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Eileen Burbidge MBE (born 1971) is an American venture capitalist resident in London and a founding partner of Passion Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm that has invested in the likes of Monzo, Go Cardless and Lulu, a private social network for single women. In July 2015 she was appointed as the British Treasury's "special envoy" for fintech.

In the 2015 New Year Honours for services to entrepreneurship, Burbidge was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire.

In November 2018, Burbidge was named to the Financial Times' list of the 'Top 100 minority ethnic leaders in technology' and made a Non-Executive Director of Dixons Carphone

Burbidge previously worked in marketing roles at Apple and Sun Microsystems. In 2004 she moved from the United States to London to pursue a career with Skype. After working at Skype, Burbidge launched Passion Capital, an early stage London venture capital firm, with Stefan Glaenzer in 2008.

In October 2020, Burbidge was added to Computer Weekly's Most Influential Women in UK Tech Hall of Fame. This list is published annually to recognise women who have had a long career in the tech sector and/or made a lasting contribution to the sector.

Personal life

Burbidge has also used the names Eileen Tso and Eileen Broch, her maiden name and her name from a previous marriage, respectively.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). | title = About: Eileen Burbidge | author = | work = TechAcute | date = | accessdate = 2016-04-17 | url = http://techacute.com/about-eileen-burbidge/ | quote = }}</ref>

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