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Oli Harris

Managing Director at Venturebeam

London, England

Overview 

Oli Harris is an Impact VC at Series A+ level, with a background as a 2x Founder and Trustee. With experience in venture capital, private equity, deal flow, and investment strategies, he currently serves as the Managing Director and Global Head of Marketing at Venturebeam, showcasing a strong track record in business development and marketing strategy. Harris has held key leadership roles such as Chief Marketing Officer at Championship Horse Racing and DelAgua Ltd, demonstrating expertise in driving successful go-to-market strategies and fostering growth within various sectors such as Wellness & Fitness, AR/VR, and AgTech.

Work Experience 

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Dream Ventures

  • Partner

    2024 - Current

    Dream Ventures is a US VC, spun out of a single family office, investing in elite tech and consumer founders from late-seed to Series A.

Dream Ventures is a venture capital company that builds high-growth and disruptive companies.

dreamventures.com
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The Sporting Blog

  • Founder

    2017

    A platform for aspiring sports writers with over 3m readers in 2023.

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Venturebeam

  • Managing Director

    2022 - 2024

    Investing in impact driven companies.

  • Global Head of Marketing

    2021 - 2022

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Championship Horse Racing

  • Chief Marketing Officer

    2017 - 2021

    Co-founded and launched the worlds first professional horse racing league - 'Racing League' in conjunction with Sky Sports, Talksport, The Times, Dream Team, The Sun, eToro, William Hill & more.

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DelAgua Ltd

  • Chief Marketing Officer

    2011 - 2017

    I led the marketing and communications strategy for DelAgua Group. In addition to this I played a key role in the commercial strategy for DWT (a UK business unit of DelAgua) and took the lead on several research projects involving the next generation of public health focused technology. In my time at Delagua we conceived, designed and launched the biggest carbon credit project of its kind anywhere in the world, which is still in operation 10 years later.

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BENGT Fashion

  • Non Executive Director

    2013 - 2014

Prince's Club Agadir

  • Non Executive Director

    2009 - 2014

    A 5 star resort in Morocco encompassing all racket sports, golf, polo and a private community alongside. The project was the dream of a few like minded professionals. We raised significant equity and debt financing to complete the $1 billion project, however we were de-railed by the financial crisis and political infighting.

Robinson McColl Architects+Designers

  • Director of Marketing And Business Development

    2007 - 2010

    B2C and B2B marketing. * Hotels * Residential developments * Sports clubs/resorts * Individual residential units I also helped re-brand and launch the company, organising high profile global sponsorship, events and helping shape the companies identity.

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Scotiabank

  • Senior Analyst

    1998 - 2007

    * Project Management in technology and applications group * Worked in global markets - Ireland, India, Canada, Switzerland * Experience with Fixed income, Precious metals, Base metals and Corporate banking departments

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