Zixin joined the Gresham House Ventures team in August 2022.

I am passionate about finding disrupting technologies and innovative business ideas. I joined the team at Gresham House Ventures because of its long-established reputation, excellent track record, and abundant resource accessible to portfolio companies.

Prior to this, she spent over 8 years in the Energy industry, working at Royal Dutch Shell. At Shell, Zixin worked across various business lines including Trading, Retail, Renewable Energy Solutions and Shell Ventures.

During her time as a Senior Investment Associate with Shell Ventures, she focused on early-stage equity investments into fast growing start-ups in the Future of Mobility and CleanTech, across Europe, China and India.

Zixin is a qualified CIMA management accountant and holds a Master’s degree in Financial Engineering and Risk Management.

Outside of work, I spend a lot of time playing my violin, travelling around the globe, and meeting with interesting people.

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Benjamin joined Gresham House as an Associate Director in August 2022.

He focuses on originating, appraising, structuring and executing new transactions as well as working alongside founders and Management teams post-investment.

The best part of my role is learning about new businesses, understanding what makes them tick and thinking about how GHV can help them on their journey.

Prior to Gresham House, he was Head of Portfolio at Bootstrap Europe, a pan-European growth capital fund focused on making and managing investments in early-stage technology companies.

Benjamin started his career within EY’s Private Equity Transaction Advisory team, including a secondment to support Mayfair Equity Partners.

He holds a first-class degree in Accounting and Finance and is a Chartered Accountant (ICAS).

Outside of work, Benjamin is an avid motorcyclist, taking annual road trips to France, and is a detective novel fanatic. He also loves exploring new countries, with recent trips including Sri Lanka, Colombia and the Philippines.

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