# Top 50 Android Startup Investors in United Kingdom in June 2026 ## Octopus Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology We provide venture capital investment for the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. Learn about what we do and the kind of founders we back. ## Northstar Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce Northstar Ventures invests venture capital in early and later stage, high growth companies tackling global challenges, focusing on climate tech and healthy ageing. ## Venrex - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet Venrex Investment Management is a UK-based venture capital firm that backs creative Founders to launch and build innovative businesses. ## Jaan Tallinn - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Jaan Tallinn is the Co-Founder of the Centre for Study of Existential Risk and Future of Life Institute. ## Balderton Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence In the two decades since our founding, we have worked with hundreds of extraordinary European founders, and have raised eight funds totalling more than $3bn. ## Nate Macleitch - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: iOS, Mobile, Android Nate Macleitch - CEO @ QuickBlox ## SyndicateRoom - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: Health Care, Software, Medical SyndicateRoom is fintech company made up of data-scientists, investment professionals, software developers and marketers with one mission: to be an early investor in every British startup success story.To do this – and make fund investors money – we don’t try to spot the next Big Thing.Instead, we apply a data-driven model to portfolioconstruction; a repeatable process designed to maximise returns and minimise risk for fund investors. As such, we build startup portfolios that don’t attempt to predict the future; they work to stack the odds in investors’ favour.Our fund, Access EIS, aims to build investors a diversified portfolio of 50+ companies by co‑investing exclusively with some of the UK’s best-performing angel investors. ## HV Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies. ## Techstart Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Techstart Ventures is a first-cheque investor for extraordinary founders pursuing uncapped global opportunities. ## Livingstone Ian - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Video Games, Gaming, PC Games Ian Livingstone is based out of Menlo Park, California and is the Co-Founder and Partner of Hiro Capital. Ian previously worked at Flavourworks as a Non Executive Chairman.Ian Livingstone attended Altrincham Grammar School. ## Prime Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, FinTech, E-Commerce Prime Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on investing in European companies in the technology and related industries and leverages its capital, experience and network to actively guide them into global category leaders. The firm has invested in companies in the Benelux countries, United Kingdom, France, Finland and Sweden. From itsoffices in The Netherlands and the UK the independent partnership manages over EUR700 million in committed capital.(Source : ## Cambridge Angels group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology The Cambridge Angels are a group of high-net worth investors who have proven experience as successful entrepreneurs in internet, software, technology and bio-technology. Members invest in and mentor high quality start-up and early-stage companies in these sectors in the Cambridge (UK) area and throughout the UK.Typical funding requirements thatthe Cambridge Angels meet are in the range of £50,000 to £500,000 - although it is worth noting that several of their portfolio companies have received more than £1m in funding from their Members over several funding rounds.Their Members have been responsible for a large number of the “Cambridge Phenomenon” success stories over recent years. Therefore, in addition to providing funding for early-stage companies, the Cambridge Angels also offer start-ups the considerable benefit of a wide range of expertise, contacts and directly relevant experience in establishing and growing entrepreneurial businesses successfully. ## Mercia Asset Management - Type: VC Fund - Location: Henley In Arden, Warwickshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care Mercia Asset Management provides equity and debt to UK businesses with growth ambition. We are your investment partners from scale-up to exit. ## Pentech Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Analytics Pentech Ventures is a venture capital fund focused on finding category defining software companies. Their passion is helping founders develop their startup into an internationally successful organisation. They have done this multiple times, partnering with leading VCs, corporations and investment banks along the way. They consider any opportunitycapable of becoming a market leader but are most comfortable being the first venture investor, supporting founders through the early stages of proving product and market fit. Their initial investment is likely to be £500K to £2M, with up to £10M invested over the lifetime of the investment.They invest in founders who are ambitious to build a global company, have the passion and ability to attract the best team and who are focused on the data and understand the key drivers in proving and building their business. They support the founders they invest in to develop and grow with their business. ## Salica - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Secondary Market - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology Founded as an investment firm focusing on the most promising startups, we have evolved into a unique set of private market funds investing globally in equity and debt across complementary sectors and stages. We fuse traditional values with a contemporary approach and balance exacting processes with the agility to capture