Stephen Lemon

Steve Lemon Partner My first job was a trainee financial advisor at a building society, I snuck a look at my area manager's payslip to get a sense of where ambition and hard work could take me.
One look told me that the life of a salary man wasn't for me.
Six weeks later I'd taken a job at a city brokerage, and I was hooked on working in a fast-paced environment.
It was there I met the team who would go on to join as employee number 6 in my first start up.
I've always been intrigued by the startup or very early stage environment.
There’s a unique atmosphere, energy and excitement that stems from the potential to create something special.
My first experience was at HIFX, where I ended up running the retail business with five global operations reporting to me.
Ultimately, the business was sold to Euronet for £150m (five years before great FinTech pricing boom).
Then, after a brief stint running a headhunting business (my second start up), I co-founded Currencycloud.
This was before fintech was ‘FinTech’: we called it ‘new finance.
I’m excited to be working on the investment side now, not least because it’s a myth that the first funding round is the hardest.
You might run out of runway after Series A, before you prove the model or get product-market fit, which you need for cautious Series B investors.
Volution does something unique by supporting companies in that tricky gap when they need it the most.