Co-Founders & Partners
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Hector Forwood - General Partner
Having seen success as key individual contributor in Cognism’s journey, both in the UK and US, Hector took the plunge to start his own SaaS company in 2021, Comtura. He exited in 2023, and now continues to build and develop new businesses as a serial entrepreneur. An active angel with a portfolio focused on tech-enabled organisations.
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Jonathon Ilett - General Partner
Since having joined Cognism alongside Hector in its infancy, Jonathon has since led the Sales organisation for one of the fastest growing SaaS companies in EMEA. He is an active angel investor, typically investing in Seed, Series A companies with a focus on Sales and Marketing Solutions.
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Misha Jessel-Kenyon - General Partner
Regarded as one of the top SaaS sales talents in EMEA, Misha helped build the Enterprise and Strategic business at Salesloft. Voted by Wiser as the top Account Executive in the UK, Misha had closed nearly 20% of Salesloft EMEA revenue before exiting. Misha’s an angel investor focused on UK B2B SaaS and is now is a Major Accounts Director at Zscaler, managing some of their most strategic customers in UK&I.
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Nick Dashfield - General Partner
Nick is Head of Strategic Projects at Globacap, a private markets technology company automating and digitising private capital markets. Previously, he co-led the funds team at Seedrs, originating and executing VC fund investments on behalf of Seedrs’ network of 25k HNW investors. Nick also has significant prior experience as a direct investor, having worked in the investment team at a family office investing in venture capital and real estate opportunities. He spent the first 6.5 years of his career working as a funds lawyer.
Some of our Angels
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Alice de Courcy
Group Chief Marketing Officer @ Cognism
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Ollie Sharpe
VP Sales @ Abacum
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Rebecca Drew
VP EMEA @ Chief
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Georgiana Wagemann
Chief of Staff @ Darktrace
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James Isilay
CEO @ Cognism
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Jennifer Bers
Chief Revenue Officer @ Unbable
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Derry Holt
CEO @ OneUp Sales
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Jim Preston
VP Sales @ Ben
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Alexis Prades
Head of Sales @ PayFit UK
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Tom Castley
VP Sales @ Hook
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Neil Andrew
CEO @ Lunio.ai
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Vinit Patel
Chief Revenue Officer @ Flexa