Pauline Wood

Pauline Wood is a Partner at True Global Ventures based in London, United Kingdom, where she oversees investments in high-growth technology companies across Europe and emerging markets. Before assuming her current position in 2023, she served as Managing Partner at HBR Venture Capital and held earlier investment roles at Balderton Capital and Amadeus Capital Partners. Throughout her career, she has managed a portfolio of over 50 companies, contributing to notable liquidity events such as the 2021 initial public offering of Darktrace and the scaling of Thought Machine. The University of Cambridge graduate recently led an investment in the artificial intelligence cybersecurity startup Soveren in the first quarter of 2025 and frequently speaks at major industry conferences. Wood currently focuses on early and growth-stage allocations across the financial technology, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, healthtech, and enterprise software sectors.