TRAMLINES Ventures is a fund & accelerator focused on B2B startups in Deep Tech, AI, Fintech, and Enterprise Tech. It targets domain experts with at least 10 years of industry experience and takes them through a 24-month Pre-Seed and Seed programme.
 
As an Investor Relations Lead, I'm here to ensure the success of our Portco's in their fundraising efforts.

Eva Dobrzanska

The IPO market is likely to gain momentum this year, and that's a great signal for early-stage startups. The exits trigger payouts to LPs, who then are likely to commit to new funds (think VC, Angel syndicates, cVCs..) We've got 7 likely mega-IPOs on the horizon:

1. OpenAI (likely at $1T valuation)
2. SpaceX
3. Stripe
4. Anthropic
5. Databricks (est. valuation $43B)
6. Canva (valued at $42B from its most recent funding round)
7. Anduril (defense tech, raised $6.3B to date)

Another plus?

Post-IPO, employees with company shares convert their equity into liquid cash.

-> a lot of them end up angel investing in new ventures... and typically have a higher risk tolerance than traditional wealth managers. 

They are more likely to fund "crazy" early-stage ideas that institutions might skip.

#capitalraising #vcfunding #startupadvice

NEXT STOP: TRAMLINES 🚀
Excited to say I’m joining the team at Tramlines Ventures! We back domain expert founders across AI, Fintech, DeepTech & Enterprise Tech, investing at Pre Seed/ Seed and taking them through a bespoke support program extending the right commercial & investor networks around them.

The right access and advice at the earliest stages can truly make or break the business. And at Tramlines, we start from a simple assumption:

Building *durable* businesses requires strong tech applied with deep domain understanding. 

We look closely at the tech, the architecture, the data, and the full enterprise readiness.

With 7 investments to date (and 1 exit), my role will drive more of our portfolio to successful outcomes across their various stages, ranging from Pre Seed to Series A (and some reaching profitability already..)

Alas… 

💸 to the INVESTORS in my network: we should catch up. 

🛠️ to the FOUNDERS in my network: we’re actively investing. Leave a comment with a 1-sentence description of what you’re building + tag another Founder in your network. 

Our team will be actively screening all Comments throughout this week and reaching out directly to those who could be a fit. 

#newjob #vc #startupfunding #venturecapital

Albert Azis-Clauson 🦚, Ashleigh Gardner, Daniel Lanyon thank you to You and the rest of the team for this opportunity - super excited. Andrea Madaschi, Craig Donaldson, David Arden, Josie Flight, Graham McClelland, Erica Young, Rosalie Oakman, Ria Chopra, Theo Innis

Jack Clegg

Platter ❤️ the Wholesale Food Sector 🥘 💻 🌍

I grew up in Lancashire, surrounded by food. I’ve worked in manufacturing, bought at wholesale, and even ran my own cheesemonger. I have seen every side of how food moves through this country, from the early hours on the factory floor to the long days managing customers and stock.

After twenty years on the frontlines, one thing kept standing out to me. The work is fast, margins are tight, and teams are under constant pressure. Most of the systems we rely on make life harder than it needs to be. Too much time gets lost to admin, mistakes and chasing information, when all people really want is to get orders out, get paid, and focus on growing the business.

That realisation led me to start Platter.

Platter is a simple, practical platform built to help food manufacturers and wholesalers run smoother operations without needing technical knowledge or new hires. It brings together ordering, stock, invoicing and communication so teams can save time, reduce errors and create a calmer, more efficient workflow.

Over the last three years, I’ve worked closely with manufacturers, wholesalers and suppliers across dairy, meat and dry goods. By pairing automation with real-world experience, we’ve helped businesses:

• save hours each day, not minutes
• reduce costly mistakes
• improve cash flow
• increase sales by making it easier for customers to buy
• create space to grow without adding overhead

I still think like an operator first. The tech comes second. My goal is to make the industry simpler, not more complicated.

If you work in food manufacturing or wholesale and want to explore easier ways to run your day-to-day, I’m always happy to connect, share what we’ve learned, and swap ideas.

Founder & CEO

Platter HQ, Old Street, hot desking as I’m a tight Northerner. 😂 

If you’d told me back in 2001, when I left school with a handful of decent GCSEs, that I’d be working in the capital building tech to support the food industry I grew up in, I’d have laughed and asked what you were on.

But here we are. 😃 

Still food. Still people first. Just better tools, fewer spreadsheets, and a lot more belief that this industry deserves tech that actually works for how it runs.

🤪 how things turn out.

Helping food manufacturers and wholesalers simplify ordering and operations | 20 years in the food sector | Founder at Platter

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Last year had some pretty big wins for me. 🏆 

Raising my son, which puts everything else into perspective very quickly.

Closing our pre seed round, and backing myself to go all in on Platter. 🫠 

Helping customers save, on average, over 30 hours a week by cutting out the boring manual stuff.

The moustache, still undecided if that is a win or a warning sign.

Getting to do the thing I genuinely love, building something useful for an industry I grew up in, with good people.

Super buzzing for 2026 😆 

#platter #2026 #dowhatyoulove

On Saturday, while the little man was asleep, I popped into the office for a bit of me time.

Turned up to my local WeWork  and realised I had the place completely to myself. Just me, a laptop, and a lemon and ginger tea.

Now it’s Monday, and I can confirm Platter ’s first in office weekend campaign is yet to gain any real traction. 🙈

But we did just have our biggest ever week for new customer sign ups 😃 

#FounderLife #StartupLife #Platter #MondayMotivation #QuietMoments #BuildingInPublic

I didn’t come into food tech from tech.

I came into it from crushing empty food boxes at the weekend and packing cheese for pocket money! 🧀 

For 20 plus years I watched good food businesses run on email chains, WhatsApp messages, phone calls, and Excel files held together by one person who “just knows how it works”.

When people talk about digital transformation, most of the time they mean ripping everything out and starting again.

That’s not how food businesses actually work.

What we’ve done with Platter is much simpler. We sit on top of what you already use, we work alongside your team, and we take the mess out of daily operations without breaking what already works.

That’s why we’re saving businesses 30 plus hours a week on admin, not in theory, but in real life.

I built Platter for people like the ones I grew up around in food. Practical, busy, under pressure, and just wanting things to work properly.

If you’re thinking about improving how your business runs this year, without turning everything upside down

I’m always happy to have a proper chat.

#Platter #FoodIndustry #DigitalTransformation #FounderLed #BuiltInFood #FoodTech #Operations #Platter

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