# Top 50 Digital Media Angel Investors in United Kingdom in June 2026 ## Peter Bartlett - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Audio, Music, Digital Media Peter Bartlett ## John Michaelis - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Audio, Music, Digital Media John Michaelis ## Robin Knox - Type: Angel - Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Digital Media Robin Knox is the Founder and CEO at Boundary. ## Colin McInnes - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Audio, Music, Digital Media Colin McInnes ## Matthew Emerson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Video, Training, Education Matthew Emerson ## Marco Valta - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Secondary Market - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace Marco Valta is an Entrepreneur and Investor with over 15 years experience in the tech/web industry. As an internet investor, Marco has a portfolio of more than 150 companies including Appnexus, Soldo, Revolut, Prima, Bolt, Flexport, Deliveroo, Space X, Brex, Fabfitfun, Cloudkitchens, Raya, Playco, Public, Coinbase, Pacaso. ## Yasin Sebastian Qureshi - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Audio, Music, Software Yasin Sebastian Qureshi is the Co-Founder of KlickOwn and the Founder and former CEO of Varengold Bank. At the age of 29 he was the youngest person ever in Germany to obtain a license to run an investment bank. He is also the founder and former CEO of The NAGA Group AG www.naga.com as well as the founder of AQUA Digital Rising www.aquarising.com.He is an entrepreneur, investor and film producer born in Germany and based in London. His investments range from finance, to Internet and media. ## Peter Gabriel - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Music, TV, Video Peter is clearly way more than a global music legend. He divides his time and energy between his music, humanitarian projects, business investments and his family.He became an investor and advisor to The Filter in 2006 and brings with him a clear vision of a need for smart filters to help us make sense of a world with too many choices. Workingwith Peter is inspiring – his passion and creativity help drive and motivate the team. ## Paul Walton - Type: Angel - Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Digital Media Paul Walton is the Founder and CTO of Boundary. ## Matt Jellicoe - Type: Angel - Location: Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Audio, Music, InsurTech Matt Jellicoe ## Robert (Rob) Reeg - Type: Angel - Location: St Louis, Missouri, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Payments, Software Robert (Rob) Reeg ## Carlos Espinal - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Wellness Carlos is Managing Partner at Seedcamp, Europe's seed fund, investing early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology. Carlos hails originally from Latin America and joined Seedcamp in '09 following stints as an Associate at Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures and as an engineer forthe Advanced Communications Technologies group of The New York Stock Exchange (SIAC). Carlos runs Seedcamp alongside Reshma Sohoni and is passionate about working closely with founders from their earliest stage, supporting them across everything from finding product-market-fit to setting fundraising milestones - he wrote a successful book on that very topic, The Fundraising Fieldguide. Carlos is frequently listed as one of the most influential voices in tech and VC. You can find Carlos podcasting at 'This Much I Know' where he interviews leading tech voices, innovators, entrepreneurs, investors and operators as they share their stories with Seedcamp's global audience. ## Louis d'Origny - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Art, Auctions, Education Louis d'Origny ## Michel Combes - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series D - Focus: Apps, Coupons, Big Data Michel Combes was the Chief Executive Officer of Assystem. ## Tim O'Shea - Type: Angel - Location: Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: News, E-Commerce, Consumer Electronics Tim O'Shea is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sapling. He is a former Chairperson of Scribe. He attended the University of Oxford. ## Cozomo De’Medici - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Art, Apps Cozomo De’Medici ## Massimo Prelz Oltramonti - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Audio, Music, Digital Media Massimo Prelz Oltramonti ## Con Gornell - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Art, News, Travel Con is an investor, advisor and consultant for a broad portfolio of entertainment, tech and cultural organisations. He was Executive Vice President, Marketing (EMEA) at Warner Bros. Pictures until 2018 and has previously worked for BBH, Grey and Mediacom. ## Bootstrapped Debt Financing - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce Bootstrapped Debt Financing ## Raphaël Varane - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Sports, Apps, Soccer Raphaël Varane is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Manchester United and the France national team. ## Karanpal Singh - Type: Angel - Location: Delhi, Delhi, India - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Health Care Karanpal Singh is a steel and mining industrialist and the founder of Hunch Ventures which has been investing in multi-stage companies since 2012.As these investments evolved into larger businesses, Hunch evolved into an organized venture fund and has now taken several large bets across multiple sectors. Hunch has been backing visionary foundersin various industries from Air Mobility, Fine Arts, Sustainable Food Supply chains and food security, Ports and Logistics, Healthtech, F&B, Lifestyle Media and several B2B SaaS platforms. It has investments in India, Canada, the US, Tanzania, Singapore, UAE and the United Kingdom and has now pivoted to environmentally conscious and sustainable businesses. Hunch is one of the largest independent aggregators of food-related infrastructure and technologies and has built the platform for global food technology companies to come to India and establish a local presence. ## Adeo Ressi - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: