Venture capital firm Talis Capital is bolstering its London-based team with a number of promotions and a new hire.
Thomas Williams has been promoted to Principal. He has eight years of investment experience and has supported several investments at Talis including iwoca, Utelly, C3, Reevoo, bd4travel, Senrio, Second Home, Pirate Studios and Onfido. Prior to Talis, Williams was an asset manager at Dart Capital and worked as an execution-only broker. He has a degree from the University of Leeds, a Masters in Wealth Management and is a CFA charterholder.
Matthew De Jesus, who has been promoted to Senior Associate, has four years of investment experience at Talis and is heavily involved in all of Talis’ digital ventures. He has supported the Partners on investments including Darktrace, Onfido, PassTheKeys, ClickTale, Luminance, CensorNet, Narrativ, eporta, Pirate Studios and Price f(x). De Jesus holds a BSc (Hons) Economics from The London School of Economics.
Rachel Muzyczka, who has been promoted to Associate, joined Talis in 2016, having previously worked for three years in European tech M&A on over USD200 million of transactions. At Talis, she has supported the Partners on investments including Cyber Observer, Luminance, Andium and Akua. Muzyczka holds an MSc from LSE, a BA from Queen Mary & Paris-Sorbonne and is currently working towards the ACA.
In addition, Talis has appointed Diogo Coelho as Vice President, responsible for business development and investor relations. Before Talis Capital, Coelho spent over six years at Capital Generation Partners in London, most recently leading on UHNW client development in London and Switzerland. While at Capital Generation Partners, Coelho was also a member of the PE & VC investments team advising on deals from less than USD100k to more than USD100 million. Diogo is Portuguese, a Lisbon native, and holds a BSc in Civil Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico. He holds an MBA from London Business School and is a CFA charterholder.
Vasile Foca, Managing Partner and co-founder of Talis Capital, says: “The arrival of Diogo as VP and the promotions of key members of the investment team is an important step for Talis Capital as we plan to grow the number of investors and AUM of the company. This is a significant moment for Talis Capital in terms of our increasing scale and ambition and I am excited to see what we can achieve next.”
Matus Maar, Managing Partner Ventures and co-founder of Talis Capital, says: “We have established ourselves as leading experts in certain B2B tech areas, while delivering superior returns to our investors – this has only been possible due to hard work and dedication from everyone on our 12-member team. The promotions are well deserved, and I am excited about expanding the team further and welcome Diogo”.