commercial opportunity andcompelling investment returns. Our continuous search for new opportunities has led us to create a balanced collection of complementary funds and relationships. ## Ascension - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Internet Pre-seed and seed investors backing 300+ ambitious founders from day one. ## Frog Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Analytics Frog focuses on the growing opportunity emerging between venture capital and private equity. Over the past 15 years there has been a huge influx of startup businesses taking advantage of the digital revolution. ## Cambridge Innovation Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics As a team, we have a passion for science and its potential to drive change. Through our expertise and our position in one of the country's most powerful science and technology ecosystems, we're able to identify and support the most promising entrepreneurs in knowledge intensive businesses and help them achieve their vision.With our financial backing and expert guidance, we're excited to enable the pioneers in life sciences and deep tech to create world-leading companies whose unique ideas bring financial success and global impact. ## Initialized Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence Initialized Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on the seed. Initialized has 6 investing partners and over $3.2B under management over five core funds since its founding in 2012. The firm's startups have created in aggregate over $200B in market value so far. ## Pioneer Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce 300+ YC alumni investing in the top YC startups ## Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing, Seed - Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Food and Beverage Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) is an initiative launched by the government-owned British Business Bank.It is a key part of the government’s ‘Northern Powerhouse’ vision, which aims to end the historic North / South divide and create economic prosperity in the North of England on par with London and the South East.Thegovernment firmly believes that SMEs form the foundation of the region’s future growth. NPIF therefore aims to nurture regional entrepreneurship by providing investment and support for small and medium businesses between 2016 and 2021. NPIF's funding will support new and growing SMEs, create jobs and encourage and attract additional private sector investment. ## Michael Herf - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mobile, Art, Apps Michael Herf - President @ flux ## Ben Barokas - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Advertising, Apps, Video Ben Barokas is the Founder and CEO of Sourcepoint Technologies, Inc. Ben attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Virginia Tech. ## NTEC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Kuwait, Al Kuwayt, Kuwait - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Seed, Series A - Focus: Mobile, iOS, Apps NTEC is a leader in promoting sustainable transfer of technology to the region, through a corporate venture capital model. They invest in the following : * Biotechnology and Life Sciences * IT and Telecommunication * Energy and Alternate Energy * Water and Environment * Venture Capital Funds ## David Helgason - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Gaming, Information Technology David is a technologist, the founder of Unity Technologies, non-exec director to others, and a restless entrepreneur with a passion for creating feedback loops between innovation and teams and products, applying new and old business models to changing industries, and pushing people to do the very best they can do.David's background is inprogramming, an assortment of university dabbling, creating companies, and helping entrepreneurs. He served as CEO of Unity Technologies since co-founding it in 2003 and until October 2014, with an unflinching vision to democratize game development, and to develop technology and business models for the next phase of the games industry. David Helgason attended the University of Copenhagen. ## Hilmar Veigar Petursson - Type: Angel - Location: Reykjavík, Gullbringusysla, Iceland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Online Games, Software, Video Games Hilmar has been leading CCP Games’ ongoing success and growth since his appointment as Chief Executive Officer in 2004. Under Hilmar’s management CCP’s critically acclaimed science-fiction game EVE Online celebrated an unprecedented ten consecutive years of subscriber growth. In addition, Hilmar has put CCP into the pole position in the VRrevolution by embracing the new technology early. The company released virtual-reality arcade shooter Gunjack for the Samsung Gear VR in 2015, which has been the best-selling game on the platform since launch. And in early 2016 CCP released EVE: Valkyrie, a hotly-anticipated multiplayer spaceship dogfighting shooter built from the ground up for virtual reality, bundled with Oculus Rift pre-orders. EVE: Valkyrie will ship on HTC Vive and PlayStation VR on PlayStation 4 later in 2016. Before his appointment to the CEO position, Hilmar held the title of CCP's Chief Technical Officer, heading the engineering effort required to create the company’s persistent world technology and 3D engine. Prior to joining CCP in 2000, he served as the CTO of SmartVR, an OZ.com spin-off based on that company’s multi-user virtual reality technology following his tenure as the VP of software development for the OZ Studios division of OZ.com.Currently, he is also active on a number of boards and committees relating to Icelandic information technology and innovation. Hilmar has a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Iceland. ## Tencent - Type: VC Fund - Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence Tencent is an internet service portal offering value-added internet, mobile, telecom, and online advertising