Hello! I’m Lisa.

I’m the founder of Plymouth Street, where I help the world’s most talented people move to America. I had a difficult time applying for a U.S. work visa, which inspired founding the company.

I currently live in San Francisco. I grew up in rural England as the child of Algerian immigrants. I studied at the University of Oxford, where I was elected President of the Oxford Union.

Previously, I worked as an early-stage investor at Bloomberg, backing companies transforming critical industries. Before that, I worked at Entrepreneur First in London and Berlin, investing in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch. I was responsible for working with scientists and researchers across Germany and the U.K. to launch startups.

I’m an Interact Fellow and served on the Board of GBx Next Gen. I also launched a course with Stanford professors on Ethics, Technology and Public Policy.

My primary interests lie in technology entrepreneurship, history, economics and philosophy.

Writing / Speaking:

Interesting people I’ve been fortunate to interview:

Personal Projects:

  • I built the SF Writing Club and hosted regular writing workshops.
  • I volunteered for Wildfires.org to develop technology to end megafires.
  • I hosted pop-up art galleries with emerging artists in London, San Francisco and New York. If you want to learn more, follow my art account.