Top 50 Big Data Angel Investors in United Kingdom in December 2024
A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Big data startups based in United kingdom. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Big data companies from United kingdom. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Big Data Angel Investors in United Kingdom in December 2024
Investor | Big Data United Kingdom investments |
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Will Martin | 4 |
Will Brooks | 4 |
Gareth Williams | 3 |
Matt Clifford | 3 |
Jaan Tallinn | 3 |
Jonathan Milner | 3 |
Bonamy Grimes | 3 |
Alice Bentinck | 3 |
John Taysom | 3 |
Alex Zubillaga | 3 |
Darrin Disley | 2 |
Wendy Tan White | 2 |
David Braben | 2 |
Charlie Songhurst | 2 |
Stefan Glänzer | 2 |
Sir Terry Leahy | 2 |
Harry Briggs | 2 |
Iain McDonald | 2 |
Deborah Quazzo | 2 |
Dave Bailey | 2 |
William Christopher Currie | 2 |
Bob Willet | 2 |
David Gammon | 2 |
Rob Atkinson | 1 |
Mike Ryan | 1 |
Declan Kelly | 1 |
Thomas Glocer | 1 |
Biz Stone | 1 |
Lisa Stone | 1 |
Liad Agmon | 1 |
Tom Vorisek | 1 |
Paul Heydon | 1 |
Torben Majgaard | 1 |
William Bush | 1 |
Rob Dobson | 1 |
Jenny Ervine | 1 |
Stankelbone AS | 1 |
Ben Wynne-Simmons | 1 |
Russell Buckley | 1 |
Adam Solehova | 1 |
Alex Andreu | 1 |
Michel Combes | 1 |
Dan Heron | 1 |
David Castle | 1 |
Mark Woolley | 1 |
Arnaud Massenet | 1 |
Steve Pankhurst | 1 |
Paolo Rubatto | 1 |
Jason McGibbon | 1 |
Vinny Lingham | 1 |
Will Martin - Founder and Director @ Portfolio Ventures
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Bequest — Digital estate planning made easy for professionals and individuals. Securely protect online accounts, cryptocurrencies, emails, media, documents and more.
- Disputed — FinLegal is legaltech for the business of disputes. Our solutions allow you to fund and insure your litigation through litigation funding and after-the-event insurance, automate volume and class actions and get more clients through working with marketing service providers.
- Robin AI — Robin AI is a legal tech company based in London, made up of engineers, lawyers, scientists and operations specialists.
Will Brooks - Founder & Director @ Portfolio Ventures
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Bequest — Digital estate planning made easy for professionals and individuals. Securely protect online accounts, cryptocurrencies, emails, media, documents and more.
- Disputed — FinLegal is legaltech for the business of disputes. Our solutions allow you to fund and insure your litigation through litigation funding and after-the-event insurance, automate volume and class actions and get more clients through working with marketing service providers.
- Robin AI — Robin AI is a legal tech company based in London, made up of engineers, lawyers, scientists and operations specialists.
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, Hungary, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Wordsmith AI — Wordsmith offers the best AI tools for legal teams, including AI-powered contract review, document generation, and legal chatbots. Trusted by top companies, Wordsmith helps lawyers streamline workflows, speed up legal processes, and increase productivity.
- Ember — Travel by electric bus between Edinburgh, Dundee, Perth, Kinross and more. Brand-new buses, affordable fares and real-time tracking.
- Maison Sport — Book ski lessons online with highly qualified ski instructors. Ski & snowboard lessons & ski school in Morzine, Meribel, Val Thorens, Courchevel, Avoriaz, Tignes, Val d'Isere, Zermatt, Verbier & more
Matt co-founded EF after being a consultant at McKinsey & Co. Prior to EF Matt spent his time studying at MIT fuelled by an obsession with R, Python and unusual datasets. EF is the best place for Europe’s top technical individuals to meet and build world-changing startups in London.They select purely on the basis of technical talent, so youcan apply before you have a team or an idea. The intensive 6-month programme is designed to give you the best possible support in the first 200 days of your startup’s life.They have created over 40 startups now worth over $300 million. The startups are funded by some prestigious investors including Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, Octopus Investments and Y Combinator.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Stackfix — Stackfix operates as a software comparison platform.
- Patch — Patch is your new neighbourhood space for work, community, and events.
- Flow Engineering — Requirements management, made collaborative
Jaan Tallinn is the Co-Founder of the Centre for Study of Existential Risk and Future of Life Institute.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Estonia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Aerones — Robotic wind turbine service company offering maintenance, inspection and repairs worldwide. Reduce downtime and improve the efficiency of your wind park
- Anthropic — An AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
- TENYX — Discover innovative solutions for digital transformation at Tenyx. Explore our cutting-edge technology services designed to drive business growth and elevate your digital presence.
Having worked in the life sciences industry for over ten years as an academic researcher, Jonathan identified the market opportunity for supplying high quality antibodies to support protein interaction studies and, in 1998, founded Abcam with David Cleevely and Professor Tony Kouzarides. Jonathan is a Non-Executive Director of Horizon DiscoveryGroup plc, The Evolution Education Trust, GeoSpock Ltd and Sydicate Room Group Ltd. He is also Chairman of Axol Bioscience Ltd, PhoreMost Ltd, Repositive Limited, Definigen Limited and Cambridge Allergy Ltd. Jonathan holds an executive director position at Meltwind Limited, being a designated member of Meltwind Advisory LLP. Jonathan is an experienced entrepreneur and investor and is passionate about supporting UK life science and high-tech start-ups. He has provided considerable investment and support to over 30 companies and has assisted three AIM IPOs.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United Kingdom, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Clock Bio — Clock Bio operates as a biotech company, that develops novel regenerative medicines.
- Shift Bioscience — Explore cutting-edge simulation-guided cell rejuvenation techniques aimed at combating aging-related diseases.
