Sven Huckstadt

Blenheim Chalcot is a Venture Capital firm with £1.5bn AUM across 20+ portfolio companies (seed stage to series C+) Joined as Finance Director managing 3 series A portfolio companies with a mandate to scale and create exit opportunities Responsible for all finance processes (Accounting, Tax, Compliance, FP&A, Corporate Finance, Funding, Investor Relations), supported by a lean team in the UK and India Series A SaaS in the EdTech space - Operates in 40+ countries, delivering app based English language tests to universities, companies and consumers Series A SaaS in the FinOps space - Automates accounting processes with AI Series A SaaS in the Mortgage space - Powers UK's leading price comparison websites and explores new use cases for AI in the lending space (FCA regulated)

TIER is Europe's largest e-scooter operator, backed by Softbank, Mubadala and other high profile VC investors, the company rapidly grew to a $2.0bn valuation before driving market consolidation through a merger with Dott Brought in to drive growth and profitability across the group, leading a team of local Finance Directors and Financial Controllers, central FP&A and Data Analytics (12 FTE) ◼ Drove financial compliance across 20+ countries via a team of local FDs and FCs Supported the acquisition and integration of 'Spin' (US) and 'Nextbike' (DE), extending geographic footprint and service offering, adding 30% to group revenues Created a new Data Analytics function improving pricing, acquisition budgets, Capex allocation and regional footprint, improving profits by 10%+ Led cost cutting project, consolidating the org-structure and HQ OPEX, reducing losses by 20%+ Strengthened the capital structure through asset-backed debt financing Led European market consolidation, culminating in the merger with Dott Left after the merger to pursue a role with end-to-end finance responsibility in the VC space

Runa is a VC-backed UK based FinTech start up, that set out to disrupt the gift card industry and developed into a provider of holistic payout solutions Brought in on a project basis to design a scalable finance organisation, processes and tools