Spencer Crawley
Born
Spencer Henry Crawley

(1987-08-05) 5 August 1987
Westminster, London, England
EducationHarrow School
Alma materExeter College, Oxford
Known forfirstminute capital
Personal information
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RelationsDouglas Nation (grandfather)
Aidan Crawley (grandfather)
Arthur Crawley (great-grandfather)
Henry Crawley (great-uncle)
Eustace Crawley (great-uncle)
Cosmo Crawley (great-uncle)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 24
Batting average 24.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 20*
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 February 2020

Spencer Henry Crawley (born 5 August 1987) is co-founder and General Partner at firstminute capital, a $320m venture capital firm based in London, investing across Europe and North America.[1] He is also a former first-class cricketer.

Biography

Born into a large cricketing family, Crawley was born at Westminster on 5 August 1987.[2] He was educated at Harrow School, before going up Exeter College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, Crawley a single first-class appearance in The University Match for Oxford University against Cambridge University in 2008 at Oxford.[3] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 4 runs in the Oxford first-innings by Tom Hemingway, while in their second-innings he was unbeaten on 20.[4]

Spencer started his career at Goldman Sachs in Moscow in the Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities division, before becoming the first hire at DMC Partners, a Special Opportunities fund spun out of Goldman Sachs.[5]

In 2020, Crawley and his co-founder Brent Hoberman launched firstminute capital's second fund, taking firstminute's investor base to over 100 unicorn founders.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "100 unicorn founders back London-based VC fund Firstminute Capital | Sifted". sifted.eu. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Player profile: Spencer Crawley Profile". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Spencer Crawley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Oxford University v Cambridge University, 2008". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Spencer Crawley, Firstminute Capital LLP: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Firstminute Capital launches second $111M fund, featuring a who's-who of founders as LPs". TechCrunch. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  7. ↑ Shead, Sam (30 November 2020). "Eric Schmidt is backing a new $111 million European venture capital fund". CNBC. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Global tech founders back London-based start-up fund". Financial Times. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
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