- Exciting Instruments — Exciting Instruments Limited is a joint company founded in Sheffield that combines the software prowess of Bulldozer Limited with Dr. Timothy Craggs' knowledge of single molecules. Through the use of cloud connectivity and real-time data visualisation, we are a genuine science and software partnership on a mission to assist you in streamliningthe procedure for creating discoveries in biophysics, life sciences, drug discovery, and medical diagnostics.
Co-Founder at Skyscanner
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Investment focus
- Apps, Big Data, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Decidz — Decidz is a free app which takes the stress out of making plans and helps you turn your ideas into actions. If you have ever been frustrated by trying to find a date everyone is free or struggled to find something to do which everyone can agree on then decidz is the app for you. Launched in 2015, Decidz is based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- DevicePilot — DevicePilot Service Monitoring for connected devices provides a single pane of glass for Product, Operations and Customer Support teams, driving up customer satisfaction and growth, while reducing operational costs.
Alice Bentinck is co-founder of Entrepreneur First, the early stage investor that builds deep tech companies from scratch. EF invests in individuals with computer science and engineering backgrounds and has built more than 100 companies. Their portfolio includes exits such as Magic Pony Technology to Twitter for a reported $150m and Represent toCustom Inc for close to $100m. Alice set up Code First: Girls, a not-for-profit that helps young women explore careers in technology, including teaching them to code for free. She is also on the Imperial College Computer Science Industrial Liaison Board and was made an MBE in 2016.
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Investment focus
- Big Data, Software, Child Care
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Stackfix — Stackfix operates as a software comparison platform.
- Koru Kids — Koru Kids is a building better childcare services, starting with nanny sharing in London. The team behind Koru Kids has a background in childcare (their own and other people's), healthcare and tech startups. Their company name is Koru Kids, company number is 10047637, and their HQ is 110 Hampstead Road, London, NW1 2LS. 'Koru Kids'is a registered trademark (UK00003153316). They are registered with the Information Commissioners' Office (registration number ZA181818), and also affiliated with the Financial Conduct Authority's Innovation Hub. They are grateful for the ongoing support (financial and moral!) of Camden Council.
- DevicePilot — DevicePilot Service Monitoring for connected devices provides a single pane of glass for Product, Operations and Customer Support teams, driving up customer satisfaction and growth, while reducing operational costs.
John Taysom started the Reuters Venture Capital Fund in Palo Alto in 1995 making 82 investments in internet and web infrastructure and services including Verisign, UltraDNS, Digimarc, ZeroKnowledge and Intertrust. He was a member of the Board of Digimarc pre and post its Nasdaq IPO, a Board member at Intertrust and a Board member at TIBCO throughits Nasdaq IPO. To date, seventeen of his investments have achieved an IPO.John acquired the Fund in an MBO in 2002. Now London-based with a seed portfolio of thirty US and UK start-ups; one has achieved an IPO and several have been acquired by Experian, Linkedin, Tesco, BMC and others.In 2011 and 2012 John took a Fellowship at Harvard to work on privacy issues and holds EU and US patents on a method of improving privacy online. For 2015 John is a Policy Fellow at the University of Cambridge Centre for Science and Policy and a Visiting Professor, Department of Computer Science, at UCL. He is a member of the Board of the Web Science Trust; chairs Performance Horizon, a fast growing UK startup; is a Governor at Hurstpierpoint College; and runs a small farm in Devon.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- LGN — LGN's edge AI management software puts you in complete technical and financial control of your edge AI systems.
- Tenyks — Tenyks gives Computer Vision Engineers the insights to build more reliable models faster! Collaborate to identify and fix dataset issues. Improve data quality. Boost model performance. No more wondering in the dark.
- Worldr — Valarian | Innovating for the new era of digital sovereignty
Alex Zubillaga is the founder of 14W, a New York-based, venture capital firm focused on consumer Mobile, Web, E-commerce, CPG, and Media.Previously, Alex was Executive Vice President, Digital Strategy and Business Development at Warner Music Group (WMG). Prior to WMG, Alex founded Net Uno, a leading Venezuelan cable television and broadbandoperator where he served as CEO and Chairman.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Apps, Music
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Reby — Reby is a European multinational company involved in the design, construction, financing, operation (DBFO) and maintenance of public sharing transport infrastructure. Today, Reby is the Southern Europe leader in the micromobility field, with over 15 agreements with public administrations. The company was founded by four entrepreneurs (Pep Gómez,Kiran Thomas, Cristina Castillo, and Guillem Pagès) in 2018 as a micromobility operator, winning the first public tender in Europe for kickscooters, in the city of Zaragoza (Spain). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company increased its R&D efforts, expanding into the MaaS (mobility-as-a-service) economy and the investment banking/franchising business for public administrations (through PPPs), public utility companies, as well as SMEs.
- Qapital — Qapital is an award-winning app designed to let you save, invest, and spend with any goal in mind.
- Opal — Protect your focus time. Schedule your days, block distracting apps and focus fully, on your iPhone, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari browser. Try Opal for Free!
Darrin Disley is the CEO, Director & Investor at Mogrify. He attended University of Cambridge.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Big Data
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- bit.bio — Bit.bio specializes in the fields of coding and biology that determine the identity of every human cell. Their mission is coding cells for health. To do so, we apply the principles of computation to biology. Bit.bio's current focus is to develop a scalable technology platform capable of producing consistent batches of every human cell. Thishas the potential to unlock a new generation of medicine: it will enable research and drug discovery to move on from inappropriate models and work with the cells that actually are affected by the human disease. A scalable platform of consistent cells will also be the basis for a new generation of cell and tissue therapies. To achieve our goals, we have assembled a team of pioneers in stem cells, cellular reprogramming, mathematical modeling, and cell therapy. Collaboration is at the heart of bit.bio. We are empirical, highly ambitious, and driven by a common purpose.
