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KEY PERSONNEL<br />
James Sore<br />
Chief Investment<br />
Officer<br />
Gonçalo de<br />
Vasconcelos<br />
Chief Executive<br />
Officer &<br />
co-founder<br />
Tom Britton<br />
Chief Technology<br />
Officer &<br />
co-founder<br />
James Sore, Chief Investment Officer:<br />
James started his career at a boutique<br />
investment firm, originally as investment<br />
analyst and quickly moving to investment<br />
manager. He’s also built up his own<br />
private investment portfolio, while<br />
starting and selling companies. James is<br />
also a mechanical and electronics<br />
engineer with experience designing and<br />
developing products for world-leading<br />
brands such as Coca-Cola, Hershey’s,<br />
Pfizer and British American Tobacco.<br />
Gonçalo de Vasconcelos, Chief Executive<br />
Officer and co-founder: Gonçalo<br />
pioneered the investor-led crowdfunding<br />
model in the UK. In September 2011 he<br />
graduated with an MBA from Judge<br />
Business School, University of<br />
Cambridge, where he was awarded the<br />
Best Dissertation Prize and the Benavitch<br />
Scholarship for academic and<br />
professional achievements. Gonçalo is<br />
also a contributor for Forbes, writing and<br />
speaking about regularly about equity<br />
investment, business angel investment<br />
and venture capital investment.<br />
Tom Britton, Chief Technology Officer and<br />
co-founder: born in Los Angeles, Tom<br />
originally moved to the UK to play<br />
football. He went on to work in product<br />
development on a number of<br />
software-based projects, including<br />
managing the development of the mobile<br />
applications for Trainline. He completed<br />
his MBA at Cambridge, where he focused<br />
on developing startups, and has taken a<br />
keen interest in ventures focused on<br />
helping other startups.<br />
COMPANY OVERVIEW<br />
SyndicateRoom is an equity crowdfunding platform, encouraging transparency, fairness and access for all. By allowing<br />
members to co-invest alongside experienced investors in highly sophisticated opportunities, they get access to the same<br />
economic terms as the lead investors. This applies to opportunities across the entire funding journey, from early stage<br />
private companies to premium segment listings on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.<br />
Lead investors and advisers include UK Business Angel of the Year Peter Cowley and super-angel Jonathan Milner.<br />
SyndicateRoom is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and is a member of the<br />
London Stock Exchange.<br />
66 EIS Yearbook 2016/17
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