Hugo Burge is keen to support sustainable creativity in the arts, crafts and early stage businesses.

Hugo co-founded HOWZAT Partners in 2006, which has now made over 60 early stage digital investments and especially enjoys investing in purpose-driven businesses.

Hugo was CEO of Momondo Group, the travel search business operating the momondo and Cheapflights brands, which was acquired by Booking Group for $550m in 2017. He lead the Company for six years prior to the acquisition, but was on the journey from March 2000 when it was a 2 person Wandsworth-based attic operation. Hugo started Cheapflights’ North American business, opening its Boston office in 2003 and he led the acquisition of the Danish-based metasearch company momondo in 2011.

Hugo is a Director of Marchmont Ventures, which covers a range of business & charitable interests, with the ultimate purpose of encouraging sustainable creativity. He has lead a 6 year restoration of Marchmont House, with plans now to bring it alive as ‘a Home for Makers and Creators’ in the Scottish Borders. Hugo is a Patron of the Borders Art Fair – a community venture to support artists in the Scottish Borders. He is establishing the Marchmont Makers Foundation dedicated to making fine traditional rush-seated chairs in the old stables at Marchmont, keeping alive a village tradition started by Ernest Gimson, one of Britain’s greatest architect designers & a pioneer of the arts & crafts movement.

In 2018, Hugo was inducted into the UK Travel & Hospitality Industry Hall of Fame, after being honoured in 2016, with the Travolution Industry Achievement award. In 2008, Hugo won the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, in the Travel Industry Hall of Fame. A graduate from Cambridge University (Sidney Sussex College) in Geography, Hugo enjoys exploring and enjoying our wonderful planet, whilst also pondering its conundrums.

Hugo has a love for design & technology improvements that shape our future, but believes in balance, with a particular passion for the grounding values of the arts and crafts movement, arts and crafts today, iphone photography, exploring the UK and walking.

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David Soskin is on the boards of mySupermarket.com and Cortexica Vision Systems where he is Chairman. He was a non-executive director of the Momondo Group (formerly Cheapflights) until October 2014 when Great Hill Partners acquired a majority stake in the business. Priceline Inc acquired Momondo in 2017 for $550 million.​

He served as Chief Executive Officer of Cheapflights - which he joined in March 2000 upon the management buy-in - until April 2008. Under his leadership, Cheapflights grew from an attic-based operation into an international leader in online travel search reaching 8.4 million users in January 2008. During this period, Cheapflights won many industry awards and was included in the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track of the UK's 100 fastest growing privately-owned technology companies for five years in a row. David was a Finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2006.

Previously, David was Head of Global Media at ABN AMRO Corporate Finance.

David's entrepreneurial experience was gained at the Asquith Court Schools Group which he founded in 1989 and on whose board he sat until 2001, when the Company was successfully sold to West Private Equity. Asquith is today the UK's leading provider of premium childcare and education for the under-5s (www.asquithnurseries.com). In 1995, David's entrepreneurial achievements were honoured by the European Foundation for Entrepreneurial Research when he was named as one of Europe's 500 most dynamic entrepreneurs.

David also has worked in senior capacities both in industry (Redland Plc where he was Group Director of Corporate Planning) and government (Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, Number 10 Policy Unit).

David graduated from the University of Oxford (First Class Honours in Modern History), where he was President of the Oxford Union, and from the Harvard Business School (MBA) where he was a Harkness Fellow.

David's book on the business of the internet "Net Profit: How to succeed in Digital Business" (published by John Wiley & Sons) is a best-seller. (www.netprofitbook.com)

David is a Vice President of Petworth Park Cricket Club.

Sascha is a partner of the fund.

Sascha started his career in tax consulting & accounting focused on audits, consulting on corporate tax, company structure, reporting and the implementation of finance systems. From 1999 ​to 2005 he worked at WorldRes, one of the first online hotel reservation systems in the industry, where he​ was promoted to Global CEO having been Director Finance​,​ Europe​.

In 2005, Sascha, together with two partners, incorporated StellantPartners, a consultancy firm specialized in Mergers & Acquisitions, operational & strategic advice​ as well as fund management where he is still a partner today.

Since 2006 he has been an active Venture Capital Investor through HOWZAT Partners based in London and Luxembourg and StellantVentures, StellantPartners​'​ investment arm. He has been advising HOWZAT Partners since 2006 and became a partner in 2013. In the last 10 years the two funds have invested in nearly 40 companies globally across several industries.

Between 2007 and 2012, as part of the consultancy practice, Sascha took on the rol​e ​of CEO of eRevMax (operating under the RateTiger brand) to establish a global presence, build a sales and marketing team and generate a medium to long term business strategy for the business.

Since 2013 he has been the CEO of Busy Rooms, a Malta​-based central reservation system for the hotel industry where he drives the expansion and product strategy.

Sascha is a well-recognised figure in several industries, speaking at many events and being a senior advisor, board member and investor to various companies in the online marketplace.

In his spare time, Sascha is a passionate general aviation pilot, has a boat license and enjoys swimming.

Lars is a Senior Partner in StellantPartners. He has been a member of the fund and has helped with running it since 2006.

Lars has a specialization in online distribution systems in Europe and the US. Prior to joining Stellant Partners, Lars was the WorldRes (and subsequently WebRes) Financial Controller, taking responsibility for the financial operations of WorldRes, as well as managing the contractual and support relationships with online partners and hotels.

Having worked with a mid-sized consulting company, Lars has extensive experience in financial and management accounting for both European and US corporations. Developing and maintaining relationships with senior management, auditors and shareholders was another of his key responsibilities.

eRevMax approached Stellant in 2007 to provide financial management services. Lars has been the de facto CFO of the business, implementing new rigorous financial and management procedures, dealing with hedging and leverage and enhancing the financial team. He passed these responsibilities over to an internal CFO in early 2012.

In his spare time, Lars is a passionate soccer player , likes gardening and of course barbeques. Over the weekends he acts as Jack Sparrow of the Rhine River.