Francisco Vargas is an Investment Associate in Teachers' Venture Growth (TVG), based in London. He joined TVG in 2022 and plays a key role in executing TVG’s direct investment strategy in EMEA. Prior to joining TVG, Francisco was an Investment Banking Associate at Barclays in London covering the TMT sector, where he was involved with various M&A, equity and debt financing transactions in Telecoms, Technology and Internet. Francisco also spent some time in Barclays’ ECM team where he was involved in various IPOs as well as primary and secondary follow-on offerings for UK corporates. Francisco holds a MSc in Finance and CEMS MSc in International Management from ESADE Business School.