Vivek Ayer
Venture Scout at Ada Ventures
Vivek Ayer
Venture Scout at Ada Ventures
United Kingdom
Overview
Work Experience
Leadership Team
2021 - Current
Empowering the next generation of angel investors. Partnering with diverse communities and helping them to find and invest in world-changing startups.
Venture Scout
2020
Pre-Series A venture capital fund investing in overlooked founders and markets. Aiming to be the most inclusive fund in the UK and looking to back ambitious founders who historically have been unable to access capital. Focused on UK technology companies with global ambitions who are post-product, pre-revenue stage. First cheque of £250K - £500K.
Participant
2020 - 2020
An internship programme run by Diversity VC to promote diversity in the venture capital industry. Course modules delivered by top VCs such as Playfair Capital, Balderton, Accel, OMERS Ventures, Atomico, Notion Capital, Northzone, Octopus Ventures. The 2020 cohort was a remote programme due to COVID-19.
Consultant
2019 - 2019
Advised seed stage start-ups on prototyping, customer validation, building MVPs and pitching Established a Nordics presence for diverse global start-up communities Mentored start-ups at accelerators, impact investment festivals and hackathons Successfully introduced start-ups to sources of funding and to third party businesses and consumers
Information Technology Audit Manager
2014 - 2018
Delivered IT and Information Security audits, IT risk and control assessments, third party audits and cyber compliance assessments, for listed clients. Key responsibility was to find and present commercial and pragmatic recommendations to stakeholders. Key goal was to focus on improving processes. Documented formal proposals and scoped innovative projects for clients. Engaged with stakeholders to understand business risks, operational goals and evolving regulatory requirements, and thereafter I scoped deliverables. Successfully navigated the inherent ambiguity within smaller teams hosting informal procedures by championing the use of bespoke techniques, to meet strategic reporting needs. Led delivery of IT risk audits, Information security control assessments and Cyber audits. Maintained communication with internal and external audit stakeholders, involved keeping all parties regularly updated on budgets, progress and observations. Presented commercial and pragmatic recommendations and led teams towards improving security for clients, focussing on Cyber and Information security needs. Empowered CIO, CISO and IT leaders with frameworks to address IT risks facing a business. Effective multi-tasking skills used to manage teams across Nordics and Asia. Maintained a strong commitment to quality, and to managing tight budgets. Initiated innovative approaches to local problems e.g. high staffing costs and low number of SMEs, by advocating the use of skilled EY resources in Asia and Eastern Europe.
Senior Consultant
2012 - 2014
IT Audits, 3402 Audits, Internal Audits
Strategy Executive
2010 - 2011
Operations strategy team member; presented 5-year plans, and summary of progress, to the Marine Operations board. Designed and produced a balance scorecard to meet the Board’s reporting needs. Led monthly board meetings in China, Finland and Norway.
Private Equity Associate - Grad school internship
2009 - 2009
Partnering with teams working on Deal origination, Due diligence, 100-day planning for portfolio firms
Senior Risk Management Consultant (left for Grad school)
2008 - 2008
Risk Assessments, Project Management. Left to pursue MBA at Cranfield School of Management.
Consultant
2005 - 2007
IT Auditor, bid manager
Consultant
1998 - 2005
Variety of technical, sales and project management roles in the UK and Australia. Laid the foundation for a career in consulting.