A 24-year-old British podcaster who abandoned his law degree to devote himself to interviewing tech investors has raised US$140 million ($196m) for his own venture capital fund.
Harry Stebbings, who started recording The Twenty Minute VC in 2015 at the age of 18, said on Tuesday that he had secured backing for two new funds to invest up to US$5m in early-stage and expanding start-ups.
His new backers include early Spotify investor Shakil Khan, Lord Rothschild's investment trust RIT Capital Partners, the endowment fund of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Alex Will, the British co-founder of mental health app Calm.
Stebbings, from Fulham, had previously raised US$8.3m last April, investing in companies such as virtual events service Hopin and the audio chatroom app Clubhouse.