Sam Kester

Investor

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Investing at the early stage allows us to build long-term relationships with our founders and support them throughout the entirety of their journey. Crane has been investing in European seed stage companies since 2015 - a thesis which has been validated by later stage and overseas funds increasingly moving into this market.

About Sam

Prior to Crane, Sam worked in a seed-stage enterprise software start up where he supported the founders across commercial and operational projects. Through these experiences he developed an empathy and admiration for early stage founders building the next generation of category defining companies. He particularly enjoys unearthing undiscovered founders and working with them prior to a Crane investment.

The Crane Team

Krishna Visvanathan

Co-founder & Partner

Bonnie Kraus

COO & Partner

Scott Sage

Co-founder & Partner

Rav Dhaliwal

Venture Partner

Morgane Zerath

Investor

Aneel Lakhani

Investor

James Spencer

Head of Legal

Sam Kester

Investor

Ayala Ples

Head of Platform

Anna Cachadiña Abelló

Analyst

Guy Bentley

Investor

Max Chapman

Investor

Justyna Skop

Office Manager and EA

Richard Snee

CMO in Residence

Ben Wright

Advisory Partner