2013
Willink School
A levels: Maths, Further Maths, Physics, History · Head Boy
Shows Teaching and writing
Thomas Humber
I'm a problem solver with a curious mind and a pragmatic streak. I like getting to the real problem quickly, then driving it until it's done.
- Based
- Buenos Aires, Argentina · UK national
I've always known how to talk to people, from boxing journalism and maths tuition to construction sites full of people from every background. It's what drew me to startups; I get a lot out of working with teams.
Pick a skill
Each one opens the times I've actually done it.
Deal-making: Sourcing deals and managing deal flow end to end, through due diligence, terms and close.
Incubation: Curriculum, cohorts and hands-on founder support, from someone who has been a founder.
Partnerships: Programmes, partners and events that bring builders into an ecosystem and keep them shipping.
Community and go-to-market: Go-to-market, community and digital strategy, for our own products and for clients.
Events and speaking: Hosting, speaking and running events, from one stage to four cities at once.
Programme delivery: Programmes, grants, milestones and logistics, run end to end.
Investors and strategy: Investor relations from the Office of the CEO at Parity, an M&A initiative, and investor dinners.
Cost and commercial: Budgets up to £60m and contracts in construction; grants, milestones and four-city events in Web3.
Product and building: Products from the first question to launch, and full-stack builds with AI coding tools.
Teaching and writing: Eight years of tutoring, boxing journalism, and a writing award at 13.
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2025–now Ran an accelerator's deal flow, from sourcing to close Midnight Foundation
Night Sky is an accelerator in the mould of Outlier Ventures. I run its deal flow end to end: sourcing, due diligence, agreeing terms and getting teams into deals, and I work with the investment side as teams move to their next round.
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2025–now Built an incubation programme from scratch Midnight Foundation
I designed Build Club's eight-week curriculum, launched it and run it end to end. Two cohorts are complete and the third is running. Over 50 teams incubated this year, with me hands-on on product definition, marketing and go-to-market.
- 8
- weeks
- 3rd
- cohort running
- 50+
- teams this year
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2025–now Looked after 100+ ecosystem partners Midnight Foundation
Post-contract account management for exchanges, custodians, protocols and infrastructure teams, with grant and milestone delivery alongside the solutions architecture team, and partner continuity through the IOHK to Midnight Foundation spinout.
- 100+
- partners
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2025–now Got exchanges and custodians ready for the Glacier Drop Midnight Foundation
I worked with custodians and exchanges so they had everything they needed for integration, including custodial wallets.
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2025–now Hosted and spoke for the Midnight Foundation Midnight Foundation
On stage at Midnight Connect and other Foundation events, hosting and speaking.
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2022–now Co-founded a consultancy with Tim Hodson T-Block Labs
T-Block Labs is a free zone consultancy offering software advisory and financial services, including to accountancy clients.
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2022–now Sold on commission for Web3 and Web2 clients T-Block Labs
Commission-based sales for a top Web3 education platform and a Web2 tech company, creating deal flow and delivering value for their users.
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2022–now Launched a Web3 branch for a global coding-education company T-Block Labs
I launched and scaled the branch, securing high six figures in deals.
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2022–now Ran logistics and project management for a top 10 Layer 1 foundation T-Block Labs
Contracted through T-Block Labs for logistics and project management.
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2022–now Grew the community for a Bitcoin layer one T-Block Labs
Community growth and management services, delivered through T-Block Labs.
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2022–now Set social and digital strategy for a Web3 infrastructure company T-Block Labs
Social media and digital strategy, on a consultant basis.
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2021 Found the problem that took me out of construction Construction
Drawings passed between architects and clients all day, and nobody could prove who sent what, when. What if every hand-over carried a timestamp no one could dispute? That question took me to blockchain, to the Construction Blockchain Consortium, and out of construction.
