Edward Ward
COO at portals.fi
London, England, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolEdward Ward is an operator and growth-focused leader with 10 years of experience launching businesses, building teams, and scaling global sales, marketing and distribution channels across consumer and Web3 sectors. As COO at Polkastarter and now at Portals.fi, he has led operations for high-growth crypto platforms, coordinating cross-functional teams and strategic partnerships that supported over $55M raised and projects with collective market caps in the billions. He co-founded and exited a consumer hardware brand (Veglo), taking it from Kickstarter to retail in 500+ stores and an acquisition, showing hands-on product, manufacturing and international sourcing expertise. Edward also built Le Wagon UK from scratch to a multimillion-pound business and helped scale the bootcamp model into dozens of cities, demonstrating repeatable GTM playbooks and people leadership. As an investor and partner at Poolside and advisor to AI startup studio SURFnCODE, he blends operator instincts with early-stage investing to drive product-market fit and fundraising readiness. Based between London and Portugal, he combines startup hustle with institutional rigour and a knack for turning niche tech products into widely distributed businesses.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Sherborne SchoolTourism and Hospitality Management, Tourism and Hospitality Management at Oxford Brookes University
Github Skills (1)
french4
Github contributions (5)
edwardjward/CV-writing-advice
Nov 2018 - Oct 2019
Contributions:76 commits, 62 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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