Five investment professionals with deep roots in European financial services, technology, and regulation.
Partners
Claire Dubois
Managing Partner
Former Head of Fintech Partnerships at BNP Paribas and co-founder of a Paris-based payments startup (acquired 2016). Claire leads deal origination across France and the UK, with a focus on open banking and payments infrastructure.
Priya Mehta
General Partner
Previously VP of Credit Products at Monzo and Head of Risk at Funding Circle. Priya leads investments in credit infrastructure, alternative data underwriting, and B2B lending middleware. She holds a PhD in computational finance from UCL.
Sebastian Hartmann
Partner
Former Managing Director at Deutsche Bank's digital ventures arm and early engineer at N26. Sebastian focuses on German-speaking markets, treasury technology, and regulatory compliance infrastructure across DACH and Benelux.
Investment Team
Luisa Ferraro
Principal
Luisa joined Estes Capital from McKinsey's Financial Institutions practice in Milan. She covers embedded finance, wealth management infrastructure, and Southern European fintech markets. Luisa is a CFA charterholder and speaks five languages.
Thomas Eliot
Associate
Thomas supports the investment team across deal sourcing, due diligence, and portfolio monitoring. He was previously a strategy analyst at Revolut and holds an MSc in FinancialTechnology from Imperial College London.
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We Are Hiring
Analyst / Associate
We are looking for talented individuals with backgrounds in fintech, financial services, or venture. If you are passionate about European financial infrastructure, get in touch.
Advisory Board
Senior Advisors
Dame Caroline Ashworth
Senior Advisor, Regulatory Affairs
Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England with 25 years of experience in financial regulation and monetary policy. Dame Caroline advises our portfolio companies on regulatory strategy and institutional positioning.
Prof. Marco Andreotti
Senior Advisor, Technology
Professor of Financial Computing at ETH Zurich and co-inventor of three patents in distributed ledger technology for financial settlement. Marco provides technical due diligence support on deep fintech and infrastructure deals.
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