# Top 50 Automotive Angel Investors in United Kingdom in June 2026 ## Alexander Chesterman - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services Alex Chesterman is the Co-Founder of Houseful. Alex Chesterman attended the University College London. ## Ned Cranborne - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Social, Analytics Ned Cranborne is a partner at Samos Investments, based in London, UK. ## Mike Allen - Type: Angel - Location: Saughall, Cheshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Automotive Mike Allen is the Head of Research at Zeus Capital. ## Julia Stent - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Automotive Ms.Julia Stent is Commercial Director at Top10. ## Richard Fearn - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Advertising, Internet Richard started in his career in advertising but has since shifted his attention to start-ups. As an investor/advisor to over 50 early stage companies, including Sofar Sounds, Blaze, Dojo & What3Words, Richard has learnt a lot about what it takes to launch & grow a start-up. He also the co-founder of the ‘Friday Club London,’ a‘non-profit’ events company aimed at providing start-ups free access to senior marketing expertise. Since launching, over 250 start-ups have benefitted from the programme. And in exchange for their advice, industry mentors have had access to the UK’s brightest founders. In 2013 & 2014 Richard was named in BIMA’s ‘Hot 100’ list and in 2016 and 2017 short-listed for the Europas ‘Investor of the Year’ award. ## James Hind - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Internet, Payments James is the big boss of carwow, so it's hardly a surprise that cars are one of his biggest passions.He studied Finance but was put off a city career after just 2 months of trying one. He's very competitive, especially when it comes to ping pong at the office. He invented the rule that if anyone loses a game 11-0 they have to buy donutsfor the entire team! ## Simon Murdoch - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Finance Simon set up online bookstore Bookpages in 1996 and sold it to Amazon in 1998. As VP Europe for Amazon, he managed huge growth from start-up through to multimillion turnover and hundreds of staff. As an Angel investor, he has invested in Shazam, been chairman of VideoIsland (now merged with and renamed LoveFilm, and purchased in Feb 2011 byAmazon.com), Zoopla! and Shutl (currently chairman).Simon founded and funded FriendsAbroad.com, a social network for developing language skills and contacts abroad which was successfully sold to Lesson Nine GmbH, operators of language learning site Babbel.com. Simon is currently CEO of StormForward, an e-commerce conversion consultancy which helpsonline retailers to increase their online salesand profits. ## Stuart Dyble - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Automotive Stuart Dyble, has more than a quarter of a century in the business and is widely regarded as one of the most experienced PRs in the industry in-house and agency side. He was VP of global communications for Premier Automotive Group and Ford of Europe (responsible for brands including Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Aston Martin and Lincoln worldwide) andhas lived and worked in the US, Germany and Japan. He then was head hunted as Head of Sport for XIX Entertainment in Los Angeles, before setting up the agency. ## Shan Drummond - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Social, Analytics Shan Drummond is a partner at Samos Investments, based in London, UK. ## David Murray-Hundley - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Equity Crowdfunding, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Automotive, Financial Services David Murray-Hundley is the CEO and Co-Founder of Pario Ventures. He attended Harvard Business School. ## Joe Falter - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Apps, Beauty, Software Joe Falter is the founder of Zapp. ## Navid Hadzaad - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, B2B, Apps Navid Hadzaad is a founder of Zapp. ## Jon McNeill - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: InsurTech, Insurance, Apps Jon McNeill is the Partner and co-founder of DVx Ventures. He previously served as chief operating officer at Lyft and held a top role at Tesla, where he was president of Global Sales & Service, overseeing all of the company’s showroom and customer-facing interactions.Jon has founded eight companies, led teams creating more than 4,000 jobs.He co-founded Enservio in 2006, a leading SaaS (software as a service) platform for insurers, employing over 400 people. Jon co-founded Sterling Collision Centers in 1997 and grew the company from a single store to a 60-store national chain of auto body repair centers focused on turnaround time and customer service.Jon McNeill's experience as an entrepreneur earned him a reputation as both an innovator and operational leader. He has scaled businesses in the automotive, software and retail industries. He is the 2012 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year and in 2013 he was named "Most Admired CEO" in the midsize company category in Boston by the Boston Business Journal. In 2002, Fast Company magazine named him one of the 10 most innovative CEOs in the country. ## William Shu - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Focus: Apps, Software, Automotive Will Shu founded Deliveroo in London in 2013, alongside his childhood friend Greg Orlowski.As