# Joanne Hannaford

> Joanne Hannaford is a Series A investor at Goldman Sachs Growth Equity backing Finance. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Goldman Sachs Growth Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gs-growth)
- Location: Romford, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2016
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanne-hannaford-9454647/

Joanne Hannaford is a Series A investor at Goldman Sachs Growth Equity in Romford focused on Finance and Financial Services. Joanne Hannaford is Chief Technology and Operations Officer (CTOO) and Executive Board member

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Droit | Droit was founded in 2012 by a team of veteran derivative traders, quants, ecommerce specialists and technologists with front-line experience and expertise with products, markets, regulations and systems. | $16M | Series A | Nov 02, 2016 | https://droit.tech/ |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DRW Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drw-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pivot Investment Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pivot-investment-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Wells Fargo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wells-fargo-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Goldman Sachs Growth Equity

VC Fund · New York, United States

As part of the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs, GS Growth is the firm’s investment platform dedicated to providing preferred equity and mezzanine capital to high-growth companies.As of June 2019, Goldman Sachs' investing groups (Goldman Sachs Growth Equity, Principal Strategic Investments, and Private Capital Investing) havecombined to form the GS Growth team. The team targets investments of $20-250 million.

5 contacts available at Goldman Sachs Growth Equity.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ashwin Gupta | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashwin-gupta |
| Cassidy Blonsky | Owner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cassidy-blonsky-986c |
| Chase Williams | Growth Equity Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chase-williams-0479 |
| Kirk A. Lepke | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kirk-lepke |
| Kirk A. Lepke | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kirk-a-lepke |

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## FAQ

### What does Joanne Hannaford invest in?

Joanne Hannaford invests primarily in Finance, Financial Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Joanne Hannaford?

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### When did Joanne Hannaford last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joanne Hannaford closed in Nov 2016. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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