Santiago Matheus
Managing Partner
Santiago directs the day-to-day activities at LQD, drawing on his experience as an executive, angel investor and founder, as well as a product and strategy consultant. He works with entrepreneurs to understand their ambitions and provides support across the various stages of venture-building.
Prior to founding LQD, Santiago held a range of operational and consultative roles in companies including IBM, IDEO, Method Design, AVG Technologies. He is happiest at the intersection of technology, business, and design, and is passionate about deep tech’s promise to improve the world.
Santiago has held or holds various NED and board seats at early-stage companies in the UK and in charities based in his native country, Ecuador.
He has a BA in Economics from Westmont, an MBA from INSEAD and is a Fellow of the Linnean Society.
Santiago directs the day-to-day activities at LQD, drawing on his experience as an executive, angel investor and founder, as well as a product and strategy consultant. He works with entrepreneurs to understand their ambitions and provides support across the various stages of venture-building.
Prior to founding LQD, Santiago held a range of operational and consultative roles in companies including IBM, IDEO, Method Design, AVG Technologies. He is happiest at the intersection of technology, business, and design, and is passionate about deep tech’s promise to improve the world.
Santiago has held or holds various NED and board seats at early-stage companies in the UK and in charities based in his native country, Ecuador.
He has a BA in Economics from Westmont, an MBA from INSEAD and is a Fellow of the Linnean Society.
Andres Bluhm
General Partner
Andres is a seasoned angel investor, operator, and business builder.
After an international career in industrial services and strategy consulting, in 2003 he transitioned into the nascent UK clean tech industry. He spent more than a decade in senior management roles at various leading wind turbine OEMs before setting up his own development company which he eventually exited in 2016. Since then, he has been active as a mentor and seed investor in several technology start-ups across biotech, applied materials, cultivated protein, BCI, robotics and quantum computing.
Most recently Andres was a venture partner at Creator Fund, a leading VC focused on European university-led technology spin outs.
Andres holds a BA from John Carroll University and a Sloan Masters MSc from the London Business School.
Andres is a seasoned angel investor, operator, and business builder.
After an international career in industrial services and strategy consulting, in 2003 he transitioned into the nascent UK clean tech industry. He spent more than a decade in senior management roles at various leading wind turbine OEMs before setting up his own development company which he eventually exited in 2016. Since then, he has been active as a mentor and seed investor in several technology start-ups across biotech, applied materials, cultivated protein, BCI, robotics and quantum computing.
Most recently Andres was a venture partner at Creator Fund, a leading VC focused on European university-led technology spin outs.
Andres holds a BA from John Carroll University and a Sloan Masters MSc from the London Business School.
Andrew Cavaghan
General Partner
As a general partner at LQD, Andrew brings extensive professional investing experience, governance leadership and a background in law.
Andrew is currently managing partner of Blue Capital Management Partners LLP which invests into the resources and energy sectors in Africa.
Previously, Andrew was a Director at the UK-based venture capital firm Octopus Investments, where he was part of the original investment team from 2004 to 2009. Earlier, Andrew was one of the founders of London Seed Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund owned by Greater London Enterprise.
Prior to entering venture capital, Andrew worked at corporate law firm Theodore Goddard, (now Addleshaw Goddard) in the corporate finance department of their London office.
He holds a BA Hons in Philosophy from University College London and is a qualified Barrister in the UK.
As a general partner at LQD, Andrew brings extensive professional investing experience, governance leadership and a background in law.
Andrew is currently managing partner of Blue Capital Management Partners LLP which invests into the resources and energy sectors in Africa.
Previously, Andrew was a Director at the UK-based venture capital firm Octopus Investments, where he was part of the original investment team from 2004 to 2009. Earlier, Andrew was one of the founders of London Seed Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund owned by Greater London Enterprise.
Prior to entering venture capital, Andrew worked at corporate law firm Theodore Goddard, (now Addleshaw Goddard) in the corporate finance department of their London office.
He holds a BA Hons in Philosophy from University College London and is a qualified Barrister in the UK.
