I’ve been playing around with the internet since 2001, when me and a couple of friends from university (Andy and Matt) tried to cause trouble and break the internet uring the 2001 UK General election by creating a political satire website called Spinon. We succeeded to varying degrees with both, and this experiment provided a random but but interesting platform for our careers.
Off the back of Spinon and after much procrastinating, we built three successful businesses in three very different areas (digital democracy, ad technology and film production) but all very much rooted in understanding how the internet works and most importantly how people use the internet / will use the internet in the future.
Fast forward 15 years, I’m now at that point in my life where I’ve learnt a lot - but want to learn more; I’ve had a play with the internet - but want to play more; I’ve made a bit of money - but want to make more.
And this is what KittenCapital is about. KittenCapital’s a platform to learn, play and make. And it’s very much a collaborative platform. At present KittenCapital’s powered by me and some friends and family, but I’m always looking for new people to learn, play and make stuff with. In everything I’ve done I’ve always done it with other people, and I’m now looking for awesome new partners. You could be investment partners, partners who’re interested in advisory roles with portfolio companies, entrepreneurs with awesome business ideas, individuals with deep skills in a specific area or just plain interesting people with ambition. So please do get in touch.
And finally I guess the question is *why the name KittenCapital?*. I guess a large part of it is very much linked to spirit of KittenCamp - the event I founded in a bar in Soho, and grew to scale around the world (from London to Sydney to San Francisco) and which has taught me so many things, opened so many doors and made me so many good friends. The second part of the reason is a bit of a f*ck you to all the overly cold / dull sounding venture businesses around the world. Yes business is serious, but you’ve also got to lighten up a little and enjoy the journey whilst you’re at it ;-)
Just don’t tell my dog Mr Scraps. ScrapsCapital doesn’t have the same ring ;-)