Adam Battersby
Partner
Adam is a highly successful investor with more than 18 years of experience investing into EMEA, US and APAC.
His track record includes over 35 investments within key areas of fintech including payments, blockchain and artificial intelligence. Prior to joining Apis, Adam led Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Global Principal Investments portfolio, with a focus on financial and technology private equity investments. There he had a global mandate focused on strategic investments across financials, technology companies and key fintech Investment trends. As Co-Chair of the Global Investment Committee, he oversaw all new investments and a portfolio of over $2Bn, comprising 45+ fintech companies.
During his time at Bank of Americas Merrill Lynch, Adam led investments into Kensho, Markit (now IHS Markit), Chi-X Europe (now CBOE Bats), Modo Payments, Tradeweb, Source, Turquoise and R3. He also led the successful exit of 16 portfolio companies, including the IPOs of Markit and Bats.
Previously, he worked in the emerging markets business at Barclays supported by a foundation in strategy consulting.
Profile
Hometown
London, UK
Currently located
London, UK
Areas of expertise
Growth, B2B, Payments, SAAS, Blockchain
Q&A
The most important thing is my wife and three children.
It’s all about variety for me, I enjoy the outdoors with hiking, canoeing and mountain biking. But I am also a bit of a geek with 3D printing, retro gaming and home automation. Just to round it off nicely I enjoy travelling but I am also a dab hand at carpentry.
I get excited by companies with the potential to re-engineer the financial services market and transform how these markets work. The perfect investment is identifying a company at the right growth inflexion point. Typically, a proven management team that have already identified product market fit. My sweet spot is providing the new investment that can help to accelerate growth further and then guiding it to ultimate exit via IPO or strategic acquisition.
Part of what stands out to me is the breadth of experience I have had across the financial services industry. Starting out as a strategy consultant covering the life assurance and general insurance markets. I then spent a number of years with Barclays covering retail and commercial banking in emerging markets. This is complimented with my time at Merrill lynch covering the wealth and global markets businesses.
Prior experience
Bank of America
Head of Global Principal Investments
Merrill Lynch
Associates
Barclays
Business Development Manager
Education
University of Cambridge, St Catharine’s College
MA – Economics
Areas of focus at Apis
Fintech
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