Tech investor
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
What company does Peter Read work for?
Peter Read works for Farfetch
What is Peter Read's role at Farfetch?
Peter Read is Angel investor
What industry does Peter Read work in?
Peter Read works in the Internet industry.
Who are Peter Read's colleagues?
Peter Read's colleagues are Jesse Morman, Dinah Makani, Jeff King, Ya-lin Timbs, Gianluca Rossi, Sam Hardy, Matthew Ridout, Louis Redman, Raphaela Salas, and Karol Duleba
📖 Summary
Peter is a Managing Director at Vitruvian; a venture partner at and BlueYard and Localglobe; an advisor to Entrepreneur First; and a Trustee of Doteveryone and the Oxford Mindfulness Centre (Oxford University). He is an angel investor/advisor in over 100 tech startups, including: AdjustYourSet, Asap54, Bandpage, BookingBug, BusinessOfFashion, CarThrottle, Citymapper, Craft, Diagonal View, Eyeclick, EyeEm, Farfetch, Freeformers, GetYourGuide, GiveMeSport, GoEuro, Hopster, InGrooves, Interact.io, Medigo, Memrise, Mippin, Mixlr, Monoqi, MoviePilot, Mr&Mrs Smith, Mubi, MyHeritage, Narrative, Oddshot, Qapital, Quill, ReturnPath, Rightster, Roli, Sailthru, Sleepio, Snap.hr, SofarSounds, Songkick, Styla, Tictrac, TVBeat, Twitmusic, UpMySport, WoolAndTheGang, and YPlan Peter was previously an angel/advisor at NevenVision (acquired by Google), Saynow (Google), Readmill (Dropbox), Fizzback (Nice Systems), Techlightenment (Experian), uberVu (Hootsuite), Gidsy (GetYourGuide), ChicChickClub (JustFab), Shopwiki (Oversee), Launch Music (Yahoo), LoveFilm (Amazon), Skype (eBay), TastemakerX (Rdio), Mobix (Seachange), Kindo (MyHeritage), MusicNation (UMG), Preview Networks (Rightster), Playahead (Modern Times Group), HSX (Cantor Fitzgerald), H2G2 (BBC), iFilm (MTV), Metacafe (The Collective), Liveplanet (Disney), Fandango (Comcast), and Meevee (eUniverse) Peter was previously: General Partner at Google Ventures; Director of GP Bullhound; Director of Entertainment Insights; President of Nielsen Entertainment; Governor at Beaconsfield High School; Fellow of Wellington College; and a digital advisor to Oxfam, Sport England, and The Roundhouse. He is an active supporter of Founders Forum, Seedcamp, Founders4Schools, AppsForGood, Speakers4Schools, Cambridge Wellbeing, Mindfulness In Schools, Mind & Life, CSAP, NFTS and BAFTA. He was an Associate Producer on Rabbit Fever and an (uncredited) actor in Flyin' Ryan which both received some of the worst reviews in movie historyAngel investor @ Farfetch Advisor @ StrongMinds Advisor @ Future Positive Capital Speaker @ Founders4Schools Board Trustee and Chairman @ Frazzled Cafe MBA, Business @ INSEAD From 1990 to 1990 Law, Economics, Accountancy, Investment @ Institute of Bankers From 1986 to 1987 BA, Politics, Philosophy, Economics @ University of Oxford From 1982 to 1985
Extraversion (E), Intuition (N), Thinking (T), Judging (J)
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