Clare Jones

Clare Jones

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CEO at Polarsteps
Netherlands

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  • Polarsteps
    Chief Executive Officer
    Polarsteps
    Jun 2024 - Current (2 years 4 months)
    We are Polarsteps, a rapidly growing team building the tool for explorers - to plan, track and relive your adventures.

    We reached over 18 million users through organic, word-of-mouth growth, with hundreds of millions of photos, videos, stories & tips across the globe, we're profitable, with over €10m in revenue in 2024 - and now we're scaling to keep up with the demand from our users internationally.

    Check out our jobs page >> https://careers.polarsteps.com/
  • Polarsteps
    CEO
    Polarsteps
    Jun 2024 - Current (2 years 4 months)
    We are Polarsteps, a rapidly growing team building the tool for explorers - to plan, track and relive your adventures.

    We reached over 18 million users through organic, word-of-mouth growth, with hundreds of millions of photos, videos, stories & tips across the globe, we're profitable, with over €10m in revenue in 2024 - and now we're scaling to keep up with the demand from our users internationally.

    Check out our jobs page >> https://careers.polarsteps.com/
  • HANX
    Investor
    HANX
    Jan 2023 - Current (3 years 9 months)
  • Tangible
    Investor
    Tangible
    Jan 2022 - Current (4 years 9 months)
    Tangible provides analytics and financing for Hardware as a Service businesses
  • Byway
    Investor
    Byway
    Apr 2021 - Current (5 years 6 months)
    Sustainable travel company offering holidays by train, bike, bus and ferry
  • whatwords
    Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)
    whatwords
    Oct 2015 - May 2024 (8 years 8 months)
    what3words is the world's first addressing system designed for voice - every 3m x 3m square in the world has been assigned an address made of just three words from the dictionary.

    These 3 word addresses can be used to route cars or drones, used as an address when ordering online, or simply given as a meeting point for a picnic in the park. what3words is used in 170 countries and is being adopted by governments all around the world as an official addressing system.

    From travel and navigation to humanitarian aid and development, improved addressing drives growth and helps the social & economic development of countries.

    It means travel sites can share hidden rural gems using 3 word addresses, navigation apps
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    ClearlySo
    ClearlySo
    Jan 2014 - Oct 2015 (1 year 10 months)
    ClearlySo is an impact investing firm, with the UK's first impact-focused angel group, Clearly Social Angels.
  • Education and Employers
    Inspiring Women Campaign
    Education and Employers
    Aug 2013 - Dec 2013 (5 months)
    Launched the Inspiring the Future / Bank of America Merrill Lynch women's campaign.
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    2nd Chance
    nd Chance
    Mar 2012 - Aug 2013 (1 year 6 months)
    Set up 2nd Chance, a model of second chance education for young people who are not in education, employment or training. The scheme runs from the 2nd Chance College site in Elephant and Castle.
  • Project Harar
    Communications
    Project Harar
    Dec 2011 - Feb 2012 (3 months)
    Ran marketing for the charity in the lead up to a mission in Ethiopia where British medics flew out to perform complex surgical procedures.
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  • University of Cambridge
    Master of Philosophy - MPhil, Geography Department
    University of Cambridge
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      Forbes 30 under 30 (Technology), 2019
    Publications verified_user 0% verified
    • Fast Company
      6 Questions To Ask Before You Invest In A Social Enterprise
      Fast Company
      Jan 2015
    • Oxford University Press
      Social Finance
      Oxford University Press
      Jan 2015
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      Myths about Street-Based Sex Work
      The New Statesman
      Jan 2014
    This is a community-created genome.