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Alston Zecha

Partner at Eight Roads

United Kingdom

Overview 

Alston Zecha is a FinTech and enterprise software expert who transitioned from being a startup founder to becoming a Partner at Eight Roads. With a strong background in mobile payments and software, he has successfully invested in companies like Canoe and Tibber, showcasing his expertise in venture capital and business strategy. Zecha's career highlights include founding payleven and serving as its COO, as well as his current role at Eight Roads where he has made impactful investments in companies like Juro and SenseOn, demonstrating his proficiency in driving growth and success in the FinTech sector.

Work Experience 

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Eight Roads

  • Partner

    2021 - Current

    Eight Roads Ventures is a global venture capital firm that backs entrepreneurs with aspirations for greatness. With more than 50 year's experience, today we manage $8BN of capital across offices in the UK, India, China, Japan and the US.

  • Principal

    2016 - 2021

  • Director

    2015 - 2016

payleven

  • Co-Founder & Non-Exec Director

    2015 - 2015

    Pioneering mobile POS and mobile payments processor serving SMEs across Europe and LatAm Now merged with SumUp

  • Co-Founder & COO

    2012 - 2015

    Pioneering mobile POS and mobile payments processor serving SMEs across Europe and LatAm Now merged with SumUp

AP

Apax Partners

  • Senior Associate

    2008 - 2012

    Technology and Telecoms Team focused on software Investments: Sophos (Cybersecurity), Epicor (ERP), Activant (ERP), Astaro (Cybersecurity)

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Travelex

  • Assistant to CEO & Chairman

    2008 - 2009

    Strategic projects; Board observer; Exco observer

AP

Apax Partners

  • Summer Associate

    2007 - 2007

    Technology and Telecoms Team

B&

Bain & Company

  • Consultant

    2005 - 2006

    Private Equity due diligence team focused on technology and consumer

  • Senior Associate Consultant

    2004 - 2005

    Industry: Mining Purchasing / procurement cost reduction Organizational restructuring

  • Associate Consultant

    2002 - 2004

    Industries: Aerospace engineering; Automobile manufacturing; Luxury goods; Mining; Snack foods Projects: Sales growth & corporate strategy; Government relations; Marketing investment; New product strategy; SG&A cost benchmarking

Galaxy Distribution System Ltd.

  • Sales and Fund-raising

    2002 - 2002

    Beijing, China and Bangkok, Thailand

Schroder Salomon Smith Barney

  • Junior Analyst

    1999 - 2000

    Paris, France

Education 

Investments 

Canoe

Series B

Total funding: $61M

Kaiko

Series B

Total funding: $77M

Tibber

Series B

Total funding: $140M

Juro

Series B

Total funding: $31M

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