Virginie Charles-Dear

Virginie Charles-Dear is a Business Angel at Leia Capital based in Kensington, England, United Kingdom. Prior to her current investment activities, she founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of toucanBox, an educational craft subscription service for children that successfully scaled to deliver over seven million boxes to families across Europe. Her earlier corporate career includes strategic and financial roles at major technology and banking firms, notably working as a corporate development executive at Yahoo and as a financial analyst at Morgan Stanley. She holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree in engineering, leveraging her highly analytical background to evaluate emerging early-stage ventures. Today, her primary focus centers on funding digital transformation initiatives and supporting women-led entrepreneurship through data-driven investment strategies in the broader European startup ecosystem.