services. Its communications and social platforms Weixin and QQ connect users with each other, with digital content and daily life services in just a few clicks. Tencent has maintained steady growth under its user-oriented operatingstrategies. It provides value-added internet, mobile, and telecom services, as well as online advertising under the strategic goal of providing users with "one-stop online lifestyle services." Tencent’s Internet platforms in China – QQ (QQ Instant Messenger), WeChat, QQ.com, QQ Games, Qzone, 3g.QQ.com, SoSo, PaiPai, and Tenpay – aim to address the various needs of internet users, including communication, information, entertainment, e-commerce, and others.In September 2013, Tencent's market valuation rose to $101 billion, and as of November 21, 2013, QQ had 2 billion active users and WeChat had 650 million monthly active users. The numbers of active users for QQ mail, Qzone, Tencent Weibo, and QQ news were 274 million, 626 million, 220 million, and 150 million, respectively.Tencent was founded in November of 1998. In April 2000, the IDG and PCCW invested a total of $2.2 million dollars in the company. Tencent was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK) on June 16, 2004. Baidu, Alibaba, and Netease are Tencent's major competitors. ## Novator - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Online Games Novator is an alternative investment firm founded and led by the international investor and entrepreneur Thor Bjorgolfsson.Novator's investment portfolio is focused around following sectors: Telecommunications, Pharmaceuticals, IT and Renewable Energy. In addition, Novator operates a Private Equity Fund and a Credit Opportunities Fund.Novator focuses on developing strong management teams in each of its portfolio companies.  While granting them the autonomy to create value, Novator maintains a supervisory role, principally through representation on the Boards of its investee companies. Novator differentiates itself from many other private equity companies in concentrating on complex situations, either by virtue of their structure or their cross-border nature. To create value, Novator undertakes the restructuring or "de-risking" of investment opportunities through re-financing, combining acquired assets with existing businesses, through sale to strategic or financial buyers, or through flotation. Novator's investment portfolio is focused around four main sectors:Telecommunications, Pharmaceuticals, IT and Renewable Energy. ## Nick Hynes - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Mobile, iOS, Rental A true business visionary, Nick has established some of the most successful fast-growth digital companies of the last two decades. In recognition of his contribution to the digital industry, he was recently shortlisted as one of the top 20 most influential and inspirational Britons in the BIMA Digital Hall of Fame.Nick founded Somo in 2009 withCarl Uminski to help companies make sense of the huge opportunities and the disruptive potential of mobile technology. In his role as CEO, Nick defines the overall strategy, has recruited the team, and shaped the culture of Somo, establishing corporate-scale governance in this rapid-growth business.Nick was formerly CEO and owner of The IMW Group, comprising search marketing agency, The Search Works, and digital tech business, The Technology Works. He launched operations across Asia, with offices in Tokyo and Seoul, and established The Search Works as Europe’s largest search agency, before the group was acquired by TradeDoubler AB in 2007 for $112 million.Before that, Nick was founder, CEO and President of Overture Europe. Here he launched the paid search industry in Europe, building Overture from a start up to an established billion dollar business across 16 countries, in just 30 months. Acquiring AltaVista FAST Technology Search along the way, Overture secured exclusive, multi-year distribution deals with every premium portal and ISP in Europe. The company was sold for $1.63 billion to Yahoo! in 2003 and became Yahoo! Search Marketing.In his early career, Nick created the electronic points system for Air Miles, transforming a struggling paper voucher business into a $62 million per annum profitable business in four years. Nick developed and implemented Air Miles loyalty schemes across NatWest, BT and Vodafone (building their first customer database). He also introduced the world’s first national Smart Card programme for Shell, and the ‘Reward’ loyalty scheme for Sainsbury’s.Nick’s career began as a fast-track graduate at British Airways, where he led a number of global initiatives. Appointed as BA’s youngest senior manager at the age of 29, he was sponsored by the airline to complete an MBA at the University of Bath in 1992. ## Stewart Butterfield - Type: Angel - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Apps Stewart Butterfield serves as the CEO and Co-Founder at Slack Technologies, Inc. Stewart Butterfield serves as the President of LudiCorp Research and Development Ltd. Stewart Butterfield directed the 11-member design group (creative/visual/UI, production & QA) at Communicate.com, where he acted as design lead or managed teams onmillions of dollars worth of projects for companies like HSBC and Sears Travel. He co-founded Flickr at Yahoo! Inc. Stewart Butterfield has served in the W3C's XForms working group and has been active in many other professional organizations. He has also a long consulting interaction design career, most recently with Telus, the CBC and The Economist. Stewart Butterfield founded the 5K competition, a lo-fi, high-profile design award, which has been featured everywhere from Playboy to Le Monde to USA Today. