Simon Black - Crunchbase Person Profile

Overview

Number of Portfolio Companies

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Location London, England, United Kingdom
Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
Gender Male

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Simon Black is based out of London, England and is the Chair of the board of ClearCourse. Simon previously worked at CVC Capital Partners as a Advisor. Simon Black attended the Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business.

Personal Investments

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Simon Black

invested in

Vesalic

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Vesalic	—	Seed Round - Vesalic	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Sentinels	PPRO	Yes	Corporate Round - Sentinels	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Simon Black

has had

past jobs including

CEO

PPRO

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
PPRO	CEO	2015	Dec 31, 2023
Sage Group	CEO	2007	2015

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Simon Black

holds

board and advisor roles as

Chair of the board

ClearCourse

and

Chair

Onafriq

ClearCourse Chair of the boardSep 17, 2025
Onafriq ChairApr 2025

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
CVC Capital Partners	Advisor	Apr 2024	Sep 2024
PPRO	Board Advisor	Oct 2023	Dec 2023

Education

Simon Black

studied at

Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business

Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business MBA19921994

Events

Number of Events

Simon Black

has participated in

events. They most recently attended, or will attend,

Money20/20 Asia 2019

Mar 19, 2019

Money20/20 Asia 2019 Speaker Singapore, Central Region, Singapore, AsiaMar 19, 2019
Money 20/20 USA 2018 Speaker Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, North AmericaOct 21, 2018
Money20/20 2017 - Winner of Startup Pitch 2017 Speaker Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, North AmericaOct 22, 2017
Web Summit 2016 Speaker Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, EuropeNov 7, 2016

Recent News and Activity

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Funding Round•

Feb 9, 2026

Vesalic raised

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from Bertrand Meunier and 3 other investors

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News•

Mar 25, 2021