We talk to Ed Lascelles, Partner at Albion and Jessica Bartos, Investment Manager at Albion.

You will find out more about:

• What brought Jessica and Ed to VC investing? Jessica from the White House under Obama's Administration to Rothschild's at Wall Street and the City to Albion and Ed, a VC investor from before it became fashionable

• What is Albion? Who founded Albion? When? 

• What’s Albion's investment focus/philosophy? Geographic focus?

• How much money they have raised since inception and for how many start-ups? 

• What kind of start-ups do they invest in? Series A, post-product-market fit, writing checks of GBP 0.25 to 10 million

• What kind of FinTechs has Albion invested in? E.g Quantexa or Imandra

• How do you find them? How do scouting and due diligence work? What are your selection criteria?

• What’s your investment approach? E.g. min size of the stake, board seat, time to exit, economics?

• Investment success stories of the start-ups - Booking.com or active.com

• How do you see the prospects of Fintechs vs incumbent banks? 

• Assessment of the start-up scene in the UK and Europe vs. the rest of the world

• Wrap up: where and how can inspiring entrepreneurs learn more about Albion