- Mogrify — Mogrify is pioneering a new class of in vivo reprogramming therapy and transforming the development of ex vivo cell therapy.
- Desktop Genetics — Desktop Genetics is an international biotechnology company established in 2012 to help researchers discover and treat the root genetic causes of human disease. Today, Desktop Genetics is a recognised leader in genome editing technology, staffed by dedicated team of genome editing experts, bioinformaticians and data scientists, driven by thereal-world impact of CRISPR technology.They have invested four years developing their core technology, DESKGEN AI, trained on the largest database of genome editing data in the world. DESKGEN AI powers their flagship DESKGEN CRISPR Library product range, which enables the work of their pharma, biotech and academic customers working in drug discovery and functional genomics. Desktop Genetics' tools and technologies are used by over 1800 organisations all over the world, and their projects contribute directly to several key partnerships to bring CRISPR into the clinic. The company has received awards from Fast Company, Kairos 50 and SxSW Interactive.
Wendy Tan White is the Chief Executive Officer of Intrinsic. She Previously worked at X, the moonshot factory as the Vice President, Moonshots at Alphabet, X.Wendy Tan White attended Imperial College London.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Multiverse — We provide equitable access to economic opportunity, for everyone.
- Checkstep — AI Content Moderation Services: learn how AI can help you scale your content moderation and keep your users and moderators safe.
- DevicePilot — DevicePilot Service Monitoring for connected devices provides a single pane of glass for Product, Operations and Customer Support teams, driving up customer satisfaction and growth, while reducing operational costs.
David Braben Chairman at Frontier Developments.
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Investment focus
- Big Data, Crowdfunding, Trading Platform
- Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Funderbeam — Funderbeam is a funding and trading platform that connects companies and investors to buy and sell equity stakes. The platform allows the founders to gain exposure, legal support, a funding manager, or an investor network. It also allows the investors to take control of their investments and trade anytime they want.The company was founded in 2013as a global data platform for startup companies.
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Stelia — Stelia stands at the forefront of the AI infrastructure revolution and is driving the transition from Internet 2.0, designed for data movement, to Internet 3.0, designed for data mobility, enabling the seamless flow and processing of data across diverse environments. With its ground-breaking HyperBand platform, Stelia enables businesses toharness the full potential of AI. The company's mission is to become the backbone of the next generation of data mobility, empowering organizations across industries to accelerate innovation, optimize operations, and drive transformative growth. Stelia will be at the gravitational centre of the AI infrastructure ecosystem – a trusted partner and catalyst for change that brings together forward-thinking businesses, technology leaders, and industry experts to shape the future of AI. It was founded in 2021 and is located in London, United Kingdom.
- Lodestar — Lodestar is a next-gen robotics company building a fully-integrated solutions to construct, restore and protect high-value assets in space.
- Briefcase — Briefcase is an AI-powered tool for bookkeeping and month-end automation designed specifically for professional services practices.
Stefan is an entrepreneur and investor from Germany who enjoys living in London. He is the co-founder of companions.de, companionsTV, ricardo.de and myblog.de. He is the founding investor and executive Chairman of Mendeley.com and RjDj.me and has been and in the same role at Last.fm. Stefan is a firm believer in European entrepreneurship andan active angel. He holds a PhD in foreign exchange risk management and was a professional DJ for 15 years.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Social Media
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- United Kingdom, Germany, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Auro — Auro is a mobile fitness-tech solution providing you with a personal trainer in your ear. We believe that fitness is at its effective best, when it is personalized, engaging, and accessible anytime. We break down the barriers to exercise by providing millions of people all over the world access to a personal trainer along with the best of contentthat boutique studio fitness has to offer.We’re creating a truly motivating, connected fitness experience that keeps people coming back for more by combining world class instructors, killer playlists and data science led personalisation.Our mission is to transform lives by making fitness experiences awesome, accessible and affordable.
- LIFT99 — LIFT99 is a coworking hub and network of startup founders in Tallinn, Estonia, and Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2018, we launched our Skillsharing Platform for founders around the world.
- ClickClickDrive — ClickClickDrive is a developer of a search engine designed for users to find driving schools.The company's platform helps users to find information on different driving schools, find evaluations/recommendations published by driving students and also offers an easy-to-use theory application to help them prepare for the exam, enabling usersto choose the best driving school for them.
Sir Terry Leahy joined Cheshunt, England-based Tesco in 1979 and held marketing positions at the retailer before becoming commercial director of fresh foods in 1986 and a member of the board in 1990. Leahy was appointed Chief Executive of Tesco plc in March 1997.Leahy received a Knighthood for services to food retailing in the 2002 New YearHonours. He was voted as Britain’s Most Admired Leader (2005 and 2006) by Management Today, recognized by the Wall Street Journal and CNBC as European Business Leader of the Year (2005), and named European Businessman of the Year by Fortune (2004). A Guardian Unlimited Politics panel found him to be the most influential non-elected person in Britain in 2007.Leahy is a Director on the Liverpool Vision Regeneration Board and a member of the Prime Minister’s Business Council.In 2010 he received the Daily Telegraph’s Award for a Decade of Excellence in Business, a Lifetime Achievement award from Director Magazine, and was voted Business Person of the Year by the Sunday Times.Sir Terry Leahy retired from Tesco in March 2011.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Mobile
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Perlego — Perlego is an online library subscription service for textbooks and non-fiction titles. Having partnered with over 3,000 of the world's best publishers, it gives its users unlimited access to over 650,000 eBooks and publications via an affordable monthly subscription. It aims to make learning accessible to all. It was founded in 2016 and isheadquartered in London, England.
- SYNALOGiK — Synalogik helps organisations improve efficiency and slash costs through automated data aggregation when multiple data sources are required.
