Varun Rekhi

Varun is a Growth investor in our London office, backing founders across EMEA with a focus on Fintech and embedded finance. He has invested in companies from Kenya to Germany and serves on multiple boards in the broader region. 

Originally from New Delhi, his career spans PwC New York and J.P. Morgan Singapore, where he advised VC-backed firms on IPO readiness and equity stories, including UiPath, Soho House, and Oyo Rooms. Before joining Speedinvest, he invested with Mubadala Capital (working on Klarna), and was part of Octopus Ventures’ First Cheque Fund.

As a former angel, he has also backed founders from Georgia to the United States. He believes the best investing outcomes come from systematically increasing one’s surface area of luck, which in practice means deep time in the market, building trusted networks, and developing cultural fluency across ecosystems. This conviction underpins his thesis on the convergence of fintech and embedded finance across EMEA.

Varun holds an MBA from London Business School, where he was recognised for leadership in venture capital, and a BA in Econometrics from NYU.