Laura Bond, formerly senior innovation partnerships manager at Alliance Boots, has moved to Accelerated Digital Ventures where she will be investment lead for venture partnerships.
Laura Bond (pictured) has left her role as senior innovation partnerships manager at UK-based pharmacy and retailer Alliance Boots to join UK-based funding platform Accelerated Digital Ventures (ADV).
Bond will be investment lead for venture partnerships at ADV, which was founded in 2016 by CEO Lee Stafford, also a co-founder of telecoms operator PlusNet.
ADV invests in digital tech companies at seed, venture and growth stage and its portfolio companies include B-Secur, Care Sourcer, CharlieHR, MoveGB, Push Doctor and WeFarm.
Other members of the ADV team include as head of investments Mike Dimelow, who was vice-president of strategic business development at chip designer ARM before its acquisition by Softbank in September 2016.