the company’s first rider and CEO, Will has overseen the company grow at a phenomenal speed.Headquartered in London, with over 2,500 employees, Deliveroo now operates in over 500 towns and cities in 14 different markets across the globe. The companywith over 80,000 restaurants and takeaways across the globe, while 130,000 individuals across all its markets made a delivery in 2018, helping make Deliveroo the best food delivery experience in the world. The company is considered a tech unicorn and is currently valued at over £1.5 billion.Will still enjoys regularly delivering food orders on his bike. Before Deliveroo, Will previously worked in finance as an analyst with SAC Capital, ESO Capital and Morgan Stanley in New York and London. ## Paul Walton - Type: Angel - Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Digital Media Paul Walton is the Founder and CTO of Boundary. ## Andy Wilson - Type: Angel - Location: Pasadena, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Automotive, E-Commerce, Advertising Andy Wilson ## Peter Murphy - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Battery, Automotive, Wind Energy Peter Murphy joined American Capital in January 2013. Peter was President and CEO of Astrodyne Corporation, a power solutions company, from 2005 to 2013. Prior to that, he was President and CEO of Parlex Corporation (PRLX:NASD) and President of Teledyne Electro-Mechanisms. Peter was Chairman of the IPC, the world’s largest electronicsstandards organization, from 2002 to 2005. Peter retired as a Captain in the United States Naval Reserves.Peter Murphy received his BS in Finance from Mt. St. Mary’s University. He was designated an aviator by the USN Aviation Command and is a graduate of the Stanford University Engineering Executive Program. ## Benno Jering - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series C, Seed - Focus: Apps, Battery, Big Data Benno is a Partner at Redline based in London He previously worked at two Tech-focused investment banks in London. Prior to that he was with Credit Suisse, where he focused on M&A, Equity and Leveraged Finance transactions in the TMT sectors. Benno holds a Business degree from Warwick Business School. ## Jason Ballard - Type: Angel - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, SaaS, Parking Jason Ballard - MD at NCPS @ AppyWay ## Tim Jackson - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce Tim Jackson is the Founder, CEO, General Partner & Partner of Walking Ventures & he attended University of Oxford in in 1983. ## Nikolaj Nyholm - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Gaming, Software, Mobile Nikolaj Nyholm - Founder & CEO @ Scattershot ## Hank Vigil - Type: Angel - Location: Hancock, Michigan, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Hank Vigil serves as Senior Vice President of Strategy and Partnerships of Microsoft Corp. He was Senior Director of Strategy Planning and Business Development for the Digital Television Group at Microsoft, responsible for the development of Microsoft’s digital TV strategy. ## Julien Codorniou - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Apps Julien is an investor at Felix Capital where he focuses on SaaS (Worktech in particular) and gaming investments.Before joining Felix, Julien Codorniou spent 11 years at Facebook where he led the global platform partnerships team, helping Facebook partners to build, grow and monetize their mobile apps and games. From 2016 to 2021, he has beenserving as Vice President of Workplace. Under his leadership, Workplace went from 0 to 9 million paid subscribers at companies like Walmart, Grab, GSK, Nestlé, Chevron, MercadoLibre, ServiceNow, Astrazeneca, Lixil, Spotify, Save the Children and many more globally. Julien started his career in finance and before Facebook he was Director of Business Development at Microsoft Corp.Since 2012, Julien has served on the board of the French media group Le Monde. He is the co-author of the book: "The Kelkoo.com success story"published by Pearson in 2005.His former investments, as business angel include companies like TripleDot Studios, Bloom & Wild, Pigment, Xentral, Homesome, Olio, Peanut, Nabla, Curio, Linktree, Airlift Technologies and Sunday.He grew up in France and now lives in London with his wife and their two boys. ## Lopo Champalimaud - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Mobile Apps, Social Lopo is currently the CEO of Wahanda (http://www.wahanda.com), a London based health, beauty and wellness community & marketplace that connects consumers, wellness businesses and professionals through content, ratings & reviews and commerce. Lopo co-founded Wahanda with Salim Mitha in February 2008.Prior to Wahanda, Lopo wasthe Managing Director of European Lifestyle for lastminute.com. In this role he was responsible for developing all aspects of the non-travel business across Europe at lastminute.com which included Theatre ticketing, concert ticketing, restaurant bookings, days out, experiences and spas. Lopo joined lastminute.com in January 2004 and when he left to found Wahanda, lifestyle respresented more than 40% of all the sales by volume at the company.From 1994 to 2004, Lopo was the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Fulcrum Analytics (http://www.fulcrumanalytics.com). Fulcrum is today one of the leading database marketing firms in North America but was initially known as Cyber Dialogue and was the world's first online market research firm. Cyber Dialogue is credited with having created the