- Uptime | Knowledge Hacks — Thousands of life lessons extracted from the world's best books, courses, documentaries, and podcasts - packed into 5 minute Knowledge Hacks.
Harry is a partner at OMERS Ventures, previously at Balderton Capital & BGF Ventures- and the youngest investor in the inaugural Forbes "Midas List Europe", thanks to investments such as The Hut Group, GoCardless, Touch Surgery and Revolut. Prior to Balderton, Harry co-founded Firefly Tonics, a healthy energy drink brand that sells inover 30 countries, sold to Private Equity in 2012. Harry started his career at McKinsey & Co., the strategy consultancy, in London and New York.
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Investment focus
- Software, Marketplace, E-Commerce
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United Kingdom, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Claimer — Claimer is a self-service application that gets credit claims done easily of money spent on research and development. Its platform empowers company owners and advisors to prepare their claims, without any specialist knowledge, no matter how big or small the claim. It also prepares and submits the amended tax return for free.Claimer was founded in2019 by Adam McCann and is headquartered in Croydon, United Kingdom.
- SeedLegals — Grow faster with SeedLegals. Unlimited expert support included. Trusted by 50,000+ startups and investors.
- LVNDR Health — Get ready for sexual healthcare with you at the centre
Iain McDonald - Founder @ Belerion Capital
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Retail, Big Data
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- WorkAngel — They are changing people's perception of how to do employee engagement and improve staff retention in the mobile age.They offer a way for global enterprises to fast track their mobile presence internally to bring the company’s internal digital experience in line with what is expected by their employees. Featuring cross-platformcommunication & collaboration tools, a social recognition platform and online and in-store discounts & deals to offer personalised employee benefits & rewards relevant to the individual.
- Purple — Increase revenues & reduce costs with our Indoor Location Services platform that includes Guest WiFi, Digital Wayfinding & Asset Tracking solutions
- Secret Sales — Summer Sale - Shop up to 75% off Superdry, ASOS, Gucci, Tom Ford & more for men, women & kids.
Deborah Quazzo is a Managing Partner at GSV Ventures and a Co-founder at ASU+GSV Summit. She was a Founder and Managing Partner at GSV Advisors. He attended Princeton University and Harvard Business School.
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Investment focus
- Education, EdTech, E-Learning
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Unmudl — Unmudl is the Skills-to-Jobs™ Marketplace, connects learners and employers via a coast-to-coast network of leading community colleges. Through Unmudl, learners easily access courses and short-term credential programs that lead to jobs. These jobs pay family-supporting wages and contribute directly to the country's economic growth and recovery.Employers use the Unmudl marketplace to source diverse talent directly from courses and programs.
- Altro (fka Perch) — Perch Credit (also known as Perch), is a fin-tech mobile app that allows users to take common recurring expenses, such as their subscriptions & rent, and turn these into creditworthy data points. Perch is currrently live on iOS and plans to be on Android in the coming months.Perch recently graduated YC (S20) and closed 2.5M in their mostrecent round.
- Daybreak Health — Daybreak partners with youth, families, and schools to create personalized, easily accessible, and affordable mental health programs.
Dave Bailey is CEO of The Founder Coach, an organisation that supports venture-backed founders around the world. Dave runs several programs for startup and scale-up CEOs, and works one-on-one with a limited number of CEOs as executive coach and mentor. Dave is editor-in-chief of The Founder Coach blog, and hosts The Founder Coach Podcast, mentorsat Techstars in London, and angel invests in areas of his domain knowledge.Previously, Dave co-founded three VC-backed businesses including Delivery Hero, Ezlearn and Spotnight. Dave studied Mathematical Sciences at Oxford University, before going on to Stanford Graduate School of Business and Singularity University.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Events
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- TEOOH — TEOOH is a platform for hosting Virtual Events. From panel discussions to business conferences, anyone can host or attend virtual events in just a few clicks. Our aim is to become the easiest and most powerful way to engage global audiences, by allowing communities across the world to attend events and interact as they would do in the physicalworld, without the hassle of travelling or finding a venue.For more information, please visit www.teooh.com.
- Inside.com — Helping humans curate the next best stories using AI. No click-bait, no fluff, just good stories inside.
- Thread — Discover the service that only recommends clothes in your style, size and budget. All online and completely free.
Bill is the founder of the William Currie Group, which specializes in investments in the retail, e-
commerce and tech sectors. Previously Bill was a top-ranked, multi award-winning retail analyst for Barclays (BZW), Hoare Govett and Charterhouse Securities, where he was Joint Managing Director. Current directorships include Eagle Eye Group PLC,Metapack Ltd, and LTS Group. Key past investments have included ASOS, QXL, The Hut Group, Zooplus, Caffé Nero and Anatwine
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Software, Mobile
- Series A, Seed, Angel
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Sirenum — Sirenum is a cloud-based platform for managing the staff lifecycle for agencies, recruiters and organisations who rely on staff for operational purposes.Sirenum is built on a highly agile technology platform, which allows us to connect with other service providers for functions not yet in the system. This trick allows us to deliver features thatthey would not otherwise have, if a client requires these features up front. Once significant demand for a particular feature becomes apparent, they may decide develop that feature in house, replacing the outside vendor and retaining additional profits.Sirenum is geared towards employers who operate complex workforces of shift workers. Sirenum is particularly suited to the Staffing, Railway, Aviation, Construction, Hospitality, Healthcare, Home care, Deliveries, Logistics and Transportation. Operators in these sectors typically have hundreds or thousands of employees.
- SYNALOGiK — Synalogik helps organisations improve efficiency and slash costs through automated data aggregation when multiple data sources are required.
- Uptime | Knowledge Hacks — Thousands of life lessons extracted from the world's best books, courses, documentaries, and podcasts - packed into 5 minute Knowledge Hacks.
