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Alexander Nicholson

Alexander Nicholson

Associate / MD @ Autotrip

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Director at Capgemini Invent

  • Education

    • Fitch Learning

      2020 - 2020
      Certificate in Financial Modelling

      Grade: 95%Fast, efficient and accurate Excel skills; Designing and constructing useful and robust financial modelling applications; Efficient financial forecasting techniques; Auditing and debugging of models.

    • University of St Andrews

      2008 - 2012
      MA (Hons), Sustainable Development 2.1

      "A rare combination of quantitative and qualitative skills, an ability to integrate and analyse diverse data, and a deep understanding of human-environment interactions."

    • University of Cambridge

      2013 - 2014
      PgD (NVQ7), Entrepreneurship/Innovation (Exam average 80% +)

      Selective one-year Master's level programme (at the Judge Business School), covering all aspects of growth planning, financing, and strategic decision-making for early-stage innovations and start-ups.

    • Harrow School

      2002 - 2007
      Economics, Politics, Spanish, History

      A/As Levels: Straight As (top of class in politics)

  • Experience

    • Sustainable Ventures

      Feb 2013 - Aug 2017
      Associate / MD @ Autotrip

      The UK's leading developer of sustainable start-ups. ➤ Research, financial modelling, project management, capital raises, growth strategy ➤ Appointed to lead Autotrip as Launch Director and then Managing Director, growing SV's seed capital in Autotrip by more than 10x

    • Verv

      Sept 2017 - Feb 2019
      Head of Growth & Investment

      Investors included Centrica Innovations and innogy IME; it was named a ‘cool vendor’ by Gartner. Reporting to the CEO, I achieved the following: ➤ Securing £9.1m in venture funding and a £6.5m Series A ➤ Originating and leading a FTSE 100 commercial partnership to a signed MoU ➤ Presenting the winning pitch at Vodafone's global start-up competition in Luxembourg and securing a €150k cash prize from Cisco Systems➤ Presenting the winning pitch at 2018's Digital Energy Innovation Awards in Munich Show less

    • Endeavour Ventures

      Feb 2019 - Aug 2021
      Investment Manager

      Founded in 2005, Endeavour grew to develop one of the UK's leading 'cash-to-cash' track records in the EIS sector (EIS audited IRR of 25% over 15 years, 2005 to 2020). Recent exits include Blue Prism (£1bn+), Ebury (£500m+), and Wejo (£500m+).➤ Led/structured new equity investments into clean energy & telecoms start-ups ➤ Advised and led on corporate debt restructurings & recapitalizations

    • Capgemini Invent

      Aug 2021 - now

      Working for Capgemini on a global basis to evaluate and shape financial business cases for strategic deals and partnerships that have a total contract value (TCV) of more than €50MM. Established the Strategic Insights & Innovation (SII) team to provide clients with competitive insights into the sequencing of technology to cost-effectively decouple their business models from carbon emissions. Recruited to join Fahrenheit 212 as a leader in the commercial strategy team, and this was transformed to become frog Growth Strategy

      • Director, Global Strategic Deals

        Sept 2023 - now

      • Director, Business Technology

        Jan 2023 - Aug 2023

      • Senior Manager, BT/frog

        Aug 2021 - Jan 2023

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Mastering VBA in Excel

      Fitch Learning
      Nov 2020

    • Distressed Valuations

      Fitch Learning
      Dec 2020

    • International Yachtmaster

      Maritime and Coastguard Agency
      May 2008

    • Certificate in Financial Modelling

      Fitch Learning
      Nov 2020