online survey, the online focus group while providing industry leading insight on the internet consumer. ## Theo Osborne - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Apps, E-Commerce Theo Osborne is a Managing Partner at 9Yards Capital. ## Damien Lane - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Software, Health Care Damien Lane has spent the last 20 years investing in private companies, both in Private Equity where he was a partner with Electra Partners, then at Octopus Ventures where he was a senior member of the investment team. Having made a number of angel investments, Damien co-founded Episode 1 with Simon and Adrian in 2012. While at Episode 1,Damien has led investments in Carwow, Scurri, Touch Surgery, Attest and Zipcube and loves working with early stage teams of entrepreneurs; helping them develop their early stage startup into a fast growth enterprises capable of raising more funding from later stage investors. When he is not trying to help businesses to implement an optimal approach to growth, Damien can mostly be found running around Hampstead Heath or the Coastal paths of Great Britain. Having trained obsessively to run a 2:52 Marathon in 2015, he is now trying to dip below 2:50, in the spirit of continuous improvement. Damien has an MBA from Cambridge University and a Masters degree in PE from Oxford University. ## Christian Woolfenden - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: InsurTech, Insurance, Automotive Christian Woolfenden - Managing Director @ Photobox ## James Watt - Type: Angel - Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Software, Information Technology James Bruce Watt is based out of London, England and is the Co-Founder and CEO of Social Tip. James previously worked at BrewDog as a Board of Director. James Bruce Watt attended the University of Edinburgh. ## Paul Massara - Type: Angel - Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence Paul has extensive experience in the energy and service sectors in Europe and North America. Having stepped down as CEO of Electron he is now an Advisor to the Board, as well as being an Adviser to Habitat Energy, a member of the Committee on Fuel Poverty advising the UK Secretary of State for Energy, and Chair of Medicinema, a charity that buildscinemas in hospitals.He has served on the Executive Committee of two of the largest utilities in Europe, Centrica Plc and RWE/INNOGY. From 2006 to 2009, he was President and Founding Partner of Genesis Capital Corporation, a Canadian private equity company investing funds in small and medium-sized industrial businesses. From 1997 to 2005, Paul held a variety of positions with increasing responsibility with Centrica plc, Direct Energy North America, in Toronto. His tenure there culminated in his role as President of Canadian Operations and serving as a Member of the North American Board and the North America Executive Committee. His leadership enhanced the Company’s growth from $700,000MM to $2.7Bn, and from 600 to 3,000 employees. ## Reece Chowdhry - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence Reece Lal Chowdhry is based out of London, England and is the Founding Partner of Concept Ventures. Reece previously worked at Ernst & Young as a Management Consultant and Technology Advisory. Reece Lal Chowdhry attended the Durham University. Reece Lal Chowdhry has been awarded as the Seed VC of the Year and Asian Tech Pioneer in their career. ## Frederick Achom - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, SaaS, Parking Frederick "Freddie" Achom is a British Nigerian businessman, he lives between Paris, New York and London. He is the co-founder and chairman of the Rosemont Group Capital Partners, a private investment group with a portfolio of companies with interests in digital technology, financial services and renewable technology. Achom has over 20years of experiences within the private equity and investment sector.He is the non executive Chairman of Vivid Technologies and also director and shareholder of Mumbai stock exchange listed renewable energy and micropower provider, Communication Power Engineering Company (CPEC). Achom is also well known for his more high profile ventures in the entertainment sector, as owner of Private members clubs Crystal, Jalouse and The Scotch of St James. In 2013 and 2015 he was recognised in the JP Morgan-sponsored power list, as one of the UK’s 100 most influential Britons of African and Caribbean heritage, for his achievements in business. Achom was also listed as one of the 1000 most influential Londoners by the Evening Standard news and media corporation in 2010 and again in 2011. In 2017 he was awarded CEO of the year, in the Venture Capital Seed Investment category, by The European CEO organisation. ## Will Martin - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Will Martin - Founder and Director @ Portfolio Ventures ## Simon Lambert - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, EdTech, Travel Simon Lambert is Chief Technical Officer at Wahanda, a health, beauty and wellness marketplace offering a list of global spas, health, beauty and wellness options. He is Former CTO at moo.com. ## Gareth Williams - Type: Angel - Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Apps, Information Technology Gareth Williams co-founded Skyscanner Limited in 2001 and has been its CEO through to 2018. Chairman to Jan 2020. We spent $6m of primary capital raised through to $1.8bn sale to Trip.com. Now ‘funemployed’ and learning. ## Gigi Levy Weiss - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Apps Gigi Levy Weiss is the General Partner at NFX. He attended Tel Aviv University and the Finance Department - Kellogg School of Management. ## Rahmyn Kress - Type: Angel - Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Leasing, Software, Analytics Rahmyn Kress is the Chief Digital Officer of Henkel. His focus is to accelerate Henkel’s digital activities across all business units across the company. He has more than 25 years of experience in developing and implementing digital strategies. Prior to joining Henkel, he has been with Accenture since 2010, where he held several executive rolesfrom being the CEO & President of an Accenture digital subsidiary, Managing Director, Telecom, Media & Technology and most recently as Managing Director of Accenture Ventures in Europe. Prior to this, he was the Senior Vice President of Physical and Digital Operations at Universal Music Group. ## Will Neale - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Founder (Grabyo, Fonix). Investor. ## Ross Mason - Type: Angel - Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Ross Mason is based out of Geneva, Geneve and is the Founding Partner of DIG Ventures . Ross previously worked at MuleSoft as a Founder. Ross Mason attended the University of the West of England. Ross Mason has been awarded as a Top 25 CTO. ## Yaron Kottler - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Automotive, Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle Yaron Kottler is the current Executive Chairman of Resillion. He previously worked at Qualitest as a COO. Yaron Kottler attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. ## Maria Scuri - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Education, Automotive Maria Scuri ## David Hertog - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Gaming, Education, Automotive David Hertog is the Chief Marketing Officer of Magnite. He holds a BA from Tufts University and an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. He lives with his wife and two children in Los Angeles. ## Lawrence Leuschner - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Environmental Consulting, Mobile Apps Lawrence Leuschner is the CEO & Co-Founder at TIER Mobility. ## Tino Nombro - Type: Angel - Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Automotive, Service Industry Tino Nombro - Chief Executive Officer & Founder @ Ambergreen Internet Marketing ## Duncan Jennings - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Marketplace, Software, Internet Duncan Jennings is the Investor and Board Member at Motorway. ## Errol Damelin - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance Errol Damelin is the Founder, CEO, chairman, or original investor and backer of over 75 digital and tech companies around the world, including in the US, the UK, most of Europe, Israel, Indonesia, Brazil, Turkey, South Africa, and Nigeria. He concentrates his efforts on SaaS, fintech, crypto, marketplaces and data analytics as well as on health andwellness. He is also a technologist and has three granted patents to his name with another four pending.Among the companies co-founded by Damelin are groundbreaking fintech company Wonga, and SME banking startup Tide. His early investments include Wise, Cazoo, Purplebricks, K Health, YuLife, Sure, Demyst, Zoe, Farewill, CityMapper, Modifi, UnBabel, Thimble, HiBob, Modifi, Elliptic, Lendingkart, and VivaReal. Using his own personal equity, Damelin continues to invest early on in the next generation of entrepreneurs so that he can help them succeed. He is not an institutional VC fund and does not maximize the assets under his management. He best describes his approach as Riding Shotgun.Damelin's success as a founder has been recognized by The Guardian, which named him Digital Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011; by Ernst and Young, which named him the UK's Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011 as well; and by TechCrunch, which named him Founder of the Year in 2010. ## 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. ## Ricardo Schaefer - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Real Estate Ricardo Schaefer - Partner @ Target Global ## Uday Kumar Bangalore Shivaraman - Type: Angel - Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce Angel / Sophisticated Investor and Trader (Ex London Stock Exchange(LSE), Deutsche Bank, London Clearing House(LCH) ) , Invested in 60+ Startups / 4 successful exits (with Avg 20x) and counting more. (Web3 -> udaybs.ETH )Invested in following asset classes from past 2 decades across UK / India / US / Europe / -Private Equity (Seed / Growth / VC/ Acquisition / Merger) - Equity Markets - Real Estate - FX - Commodity - Bonds - Fintech, Blockchain, Crypto Market, Web3 , DeFi, NFT - Derivative Markets / Hedging / F&O / CFDGrowing Wealth in bumpy economic rides - There is no secret formula. Investment is an art. Being vigilant, dynamic, connecting dots, evaluating risk with constant change, loads of patience and visualising medium to long term.Private Equity Investments across globe in following domains / categories: - Energy - EV / Carbon Footprint - Blockchain / FinTech / AI / ML / Web3 / DeFi - D2C / B2C - Food & Beverages - Pharma - Media & Entertainment ## Jonathan Guthrie - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Automotive, Service Industry Jonathan Guthrie ## Alan Rutledge - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology Alan Rutledge