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Notion's Journey From PLG To The Enterprise: Robbie O'Connor
Talks about Notion's enterprise strategy, PLG (Product-Led Growth) and enterprise software market
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Akash Bajwa
Principal at Earlybird Investor
United Kingdom
Overview
Akash Bajwa is a Principal at Earlybird Venture Capital in the United Kingdom, specializing in investing in Seed stage companies in the Web3/Crypto and FinTech sectors. With a background in investment management, private equity, and audit, Akash has successfully invested in companies like Payable and held roles at renowned organizations like Barclays and Deloitte UK.
Work Experience
Principal
2024 - Current
Founded in 1997, Earlybird identifies and backs exceptional early-stage companies on a pan-European basis – supporting them through their growth and development phases and providing financial resources, strategic support, plus access to an international network and capital markets. Through two separate strategies, Earlybird focuses on tech-enabled businesses in fintech/ insurtech, enterprise software, and deep tech (energy, food, and space) while Earlybird Health focuses on improving patient outcomes. Earlybird additionally has a Growth Opportunity Fund for follow-on investments, and a pro-bono impact initiative, Vision Lab. With EUR 2.5 billion under management across fund streams and a history of 9 IPOs and 33 trade sales, Earlybird is among Europe’s most established and active venture capital firms.
Investor
2022 - 2024
Investor
2023
Investor
2024
Investor
2024
Board Observer
2022
Investor
2022 - 2025
Board Observer (Acquired by Sana AI)
2023 - 2024
London Chapter Lead
2022 - 2024
EVCA is a non-profit association that supports the next generation of venture capital investors.
Investment Team
2020 - 2022
Augmentum Fintech PLC is one of Europe’s leading venture capital investors focusing exclusively on the fintech sector. Augmentum invests in early and later stage fast growing fintech businesses that are disrupting the banking, insurance, asset management and wider financial services sectors. Augmentum is the only listed fintech-focused venture capital firm in the UK, having launched on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in 2018, giving businesses access to patient funding and support, unrestricted by conventional fund timelines.
Barclays Ventures and Wealth Management
2018 - 2019
Rotations across Barclays Ventures and the Wealth Management departments as part of the graduate scheme
Investments
Latest Articles
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The Untapped B2B SaaS GTM Channel: User-Led Growth
Talks about B2B user referrals, SaaS Go-To-Market Strategies and Product-Led Growth
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BizOps As The Connective Tissue In Startups: Bryan Chung
Talks about BizOps, early-stage startups and software and company building strategy
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Hiring Your First Sales Person: James Allgrove
Talks about sales hiring strategy, founder-led sales transition and first sales hire timing