Narayan: Strongly Recommended Atomico Hold Its Equity Stake in Stripe
Kanishka Narayan · UK Budget 2025: Stripe + Startup Coalition · Nov 28, 2025 · at 0:36
UK Minister for AI Kanishka Narayan discusses his background as a venture capitalist at Atomico during an event at Stripe's UK office.
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“I remember when I was Atomico, we were figuring out what to do with the state that Atomico had in in, in, in, in Stripe. And my strong recommendation was a big hold.”
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