Tariq Khan

Partner

2019 - Current

We invest, in our private capacities, in seed stage fintech and web3 companies that we can support through their early stages of growth. At this stage we're investing in the founders as much as the business.

Co-Founder

2020

RideHub is a realtime ride-hail and taxi comparison app. No more juggling fares and pick-up times between multiple apps. Just enter your journey and you'll be presented with the cheapest fare, the quickest to pick you up, and filters for car types (electric, six seater, disabled access and luxury). Select and book immediately. You'll be surprised how much price disparity there is between providers... It's free to use and you're guaranteed to save money, time or both! No more standing in the rain juggling prices between apps. https://ridehub.app/ Appstore: https://lnkd.in/dKx4Kj8 Google Play: https://lnkd.in/dUWPJJd

Board Member

2021

As one of the first investors in Homeppl in 2017, I am delighted to be joining the company's Board following it's recent funding round. Homeppl creates financial inclusion. It brings equality of opportunity to consumers of financial and property products, and allows businesses to safely transact with more good consumers, including internationals, self-employed, students, and others without a credit file. Homeppl starts with the rental market. It offers superb due diligence, giving all tenants the opportunity to pay rent monthly, and keeps its clients safe from fraud or defaults. It utilises Open Banking, fraud detection tests, and behavioural analysis to confirm consumers' real creditworthiness and transactional ability. The best brands and marketplaces in the UK choose Homeppl. It has an impressive portfolio of clients, including Knight Frank, Foxtons, JLL, OpenRent, The Countrywide Group, Chestertons, Douglas and Gordon, Lyvly, Tipi, and hundreds of others. Homeppl is a Techstars Barclays alumnus, backed by the best VCs in the UK, including Ascension Ventures and Fair By Design.

Strategic Advisor

2020

GRIT SEARCH is specialised in representing and sourcing the best talent in Digital, Technology and Transformation for high quality roles with the best companies in Asia. GRIT is a venture-backed recruitment and HRtech company that is focused on identifying the best talent in Digital and Technology across Asia for high-growth, values-driven organisations. GRIT has extensive experience in working with Fintech, Crypto and Insuretech organisations and has extensive networks in these sectors. In addition to implementing executive search methodology for any search they undertake, GRIT has a unique data-driven marketplace that gives organisations access to curated talent pools at significantly lower fees than traditional recruitment firms. www.GRITsearch.com

Tech startups

2015

Advise, invest in and support startups usually from seed stage in the fintech, digital asset, regtech, and legaltech sectors, and with a keen interest in the topics of blockchain technology, financial inclusion, privacy and social impact. Angel investor in companies I can support beyond money. lerandom.art userevenir.com payqin.com/en/home packworks.io neem.io immersve.com metaversal.gg midwestlithium.com insightterra.com gritsearch.com packworks.io neem.io goldfinch.finance myraindrop.co.uk flare.network yoco.co.za structureflow.co homeppl.com shieldpay.com kompany.com iyield.co.uk quant.network

Mentor

2019

Entrepreneur In Residence

2017 - 2019

Techstars is one of the most successful global startup accelerator networks. As Entrepreneur in Residence at the London fintech programme, sponsored by Barclays, I'm on hand with the experience of 'having been through it before' to support the 12 companies in this years cohort. This includes: - Weekly deep-dives: digging in to successes and issues and helping figure out what next - Chairing the weekly CEO meeting: a frank and confidential session in which the CEOs can put their heads together on topics of the moment - Being on hand to support the companies however may be useful. All being in the fintech space, this is often on the subjects of regulatory implementation and utilisation, transaction structuring and contract negotiations, go-to-market strategy, customer acquisition and engagement and best approaches to those in industry who would make great partners. More on this year's excellent group of companies: http://www.techstars.com/content/accelerators/announcing-barclays-techstars-london-class-2017/?utm_source=linkedIn&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TechstarsBlog

Mentor

2018

Investment Advisor

2021 - 2023

Lake Parime provides sustainable engineering solutions for the High-Performance Computing and Energy Sectors. At Lake Parime we design, build, and operate High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems. We work with renewable energy operators to provide sustainable computing infrastructure for users of HPC applications such as Machine Learning, Blockchain, Visualisation, Modelling and Artificial Intelligence.

Member of Supervisory Board

2018 - 2022

Acquired by Moody's Analytics on 28 February 2020. kompany® provides real-time access to structured, official and authoritative commercial register data, including company filings covering more than 110 million companies in 200+ jurisdictions for customer onboarding (KYC), anti-money laundering (AML), enhanced due diligence (EDD) and ongoing compliance processes or remediation. The real-time search and access to official company filings is possible via a webtool or through a RESTful Enterprise API called BREX, which enables integration into existing ERP, CRM or other internal compliance systems to automatize the verification of business partners, customers and suppliers. Furthermore, kompany provides additional services, such as translation of official documents, access to PEP / sanctions lists and a range of customized solutions (e.g. enhanced VAT number validation). kompany serves over 50,000 business customers from 100+ countries, including large international banking groups, Eurozone central banks, “Bulge Bracket” investment banks, all The Big 4 accounting firms, Government domain registrars, international yellow page companies, 25,000+ small & medium-sized businesses and over 3,300 law firms worldwide. kompany is an official clearing office of the Republic of Austria, a partner of the European Business Register and an official distributor of business registers worldwide, such as Germany’s Common Register Portal, Switzerland’s ZEFIX, the UK’s Companies House, Ireland’s CRO, the Netherland’s KvK, and Russia’s Central Registers. kompany is founding member of the International RegTech Association (IRTA). www.kompany.com

Director

2018 - 2020

A member of the Quant Network advisory board since January 2018, and a director of Quant Network AG (Zug) from May 2018. Quant Network have created the Overledger, a platform for enterprise and developers to create applications that interact across blockchains using a Software Development Kit (SDK), enabling MApps (multi-chain decentralized applications) and Treaty Contracts (Multi-chain Smart Contracts). Quant Network is also creating a patent-pending Overledger OS, which will not only enable multi-chain interoperability but connect existing, non-blockchain systems and the Internet to blockchains. www.quant.network