Venture · Advisory · AI Leadership
Backing founders
who see around corners.
Ophin combines hands-on AI operating experience with early-stage conviction — backing and building alongside the founders reshaping how industries work.
Select exits
Early conviction,
proven outcomes.
A pattern of identifying transformative AI companies before the market catches up. Three acquisitions by Twitter, Facebook, and Intel — each validating an early thesis.
Active portfolio
A selection of current investments.
Advisory & Board
From the engine room
to the boardroom.
Two decades building and leading technology teams — from Google’s infrastructure to the CTO office at News International, and across public and private boards. Ophin brings the rare combination of deep technical fluency and executive leadership to companies navigating AI transformation at scale.
Select engagements below. Full background on LinkedIn →
FOX
AI & Technology Strategy
Ocado
AI & Automation Architecture & Deployment
Condé Nast
Digital & AI Transformation (hands-on)
Next Games
Board / Technology
Ennismore
Digital & Product Transformation (embedded)
XL Media
Technology & Data Strategy
Temporall
Board / AI Strategy
Xineoh
AI Architecture & Strategy
Open to advisory, NED, operating partner, and executive AI leadership conversations — including embedded roles.
Ophin is led by Xen Lategan — formerly Google, CTO of News International, and board member of multiple public and private technology companies. Equal parts operator and investor, with a track record of building AI-first organisations from the inside — the kind of leader companies bring in when the transformation has to actually ship. Based in London.