Xavier Collins

Xavier is an experienced founder, operator and angel investor - with a passion for marketplaces. He launched Turo's car sharing marketplace in the UK in 2018 and has been front and centre of Europe’s adoption of car sharing. He continues to lead the UK expansion of Turo, growing their two-sided marketplace to redefine Europe’s mobility landscape. Before this, he kicked off his passion for marketplaces while interning at Uber, and was a General Manager at Deliveroo, joining in the first 30 people and scaling the UK business. Xavier previously founded educational marketplace Nexus Notes, seamlessly connecting leading note-takers with current students. He is an active angel investor in companies such as Days Brewing, Vitro Labs, Street FC and Percent among others, and a key mentor in the UK startup ecosystem. Xavier founded the Shaman List, a community that has invested over £8m in the last 4 years.