Barney Hussey Yeo
About Barney Hussey Yeo
Barney Hussey-Yeo is the Founder and CEO of Cleo AI and an active angel investor in multiple startups, based in London, United Kingdom.
Company
Barney Hussey Yeo is the Founder and CEO of Cleo AI, a financial assistant app based in London, UK. Founded in January 2016, Cleo leverages artificial intelligence to help users manage their finances. The company has seen significant growth and expansion, particularly into the American market in March 2018. With several successful funding rounds, Cleo has raised $2.8M in a seed round in July 2017, $10M in a Series A round in September 2018, $44M in a Series B round led by EQT Ventures in December 2020, and $80M in a Series C round led by Sofina in June 2022.
Education and Expertise
Barney Hussey Yeo holds an MSc in Machine Learning from the University of Bristol, completed in 2014. He also earned a BSc (Hons) degree in Computer Science from The Manchester Metropolitan University in 2013. His academic background has provided a strong foundation in both theoretical and practical aspects of machine learning and computer science, which he has applied throughout his career.
Career Background
Barney Hussey Yeo began his career as a data scientist at Wonga, where he worked from 2014 to 2015. He then joined the EF5 Cohort at Entrepreneur First, participating in the program for 5 months between 2015 and 2016. Transitioning from data science to entrepreneurship, he founded Cleo AI in January 2016 and has been leading the company as CEO since then. He has also become an active angel investor, focusing on startups in sectors like LLMs/AI/ML, FinTech, and Fitness/Health/Wellness.
Angel Investment Portfolio
In addition to his role at Cleo AI, Barney Hussey Yeo is actively involved in angel investing. He focuses on startups in the fields of large language models, artificial intelligence, machine learning, financial technology, and health and wellness. Known for his keen interest in these sectors, he writes investment cheques ranging from $10k to $100k to support promising founders and innovative startups.