Founders
Founders
Mollie D'Arcy Rice
Mollie D'Arcy Rice is a co-founder of Duxford Prior. She previously worked in Investment Banking at Berenberg, advising Technology, Media & Telecommunications companies on M&A, capital raises, corporate broking, and strategic partnerships. Her experience spans deal execution and investor communications across both public and private markets, working with companies including Darktrace, Trustpilot, and 4imprint. Mollie holds a degree in Biological Sciences from Durham University.
Mollie D'Arcy Rice
Mollie D'Arcy Rice is a co-founder of Duxford Prior. She previously worked in Investment Banking at Berenberg, advising Technology, Media & Telecommunications companies on M&A, capital raises, corporate broking, and strategic partnerships. Her experience spans deal execution and investor communications across both public and private markets, working with companies including Darktrace, Trustpilot, and 4imprint. Mollie holds a degree in Biological Sciences from Durham University.
Luis Garcia
Luis Garcia is a co-founder of Duxford Prior. He was previously a ranked Equity Research Analyst (Institutional Investor) at Morgan Stanley and Berenberg, covering industrials, consumer, and technology companies. His experience spans company valuation, strategic analysis, and buyer dynamics in M&A. Luis has worked on several large IPOs and capital markets deals. He is a CFA charterholder and holds an MSc in Finance from the University of St Andrews. His thesis, written in conjunction with the Bank of England, assessed market-based measures of default probability in the financial sector.
Luis Garcia
Luis Garcia is a co-founder of Duxford Prior. He was previously a ranked Equity Research Analyst (Institutional Investor) at Morgan Stanley and Berenberg, covering industrials, consumer, and technology companies. His experience spans company valuation, strategic analysis, and buyer dynamics in M&A. Luis has worked on several large IPOs and capital markets deals. He is a CFA charterholder and holds an MSc in Finance from the University of St Andrews. His thesis, written in conjunction with the Bank of England, assessed market-based measures of default probability in the financial sector.
Advisors
Advisors
Paul Graham
Paul Graham is a programmer, writer, and investor. In 1995, he and Robert Morris started Viaweb, the first software as a service company. Viaweb was acquired by Yahoo in 1998, where it became Yahoo Store. In 2001 he started publishing essays on paulgraham.com, which now gets around 25 million page views per year. In 2005 he and Jessica Livingston, Robert Morris, and Trevor Blackwell started Y Combinator, the first of a new type of startup incubator. Since 2005 Y Combinator has funded over 5,000 startups, including Airbnb, DoorDash, Dropbox, Stripe, Coinbase and Reddit. The combined valuation of YC companies was more than $800 billion by June 2025. Paul is the author of On Lisp (1993), ANSI Common Lisp (1995), and Hackers & Painters (2004). In 2002 he discovered a simple spam filtering algorithm that inspired the current generation of filters. He has an AB from Cornell and a PhD in Computer Science from Harvard, and studied painting at RISD and the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence.
Paul Graham
Paul Graham is a programmer, writer, and investor. In 1995, he and Robert Morris started Viaweb, the first software as a service company. Viaweb was acquired by Yahoo in 1998, where it became Yahoo Store. In 2001 he started publishing essays on paulgraham.com, which now gets around 25 million page views per year. In 2005 he and Jessica Livingston, Robert Morris, and Trevor Blackwell started Y Combinator, the first of a new type of startup incubator. Since 2005 Y Combinator has funded over 5,000 startups, including Airbnb, DoorDash, Dropbox, Stripe, Coinbase and Reddit. The combined valuation of YC companies was more than $800 billion by June 2025. Paul is the author of On Lisp (1993), ANSI Common Lisp (1995), and Hackers & Painters (2004). In 2002 he discovered a simple spam filtering algorithm that inspired the current generation of filters. He has an AB from Cornell and a PhD in Computer Science from Harvard, and studied painting at RISD and the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence.
Jessica Livingston
Jessica Livingston is a co-founder of Y Combinator, where she helped launch many of the most successful startups of the past two decades. She is the author of Founders at Work (2007), a widely read collection of interviews with early-stage founders, and host of The Social Radars podcast. Jessica previously worked in marketing at investment bank Adams Harkness, where she managed an award-winning rebranding of the company. She has a BA in English from Bucknell.
Jessica Livingston
Jessica Livingston is a co-founder of Y Combinator, where she helped launch many of the most successful startups of the past two decades. She is the author of Founders at Work (2007), a widely read collection of interviews with early-stage founders, and host of The Social Radars podcast. Jessica previously worked in marketing at investment bank Adams Harkness, where she managed an award-winning rebranding of the company. She has a BA in English from Bucknell.
Ron Conway
Ron Conway is the Founder and Managing Partner of SV Angel, and one of Silicon Valley’s most experienced and influential seed investors. Over the past three decades, he has backed hundreds of early-stage technology companies, including Google, Facebook, Airbnb, Twitter, and Stripe. He has been named among Vanity Fair’s “100 Most Influential People in the Information Age” (2010), TechCrunch’s “Best Angel” (2009), and Forbes’ Midas List of top “deal-makers” (since 2011). Earlier in his career, Ron co-founded and served as CEO of Altos Computer Systems, and was CEO of Personal Training Systems, following earlier roles at National Semiconductor. He is the founder and Chairman of sf.citi, a co-founder of FWD.US, and an advocate for civic engagement, immigration reform, racial equity, and gun safety. He serves on the boards of several philanthropic organisations, including the Salesforce Foundation and Giving Pledge.
Ron Conway
Ron Conway is the Founder and Managing Partner of SV Angel, and one of Silicon Valley’s most experienced and influential seed investors. Over the past three decades, he has backed hundreds of early-stage technology companies, including Google, Facebook, Airbnb, Twitter, and Stripe. He has been named among Vanity Fair’s “100 Most Influential People in the Information Age” (2010), TechCrunch’s “Best Angel” (2009), and Forbes’ Midas List of top “deal-makers” (since 2011). Earlier in his career, Ron co-founded and served as CEO of Altos Computer Systems, and was CEO of Personal Training Systems, following earlier roles at National Semiconductor. He is the founder and Chairman of sf.citi, a co-founder of FWD.US, and an advocate for civic engagement, immigration reform, racial equity, and gun safety. He serves on the boards of several philanthropic organisations, including the Salesforce Foundation and Giving Pledge.