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Sanchit Dhote

Principal at Outward VC

London, England

Overview

Work Experience

  • Principal

    2017 - Current

    Outward VC is a London-headquartered early-stage venture capital fund on a mission to help Founders breakthrough. Since launching in 2019, Outward has backed over 20 companies solving the most important problems at the intersection of financial services and society, including Curve, Bud, Vauban (exited to Carta Inc) and Peppy. Outward partners with Founders at the most challenging stage in the scale-up journey by leading the first institutional funding round. Post investment, Outward works as a collective to support founders, with a significant portion of the fund allocated for follow-on investments. https://outwardvc.com/

  • Board Observer

    2024

    Capsa is the AI operating system for private equity due diligence. https://www.capsa.ai/

  • Board Observer

    2021

    Supercede transforms the way cedents, brokers and reinsurers from around the world work together. https://supercede.com/

  • Board Observer

    2021

    Mazepay has developed a next-generation B2B payments solution to simplify corporate spend. https://mazepay.com/

  • Board Observer

    2020

    Orbital Witness is building a universal risk rating for real estate to bring greater transparency and efficiency to property transactions. https://www.orbitalwitness.com/

  • Board Observer

    2022

    Januar is financial infrastructure for businesses that bridges the gap between the traditional centralized financial system and new decentralized financial system. https://www.januar.com/

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2023

    Anorak is the first of its kind fully automated life insurance advice platform which enables any distributor to sell protection products at scale. Anorak was acquired by Clark in 2023: https://www.realwire.com/releases/clark-group-acquires-anorak-and-further-expands-on-the-uk-market

  • Board Observer

    2019 - 2023

    The Aventus Operating System enables insurance providers to create a seamless customer experience for any insurance line, through any channel, at start up speed. https://www.aventusplatform.com/

  • Emerging Companies

    2017 - 2023

  • Associate

    2016 - 2017

    I worked directly with the Managing Partners and played a key role in the sourcing, selection, execution and subsequent management of pre-series A investments. http://www.beaconcapital.co.uk/

  • Analyst

    2014 - 2015

    - Deal flow management and sourcing. - Preparation of investment notes for early stage opportunities. - Support in the due diligence process. - Data analysis related to the European VC landscape. Beacon Capital is a London-based VC firm founded by private investors. The firm invests in exceptional entrepreneurs who build category-defining tech businesses. In December 2014, Beacon was selected as a partner of the London Co-Investment Fund (LCIF), a £25m fund led by the Mayor of London to help drive investment for London-based tech start-ups.

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