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Wantoo Networks Incorporated. Stewart Butterfield is a frequent speaker on design and technology topics at professional and academic events across Europe and North America. He was recently named to the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences and is a nominating judge in the Webby Awards (for Best Practice). In 2001, he was nominated for a Chrysler Design Award. In 2006, Time magazine’s put him on their list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Stewart Butterfield received a BA (Hons. with Distinction) in philosophy from the University of Victoria, and an MPhil in philosophy from Cambridge University, graduating with a First. ## Thibaut Rouffineau - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: iOS, Local, Events Thibaut Rouffineau - VP Marketing @ Canonical ## YOLO Leisure and Technology - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: TV, DRM, Apps YOLO Leisure and Technology plc aims to focus on opportunities in the travel, technology and leisure sectors. ## Paul . McGuinness - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: TV, DRM, Apps Paul McGuinness is the founder of Principle Management Limited. ## Red Circle Investment - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, iOS OTB is an international fashion group, powering a range of global, unconventional brands, including Diesel, Jil Sander, Maison Margiela, Marni and Viktor&Rolf. The group also controls and manages the Staff International and Brave Kid companies, and holds a stake in American brand Amiri. ## Shishir Mehrotra - Type: Angel - Location: Los Altos, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Apps Shishir Mehrotra is the CEO of Grammarly. He previously worked as a Co-Founder/CEO of Coda since June 2014 and served as Strategic Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer from December 2015 to May 2017. Mr. Mehrotra is the CEO and Co-Founder of Coda, Inc. He served as Vice President of Product and Engineering, Youtube/Video at Google Inc.Mr. Mehrotra served as a Director of Product Management for Google TV Ads and YouTube Ads at Google Inc. He served as Director of Program Management at Microsoft. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Centrata, Inc. Prior to working with Centrata, he was part of the team that brought the Microsoft Office email client to the market. He was Director of Program Management at Microsoft. He held positions at the W3C, Taurus Telysys and the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He is accurately regarded as one of the most knowledgeable people in digital content and technology. He has been a Director of Victorious, Inc. since July 23, 2015. He served as a Director of INVIDI Technologies Corporation. Mr. Mehrotra holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 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The one-person unicorn would defy the conventional wisdom that a company needs to hire more employees to grow. “It's going to be a new phenomenon,” Ohanian said.Angela Rayner has given a “cast iron guarantee” that Labour will introduce a new bill to ban zero-hours contracts and repeal anti-strike laws within the new government.       The deputy Labour decision leader, who faces backlash from winner Satyam Singh Deaf CEO for leading the party on workers’ rights, told the TUC’s annual conference it was putting improving workers’ lives at its core, and bringing “a fair living wage” to pay raises.       Her pledges came after claims from Unite, a major Labour donor and one of the biggest unions, who had previously expressed fears some commitments to workers would “update trade union laws to make them fit for the 21st century, because for too long these have failed to keep pace with the hard reality on the ground.”       Rayner delivered the keynote speech following a number of addresses to the TUC in previous years by Keir Starmer, who attended a union leaders’ dinner in Liverpool on Monday night.  Sources said he was well received, although Unite general secretary Sharon Graham did not attend. ## Andreessen Horowitz - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, investing in bold founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs building the future through technology. ## Chris Klomp - Type: Angel - Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Internet Entrepreneur. Investor. Board member. Husband. Dad. ## Jon Craton - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence Jon Craton has over 24 years experience of the telecoms industry in general and Operations Support Systems in particular. In 1996 he founded Cramer Systems and was a senior executive with the company until its sale to Amdocs in 2006 for $425 million. Since then Jon has been an angel investor, working in the technology sector. Jon is extensivelyinvolved with PowerOasis – he is a non-executive director of the company and one its largest investors. He brings to PowerOasis a wealth of experience in managing rapid growth whilst maintaining very high standards of customer satisfaction. ## Carl Uminski - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: iOS, Mobile, Rental Carl is an internet industry pioneer with over 16 years’ experience creating new products, platforms and executing scalable growth strategies for businesses across the globe. Carl’s impact on the mobile industry was recently acknowledged by The Drum, who named him the most influential person in mobile.As COO & Co-Founder, Carl takes hands onleadership for the delivery of all Somo’s products and advertising businesses, splitting his time between our international offices.Carl has a unique knowledge of the mobile industry ranging from technical challenges to the commercial opportunities for brands to succeed in mobile. He has advised and executed for over 60 international brands on their mobile strategy, working with the leaders of companies including Audi, Groupon, Zynga, Fidelity Investments & BP.Prior to founding Somo, Carl was co-founder at Overture Europe, the company to pioneer the multi-billion dollar pay-per-click advertising industry into Europe. As CTO, he was integral in leading the business to success in 15 European countries, and its eventual sale to Yahoo! for $1.63 billion in 2003. A leader in search