Bruce Bower

Director @Canarias Services Ltd

💰 Investor & VC🔥 Startup FounderProducerCFO🧨 Consulting🎥 Entertainment🏦 FinanceAdvisorFounderAngelGeneral PartnerManaging PartnerInvestment AnalystPortfolio Manager

Since 2015, Bruce has invested in and worked primarily with startups and technology companies. He has helped companies with finance, strategy and raising funding. His experience includes serving as CFO of SupportRoom, an AI-powered wellness software platform; acting as a director of Medefer, an AI platform that connects patients to specialist care across the UK; Chairman of Life & Soul Pictures, a film production company; and Advisor to Glassbox Media, Echobox and ConsolFreight. He has helped numerous companies with their finance and strategic plans, leading them to raise a cumulative £100 million in funding. Since 2019, Bruce has been an advisor to Impress, a tech-powered orthodontic chain in Europe. From 2021 to 2024, he was the Country Manager for the UK and Director of Operations, with responsibility for finances, operations and regulations in the UK. From 2019 to 2022, Bruce worked with Kass Capital and was an advisor to Global SPAC before its de-SPAC transaction. From 2009 to 2014, Bruce co-founded Verno Capital, an alternative investment firm focused on the markets of Russia and the former Soviet Union. There, he was a Portfolio Manager focused on the public equity markets and oversaw key client relationships in Europe. The funds where he was portfolio manager were ranked consistently in the top decile. From 2005 to 2009, he was an equity portfolio manager at Kazimir Partners, an emerging markets fund manager with offices in Moscow and London. The funds where he was portfolio manager were ranked consistently in the top decile. From 2003 to 2005, Bruce worked at Citigroup in London in the Fixed Income & FX division. Bruce graduated with honours from the University of Chicago with an A.B. in Economics and History. He also received an MSc from the London School of Economics. He speaks fluent Russian. In his spare time, Bruce continues to pursue his passion for languages, travel and mentoring young entrepreneurs.

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Work Background

ImpressUK Operations / Director, Smile2Impress Ltd

Jul. 2021United Kingdom

SupportRoomAdvisor

Jan. 2020

MedeferNon Executive Director

Jan. 2016London, England, United KingdomMedefer is a CQC-registered digital health care provider, working in partnership with the NHS to provide a virtual outpatient service and deliver faster, better care for patients

Various companies Private Investor in Tech and Media

Jan. 2015Investor in: Medefer Glassbox Media SupportRoom Impress Penrose Care

Verno CapitalPortfolio Manager, Partner

Sep. 2010 - Dec. 2014• Manage the Verno Capital Russia Growth Fund, a $120 mln long-only Russian equities strategy o ITD, June 2011- September 2013, returned -9.67% vs RTS Index -25.3%. Top decile returns. • Manage long side and contribute to shorting/hedging in Verno Russia Fund, a $130 mln long/short fund • Supervise a team of 3 analysts and conducted fundamental research, including meeting management, DCF models and desk notes on a universe of over 400 listed equities in Russia and former Soviet Union • Market the funds globally, leading to a raise of over $100 million from top 25 US endowments and foundations, US and EU family offices and Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds

Kazimir PartnersPortfolio Manager

Jun. 2005 - Aug. 2009Managed long-only $100 million Kazimir Russia Growth Fund from June 2006-August 2009 Managed long side of the $100 million Kazimir Russia Fund, August 2007-June 2009 Top decile returns in each fund.

CitigroupProprietary Trader, Fixed Income & FX

Sep. 2003 - Jun. 2005• Only global hire directly onto the prop trading desk in Citigroup’s Fixed Income/FX Division • Managed $5 million in risk capital trading FX and rates, both spot and derivatives, in G-10 and EM