People at xelda

Our CEO and Co-Founder - India Healy O'Connor India has always believed in working hard and pushing oneself to achieve great things. In school and university, she combined hard work and ambition to achieve first place in her class and graduation year. This drive and desire to learn led her to the dynamic sales and trading floor of Goldman Sachs. There she learned the art of problem solving, managing high pressure situations and developing client relationships. Combining her experience and knowledge of finance and economics she took on the challenge of building Xelda. When India is not working on Xelda, she is running, deep in a good book or chilling with her two french bulldogs - Mabel and Daphne. Our COO and Co-Founder - Portia Healy O'Connor As a child, Portia always had brilliant ideas and was frustrated whenever she saw others turn them into a reality. So, when the idea for Xelda came along, she knew this was her time to make the idea a reality. Upon achieving top marks in computer science, statistics and business in Trinity College Dublin, she moved to London where she worked on the high intensity and challenging SWAPS trading team in Goldman Sachs. There, she built complex trading models to help her team better understand the trends of the market. Problem-solving is part of Portia's DNA and so she used these skills to build Xelda's MVP. To relax, Portia loves playing tennis, listening to music and playing with Mabel (sorry Daphne!). Our Investors A market research call with the founders of Irish unicorn, Flipdish, turned into an investment offer. Conor and James believed in the Xelda vision. A few months later, we received a call that is every founder's dream. Xelda was invited to join the inaugural Arc. Arc is a Sequoia run program that helps the daring build great companies. It is amazing to have the backing of a world leading VC.