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Sarah Drinkwater

Solo GP at Common Magic

London, England

Overview 

Sarah Drinkwater is a London-based Solo GP at Common Magic, specializing in investing in products with a strong community focus. She has a diverse career background, including roles at notable organizations like Atomico and Omidyar Network, and has invested in promising startups like Odin and Panion. Sarah has a strong track record of investing in early-stage companies in sectors such as Payments and FinTech, and she has held key advisory roles at Protocol Labs and The Design Museum.

Work Experience 

  • Solo GP, Common Magic

    2023 - Current

    Investing in products with community at their core; go to commonmagic.xyz to learn more & get in touch.

  • Member

    2020

    Operator Exchange is a group of angel investors who've founded or built fast-growing startups before.

  • Non Executive Director

    2021

  • Advisor

    2022 - 2023

Ceramic Network is a provider of protocols for decentralized data applications.

  • Angel, 2020, 2021, 2022 program

    2020 - 2023

    Proudly part of Atomico's 2020, 2021 and 2022 angel program. 35+ angel investments so far.

  • Senior Advisor

    2021 - 2022

Protocol Labs is a research, development, and deployment lab for network protocols.

Raised $10,920,000.00 from Holon Global Investments, Kosmos Ventures, MRTNZ Ventures, BlueYard Capital, Boost VC and FundersClub.

  • Public Goods

    2022 - 2022

    Public goods are good

  • Advisor

    2021 - 2022

    Built the first program for underrepresented founders housed in a European museum.

  • Lead, Tech and Society Solutions Lab

    2019 - 2021

    Investing and co-creating levers for a responsible technology industry. Products; Led creation of digestible, accessible tool for PMs and engineers, Ethical Explorer (ethicalexplorer.org); launched July 2020 and already in the hands of thousands of responsible techies globally; Responsible CS Challenge with Mozilla Foundation, Schmidt Futures and Craig Newmark Philanthropies backed by 25+ senior industry leaders Investees include: TSPA, Mozilla Foundation, Tristan Harris' Center for Humane Tech, tech organisers Coworker.org, Doteveryone, the Zebras.

  • Director, Tech and Society Solutions Lab

    2018 - 2019

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