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Alessandro Babini

Partner at Global Forward Capital

United Kingdom

Overview 

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2023 - Current

    Global Forward Capital is a multi-stage investment firm specializing in cybersecurity and global markets. Founded in 2017 as Trend Forward Capital, the firm was renamed in 2023 to reflect the expansion of the firm’s mission to include global private equity investments, the opening of headquarters in Singapore and the team’s unique experience in global cybersecurity markets. We exist to unlock untapped global potential in cybersecurity companies. We aspire to create value and do good by cultivating teams, changing trajectories and transforming operations to achieve superior sustainable performance. Bridging cultures, talent and technology.

  • Venture Partner

    2020 - 2022

    Seed, Series A, B

DN Capital operates as an early-stage venture capital firm.

  • Strategy

    2020 - 2020

WHOOP is a performance optimization system that tracks athlete recovery, training, and sleeping hours to help boost performance.

Raised $404,751,000.00 from Thursday Ventures, Sahin Boydas, SoftBank Vision Fund, Accomplice, NextView Ventures, GP Bullhound, CAVU Consumer Partners, IVP and Animal Capital.

  • CEO & Co-Founder (Sold to Whoop)

    2015 - 2020

    2019 - MIT Technology Review Innovators under 35 2019 - Fast Company’s Most Creative People of 2019 2018 - Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum 2017 - Forbes 30 Under 30 - Retail & Ecommerce 2017 - Forbes 30 Under 30 - Sports

Humon is an algorithm and wearable sensor company that helps athletes with unique insights, pushing them to their optimal performance.

Raised $2,550,000.00 from Sky Ventures Group, Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), Sky Ventures Group, Rough Draft Ventures, Jason Burke, Accomplice, Dorm Room Fund, Boston Syndicates (BOSS) and Financiere Saint James.

  • Global Shaper

    2017 - 2019

  • Investment team

    2013 - 2014

DN Capital operates as an early-stage venture capital firm.

  • Fixed Income Trading

    2011 - 2011

Credit Suisse Group is a financial services company that advises clients in all aspects of finance.

  • Marketing

    2010 - 2010

Latest Articles 

Sep. 2015

We are Humon

Talks about Startup, Culture and Teamwork

Articles About Alessandro

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