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Connor Jewiss is an operator, investor, and technology journalist with experience spanning venture capital, product development, operations, and editorial leadership. He has built products, scaled startups, led operational transformation, and advised founders across Europe, North America, and Asia.
His career combines hands-on operating experience with investment expertise. Connor has led Product and Research & Development at Phavour, where he helped shape the platform's expansion into the US, and later served as Head of Operations at Oasis, leading organisation-wide operational improvements across trust and safety, creator operations, customer support, quality assurance, automation, and internal infrastructure. Today, he is a Partner at Newell Road Ventures, where he works with founders on company building, commercial strategy, fundraising, and investment opportunities across technology, infrastructure, media, and sport. He previously served as Venture Partner at Timeless Ventures, supporting deal sourcing, due diligence, portfolio companies, and capital deployment.
Alongside his operating career, Connor is an established technology journalist with more than a decade of experience. His work has appeared in Inc, CNET, Stuff, TechRadar, TechAdvisor, iMore, Trusted Reviews, Inc., and numerous other publications, covering everything from artificial intelligence and consumer electronics to electric vehicles and emerging startups. He has reviewed hundreds of products, reported from CES, Mobile World Congress, and IFA, and regularly provides expert commentary on technology trends across broadcast media.
The combination of operator, investor, and journalist gives Connor a rare perspective. He understands how products are built, how businesses scale, how investors evaluate opportunities, and how technology is communicated to millions of consumers.
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I previously wrote a newsletter called Rounded Weekly. It showed you the hottest funding rounds closed. There was a new daily edition, while subscribers still got a weekly edition with more general information for everyone. Elevator pitch: Your personal Crunchbase for the rounds you actually care about. The newsletter attracted between 1k and 2k subscribers before I sunsetted it.
Newell Road Ventures*, Global – (January 2026 - present)*
Partner at Newell Road Ventures, a private, partner-led venture studio and investment vehicle. We exist to craft the things people didn't know to ask for – building and backing high-stakes projects with global scope across technology, infrastructure, media, and sport, and we operate deliberately discreetly. NRV has a background of value across the UK, US, SEA, and Hong Kong. This has accumulated into a diverse portfolio of high-stakes projects, managed through a singular line of communication.
My work sits between strategy and execution. I help take complex ideas from first-principles into real structures, real partners, and real deliverables, including commercial models, stakeholder strategy, and narrative positioning. A lot of this is zero-to-one work, where speed, taste, and judgement matter as much as process.
Head of Operations
Oasis*, Global – (June 2026 - present)*
Brought in during a pivotal period to rebuild the operational foundations of Oasis, leading cross-functional initiatives across operations, trust and safety, customer support, creator operations, quality assurance, and workflow automation. Designed and implemented scalable internal processes, established operational KPIs and reporting systems, developed SOPs across multiple business functions, and introduced AI-powered automation to streamline internal workflows. Worked directly with leadership to improve organisational execution, strengthen platform trust, optimise creator management, and build the operational infrastructure required to support rapid growth.
Timeless Ventures*, Global – (February 2022 - December 2025)*