Simon Acland

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Simon Acland (born March 27, 1958) is a British venture capitalist and author.[1]

Acland was educated at Eton and Lincoln College, Oxford, from which he graduated in 1979 with an Honours Degree in Modern Languages (French and German.[2]

He spent most of his venture capital career at London-based Quester. He specialised in backing early stage technology businesses.[3][4][5] Two of these, Surfcontrol plc and Orchestream plc, became members of the FTSE 250.[6][7] Quester was acquired in 2007 by Spark Ventures.[8]

In June 2010 Acland's first novel, The Waste Land, was published by Charlwood Books.[9][10][11] A sequel, The Flowers of Evil, followed in July 2011.[12][13] These are historical novels set in the First Crusade which draw for their material on some of the myths and legends about the Holy Grail, the Assassins, and the Templars.[14][15]

In October 2010 Nicholas Brealey Publishing published Acland's Angels, Dragons and Vultures : How to tame your investors...and not lose your company, a guide for entrepreneurs to raising finance and managing investors based on his experience of the venture capital world.[16][17]

Acland is a director of a number of companies, including AIM-listed Elektron Technology plc[18] and two Venture Capital Trusts managed by Triple Point Investment Management, TP70 2008 (I) plc and TP70 2010 plc.[19][20] He is a Trustee of the wild flora conservation charity Plantlife.[21]

Acland was elected as a member of the London Borough of Lambeth in 1982 for Princes Ward in Kennington. He became Leader of the SDP/Liberal Alliance Group on Lambeth Council in 1984 and was re-elected to the Council for a second four year term in 1986. In 1987 he stood for Parliament in the Vauxhall Constituency.[22]

Acland's father is Sir Antony Acland KG, GCMG, GCVO, former Head of the Diplomatic Service and British Ambassador in Washington.[23] He is married to Jo Valentine, Baroness Valentine, a cross-bench peer, and Chief Executive of London First.[24]

References

  1. ↑ "Simon Acland". LinkedIn. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  2. ↑ "Simon Acland". LinkedIn. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  3. ↑ "Simon Acland". Venture Capital Advice. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  4. ↑ "Annual conference 15th Sept 2011 - Profiting from innovation, YCF’s ninth annual conference was held at the Stirling Management Centre on Thursday 15 September". Ycfscotland.co.uk. September 15, 2011. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  5. ↑ "Blog | New Year's resolutions for venture capitalists - Real Deals". Realdeals.eu.com. January 10, 2011. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  6. ↑ "Surfcontrol Plc". Docstoc.com. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  7. ↑ Finance. "City briefs". Telegraph. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  8. ↑ "Quester acquired by NewMediaSpark". Fred Destin. May 16, 2007. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  9. ↑ charlwoodbooks.com
  10. ↑ "Historical Novels Review Online: November 2011". Historicalnovelsociety.org. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  11. ↑ "The Waste Land - Simon Acland - Random Jottings". Randomjottings.typepad.com. July 7, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  12. ↑ "The Flowers of Evil by Simon Acland - Lovereading UK". Lovereading.co.uk. June 16, 2011. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  13. ↑ by Team UK M. for activagers • 01.06.2011. "activagers - Find old and new friends in your community - Team UK M.'s article - Book review & competition: The Flowers of Evil by Simon Acland. A historical thriller with laughs". Uk.activagers.com. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  14. ↑ Cookie Dude Web Design (November 18, 2011). "Author". Simon Acland. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  15. ↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Simon-Acland/e/B003UTCJ0MCached
  16. ↑ Angels, Dragons and Vultures. "Angels, Dragons and Vultures | Nicholas Brealey Publishing". Nicholasbrealey.com. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  17. ↑ "Simon Acland". Robertdudleyagency.co.uk. May 6, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  18. ↑ "Elektron Technology plc". Elektron-technology.com. December 17, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  19. ↑ http://www.triplepoint.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/TP70-2010-IFR-31-08-11.pdf
  20. ↑ "TP70 2008 (I) VCT plc Change of Director". Triple Point. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  21. ↑ "Our Trustees | Our team | About us". Plantlife. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  22. ↑ "United Kingdom Parliamentary Election results 1983-97: London Boroughs". Election.demon.co.uk. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  23. ↑ "Antony Acland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 
  24. ↑ "Jo Valentine, Baroness Valentine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved November 22, 2011. 

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