Welcome Audrey Handem!
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We are excited to welcome Audrey Handem to the Acadian investment team. Audrey is joining us as a Senior Associate based between London and New York City.
We got to know Audrey at Speedinvest, a pan-European venture capital firm and one of Europe's most active early-stage investors. At Speedinvest, Audrey specialized in AI, worktech, and workflow automation tools, with investments including autone, Fifth Dimension AI, GetVocal AI, Alinia AI, and ContextSDK. Before Speedinvest, Audrey worked as a consultant for the European Investment Bank's Venture Debt team, leveraging her background as a trained neuroscientist.
Franco-American and born in New York City, Audrey grew up across Europe, including France, Italy, Luxembourg, and the UK. She is fluent in French, Italian, Spanish, and English, and holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree from Cardiff University and a second Master's degree from The London School of Economics.
Audrey joins our team to help identify, evaluate, support the most promising early-stage companies that are building the future of work. If you're building a company that is reinventing work, we'd love to hear from you. You can reach us at hello@acadianventures.com.
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Welcome Audrey Handem!
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