Bloc Ventures
Samantha (Sam) Wren, CEO of IPGL, has joined the Board. Before IPGL, Sam was Group CFO and COO of NEX Group Plc, the electronic FX and government bond markets and post trade operator where she also served in a variety of roles including Group Chief Commercial Officer, Divisional CFO/COO and Group Treasurer. She also held senior finance positions at the gaming company Rank Group Plc and business services group Rentokil Initial plc. Sam is a chartered management accountant, holds a degree in economics and is a non-executive director of both the UK equity income fund City of London Investment Trust plc and English winemaker Chapel Down Group plc as well as a number of other non-quoted companies in her capacity as IPGL’s CEO.
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Bloc Ventures
Bloc Ventures (‘Bloc’) is an investment company providing long-term, ‘patient’ equity capital to early stage unquoted deep technology companies. Its two founding investment partners have over 50 years’ experience investing in, managing and building technology companies, including ten years running the highly successful venture investment arms of Vodafone plc and Arm Holdings. Bloc invests in companies operating in the big four categories shaping the future of technology: Big Data; Cloud; Connectivity; and Security as they are the most exciting, fastest growing and globally relevant pillars of the technology market.