intern)

2017 - 2017

Spring Programme | Investment Banking Division (Intern)

2017 - 2017

ISG Spring Insight Programme (Intern) | Incoming Summer Analyst

2017 - 2017