Bob Willet
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Big Data, B2B
- Series A
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- WorkAngel — They are changing people's perception of how to do employee engagement and improve staff retention in the mobile age.They offer a way for global enterprises to fast track their mobile presence internally to bring the company’s internal digital experience in line with what is expected by their employees. Featuring cross-platformcommunication & collaboration tools, a social recognition platform and online and in-store discounts & deals to offer personalised employee benefits & rewards relevant to the individual.
- Purple — Increase revenues & reduce costs with our Indoor Location Services platform that includes Guest WiFi, Digital Wayfinding & Asset Tracking solutions
David Gammon 17 years investment banking experience. He founded Rockspring in 2002 and is a Cambridge Angel.
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Investment focus
- Big Data, SaaS, Legal
- Seed, Angel, Equity Crowdfunding
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Pekama — Pekama helps companies leverage big data to manage their intellectual property. Within 30 seconds, companies can access their existing IP and build their own IP dashboard. This allows them to make data-driven, informed, decision and build a sensible strategy.
- Privitar — Informatica is an Enterprise Cloud Data Management leader that brings data to life by empowering businesses to realize the transformative power of their most critical assets.
- Funderbeam — Funderbeam is a funding and trading platform that connects companies and investors to buy and sell equity stakes. The platform allows the founders to gain exposure, legal support, a funding manager, or an investor network. It also allows the investors to take control of their investments and trade anytime they want.The company was founded in 2013as a global data platform for startup companies.
Commencing his outdoor career at Clear Channel in 2005, Rob has been with the group for 10 years and brings a wealth of out-of-home experience and expertise to Adshel. Rob is a passionate sportsman, both on and off the couch on weekends.
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Investment focus
- Big Data, Advertising, Mobile Apps
- Series A
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Drovo — The GIG economy driven on-car mobility media Platform that delivers high reach at low cost CPM via vehicle wrapped advertising campaigns for D2C brands. Adverttu - Get your brand on the road.
Mike Ryan is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bullet Point Network. He has almost 30 years of investment, capital markets and management experience. Mike is an active private investor, entrepreneur and board member. Prior to founding Bullet Point Network, he served as head of public equity and absolute return at the Harvard endowment, partner and co-headof global equity products at Goldman Sachs and head of global securities at Credit Suisse. Since 2009, Mike has been the CIO of MDR Capital, his family office, and was the co-founder of JAI Capital Management, a concentrated fundamental long-short equity strategy. At Harvard, Mike was responsible for $18 billion in assets across a range of direct investments and external manager allocations. He also served as a member of Harvard’s investment committee and executive team. At Credit Suisse, Mike was responsible for research, sales, trading and proprietary investments in global fixed income and equities. He was a member of the management committee and the extended executive board. At Goldman Sachs, Mike held numerous leadership positions and worked in New York, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo. After becoming a partner in 1998, Mike ran Asian capital markets, global equity derivatives and global equity products. He was a member of the partnership committee as well as the Asian management committee. Mike has served as a director, committee chair or board chair on numerous corporate and non-profit boards. Mike currently serves on the board of 5x5 Telecom, Scholarship America, Management Leadership for Tomorrow and Staten Island ACHIEVE. He graduated summa cum laude from from Yale University with a B.A. in economics, and was an Academic All-American in basketball.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Big Data, Analytics
- Series A
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Yumpingo — Yumpingo's customer experience management empowers hospitality teams to make high-impact decisions with unique clarity & confidence. Book your demo!
Founder of Foreword.vc, an early-stage micro fund backing startups throughout their initial chapters. Also advisor at Web Summit and EiR at Seedcamp.
Previously covering Europe for Techstars Ventures and founding member of Web Summits venture fund, Amaranthine.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, France
Portfolio highlights
- Werk — Werk is building a construction labor marketplace, that matches workers internationally to any country, all while automating the paperwork and HR. Our community provides trade union benefits, globally. Think of it as a mix of Deel & LinkedIn, but for construction that disrupts the European gray economy. Werk is building a digital identity forthe workers building our homes and offices.
- Tactic — Generate new customer insights using AI from web, internal, and 3rd party data in a few clicks.
- Payable — Scale your business with our payment operations API and dashboard. Track, reconcile and make payments instantly.
Tom Glocer joined BlueVoyant as Executive Chairman and Founder in 2017.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- United States, United Kingdom, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Superlegal — Superlegal, the world's #1 contract automation platform, is the fastest, easiest and most cost effective way to negotiate and close deals.
- Cradle — Design better proteins
- Black Ore Technologies — Black Ore's Tax Autopilot is the first AI tax platform for CPAs, offering complete 1040 tax preparation automation to tax professionals, so they can focus on growing their firm.
Biz Stone is the Co-founder and CEO of Jelly Industries, Inc. He previously worked at The Obvious Corporation as a Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer. Biz Stone attended Northeastern University.
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- Software, Messaging, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, India
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- Karat Financial — Karat is the best card for creators, helping you save money, earn rewards, and grow your channel faster - because content IS a business.
- Config — Config combines engineering, operations, and manufacturing to simplify the large-scale shipment of high-quality hardware.
- Ristretto — Ristretto electric bikes - representing the pinacle of superior riding performance - the 512 combines design with sustainable luxury
Lisa Stone
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- Education, SaaS, Big Data
- Series A, Funding Round
- United Kingdom
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- SAM Labs — SAM Labs provides everything you need to deliver the most engaging STEAM and Coding learning experience in your classroom with Hardware, Software and curriculum-aligned lesson plans
- Arbor Education — Arbor is the UK's most popular cloud MIS, helping primary schools, secondary schools and MATs work more easily and collaboratively.
