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Matt Chandler

Principal at Octopus Ventures

United Kingdom

Overview 

Matt Chandler is an Investor at Octopus Ventures in the United Kingdom, specializing in investing in various sectors at Series A and Seed stages. With a background in management studies and experience in commercial analysis, he has successfully invested in companies like Lapse and HURR, contributing to their growth and development. Chandler's career highlights include serving as a Principal at Octopus Ventures and being involved in multiple successful investments such as Lapse at Series A and HURR at an unknown series.

Work Experience 

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Octopus Ventures

  • Principal

    2023 - Current

  • Investor

    2021

    Early stage investor focused on consumer tech and related technologies (e.g. where the product/service benefit can ultimately be reaped by a consumer). Fortunate to work closely with Partly (automotive parts protocol); Lapse (social media); Seatfrog (train occupancy management); and many others.

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onibi

  • Observer

    2024

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Lapse

  • Board Member

    2021

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Partly

  • Board Member

    2022

The Partly Marketplace is a niche commerce platform for the auto parts industry.

Raised $7,000.00.

partly.co
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Seatfrog

  • Board Member

    2022

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OLIO • Share More, Waste Less

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2024

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HURR

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2023

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True.

  • Commercial Associate

    2019 - 2021

  • Commercial Analyst

    2018 - 2021

    True is Europe’s fastest growing private equity fund, and its only retail and consumer specialist. Future-focused, we are exposed to exciting startups and established companies, investing in disruptive technologies, products, businesses and teams.

Mojo

  • Co-Founder

    2016 - 2018

    - Seed stage real-time bookings platform (Saas) - Partnered with over 80+ merchants & thousands of customers - Completed accelerator programme and received software grant funding - www.mojo.london

TP

Triple Point Investment Management

  • Alternative Finance

    2015 - 2016

    - Project managed development of the Advancr lending platform (technology, product structuring, legal, marketing and operations) - Post launch I ran operations and became heavily involved in product re-structuring (from retail to IFA focused) and documentation (Information Memorandum) - Role split to gain knowledge of deal flow and SME funding from the Asset Finance team (focus on card payment terminals)

Education 

Investments 

Lapse

Seed

Total funding: $42M

HURR

Seed

Total funding: $15M

Smiler

Series Unknown

Total funding: $17M

Partly

Series A

Total funding: $24M

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