Small team, big ideas

Lucas spent his early career as a Strategy and Investment Analyst in Private Equity, initially at DotVector and then ScaleUp Capital. Across these roles his projects involved carrying out investment due diligence for early stage companies as well as growing and developing portfolio companies in the edtech and media sectors. Before this he graduated from Oxford with a degree in Mathematics.

In 2023 Lucas became a Director at Wigan Athletic where his responsibilities involved leading a data-driven approach to enhance the strategy across both the performance and the financial sides of the club. 

After working as a consultant at both Accenture and Eden McCallum, Nick then put theory into practice and gained experience in-house as Operations Manager at GlobalData. In this role he was responsible for assessing the individual business units, identifying and implementing initiatives to increase their growth and profitability.

At Accelerate Ventures Nick’s role covers the full investment process from origination through to IC, as well as supporting and advising our portfolio companies in a consulting capacity.

Lucile has over four years of experience in Private Equity and M&A across diverse industries, with a primary focus on the consumer sector, gained through her work at Ardian and CIBC in London. Her expertise spans both co-investments, as well as sell-side and buy-side transactions across Europe and North America. Lucile is highly passionate about partnering with innovative businesses to foster growth, generate positive impact, and achieve success within the sportstech ecosystem.

She holds degrees from Audencia Business School and Boston University and is trilingual, having been born in Paris and having lived in Argentina and the United States. As a triathlete, Lucile is well-positioned to support the next generation of sportstech startups and contribute to the expansion of Accelerate Ventures in the UK and Europe.

Prior to joining Accelerate Ventures, Raef was an Analyst at Eden McCallum, a management consultancy. In that role he led analysis on projects across a range of sectors, including conducting due diligences in the catering and foodservice equipment markets.

Before Eden McCallum, Raef founded the LSE Sports Business Group whilst studying, hosting conferences and workshops with leading players in the sports industry. He also has internship experience at the VC firm ETF Partners, start-up TravelTime Technologies and Portas Consulting.

At Accelerate Ventures, Raef supports across the board on all consulting and investment initiatives, including data collection and analysis, due diligence and support with the management of portfolio companies.

Daniel has experience in strategy consulting acquired through multiple projects and internships. These have included a product launch project with a sustainable running shoe start-up and a growth strategy project with an education technology company.

Daniel studied Arabic and French at the University of Cambridge, during which he spent a year living in Jordan and Egypt. He then went on to the Cambridge Judge Business School, where he read Management Studies.

At Accelerate Ventures, Daniel is responsible for supporting both consulting and investment initiatives throughout the investment lifecycle.