Alex Rowe

Alex Rowe

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Co-Founder at Round One
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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  • Sun Planet
    Founder
    Sun Planet
    Jun 2025 - Current (1 year 3 months)
    Fractional fundraising advisory support for early stage startups across the UK & beyond
  • Round One
    Co-Founder
    Round One
    Jun 2025 - Current (1 year 3 months)
    Round One is an investment readiness platform for ambitious early stage Founders and the ecosystem organisations that support them. Founded by a team with 25+ years experience supporting startups, we combine investment readiness support, founder community, expert access, investor insight and ecosystem partnerships to give founders the practical tools, relationships and confidence they need to raise capital and scale. June - December 2025 Delivered 'Round One: Scotland's investment readiness programme for pre-seed tech Founders' in partnership with RBS & Dentons. 75+ applications, 10 Founders on the cohort, 8 weekly sessions across 8 weeks featuring guest speakers from the likes of Ada Ventures, Twin Path Ventures, Sure Valley Ventures an
  • Celtic Renewables
    Investor Relations
    Celtic Renewables
    Jun 2024 - Oct 2024 (5 months)
  • OX Delivers
    Investor Relations Lead
    OX Delivers
    Oct 2023 - Sep 2025 (2 years)
  • Nium
    Investor Relations
    Nium
    Oct 2023 - Jun 2025 (1 year 9 months)
  • Newton Venture Program
    Venture Fellow
    Newton Venture Program
    Sep 2021 - Dec 2021 (4 months)
    London Business School and LocalGlobe VC launch first-of-its-kind training program for investors: VCs, LPs, angels, accelerators, and tech transfer officers worldwide. Newton aims to make the practice of investing in early-stage ventures globally widespread and accessible.
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    Principal
    Raising Partners Angels
    Mar 2021 - Apr 2023 (2 years 2 months)
    Built on our years of experience working closely with some of the UK’s most promising entrepreneurs, our Raising Partners Angels seeks out the businesses shaping the future and challenging the status quo. We look for exciting investment opportunities making a significant impact on people, processes and the planet. If you'd like to apply for investment from Raising Partners Angels please check out our investment criteria and apply for one of our Office Hours sessions here. https://raisingpartners.com/angels/entrepreneurs/
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    Head Of Investment
    Raising Partners
    Oct 2019 - Jul 2023 (3 years 10 months)
    Raising Partners was an investor readiness and investment advisory company that helped early stage companies raise equity investment in the UK. We spent 6 years at the heart of the UK’s early stage investment ecosystem advising, supporting and guiding almost 200 Founders and Entrepreneurs of all shapes and sizes in accessing crucial capital to achieve their goals, raising £65m in the process.
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    Client Manager
    Raising Partners
    Oct 2019 - Oct 2020 (1 year 1 month)
  • St Andrews Angels
    Founder
    St Andrews Angels
    Jan 2019 - Apr 2023 (4 years 4 months)
    The St Andrews Angels of London is a University of St Andrews alumni led network of entrepreneurs, business leaders and angel investors within the City and the South East of England
  • GoHenry
    Investor Relations Manager
    GoHenry
    Dec 2018 - Oct 2019 (11 months)
    In August 2018, I was brought in to oversee a large equity crowdfunding campaign which raised £6m of equity investment from over 2,500 investors. Following the close of the campaign, I joined the finance team permanently to manage our 5,000 strong investor base and implement improved corporate governance, working closely with the CEO and Chairman.
  • GoHenry
    Crowdfunding Project
    GoHenry
    Aug 2018 - Dec 2018 (5 months)
  • University of St Andrews
    Research Fellow
    University of St Andrews
    May 2018 - Jul 2020 (2 years 3 months)
    An ongoing research project on equity crowdfunding in the UK, building on the initial research papers for which we interviewed over 60 successfully funded founders back in 2015. I am working jointly with Dr Ross Brown from the University of St Andrews and Dr Suzanne Mawson from the University of Stirling.
  • Growthdeck
    Business Development Executive
    Growthdeck
    Nov 2016 - Apr 2018 (1 year 6 months)
    Growthdeck is a multi-channel investment platform that provides investors with direct access to early-stage UK businesses. Unlike many other platforms, we also provide service levels similar to more traditional private equity and venture capital firms, including professional due diligence, extensive investee business support and higher levels of customer service. We also host a series of networking events around the UK aimed at premium investors. Capital At Risk.
