Hussein Kanji is founding partner of Hoxton Ventures. Educated at Stanford and London Business School, he was on the founding team of a web-design startup acquired by KPMG in 1999, then spent around four years at Microsoft in Seattle before joining Accel Partners in London in 2005. He co-founded Hoxton Ventures with Rob Kniaz in 2013 and appeared on the Forbes Midas List Europe in 2023.
Education
Symbolic Systems, Stanford University
MBA, London Business School (2005–2007)
Previous Experience
Venture Consultant then Associate, Accel Partners, London (2005–2009)
Product Manager then Platform Planner, Microsoft, Seattle (2002–2005)
Founding team, Studio Verso - acquired by KPMG for $15.5M in 1999
Board Seats
AI-6
Baseimmune
Behavox
Biocortex
Biotx
Cogna
DruidAI
Eterna Regen
Everbloom
Finesse
Giraffe360
Global Food Ventures
Kitt
Machenta
Milvus Advanced
Mubit
Otera
Peptone
Pentabind
PillSorted
Prefrontal
Quantrolox
Raptor Supplies
Rensair
Replai
Roli
Skin Analytics
TourRadar
Veridion
XYZ Reality
Career Timeline
1999
Studio Verso acquired by KPMG for $15.5M.
2002
Joined Microsoft in Seattle.
2005
Joined Accel Partners in London while completing his MBA.