Michael Dimelow
Chief Commercial Officer at Bloc Ventures
London, England
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Commercial Officer
2020 - Current
Shaping Bloc Ventures growth and investing in the next wave of Deeptech innovation throughout the UK and Europe.
Non Executive Director
2021
Decentralised spend management platform.
Non Executive Director
2021
Executive Chairman
2022 - 2024
Non Executive Director
2021 - 2022
Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer
2016 - 2020
• Raised £150m from three financial institutions: BBB, L&G and Woodford • Pioneered a platform approach to deploying institutional capital into Venture • Invested £110m in 30+ companies (UIPath, PushDR) and 7 Funds (Seedcamp, IQ Capital)
Non-executive director
2020 - 2020
A platform approach to digital healthcare provision.
Board Observer
2019 - 2019
Private markets stock exchange.
Board Observer
2018 - 2019
What WiFi did for connectivity, wireless charging is about to do for power.
Kadence optimizes hybrid workplaces and schedules, enhancing team productivity, improving retention, and reducing real estate costs.
Raised $10,000,000.00 from Nick Bloom, Cal Henderson, Firsthand Alliance, Four Cities Capital, Vectr7 Investment Partners, Shaun Ritchie, Portfolio Ventures, Kickstart, Praxis and Shadow Ventures.
Board Observer
2017 - 2019
A platform that enables the use of ECG (heart beat) for authentication and health monitoring.
Education
MBA
2001 - 2003
Exec education
2014 - 2014
MSc
1994 - 1997
Exec education
2012 - 2012
Entrepreneurship Development Program
2008 - 2008
High Potentials Leadership
2005 - 2005