AAA Hackers/Founders plans listed fund

Hackers/Founders plans listed fund

Hackers/Founders (H/F), a network organisation for technology founders, plans to float a $200m investment fund on the London Stock Exchange.

Founded in 2008 by Jonathan and Laura Nelson, H/F has 350,000 technology founders attending 5,000 events in 200 cities and provides advice to companies.

It has set up HACKFund Global FinTech to be a publicly traded fund and the corporate venturing unit targeting financial services-focused investments of between $100,000 and $20m in companies growing by more than 50% per year.

H/F previously created four funds using equity from its portfolio technology companies.

By James Mawson

James Mawson is founder and chief executive of Global Venturing.