Roberta Lucca
Venture Partner at Octopus Ventures
United Kingdom
Overview
Work Experience
Artist
2024 - Current
❤️🔥 MOTTO: You only have one life. Feel deeply. Make it WUNDERful ⚡️ MUSIC: Blending Bossa Nova with Electronica - Music that makes you fly 🗞️ PRESS: WUNDER BETA Debuts with Imaginative Piece ‘Waiting Here’ https://www.mesmerized.io/wunder-beta-debuts-with-imaginative-piece-waiting-here
Co-Founder, NED - Non Executive Director | Board Director
2021
Co-Founder, CMO - Chief Marketing / Brand Officer | Board Director
2010 - 2020
Co-founded and grew the Bossa brand and our games into a BAFTA-winning multimillion-dollar business with an amazing team. Creating the future of games, we are widely regarded for our category-defining brand, 'creativity at scale' approach and for reaching millions of Millennials and Gen Z gamers and influencers worldwide. Our investors include Atomico, London Venture Partners, Makers Studios and NetEase, and the most successful games are Surgeon Simulator, I Am Bread, Hogwash, and Monstermind. They are available on PC, mobile, Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and VR.
TV Shows Mentor, Judge, Presenter, Creator
2021
📺 Judge, investor and mentor on renowned TV series, including The Apprentice 2022 (BBC) and Ready Set StartUP (Amazon Prime UK / US).
Keynote Speaker inspiring teams on the Future of Games & Entrepreneur Mindset
2017
🎤 Go to https://betalucca.com/speaker to check my showreel and keynote topics. Previous clients include Intuit, Ocado, Forbes, NatWest, Disney, Unilever, Women in Tech Festival, Festival of Marketing, Creative Informatics and Financial Times.
Content Creator: 20k followers across platforms
2018
⚡️ Sharing stories about starting and growing creative businesses, and developing an entrepreneurial mindset. Inspiring people to be bold, feel bold and make bold decisions.
Angel Investor
2021
Founding member of Ventures Together (VT), an angel investment community of 150+ of Europe’s leading Tech entrepreneurs and operators who invest and help companies together. My portfolio investments include: Gama Space (France), Quench (UK), Xip (US), Dent Reality (UK), COCOLI (Germany), Life Supplies (UK), Fair HQ (UK), Rosecut (UK), Gwella (Canada), Customuse (UK/US)
Founder, Creative Director and Host
2020
How following your curiosity leads you to a fulfilling life! Guests included Mo Gawdat (Author, ex-Google Exec), Arlan Hamilton (Backstage Capital), Nir Eyal (Author, Hooked / Indistractable), Viv Groskop (Author, Comedian), Dan Murray-Serter (Heights, Secret Leaders), Maria Sayans (UsTwo Games, Monument Valley), Amy Landino (Author, YouTuber) and many more. Our debut series reached Top 50 Business Podcasts on Apple iTunes, and got featured on New & Newsworthy.
Angel Investor
2021
Angel Investor
2021
Angel Investor
2019
Angel Investor
2018
Venture Partner
2022 - 2024
Thrilled to have helped Octopus Ventures kickstart their Games investment arm - from strategy, thesis building, knowledge sharing to deal flow, DD and investments. From Sep 2022 to July 2024.