He connects UK and European founders with Silicon Valley decision-makers, then applies the same pattern recognition to buying and rebuilding companies.
Lorimer Jenkins treats access like an uneven market. Strong builders exist in many places. The fastest capital and attention still concentrate in a few rooms.
He grew up in Baldock, Hertfordshire. He trained in performing arts at Emil Dale Academy. COVID-19 lockdowns disrupted the path he expected. He started learning to code without formal technical education.
“I did not come with the background people look for,” Jenkins says. “I had to prove myself through output and persistence.”
He entered venture through unpaid internships and cold outreach. He learned the mechanics of trust while immersing himself in Web3.
“Talent is common,” he says. “Proximity is the scarce resource.”
A gap that behaves like a tax
Jenkins says founders outside the United States often pay an invisible tax. They spend extra time getting in front of the right people. They lose momentum while they wait for introductions that they cannot easily secure. They compete against builders who already live inside the network.
“I keep meeting people who can build something real,” he says. “They just cannot get a clean shot at the rooms that decide.”
Pierbridge is his attempt to make that shot more predictable.
Proof before the pitch
Jenkins built credibility as a founder first. He co-founded LiquidOps, described as the first DeFi lending protocol built on Arweave’s AO network, and raised $325,000 in pre-seed funding from US investors before he turned nineteen. He also founded Othent, a Web3 authentication protocol adopted across the Arweave ecosystem.
“People say they invest in the idea,” he says. “They invest in confidence that the person can execute.”
Those experiences taught him how much early-stage outcomes depend on trust signals and clear evidence of progress.
A focus on signal, not noise
Jenkins says he tries to keep the story human and the work concrete. He prefers to stay away from dense Web3 language and keep attention on what gets built and what gets shipped.
“Technical talk can hide weak execution,” he says. “I would rather be judged on outcomes.”
That preference shapes how he approaches scouting. He looks for founders who can explain the problem clearly and show progress in public, even if the progress is small. He also looks for operators who have actually carried responsibility, not only talked about it.
“People believe what they can inspect,” he says. “If you want trust, make the work visible.”
He gives similar advice to young entrepreneurs who feel outside the usual circles. Publish what you are building. Share the learnings. Treat every small release as a way to earn credibility.
“You do not need approval,” he says. “You need a record that keeps growing.”
Two engines inside one firm
Pierbridge now runs with two business lines. One side is commission-based. Jenkins scouts founders, operators, and deal flow across the UK and Europe and connects them into the Silicon Valley startup ecosystem.
“A good introduction is not casual,” he says. “It is a match between a person’s trajectory and an investor’s appetite.”
The second side is equity-based. Pierbridge acquires companies, rebuilds them, and sells them. Jenkins says this keeps the work grounded in execution and not only conversation.
“If you cannot improve a business yourself, you should be careful about telling other people what to build,” he says.
Credibility across borders is not automatic
Jenkins describes his early twenties as high-pressure. He managed regulatory, legal, tax, and structural issues across the UK and the US while running a company.
“Building the product is one job,” he says. “Building the structure around the product is another job.”
He also had to earn trust in spaces that often reward institutional pedigree. He built relationships through follow-up and value, not status.
“I did not have a built-in network,” he says. “So I made myself useful until the network became real.”
How he chooses what to back
Jenkins is an angel investor with a portfolio that includes Upshot Cards, Astro, The Residency, SaySo, and Plasma Orbital. He says the same thesis shows up in his investing. Strong founders can look unconventional on paper.
“I pay attention to resourcefulness,” he says. “I pay attention to who keeps moving when nobody is watching.”
He wants investors to see talent they might otherwise miss, and he wants founders to gain access earlier.
San Francisco as a strategic move
Jenkins plans to relocate Pierbridge’s operational base to San Francisco while maintaining his Delaware entity structure. He sees the move as an efficiency decision.
“Some ecosystems compound faster because the feedback loop is tighter,” he says. “I want Pierbridge inside that loop.”
His long-term goal is for Pierbridge to become a recognized institution, a definitive bridge between European entrepreneurial talent and US venture capital. He wants the work to outlast his own story.
“I am building something that should still matter ten years from now,” he says. “The point is durability.”
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