Liad Agmon joined Dynamic Yield Liad as CEO in 2012.Agmon is a serial entrepreneur with rich experience as a startup founder and as a Fortune 500 executive. He founded information security vendor Onigma (acquired by McAfee) and social search company Delver (acquired by Sears Holdings). Following Delver’s acquisition, Liad served as a VP of NewServices at Sears Holdings and on the board of its Home Electronics and Outlets business units. Liad served as an entrepreneur-in-residence at Bessemer Venture Partners and taught at the Entrepreneurship MBA program in Tel-Aviv University and at the Zell Program of IDC Herzliya. He holds a BA Cum Laude from Tel-Aviv University in Computer Sciences and Film Studies.
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- Software, Machine Learning, Information Technology
- Seed, Series B
- Israel, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- ConWize — ConWize is an innovative cloud-based cost estimating & bidding software with powerful features including cost analysis & predictive analytics.
- SegmentStream — SegmentStream is a data intelligence platform which helps collect and unify from different data sources into own data warehouse for advanced analytics and attribution. Our solution is trusted by leading brands such as Benetton, Nespresso, New Balance, myToys, Eventim Group, and others.
- Wenrix — Wenrix is the next generation of airfare optimization that generates new revenue streams on air volume, for online travel agencies, travel management companies, and retailers. Wenrix provides an AI-powered price and conversion optimization platform to double travel agencies' margins on flight bookings and shopper conversion.
Founder Esalen Ventures, LLC which has made more than 75 private/angel investments from pre-seed to mezzanine stages and is an LP in 8 PE Funds. Tom is also an International Fine Art Dealer with a focus on paintings of 20th century American, European and Asian artists.Prior to his current roles, Tom was an experienced executive with over 20years in cross-disciplined leadership roles in Advertising-General, Digital and Mobile, Ad Tech, Emerging Media, Technology and Early Stage Venture. Co-Founder FCB Sports Marketing, FCB/SF, IDG, Flycast (IPO), McGrath Rentcorp (IPO) and Ad Infuse (acq by Velti).
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Machine Learning
- Seed, Series B, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Wave Sports + Entertainment — Wave Sports + Entertainment is a media company building brands, original content, talent, and products for the next generation of digital super fans.
- Quiver — Quiver is a retail tech company that delivers e-commerce orders. Quiver was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in London.
- Hammock — Hammock gives landlords full control over their property finances. We provide real-time monitoring of all payments, made and received, bookkeeping and property tax statements, all in one place.
I have 30+ years as a founder, operator, investor, board member and advisor. I have founded/co-founded multiple companies and have dealt with cofounder issues directly. I have invested in individual companies that have achieved $2b in revenue, $1b in profit, $30b in valuation. Plus on the other side of the spectrum, I have seen lots ofdifferent poor behaviour by some investors, founders and lawyers. My value add is:
- the ability to quickly filter out the wrong people.
- fundraising
- strategy
- focus
- making tough decisions
- cashflow planningCurrently investing directly in startups (mainly tech) at all stages and in funds (most asset classes) as an LP globally. I invested early in Supercell (majority acquired by Tencent), Unity Software (NYSE:U), Radiant Entertainment (acquired by Riot Games), Boomlagoon (acquired by Wargaming), Peak (acquired by Hachette Livre), Gameclub (acquired by Take-Two Interactive), Doppio Games (acquired by Fortis). Previously, I cofounded a seed VC firm & was an investment banker at various firms. I have both a HBA & MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at University of Western Ontario in Canada.If you message me with a pitch deck link for your company or fund then do not send me a docsend link or anything requesting an email and or password as I will ignore it. And make sure you detail the team background, why it’s the best team and why you will win.I’m also open to board positions for companies in Europe and North America. Owner of https://www.heathfieldestatenewforest.co.uk/
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Investment focus
- Software, Gaming, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Tellie — Create a free website/link-in-bio to market your art, release new music, increase your followers, sell merchandise, and share your portfolio/resume/EPK. Token Gate all.
- Coherence — Unlock your multiplayer possibilities
- Glean AI — Glean AI is the only Accounts Payable solution that combines smart automation with spend intelligence and powers Finance teams to drive material savings.
Torben, a Dane living in the Ukraine, is founder and CEO of www.ciklum.net, a company providing IT resources from Eastern Europe to smaller and medium size IT companies in Western Europe, currently employing close to 1000 people. Prior and parallel to founding Ciklum, Torben have been founder/co-founder of 6 other IT companies all exitedwithin the last 15 years.Torben is also the founder and majority shareholder of Touchlink Mobile, a Danish developer of application solutions for the mobile content market. Previously, he founded and served as CEO of Vic, a hardware distributor to Eastern Europe, and Den Bla Butik, a Danish retail network for hardware sales.
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Investment focus
- EdTech, Big Data, Tutoring
- Seed, Convertible Note
- United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- LoopMe — LoopMe's technology uses powerful attribution, Artificial Intelligence and analytics to deliver brand outcomes.
- Poptop — Extraordinary private party experiences and services. Inspiration for your home or garden party. We do next level adult birthday parties, celebration, small weddings & corporate events.
- Preply — Looking for a tutor? Preply is the best platform for private online lessons with a flexible payment system and affordable prices. Book your first lesson.
William R. Bush is Vice Chairman And General Counsel at Bdt Capital Partners Llc and has been affiliated with Bdt Capital Partners Llc since April-2009. Bdt Capital Partners Llc is an investment advisor that manages 11.4 BN dollars in regulatory AUM and has 50 employees, of which 35 perform investment advisory functions. The managers'slatest filing has disclosed 292MM in positions, which represents 3% of the manager's regulatory AUM.
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Investment focus
- Big Data, Analytics, Business Intelligence
- Seed
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Klood — Klood: The SaaS Growth Agency is a HubSpot Diamond Solutions Partner. Experts in digital marketing and creating strategic Gameplans for Inbound success.
