Meet our team

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Adam French

Partner

Spokesperson
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Adam is a Partner at Antler, co-leading the UK fund. He is a Founding Partner and Chair of Houghton Street Ventures, a pre-seed and seed fund investing in alumni of the London School of Economics and a Non-Executive Director at Innovate Finance, the UK industry body for fintech. Previously, he was the Co-Founder and CEO of Scalable Capital, a fintech unicorn valued at $1.4 billion, backed by BlackRock, Tencent, and Hedosophia, as he recognized the opportunity to build a business to make investing more accessible, more convenient and more cost-effective by using technology. Earlier in his career, Adam served as an Executive Director of Trading at Goldman Sachs.

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Hannah Leach

Partner

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Hannah brings over a decade of experience in the tech ecosystem, playing key roles in launching and scaling startups, developing products, and advising on fundraising strategy. Previously, she served as a Venture Partner at Antler UK and was a founding General Partner at Houghton Street Ventures, focusing on pre-seed and seed-stage investments globally. She is also a recognised leader in ESG within venture capital, having founded VentureESG and now serving as its Executive Chairwoman—a nonprofit supporting over 700 VCs and LPs with ESG integration. With a robust background as a founder, innovator, and investor, Hannah has built an extensive network that drives strategic growth for portfolio companies.

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Jed Rose

Partner

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Jed Rose is a Partner at Antler and brings operator, advisor, and investor experience from Seed to Series C rounds. He was the GM of EMEA with Airwallex, a B2B fintech payments unicorn that is backed by investors such as Sequoia and DST Global. Prior to Antler and Airwallex, Jed was CEO at Paymentsense, where he led the fintech startup through a period of rapid growth with EBITDA growing from breakeven to £24m in just three years and to an exit. Prior to Paymentsense, Jed did product management for Microsoft Windows for six years where he focused on B2C, international expansion, and product pilots. Jed received a B.Sc. with Honours in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University and an MBA from the University of Cambridge.

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Sarah Finegan

Associate Partner

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Sarah is a Associate Partner at Antler. Having previously worked with Antler in Berlin, where she was a key part of Antler's operations in DACH and Eastern Europe, Sarah now leads supporting Antler's growing portfolio in the UK. Sarah brings experience from her previous roles in finance, early-stage technology companies, and venture capital, and she is an avid sports fan and world traveller.

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Darren Murphy

Vice President

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Darren is a Vice President of Founder Experience at Antler’s London office and oversees our scouting and residency. Darren has over eight years of experience working with tech startups, helping them go to market and secure investment. He previously worked as Head of Innovation at Unbound, connecting 100s of startups with global corporations at events such as Unbound London, FinTech Abu Dhabi and Innovfest Unbound in Singapore. Darren has also worked at the UK’s leading advanced digital technology innovation centre, Digital Catapult, where he helped establish their first accelerators.