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Ian Osborne is Co-Founder & CEO of Hedosophia, the London growth-stage venture-investment firm he founded in 2012; he is also known for co-launching the separate Social Capital Hedosophia SPAC family with Chamath Palihapitiya in 2017 (Virgin Galactic, Opendoor, Clover Health, SoFi), and for earlier work with DST Global on investments in Spotify and Alibaba.
Ian Osborne is Co-Founder and CEO of Hedosophia, a London-based growth-stage technology investment firm he founded in 2012. Educated at St Pauls School, Kings College London, and the London School of Economics, he began his career advising figures including Michael Bloomberg before founding advisory firms Osborne and Partners and Connaught. From 2010 to 2012 he was a Partner at Yuri Milner's DST Global, working on lead investments in Spotify and Alibaba. In 2017, with former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya, he co-launched the Social Capital Hedosophia SPAC family, directing the first vehicle (IPOA) until its 2019 merger with Virgin Galactic; later SPACs in that family took Opendoor, Clover Health, and SoFi public. Hedosophia has more recently been an active investor in defense tech, including Forterra's Series B (2024) and Series C (2025).
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- Co-Founder & CEO
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- Who is ian-osborne?
- Ian Osborne is Co-Founder and CEO of Hedosophia, a London-based growth-stage technology investment firm he founded in 2012. Educated at St Pauls School, Kings College London, and the London School of Economics, he began his career advising figures including Michael Bloomberg before founding advisory firms Osborne and Partners and Connaught. From 2010 to 2012 he was a Partner at Yuri Milner's DST Global, working on lead investments in Spotify and Alibaba. In 2017, with former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya, he co-launched the Social Capital Hedosophia SPAC family, directing the first vehicle (IPOA) until its 2019 merger with Virgin Galactic; later SPACs in that family took Opendoor, Clover Health, and SoFi public. Hedosophia has more recently been an active investor in defense tech, including Forterra's Series B (2024) and Series C (2025).
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- ian-osborne is Co-Founder & CEO, based in London, UK.
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Ian Osborne is Co-founder & CEO of Hedosophia.
The Org: Ian Osborne - Co-founder and CEO at HedosophiaReported2026-08-12 - 2
Ian Osborne advised Michael Bloomberg early in his career, founded Osborne and Partners and the Connaught entities, was a Partner at DST Global from 2010-2012 helping lead investments in Spotify and Alibaba, co-founded Hedosophia in 2012, co-founded The Montagnard Group with Sean Parker and Marc Benioff, is a contributing editor at The Spectator and GQ, and was educated at St Pauls School, Kings College London, and the London School of Economics.
Berggruen Institute: Ian OsborneReported2026-08-12 - 3
In 2017, Ian Osborne partnered with Chamath Palihapitiya to launch Social Capital Hedosophia, which facilitated Virgin Galactic's October 2019 public merger; Osborne served as a director of the SPAC from its 2017 formation until that business combination.
Technowize: Ian Osborne, the Spac Man, is looking to Europe for a second wave of IPOsReported2026-08-12 - 4
Hedosophia firm background, Ian Osborne, and its relationship to Social Capital Hedosophia.
Sifted: Ian Osborne profile: the firm behind HedosophiaVerified2026-08-09