How does being an entrepreneur make you a better investor? In this episode, Hambro Perks principal and founder of media startup CompassNewsUK, Matilde Giglio, details what it’s like to go from seeking funding to being the one awarding funding. We discuss learning hard lessons as a founder, transitioning into venture capital, and even Matilde’s own angel investing strategies.

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Speaker Bio:
Matilde is a Principal at Hambro Perks, where she invests in Seed and Series A technology companies. Prior to joining Hambro Perks, Matilde co-founded Compass News, a machine learning journalism start-up with offices in London and New York and over 100,000 monthly active users that was backed by Hambro Perks, Bloomberg Beta and others. Before that, Matilde worked at Fox and Paramount leading their marketing campaigns in Europe. At the start of 2019, she moved to India to run digital strategy for the Congress Party in the 2019 Indian general elections.

Matilde holds a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science and is an advisor at Techstars and Startupbootcamp where she advises early-stage technology companies on growth, product development and operations. 

Follow Matilde on Twitter @MatildeGiglio