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Operators who have built in these markets.

Miguel Jordao

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Miguel Jordao

Miguel has spent thirteen years across agrifood and finance. He was Chief Business Officer at Gardin Agritech, joining as a founding team member and scaling the company from prototype to seven-figure sales alongside a $20M raise. Before Gardin he invested at LeadX Capital, the corporate venture arm of Metro AG, and spent close to a decade in financial services across Jefferies, BNP Paribas Asset Management and Portland Hill Capital. He sits on the board of Agrova, a publicly listed food company. MBA from London Business School and CFA charterholder.

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Oliver Hodge

Co-Founder & General Partner

Oliver Hodge

Oliver has spent a decade scaling global technology platforms. He was Chief Product Officer at Liquify, taking product from concept through multi-market expansion. Before that he worked in Product Growth at Meta, building products serving billions of users, and in operations at Uber where he drove user growth and margin expansion across the UK and Ireland. He also spent time in the CEO office at OSL through its public market transition. MBA from London Business School.

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