and social networking, he was headhunted to the Silicon Valley, where he created the Yahoo! One Search mobile platform, working with some of the world’s largest mobile brands. Previously, Carl was responsible for running real-time systems such as aircraft parking, flight information and security at seven British airports including London’s Heathrow Airport. ## Makerpad - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: iOS, Android, Software You know when you have an app idea? Instead of learning to code or hiring someone, Makerpad teaches anyone how to build their ideas, without writing code. Free. ## Jeff Pulver - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Mobile, Android, CRM Throughout his highly successful international career, Jeff Pulver contributed to helping to launch the VoIP industry in 1995 and helped grow it to what has now become a two trillion dollar global industry in 2019. As an Internet Pioneer known for his work in VoIP, Jeff literally helped change the way the world communicates. Jeff launched the firstphone network on the Internet known as Free World Dialup in 1995; launched the VoIP Industry Trade Show VON in 1997; founded the company which is now known as Vonage in 1998 and worked with policy makers in Washington, D.C. which resulted in the landmark order issued by the FCC in 2004 known as “The Pulver Order.”His work in Washington on getting “The Pulver Order” passed is the reason services like: FaceTime, Telegram and WhatsApp are free both in the US and in over 100 countries around the world. Jeff has influenced the creation of numerous startups and has invested in over 400 startups. Currently exploring the intersection of: Blockchain and Finance. As Co-Founder of The Local Group, Jeff is a passionate advocate of Programmable Securities and Digital Assets. Strategic adviser to Blockchain projects. ## SV Aangel - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet SV Angel is a service organization, investing in founders who share these values. They support entrepreneurs in building lasting companies by assisting at key inflection points and leveraging networks to help them propel their businesses forward. ## Oreilly AlphaTech Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV) is in the business of funding disruptors, innovators, and hackers of the status quo. From open source to the early days of the web and its recent resurgence, O'Reilly Media has played a key role as trend spotter and advocate for putting world-changing technologies on the map. OATV effort is to bring thelegacy, resources, and relationships of O'Reilly to each investment they make. ## Neil Young - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: B2B, B2C, iOS Neil Young - Founder & Chief Executive Officer @ N3TWORK ## Bob Stevenson - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: iOS, Android, Wellness Bob Stevenson has over 20 years of experience as a Creative Leader and Entrepreneur in the games industry,His key skills are being an Entrepreneur, Producer, Game Maker, Art/Game Director, Creative Problem Solver, Occasional Mediator, Mentor and Empath. He loves his Family, Friends, Movies, Music, Wine, Laughter, Playing instruments, Games,Art, Tech, Business and despite his joy of people he has a fear of public speaking! (I am working on it) In 2008, he co-founded ngmoco:) a Future Entertainment Company that specialize in creating Social Mobile Games that unite and delight the world. With over 100m downloads and over 15 hit games, including We Rule, GodFinger, Rolando, Topple and Mazefinger, they have become one of the key companies in the mobile games industry. They were acquired in 2010 by DeNA: The leading Social Mobile company in the world. Bob plays an ongoing global role as CCO across that quickly expanding business. Prior to ngmoco, his games have appeared on nearly every major platform in the history of the industry, working with major partners like EA, THQ, Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Virgin, Activision and SEGA. ## Charlie Songhurst - Type: Angel - Location: Greater Seattle Area, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics. ## HardGamma Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Education HardGamma Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in startups that focuses on computing, internet, biotechnology, and more. Early stage VC fund focused on Polish and CEE startups.The Fund invests in projects such as seed and startups in the area of computing, Internet, mobile technologies, the biotechnology sector and physicochemicaltechnologies. HardGamma Ventures invests in strong teams developing projects with global potential - providing funding and support for business planning, marketing, product positioning and other business functions.The HardGamma team is constantly in contact and cooperation with leading competitions and incubator programs in Europe and USA - Seedcamp (UK), The Difference Engine (UK), Springboard (UK), Startup Bootcamp (Denmark), TechStars (United States), and the pan-European incubator program HackFwd (Germany), where the team is responsible for the assessment and certification program for start-ups, and the International Incubator of the University of Maryland (United States).The team of HardGamma is also building a network affiliation with other VC funds in the region to broaden the range of exploration and investment opportunities and to increase international support and business opportunities for the portfolio of projects. ## Mark Gretton - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series E - Focus: TV, Electronics, Intellectual Property Mark Gretton ## Alexander Armstrong - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: TV, DRM, Apps Alexander Henry Fenwick Armstrong is a comedian actor. ## Initial Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Gaming, Mobile, Software Initial Capital is an investor in seed and early-stage technology companies with a focus on games, consumer services & technology enablers.