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Stan Williams

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Partner, Director and Head of VCT at Fuel Ventures 🚀
📍 United Kingdom

Stan Williams is the Partner, Director, and Head of VCT at Fuel Ventures, an early-stage UK venture capital firm. He has progressed through the firm from an Associate to his current leadership role, leveraging his background in Entrepreneurial Finance from LSE. He specializes in early-stage technology companies, particularly SaaS, marketplaces, and platforms.

Outside of direct investing, Stan is passionate about fostering the broader tech ecosystem through strategic partnerships and sharing insights. He is an active voice in the venture community, participating in interviews and podcasts to discuss fundraising strategies, growth metrics, and market trends for founders and investors.

He is ambitious for the firm, stating a goal for Fuel Ventures VCT to become a £100m+ fund.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Partner, Director and Head of VCT
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Stan shows up

Unexpressive
Process Oriented
Late Adopter

They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time. Being observant comes to them naturally. They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end.

Priorities

Topics Stan cares about

Venture Capital Trusts
As Head of VCT, he has led the fund's successful launch and its listing on the LSE. He is often quoted discussing the VCT's strategy and benefits for investors.
Early-Stage Tech
His firm focuses on seed-stage technology companies. In interviews, he emphasizes the importance of a strong founding team and a scalable, capital-efficient business model.
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Career

Work history

1-2024
Partner, Director and Head of VCT
Fuel Ventures 🚀
5-2023 - 1-2024
Partner and Director
Fuel Ventures 🚀
5-2022 - 5-2023
Partner
Fuel Ventures 🚀
4-2021 - 4-2022
Principal
Fuel Ventures 🚀
2-2019 - 3-2021
Senior Associate
Fuel Ventures 🚀
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
10-2022 - 12-2022
Entrepreneurial Finance
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
2017 - 2017
Securities and Investment (Level 3)
The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (The CISI)
2016 - 2018
(MSc)
Birkbeck, University of London
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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