The Outward Point of View
Outward’s journey with Vauban – investment to exit in 15 months
Exactly fifteen months to the day since our investment, we are delighted to share once again with the world that Vauban has been acquired by Carta – the dominant US market leader in equity management software. Last year Outward announced its lead investment in Vauban – the end-to-end digital platform for alternate investment vehicles – and in […]
Read the storyWhy we invested in Bud
Outward is delighted to announce our follow on investment into Bud’s $80m Series B fundraise alongside new investor TDR Capital. Outward first invested in Bud back in 2018 and have continued to support Ed and the team on their growth journey. A marathon not a spint… We are an impatient generation. We value convenience, speed […]
Read the storyGrowing pains beyond Series A – a perspective from Outward’s founders
We recently hosted our inaugural Founder “Supper Club” where seven of Outward’s early portfolio founders were joined by two of our later stage founders – Anand Sambasivan (CEO and Founder of PrimaryBid) and Norris Koppel (CEO and Founder of Monese). We organised and moderated the dinner as we wanted our founders to hear first hand […]
Read the storyWhy we invested in Januar
Outward VC is delighted to announce our investment in Januar’s €6m seed round, alongside our friends at Element Ventures, ByFounders and Angular Ventures. In 2018, Coinbase, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges had obtained a bank account with Barclays. It was a rare foray into the crypto economy by a major bank and seemingly […]
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