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Robert Swerling

Partner at Sprints

London, England

Overview 

Robert Swerling is a Partner at Sprints in London, with a strong background in e-commerce, digital media, business development, and strategic partnerships. He has held senior advisory roles at notable firms like Google and EMK Capital, and has made significant investments in various sectors including cybersecurity, IoT, and AI. Swerling's career highlights include his role as a Limited Partner and Advisor at Sprints, where he focuses on investing in Series A and seed-stage companies in sectors such as SMB software, data services, and London-based startups. Additionally, his experience as a Director of Strategy & Operations at Google showcases his expertise in management, negotiation, and entrepreneurship within the software industry.

Work Experience 

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Sprints

  • Partner

    2023 - Current

    European growth investor, focused on technology-enabled category winners. Portfolio includes Revolut, Vinted, Back Market, Chrono24, Planhat, Intercom, Vivino, Modular Finance.

  • Limited Partner & Advisor

    2018 - 2023

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The Players Fund

  • Limited Partner

    2025

    The UK's first athlete-led VC firm. Portfolio includes Seat Unique, Prosper, Unravel.

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Back Market

  • Board

    2025

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Vivino

  • Board

    2023

Vivino is a wine app, and the largest online wine marketplace + community providing tools to help people buy the right wine.

Raised $221,800,000.00 from Kinnevik, Sprints, GP Bullhound, Creandum and Lars Fjeldsoe-Nielsen.

vivino.com
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LocalGlobe

  • Limited Partner & Fellow

    2015

    Pioneering early stage venture firm supporting some of Europe’s leading entrepreneurs. Portfolio includes Transferwise, Robinhood, Tide and Tessian.

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Hoxton Ventures

  • Limited Partner

    2019

    European venture firm with 4 unicorns in its inaugural fund, including Darktrace, Deliveroo and Babylon.

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Outward VC

  • Limited Partner

    2020

    U.K. Fintech fund with investments including Curve, Bud, Primary Bid and Monese.

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Zero Carbon Capital Limited

  • Limited Partner

    2020

    Early-stage venture fund investing in companies addressing climate change through deep-science, hard-tech innovation.

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Moonfire Ventures

  • Limited Partner

    2020

    Data-driven early-stage European venture fund.

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Honeystone Ventures

  • Limited Partner

    2021

    A new early-stage venture firm, looking to reinvent venture capital by applying academic know-how and research to the investment process and portfolio.

Honeystone ventures is an early-stage software fund that focuses on pre-seed and seed funds.

honeystonevc.com

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