Matus is founder and CEO of choosenul.com and co-founder and managing partner at Talis Capital. He previously led investments in companies including Onfido and Luminance.
Tom serves as a general partner at Talis Capital, where he previously held the role of principal. He also co-founded KOYO and maintains board positions at Bondaval and StockStory.
Vasile co-founded Talis Capital, where he serves as managing partner, alongside holding founding and directorship roles across several investment and portfolio companies.
Beatrice is a principal at Talis Capital, having previously held the same title at Lakestar. She also co-hosts Top of the Ops and serves as chief of staff at Praktika.
The investment round was led by Talis Capital with participation from H&M Group Ventures and existing backers.
"At Talis, we partner with founders who are set to redefine their industries with unconventional thinking, and Laced embodies this. We saw the business’ potential from the very beginning and this funding round demonstrates our continued support in becoming the leading marketplace for sought-after sneakers and high end luxury fashion."
The Series A round was led by Talis Capital to support team expansion and global growth.
"When we first established the business less than 2 years ago, we could only imagine how quickly the market would respond to our technology-led approach for payment security. We are honoured by the confidence shown by our existing investors and our new investors and the validation from our best in class clients. We look forward to increasing access to more favourable financial security for all parties involved in B2B credit transactions and demonstrating more applications for our MicroBonds."
The investment was led by Beringea with participation from Talis Capital, Hearst Ventures, and Latitude.
"With British consumers spending more in 2022 than in previous years, there is no room for error and so we strive to set that global standard for quality in the travel sector that has previously been lacking. We are catering to discerning global travellers who simply expect the best; they want unique properties in exciting destinations for a homestay in comfort and style and this investment will allow us to scale up to meet that demand."
The financing round was led by Talis Capital with participation from multiple angels and existing backers.
"We are delighted to have received such credible investor support to continue on our mission to empower and support those with cancer. It’s imperative that we start understanding how therapies are affecting patients: for pharmaceutical companies, our technology enables deeper patient understanding which leads to better drugs, greater differentiation and faster licensing, as well as the ability to provide personalised scalable support to patients. For patients, this means better care and improved outcomes from cancer. We’re now looking forward to applying our rich data and machine learning capabilities to novel predictive analytics to generate even richer insights for our life science partners."