Rob founded Actix (actix.com) in 1991 and as CEO (1991-2005) grew it to over $50m revenue by 2005. More than 90% of the world’s mobile phone customers have their networks optimized by Actix software and Rob has worked with many of the world’s leading mobile operators and infrastructure vendors. In 2005 he sold a majority stake in the company toPE firm Summit Partners at a $100+m valuation. He has invested in a further 30+ startups and has had five very successful exits (he's not counting failures as they come with the territory). Rob is chairman of Robotical (robotical.io) and DevicePilot.com. He's also the founding chairman of Singletrack.com and a supporter of the unique orchestra SouthbankSinfonia.co.uk. As an inveterate tinkerer in software and hardware, he's fascinated by IoT, 3D printing and the maker movement (as you can probably see from his personal website (robdobson.com). Rob is a Fellow of the IET and has a 1st class honours degree in Electronic Engineering.
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Investment focus
- Software, Business Intelligence, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- DragonflAI — Phone-Based AI Moderation Moderate user-uploaded images and videos before they leave mobile devices and reach the internet. Keep your platform and servers free from indecent or illegal content.
- DevicePilot — DevicePilot Service Monitoring for connected devices provides a single pane of glass for Product, Operations and Customer Support teams, driving up customer satisfaction and growth, while reducing operational costs.
- Connect4 — The client-centric platform for you and your team. Consistently deliver outstanding client meetings. Every single time.
Jenny Ervine
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Investment focus
- Big Data, Software, Analytics
- Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- FutureMatch — We enable organisations to make smarter sourcing and hire decisions through using analytics, machine learning and AI. MyPAM -> Measure and Analyse Talent Using analytics –> Predict & Improve Recruitment Processes with AI and ML = Achieve Right Talent, Right Fit for the Right Roles with ML and AI
Stankelbone AS
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Investment focus
- Big Data, Analytics, Data Mining
- Seed
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Brainnwave — Founded in 2015 in Edinburgh by Steve Coates and Graham Jones, Brainnwave helps businesses unlock game-changing insights with a new generation of customised business intelligence applications.Delivered through a blend of data engineering, data science and a unique tech stack – Brainnwave provides customised, no-code intelligence applications thatenable users across the organisation – from sales to operations, access trusted intelligence to tell the story they need, to support everyday decision making.Brainnwave intelligence applications are massively scalable thanks to the near-infinite power of cloud computing and are fully customisable with ML & AI to solve highly complex business-specific problems.Clients and partners across the globe trust Brainnwave to imagine, engineer and craft game-changing solutions that help achieve their ambitions.
An investor, engineer and entrepreneur.Ben is a Managing Director at Coral Reef. He works with and invests in tech entrepreneurs, startups and growth companies. He also works on a number of social impact and art projects such as TradeRelief, Root Matter and Exhibition Collective. Prior to this Ben held investment director roles at 3i Group plcand Barclays Private Equity where he managed investments, exits and sat on the board of 10 companies. In 2008 Ben helped set up and now manages TradeRelief - a charity investing in social enterprises in developing countries.Ben holds a 1st class Masters in Engineering Science from Oxford University, an Investment Management Certificate from the CFA, and obtained a Chartered Accountancy qualification from ICAS
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Investment focus
- Mobile, Apps, Casual Games
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Vidsy — Vidsy is the creative technology platform that helps global brands and agencies create high-performing video ads. Connect with our global network of creators and streamline your content creation process.
- Fliplet — Create custom apps using Fliplet's app editor. Chances are Fliplet has already built 90% of your app. Features include no-code / low-code CMS, mobile/desktop/tablet support, data management, security, analytics and more.
- SupaPass — The most powerful content app maker on the market. Finally have all of your content, audience & paywall in one place to turn your audience into a business.
Russell Buckley is a Founding Partner at Kindred Capital.
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Investment focus
- Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Product Design
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Hofy — Use Hofy's equipment management platform to remotely supply, manage and maintain subscription workstations, while staying compliant.
- LoopMe — LoopMe's technology uses powerful attribution, Artificial Intelligence and analytics to deliver brand outcomes.
- Gravity Sketch — Gravity Sketch is an intuitive 3D design platform for cross-disciplinary teams to create, collaborate, and review in an entirely new way.
Started in 2011 as a real estate broker. Today a real-estate investor & owner of several companies, from construction to renewable energy
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- SaaS, AgTech, Big Data
- Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom
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- GEIA.AI — Experience the future of indoor farming with GEIA.AI's precision farming automation system. Optimize yields, conserve resources, and achieve sustainable farming with our advanced technology and data-driven insights.
Investment focus
Portfolio highlights
- Hanhaa — Real-Time Cargo Tracking and Monitoring Solutions for Supply Chain Visibility Reporting on the condition, location and security of your shipments
Michel Combes was the Chief Executive Officer of Assystem.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Coupons, Big Data
- Seed, Series D
- France, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Swile — Swile got its start by disrupting the incumbent meal voucher market in France. Their all-in-one smartcard groups together all employee benefits such as meal vouchers, gift vouchers, and mobility benefits. Swile also aims to reinvent life at work and create a better work culture for all employees with their super app. Features include praises, eventcreation, collections and P2P payments between colleagues. They also offer employee engagement surveys and insight analytics. It was founded in 2018 by Loïc Soubeyrand and is based in Paris, France.
