Chelcie Poole — Co-Founder

Helping businesses build what’s next across venture, innovation, consumer, and culture. Passionate about giving time back. — Based on my calls from the past year: 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘪𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴 - 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘮𝘪𝘥-𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘵𝘩, 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤, 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. — Sharing semi-consistent thoughts on Europe, ecosystems and how we connect, and ambitious side quests. Usually somewhere between Milan, London, and hosting an event you'll tell all your friends about. For my body of work (and how we might work together), please check out: https://chelcie.me/ 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Growth and Innovation Specialist in the Venture Capital and Startup Ecosystem.

Location: London, England, United Kingdom

Experience: 8 yrs 4 mos

Skills

Product Management
Innovation Development
Market Entry
Entrepreneurial Organizations
Start-up Leadership
Product Launch
Digital Strategy

Career Highlights

Expert in venture design and innovation development.
Strong background in community building across Europe.
Proven track record in market entry and startup support.

Work Experience

Limineer

Growth & Community (1 yr 9 mos)

C.P. Advisory

Principal (2 yrs 1 mo)

Wright Partners

Venture Lead (6 mos)

Sr Venture Architect (4 mos)

Venture Architect (10 mos)

WIP

Co-Founder (1 yr 1 mo)

INSEAD

MBA Candidate (11 mos)

Roland Corporation

Global Content & Key Influencer Manager - V-MODA (2 yrs 9 mos)

Content Manager (4 mos)

Caffeina | Ideas Never Sleep.

Brand Manager (1 yr 1 mo)

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Vacation Scheme Intern (1 mo)

The University of St Andrews Polo Club

Marketing & PR (4 mos)

Kenyons

Summer Intern (1 mo)

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA at INSEAD

Master of Arts (MA) at University of St Andrews

Bachelor's Degree at Università degli Studi di Verona

A Levels at Ashbourne College

Chelcie Poole

Co-Founder

London, England, United Kingdom8 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To Switch

Key Highlights

Expert in venture design and innovation development.
Strong background in community building across Europe.
Proven track record in market entry and startup support.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Growth and Innovation Specialist in the Venture Capital and Startup Ecosystem.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementInnovation DevelopmentMarket EntryEntrepreneurial OrganizationsStart-up LeadershipProduct LaunchDigital Strategy

Other Skills

Experience & Product DevelopmentInnovation Portfolio and Team DevelopmentCommunity DevelopmentStart-up SupportConsumer InsightNew Market ExpansionStartup EnvironmentsEarly Stage InvestmentStart-up VenturesBusiness KnowledgeContent CreationCreative MarketerDigital MarketingBrand StrategySocial Media Marketing

About

Experience

8 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 2 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Limineer

Growth & Community

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Building big things alongside leading enterprises, VCs/PE and family offices
Principal focus:
Experience & Product Development
Innovation Portfolio and Team Development in Biotech & Health
Building the Right Rooms @ The Salon
Developing our extensive community of ambitious doers, experts, movers and shakers for collaborations on ventures across Europe

Experience & Product DevelopmentInnovation Portfolio and Team DevelopmentCommunity DevelopmentProduct ManagementInnovation Development

C.p. advisory

Principal

May 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

Hands-on advisory working with founders, leadership teams, and organisations across the UK and Europe on strategy, new ventures, and execution.

Market EntryStart-up SupportEntrepreneurial OrganizationsConsumer InsightNew Market Expansion

Wright partners

3 roles

Venture Lead

Promoted

Apr 2024 – Oct 2024 · 6 mos · Remote

Here I’m learning how to bridge the gap between corporations and startups, create future revenue engines, and operate at the very edge of my comfort zone **
Developing innovative ventures together with pioneering corporations 🚀

Sr Venture Architect

Nov 2023 – Mar 2024 · 4 mos · Remote

Market Entry

Venture Architect

Jan 2023 – Nov 2023 · 10 mos · Remote

Start-up LeadershipStartup EnvironmentsMarket EntryEntrepreneurial OrganizationsEarly Stage InvestmentStart-up Ventures

Wip

Co-Founder

Sep 2022 – Oct 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

Here I learned how hard it is to go from 0 to 1, and how impossible it is to do part-time**
Re-designing the road between education and the rest of your life

Insead

MBA Candidate

Jan 2022 – Dec 2022 · 11 mos · Fontainebleau, Île-de-France, France

Here I learned a lot**
Researched, contacted and interviewed 40+ startups and VCs focused on building various elements of the metaverse and extended reality (XR) ecosystem, co-authoring my findings with Dean of Innovation Peter Zemsky in INSEAD Knowledge
Leadership Team for Entrepreneurship Club
Semi-finalist in 45th INSEAD Venture Competition

Entrepreneurial OrganizationsBusiness Knowledge

Roland corporation

2 roles

Global Content & Key Influencer Manager - V-MODA

Mar 2019 – Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Milan, Lombardy, Italy

**Here I learned a lot more than I expected about hardware, what it means to know a product and brand to its core, and how to develop both over time with passionate partners**

Product LaunchMarket Entry

Content Manager

Nov 2018 – Mar 2019 · 4 mos · Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Product LaunchContent CreationCreative Marketer

Caffeina | ideas never sleep.

Brand Manager

Oct 2017 – Nov 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · Italy

**Here I learned what it means to be at the start of something big and what it takes to develop a culture and brand that people care about**

Entrepreneurial OrganizationsDigital StrategyCreative Marketer

Charles russell speechlys llp

Vacation Scheme Intern

Jun 2016 – Jul 2016 · 1 mo · London, United Kingdom

Here I learned I didn't want to be a lawyer**
Seats in Litigation (Contentious Trusts and Commercial Dispute Resolution), Corporate and Private Client (Private Wealth/Tax, Trusts and Successions)