Occupation Digital Entrepreneur | Known for Zaggora | |
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Residence London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom | ||
Malcolm Bell is a digital entrepreneur and businessman best known as co-founder of Zaggora, a sportswear company valued at £100M according to the Evening Standard. He has received several awards including the Orange National Business Awards in 2012. He has been a speaker at various events including TED (conference), Barclays, Facebook, Saïd Business School and Retail Week. He also mentors aspiring entrepreneurs through the New Entrepreneurs Foundation and Seedcamp.
Career
The son of British politician Sir Stuart Bell, Malcolm Bell began working as a website designer for local companies at age 15. In 2005 he graduated from the London School of Economics, and started working in Investment management. He became the Managing Principal at various offices throughout the UK.
In 2011 he co-founded Zaggora alongside his wife, entrepreneur Dessi Bell. The company achieved over $40m in revenue during its first 18 months. Bell helped the company grow through an online Peer-to-peer recommendation approach. As a result, in 2012 he received the National Business Award for E-Commerce strategy. In the same year he was also nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2013 Zaggora was featured as a Harvard Business School and Facebook Case study.
Malcolm Bell left Zaggora in 2013, and in 2014 he founded Mailcloud, a cloud tech business that raised 2.8m in committed capital from Octopus Holdings Limited, Bessemer Venture Partners, Kima Ventures, and Seedcamp. Malcolm Bell is also a regular speaker at events for Google, Facebook, Barclays, TED, the Harvard Business School, and others. He currently mentors portfolio companies at Seedcamp.