Welcome to the Investor Series, a podcast exploring the journeys, expectations and lessons of some of the UK’s most experienced tech startup investors.

Hosted by Activate Partner Paolo Valdemarin and T/F/D founder and CEO Stephanie Forrest, the Investor Series provides practical advice to help founders and entrepreneurs get their business investor-ready and also encourage new investors to make smarter decisions when looking into the startup space.

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Bruce Beckloff

In this episode, the fifth and final one of the season, we’re joined by co-Founder and CEO of Bloc Ventures, Bruce Beckloff. Bloc is a venture capital company that supports and helps grow the next generation of early-stage deep technology businesses across Europe. Beckloff’s extensive tech expertise and commercial acumen have led him to own the corporate strategy for world-leading tech provider ARM and, as part of this, create their investment activity. After 12 years at ARM and other roles including Corporate VC Specialist for the UK Trade & Investment government unit, Beckloff currently helps deep tech startups align their strategies to scale commercially and quickly. He’s currently an Advisor for IoT SaaS platform EVRYTHNG and Board Observer for fintech company Yordex.

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