News, AgTech, Aerospace Adeo Ressi is CEO of the Founder Institute (http://FI.co), a pre-seed startup accelerator that operates in nearly 200 cities worldwide. Adeo has founded or run ten technology businesses, and he has developed a number of innovations that help startup companies. He is passionate about mentoring Founders, space exploration and inspiringpeople to achieve their greatness. ## Daniel Isenberg - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note - Focus: Audio, Music, Retail Dan Isenberg (@danisen) is founding executive director of the Babson Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Project, Associate at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School. From 1981-7 and 2005-9 Dan was a professor at the Harvard Business School, and in the interim (1987-2005) was an entrepreneur and venturecapitalist in Israel. Dan authored Worthless Impossible and Stupid: How Contrarian Entrepreneurs Create and Capture Extraordinary Value(Harvard Business Review Press 2013), published over 30 online and print articles on entrepreneurship in the Harvard Business Review, and has been featured in the Economist, Forbes, NPR, Bloomberg, Quartz, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, etc. Dan has been a pioneer in the concept and development of entrepreneurship ecosystems, and he launched and directs Manizales-Mas and Scale Up Milwaukee. Between 2009-2013 Dan was active in the World Economic Forum and conducted Forum events in Davos, Africa, Europe, and China. In 2012 Mikhail Gorbachev awarded Dan the Pio Manzu Award for "Innovations in Economic Development." At Babson Executive Education, Dan created and directs the 3-day program, Driving Economic Growth Through Entrepreneurship Ecosystems. He holds the Ph.D. degree in social psychology from Harvard University, received under the mentorship of Robert Freed Bales. He lives in Boston and in his home town of Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and has 4 grown children. Dan enjoys salsa dancing (On2), jazz, collecting wine, and not-catching-fish (at which he excels); nevertheless, he is most excited about spending time with his kids (one of whom is an entrepreneur) and his granddaughter, helping his angel investments grow, and being continually surprised by what entrepreneurs around the world can accomplish. Dan is currently publishing two books of children's stories. ## Sam Enrico Williams - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: TV, Sports, Software Sam Enrico Williams is the founder of SEW Capital, an incubator and fund focused on innovating and disrupting industry norms through the development of pioneering companies. As an innovator, Sam has built SEW Capital into a unique venture creation hub, leveraging both traditional and blockchain-based methodologies to nurture high-potentialcompanies from the ground up. ## Anthony Eskinazi - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Video, Marketplace, Photography Anthony Eskinazi - Founder & CEO @ JustPark ## Bogdan Iarovoi - Type: Angel - Location: Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad, Russian Federation - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Angel - Focus: Internet, SaaS, Software Bogdan Iarovoi is a Managing Partner of SmartHub Investments. ## Syed Sheharyar Ali - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Audio, Music, Travel Syed Sheharyar Ali, Executive Director and CSO at Treet Group Of Companies. ## Blake Picquet - Type: Angel - Location: Kailua, Hawaii, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Payments, Software Blake Picquet is the co-founder of CUE Audio. ## John Collison - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence John Collison is a President and Co-founder at Stripe. He attended Harvard University.John and his brother Patrick Collison started Stripe in 2010 while John was studying physics at Harvard. Their goal was to make accepting payments online simpler and more inclusive, after learning firsthand how difficult it was. Today, the 100+ person (andgrowing) Stripe team powers online businesses around the world.Before Stripe, John co-founded Auctomatic, which was acquired by Live Current Media in March 2008. Originally from Limerick, Ireland, John lives in San Francisco, California, where Stripe is based. ## Matthew Tulett - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Video, Retail, Shopping Matthew Tulett ## Benjamin Yoskovitz - Type: Angel - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance Founding Partner at Highline BETA, a startup co-creation and venture development company. Ben is an entrepreneur, product lead, angel investor. He co-authored Lean Analytics. ## Des Traynor - Type: Angel - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS Des is the Co-Founder of Intercom, the platform for all customer interaction needs from marketing to support to product development. Previously he worked as User Experience Lead at web app development agency Contrast, and he was a Co-Founder of popular social networking search engine Bigulo. ## Aman Bhangu - Type: Angel - Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: Music, Advertising, Digital Media Aman Bhangu is the Founder, Entrepreneur and CEO of Trendy Beat Network. He previously worked at Elance-oDesk as a Web Developer. ## Stefano Rosso - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Video, Beauty Stefano was born on June 1st, 1979 in Marostica (Vicenza) in North East Italy. After high school in Bassano del Grappa, he left Italy to pursue his studies at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, where he completed a BA in International Trade and Marketing. He began his work experience outside the family company, collaborating with brandslike ZooYork, part of the Ecko Unlimited group. Stefano returned to Italy in 2005 with a new challenge: he began his professional experience at Diesel, working in different areas of the company (from production to marketing), to become eventually Strategic Brand Alliances Director, planning and managing the brand’s collaborations in diverse fields. His latest projects were a limited edition sneakers series with adidas Originals, and the partnership with Ducati.In July 2011, Stefano Rosso has left Diesel for a new position challenge: he is currently