- Shopcade — Mantra: Shopcade is leading the convergence of content and commerce, so consumers can keep up with latest news and shop related items all in one place. What we are: Shopcade is a tech platform that specializes in promoting the trendiest products, showcasing the latest content features and engaging socially with consumers. Shopcade not only actsas a publisher and marketplace, but we also drive user engagement with personalised content that helps to boost both brand awareness and sales conversion based on customers' preferences. Shopcade has been acquired by Lagardere Active in January 2017 and no longer operates on a stand-alone basis. From a tech standpoint, we are passionate about data marketing performance and partner with platforms on projects such as for example: DEV OPS - backend optimisations, performance analysis, and troubleshooting - cloud infrastructure and agile dev best practicesMOBILE - mobile API design / specificationsSOCIAL & PERSONALISATION - Provide ability for users to create, share, and buy from wish lists - Provide email and/or push notifications - Implement sharing widgets - Enable Instagram tag matching - Run Facebook campaigns for retailersSEO Boost impressions and improve click through rate by - product tagging with microformat - sitemap creation & auto-updating - Page load optimisationsANALYTICS - User acquisition tracking and performance reports - A/B testing - Google Tag manager to allow marketing team to better make use of retargeting - Monitor click behavior and improve click through rate of campaign landing pages
Dan Heron is a Family office investor.
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- Big Data, Advertising, Mobile Apps
- Series A
- United Kingdom
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- Drovo — The GIG economy driven on-car mobility media Platform that delivers high reach at low cost CPM via vehicle wrapped advertising campaigns for D2C brands. Adverttu - Get your brand on the road.
David Castle
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- Cyber Security, Software, Content
- Seed, Angel
- United Kingdom
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- Barac — Ozone Webflow template highly suitable for creating websites for startups, apps, softwares, SaaS and technology business.
- Simudyne — Our enterprise simulation software is used by financial institutions to quickly and efficiently simulate future scenarios in a safe, virtual environment.
- Polly Portfolio —
Mark Woolley is Managing Director, European Head of Insurance Coverage at Natixis.
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- FinTech, Big Data, Analytics
- Seed
- United Kingdom
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- Texxi Global — The Transit Exchange XXI Century works to enable cities and municipalities to price and manage roads fairly
Arnaud Massenet
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- B2B, Brand Marketing, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom
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- FROW — Made in London, we’re on a mission to change the way music creators and their communities connect through unique experiences and monetisation of content. Unrestricted in genre, FROW is an independent live streaming platform for innovative music. We are blurring the lines between music, live events and technology.
- Olvin — Olvin helps reactive real-world businesses get ahead of the curve and become proactive through the use of its AI powered, predictive analytics platform. Harnessing billions of real world data points, from events and precise location, through to weather and points of interest, Olvin's advanced neural network identifies patterns. Through theuse of both probabilistic and deterministic scoring, Olvin's AI provides actionable insights to brands, retailers and businesses to give them an unparalleled opportunity to delight their customers, identify opportunities and get ahead of potential threats.
- Dai — Eco-friendly performance fabrics meet elegant tailoring and timeless design. "Versatile, luxe workwear and sustainability at its core" - The Independent. Dai is performance womenswear for women, everyday, everywhere.
Steve Pankhurst
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- Software, Internet, Personal Health
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- United Kingdom, United States
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- ARROE — ARROE software extends the lifespan of battery powered electronics, to reduce carbon emissions and e-waste
- MindLabs — Live sleep and meditation classes for your mind. Led by experts. Backed by neuroscience. Now available to download on the App Store.
- Fanbase — Fan engagement software built for the business of sport. Launch digital ticketing, memberships, hospitality packages in a matter of hours.
Paolo Rubatto is Managing Director of Start Capital. His background is mainly entrepreneurial, advising startups from the consumer internet to the life sciences sector in their business development strategies as well as in their fundraising. He holds an MBA from London Business School.
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- Software, Big Data, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, India
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- SAPI — SAPI builds credit products for payment companies to facilitate payment flows, engage and retain merchants, and generate new revenue.
- Coindirect — BVNK is a next-generation payments platform. We're making payments as accessible and resilient as the internet.
- Kosmik — Meet Kosmik 3. Browse, think, create, and more. Sign up for the waitlist.
Jason McGibbon is a Non-Executive Director of Fable Data
and The Scottish National Investment Bank.
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Investment focus
- B2C, Big Data, Analytics
- Angel
- United Kingdom
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- onefourzero — Global specialists in Digital Diligence, we help Private Equity firms, Brands and Government departments understand consumer perception, digital demand, sales & marketing effectiveness and commercial trends.Through high volume observational data insights and strategy, we help you make informed investment decisions, understand opportunitiesand risks, forecast growth and hit tough KPIs.We bring together data sourced from the latest technology, sector experience and thought leadership to deliver reporting, strategy and consultation within Private Equity, Finance, Healthcare, Service Industries, FMCG and Travel sectors worldwide.Sister agency to GK Strategy.
Vinny Lingham is Co-Founder & CEO at Civic. He was the founder and CEO of Gyft, a mobile gift card app that allows customers to buy, store, send and redeem gift cards conveniently from their mobile device.
He is also the founder of Yola.com, a web development and hosting company that enables users without prior programming knowledge to developwebsites.
Vinny is the recipient of numerous awards, including Top Young ICT Entrepreneur in Africa (2006) and was also a finalist for Men’s Health Best Man (2009) and ICT Personality of the Year in South Africa (2008). He also previously founded Clicks2Customers, which also won the Top Technology Company award in South Africa in 2006.
He has previously served on marketing advisory boards for Nasdaq listed Valueclick and Yahoo, was also selected as an Endeavor “High Impact Entrepreneur” in 2006. Vinny studied a B.Com (Information Systems) at the University of Cape Town.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Internet, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Funding Round, Angel
- United States, South Africa, United Kingdom
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- Glif — Interoperable tools for the Filecoin network
- Afterparty — Afterparty is a technology company behind the new Web3 platform enabling creators to directly monetize and manage NFT collector relationships
- Collectibles.com — Collectibles is the Home of Collectors: Cards, Comics, Coins, Stamps and more. Connect with Likeminds, Trade and Showoff your Collection for free
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