Oliver Kicks

Principal

Background

Oliver is a Principal at Concept Ventures, having joined as the firm's first employee in 2019.

He grew up in the south of Spain, before returning to the UK for School and University. Following his graduation from Exeter University, he worked at Crypto Fintech Coinweb for a year, gaining operational experience and a strong understanding of the crypto landscape. Shortly after he launched and led MobKitchen's Reddit growth strategy, scaling their Subreddit to over 80,000 members. In 2019 he led a London-based accelerator in the B2B Enterprise space, before joining the Concept Team.

Since then he has led their ‘Play’ vertical and worked closely with the portfolio post-investment, and leads Concept’s Marketing & Branding efforts. He is a Fulham Season-Ticket holder, Apex Legends player and active Angel/Crypto investor since 2016.

ROLE

Oliver's experience in the Media, Entertainment and Crypto segments makes him well suited to lead Concept’s ‘Play’ and Crypto investments - as well as being responsible for the firms Marketing and Branding.
He has worked closely with Condense, Feasty, Clara and Eleven Labs, serving as a Board Observer.

Get to know me

Two truths and a lie

I have 4 brothers. I used to breed tropical fish. I don’t watch films.

Facts about me that surprise people

I don't dye my hair.

I geek out on

A lot, but namely Apex Legends and Old School Runescape

My favourite type of food is...

Al-fresco Indian

Favourite UK destination

Craven Cottage

Favourite book?

Three Body Problem (series)