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2022–now Took a blockchain document product to market T-Block Labs
anarchy.build (formerly Archisinal) brought timestamped document hand-over to architecture and construction. Every grant milestone delivered, go-to-market and community events in 7 countries, and a partnership with the University of Buenos Aires. Moving a traditional industry needed more capital than the opportunity justified, so we sunset it and kept building.
- 7
- countries
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2022–now Ran an on-chain art competition: 10,000 designs in a week T-Block Labs
Anarchy, spun off from anarchy.build: 10,000 unique designs minted in one week. Listed on Polkadot Builders from the EasyA x Polkadot London Hackathon 2025.
- 10,000
- designs in one week
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2022–now Built a full-stack strategy game with AI coding tools T-Block Labs
Blotto, a zero-sum strategy game based on Colonel Blotto (1921), built full-stack.
Shows Product and building
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2022–now Toured a product across South America T-Block Labs
Brand activations, art and architecture exhibitions for anarchy.build, across 7 countries.
- 7
- countries
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EBC10 Spoke at the European Blockchain Convention T-Block Labs
A talk on blockchain in architecture and construction.
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2022 Ran a conference in four cities at once Parity Technologies
Cost and project manager for Decoded 2022, Polkadot's flagship conference, run in four cities at once.
- 4
- cities at once
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2022–2024 Project-managed a $20m zero-knowledge proof bounty programme Parity Technologies
Project manager for a $20m zero-knowledge proof bounty programme.
- $20m
- bounty programme
Shows Programme delivery
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2022–2024 Project-managed the Parity rebrand and website Parity Technologies
Project manager for the rebrand and the new website.
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2022–2024 Worked on investor relations in the Office of the CEO Parity Technologies
Promoted from Project Manager to Special Projects Lead in Ecosystem Growth, then seconded to the Office of the CEO for investor relations, including investor dinners.
Shows Investors and strategy
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2022–2024 Led the relationship on an M&A initiative Parity Technologies
Relationship lead on an M&A initiative with a household US gift-card brand.
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2022–2024 Built an incubation programme for people displaced by war Parity Technologies
An incubation programme for people displaced by the Russia–Ukraine war.
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2018–2022 Managed total budgets up to £60m Cast Consultancy
Total cost budgets up to £60m on modern-methods-of-construction projects.
- £60m
- total budgets
Shows Cost and commercial
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2018–2022 Commercial lead on a £3m Grade A listed refurbishment Construction
Commercial lead on the refurbishment of a Grade A listed building.
- £3m
- refurbishment
Shows Cost and commercial
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2018–2022 Named Graduate of the Year (South) at Kier Kier Construction
Graduate quantity surveyor on government hospitals and schools; Graduate of the Year (South) and national nominee.
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2018–2022 Costed a high-end scheme near Tottenham Court Road A London main contractor
A bespoke high-end residential and office scheme, with a London main contractor.
Shows Cost and commercial
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2015–2023 Ran a tutoring business for eight years My tutoring business
I taught maths and English to students of all ages and from every kind of background, while studying and working.
- 8
- years
Shows Teaching and writing
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2016–2019 Interviewed fighters as a boxing journalist Boxing journalism
Interviews and features from boxing shows around the UK.
Shows Teaching and writing
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Age 13 Won a writing award at 13, for a novel Willink School
I was the maths kid who also wrote novels. One of them won the school's writing award when I was 13.
Shows Teaching and writing
Work
Scroll through the years. Every role, side by side.
Education
2018
Loughborough University
BSc Pure Mathematics (2:1)
Shows Product and building
2021
University College of Estate Management
MSc Quantity Surveying (Merit)
Shows Cost and commercial
2022
University of Oxford
Blockchain Strategy Programme (Merit)
Shows Investors and strategy
2023
Imperial College London
Mergers and Acquisitions Programme
Early life
Everything up to construction.
Contact
If you're building an ecosystem, a programme or a team, I'd be glad to talk.
Family matters to me, and I travel whenever I can. Whatever I take on, I give it 100%.