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    Analyst
    BrickVest
    Jun 2016 - Aug 2016 (3 months)
    BrickVest is an Online Real Estate Investment Platform that directly connects investors with a wide variety of real estate investment opportunities in an easy and transparent way.
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    Platform Partnerships
    OFFR App
    Nov 2015 - Apr 2016 (6 months)
  • University of St Andrews
    Research Associate
    University of St Andrews
    May 2015 - Nov 2015 (7 months)
    In the summer of 2015 I worked as part of a team of independent researchers co-authoring an academic paper on UK equity crowdfunding as a follow-on from my undergraduate dissertation published in September 2015. My work was with Dr Ross Brown of the University of St Andrews Management department and Dr Suzanne Mawson of the University of Stirling School of Entrepreneurship and Finance. Title: Harnessing the Crowd: The Demand-Side Dynamics of Equity Crowdfunding in Nascent Entrepreneurial Ventures
  • Telefónica
    Digital Events Coordinator
    Telefónica
    May 2013 - Sep 2013 (5 months)
    I spent over 4 months working as an Intern at Telefónica O2 in preparation for an event called Campus Party. This is the Europe largest technological festival and I worked with the Content and Outreach team helping to fill each day with various forms of content such as speakers/workshops/stands and other forms of technology related content. I created presentations made to the event's sponsors including Google, Microsoft and Sony highlighting Campus Party's message and how it linked it with said sponsors' very own ethos.
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    National Advertising Manager
    The Saint Newspaper
    Jan 2013 - May 2015 (2 years 5 months)
    For two years, I worked for The Saint, St Andrews student newspaper; one of only 3 independently financed student newspapers in the country. It a profitable public limited company run solely by volunteers and attracts some of the biggest graduate recruiters both from the UK and across the world. We successfully retained existing clients such as Deloitte, KPMG and Accenture whilst securing new clients including Flybe, Slaughter and May and Norton Rose Fulbright. We achieved record profits and revenues for the academic year 2014-15.
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  • University of St Andrews
    Master of Arts (M.A. Hons, Economics
    University of St Andrews
    Jan 2011 - Jan 2015 (4 years 1 month)
    Undergraduate Dissertation: "Crowdfunding and the Democratisation of Investment: A Qualitative Analysis into how Crowdfunding is Changing the Dynamics of Small Business Finance in the UK”. First (90%)
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    Alleyn's School
    Alleyns School
    Jan 2000 - Jan 2011 (11 years 1 month)
    GCSEs 10A*s A-Levels Economics A Maths A French A Spanish A
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    Networking with the Crowd: Start-Ups, Networks and Equity Crowdfunding
    University of St Andrews Centre for Responsible Banking and Finance
    Equity crowdfunding is an increasingly important source of entrepreneurial finance for new ventures. However, empirical research and theoretical development have struggled to keep pace with its growth. This paper outlines findings from a large-scale interview study of start-ups who obtained equity crowdfunding in the UK. It explores the personal and business networks involved in the equity crowdfunding process, taking a processual perspective. The empirical findings show that networks and social capital play a critical role in the crowdfunding process. Start-ups leverage, build and drawn upon a complex array of network actors and “ties” as they move through the different stages of their crowdfunding journey. The paper concludes that equity
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    Harnessing the Crowd: The Demand-Side Dynamics of Equity Crowdfunding in Nascent Entrepreneurial Ventures
    University of St Andrews Centre for Responsible Banking and Finance
    Equity crowdfunding has rapidly established itself as an important part of the funding landscape for entrepreneurial ventures. However, little is known about the ‘demand’ for equity crowdfunding. This paper reports on a large-scale study of UK equity crowdfunded firms. The study found strong demand for equity crowdfunding from entrepreneurs in consumer-focused, early stage firms. Many were ‘discouraged borrowers’, attracted by the ability to obtain finance quickly with little diminution in their equity or autonomy. Crowdfunding also seems to confer important intangible benefits to investee companies, in terms of firm valuation and product validation. Implications for theory and future research are outlined.