In 2014, Bridget and Emily were calling us from Sydney arguing that elite consultants – the Bain and McKinsey alums – were going to go independent en masse, and that the infrastructure for that shift didn't yet exist. They were ten years too early; they were also completely right.
Fund I was small, and Expert360 was its biggest bet. We wrote a seed cheque most people thought was crazy into a market most people thought was fragmented-by-design. It became one of Fund I's defining positions.
Expert360 now powers elite talent marketplaces for enterprise teams across four countries. Bridget still picks up when we call.
Frontier Ventures led Expert360's Series A with Rampersand for its consulting marketplace.
AirTree led; Daniel Petre joined the board as revenue grew 10x.
Founding board director. Paul has been Bridget's first call since 2014 through every cycle.