Venture Passport

Chris Tottman, Founding Partner @ Notion Capital

Jack Richardson, Richard Armstrong Season 3 Episode 2

Chris Tottman was part of the founding team at MessageLabs, a cybersecurity startup offering email scanning for viruses and spam which grew from £0-£150m in ARR in 7 years, being acquired by Symantec for $695m.

The day after the acquisition announcement, the founding team formed Notion Capital where Chris is a Founding Partner. Notion is one of the first true operator led VC firms in Europe with €1.2bn AUM having backed the likes of GoCardless, Paddle, CurrencyCloud, Mews and more.

Brought to you by TAV, Chris joins Jack and Rich to discuss his journey, the GTM motions of MessageLabs, implementing a good culture when hyperscaling, what makes a good investor, board experience and so much more.