28: Meet Oliver Wheatley & David Blake

Deepbridge Discovery Podcast

Today, Andrew is joined by Oliver Wheatley (Associate Investment Director - Deepbridge Capital) & David Blake (Associate Investment Director - Deepbridge Capital).
About Oliver Wheatley:
Oliver joined Deepbridge in 2022 and is part of the Deepbridge Technology Growth team.
Oliver’s focus is on supporting Management teams across the Deepbridge Technology Growth portfolio, along with structuring new equity deals for high growth technology businesses.
Before joining Deepbridge, Oliver spent two years working in the Development Bank of Wales' Technology Ventures Investment team, focussed on backing technology companies with a presence in Wales. Prior to working in direct investment, Oliver spent 10 years in various corporate finance lead advisory roles across the North West of England, primarily advising on the sale of mid-market, private equity backed technology businesses. He worked at accountancy firms, KPMG and Grant Thornton, as well as boutique investment bank, Clearwater International.
Oliver has a degree in Management and Information Technology from the University of York and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
About David Blake:
David is a qualified financial professional and technologist with a broad experience having worked across numerous sectors, including; power generation, ad-tech, medical devices and defence/aerospace.
As Associate Investment Director at Deepbridge, David’s role is to support the commercialisation and growth of a number of Deepbridge’s portfolio companies, whilst also working on a number of future funding opportunities.
David’s previous role as an Investment Executive at the Development Bank of Wales’ Technology Investments team allowed him to lead investment rounds into a number of fast growing technology companies across a variety of sectors, including; space, AgTech, FinTech and Enterprise Software.
David is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and holds a distinction in a MSc in Computing, bringing with him a combination of practicle skills and experiences from finance and technology for early stage technology companies.
Although based in Wales David works with clients across the UK and is delighted to be playing a role within the early stage technology ecosystem.
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Supporting growth-focused companies and entrepreneurs has never been more important, but it is important to understand the people and ideas behind such investment opportunities.  
Join the Deepbridge Capital team each week as they discuss all things Deepbridge, speak with various investment experts within the company and discover more about the founders and CEOs’ running the portfolio companies Deepbridge invests in. Each episode contains an informal conversation to understand how these leaders and teams perform in order to achieve their goals. Investments in early-stage companies are illiquid and high risk – investors could lose all of their capital.