Number of Portfolio Companies 1
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 7
  • Primary Job Title Partner
  • Primary Organization 
    Dynamo
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel

Jon Bradford is a highly experienced early-stage investor, having launched the first bootcamp accelerator outside of the US in 2009 that subsequently merged with Techstars to become Techstars’ first international program.

He also founded the Ignite100 Accelerator in the UK, the Startup Wise Guys Accelerator in Estonia and the Eleven Venture

Accelerator in Bulgaria. Alongside this, he helped to launch a further nine accelerators from Montreal to Moscow earning him the title “Godfather of European Accelerators”.

Jon is also a cofounder of F6S, one of the world’s largest networks for entrepreneurs with over 1.5 million users, as well as a cofounder of Tech.eu, Europe’s premier tech news site. Jon was recently inducted into the Europas’ “Hall of Fame”, Europe’s premier startup awards.

Finally, Jon was recently appointed as an Executive Advisor to Dubai Future Accelerator and the Director of the John Bradfield Centre based in Cambridge, one of the largest startup incubators in the UK.

Number of Investments 1
Jon Bradford invested in Atlas Holdings on Dec 31, 2015. This investment - Seed Round - Atlas Holdings - was valued at
$1.9M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Dec 31, 2015
Atlas Holdings
Seed Round - Atlas Holdings
$1.9M
Number of Current Jobs 4
Number of Past Jobs 10
Jon Bradford has 4 current jobs including Partner at Dynamo, Co-Founder at Startup Wise Guys, and Co-Founder at F6S. Additionally, Jon Bradford has had 10 past jobs including Founder at Eleven Ventures.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Eleven Ventures
FounderMay 1, 2012Dec 2015
Springboard
Co-Founder & CEONov 1, 2010Feb 2013
TexDrive
PartnerOct 2011Dec 2012
North East Finance
Investor ManagerFeb 2009Jun 2010
Patricia J Arnold & Co
Business Development ManagerMar 1, 20072009
Quantum Corporate Finance
Senior ManagerSep 2005Mar 2007
Oury Clark
PartnerSep 1997Mar 2000
Arthur Andersen LLP
ManagerSep 1991Sep 1997
Motive Partners
Partner, Motive Labs
Techstars
Managing DirectorFeb 1, 2013
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 7
Jon Bradford holds 7 board and advisor roles including Advisor at Rainbird Technologies, Advisor at dotforge, and Co-Founder at Startup Wise Guys.
Jon Bradford studied at University of Bristol.