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Daina Spedding

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Board Member at EvoluteIQ
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

As a Director on Baird Capital’s Global Private Equity team, Daina Spedding focuses on growth investments in founder-led B2B technology and services companies. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst with executive training from London Business School and is noted for her expertise in scaling businesses internationally through AI enablement and strategic partnerships.

Originally from Latvia, Daina is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, having been a driving force behind initiatives to support female-founded scaleups. She took a deliberate career break to spend time with her two young sons before joining Baird Capital, highlighting her commitment to family.

She was a driving force behind her previous firms Diversity Action Group, which helped it become the most active institutional growth investor in UK female-founded scaleups for four consecutive years.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Board Member
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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AI Enablement
Focuses on investing in companies that use AI for intelligent automation and to streamline complex processes, seeing it as a key area for deploying capital.
Founder-Led Businesses
Has a strong track record of backing founder-led businesses and partnering with them to scale their operations internationally.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Board Member
EvoluteIQ
11-2024
Director
Baird Capital
5-2023 - 7-2024
Non Executive Director
Brompton Bicycle
7-2021 - 5-2024
Non Executive Director
Elvie
6-2021 - 7-2024
Board Observer
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Education
2015 - 2015
Mergers & Acquisitions Programme
London Business School
2006 - 2010
Certificate
CFA
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