Director of Corporate Development for OTB (Only the Brave) Group, the holding which incorporates Diesel, Maison Martin Margiela, Viktor & Rolf, and Staff International (an Italian company manufacturing and distributing licensed prêt-à-porter brands DSquared2, Just Cavalli, Vivienne Westwood and Marc Jacobs Menswear, as well as the group’s own brands Maison Martin Margiela and Viktor&Rolf). Stefano Rosso loves and plays soccer, and he is president of the Bassano soccer team. He loves snowboarding and motorcycling, and he is into contemporary and street art and the whole digital world. ## Doug Scott - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Advertising, B2B, B2C Doug Scott is Founder at Potential.co ## Mark Sherring - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: SaaS, Mobile, Collaboration Mark Sherring ## Mike Ullmann - Type: Angel - Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Banking, FinTech, Lending Michael Ullmann has been involved in more than 40 different entrepreneurial businesses in various capacities; always as a shareholder. His main focus has been on turnarounds in the bakery business and engineering. He has served as chairman of the board for more than a dozen companies. He is currently chairman of Prodigy, an educational debtprovider and an investor in H2O, a business in water management and Black Mountain Insulation, a company providing environmentally friendly house insulation; the first two have INSEAD CEO’s and the third has been primary financed via an INSEAD network.Michael was an affiliate professor in entrepreneurship at INSEAD from 1987-2005 where he helped the Entrepreneurship Department develop into one of the most vital and popular departments in the school. Michael has backed many of his former students in their own business ventures and continues to be a mentor to several companies. He has written many cases and articles on Entrepreneurship.He has an MA from St Catherine’s College, Oxford and an MBA from INSEAD. He has been a fellow of St Catherine’s since 2004. Apart from his main hobby and passion, business, Michael enjoys games of skill and chance, along with outdoor pursuits such as shooting, sailing, skiing and golf. ## Megan Kaspar - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Publishing, Marketplace, Digital Media Megan Kaspar is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Magnetic. She previously worked at MKE as a Managing Partner. Megan Kaspar attended the University of California, Los Angeles. ## Dave McClure - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software Dave McClure is the founder of Practical Venture Capital and has been an investor and entrepreneur in Silicon Valley for over twenty-five years. Previously he was the founding partner of 500 Startups, a global VC firm and startup accelerator with over $500M in assets under management. Dave has invested in hundreds of companies around the world,including more than 15 unicorns and 5 IPOs. He was named by Forbes as one of the top VCs in the world in 2016 and 2017 (Forbes Midas List). Before 500 Startups, Dave worked at Founders Fund and PayPal, and he graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in 1988 with a BS in engineering and applied mathematics. ## Touker Suleyman - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Fitness, Advertising, CRM Touker Suleyman is a multi-millionaire Turkish Cypriot fashion retail entrepreneur and investor. In 2001, his company Low Profile Group purchased UK shirt maker Hawes & Curtis, and in 2008 he purchased UK fashion label Ghost. More recently, he has invested in a number of start-up companies including Bikesoup and Huxley & Cox. ## Daniel Waterhouse - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Daniel David Waterhouse is based out of London, England and is the General Partner of Balderton Capital. Daniel previously worked at Wellington Partners as a General Partner. Daniel David Waterhouse attended the University of Oxford. ## Bill Holroyd - Type: Angel - Location: Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Rental, Retail, Fashion Charles William Holroyd CBE DL is a British investor and philanthropist. ## 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. ## Volker Hirsch - Type: Angel - Location: Macclesfield, Cheshire East, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Apps, EdTech Volker Hirsch is the Co-Founder and Director of Blue Beck Limited. He previously worked at Bibblio as a Chairman & Investor. Volker Hirsch attended the University of Hamburg. ## Dmitry Shurygin - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Convertible Note, Angel, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Analytics, Food Delivery Dmitry Shurygin is the VP Operations of NFWare. He attended Bauman Moscow State Technical University. ## Kevin Brown - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Music, Water Kevin Brown - CEO & Founder @ FanCircles ## Arya Bolurfrushan - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS Arya H. Bolurfrushan is a Founder & CEO at AAICO. He attended Harvard Business School from 2008 to 2010. ## Richard Fearn - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Joachim Behrendt - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Software, Social Media Joachim Behrendt is the Head of the Advisory Board at Vali Berlin. ## Peter Briger - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Analytics, Toys, Advice Briger is a principal and Co-Chairman of the board of directors of Fortress. He has served as a member of the board of directors of Fortress since November 2006 and was elected Co-Chairman in August 2009. Briger has been a member of the Management Committee of Fortress since March 2002. Briger is responsible for the Credit and Real Estatebusiness at Fortress. Prior to joining Fortress in March 2002, Briger spent fifteen years at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he became a partner in 1996. Briger serves on the board of Tipping Point, a non-profit organization serving low income families in San Francisco. Briger also serves on the board of Caliber Schools, a network of charter schools committed to preparing students for success in competitive four-year colleges and beyond.Briger received a B.A. from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.