Top 50 Fashion Angel Investors in United Kingdom in December 2024
A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Fashion startups based in United kingdom. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Fashion companies from United kingdom. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Fashion Angel Investors in United Kingdom in December 2024
Investor | Fashion United Kingdom investments |
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Sebastian Picardo | 5 |
Simon Beckerman | 4 |
Uday Kumar Bangalore Shivaraman | 3 |
Carmen Busquets | 3 |
Abe Burns | 2 |
Rob Dobson | 2 |
Nicolaj Reffstrup | 2 |
Maisie Williams | 2 |
Matt Cooper | 2 |
Pierre Denis | 2 |
Xavier Niel | 2 |
Robin Klein | 2 |
Gareth Williams | 2 |
Giles Brook | 2 |
Rebecca Minkoff | 2 |
Natalie Massenet | 2 |
Theo Osborne | 2 |
Fidji Simo | 2 |
Natalie Massenet | 2 |
Stefano Martinetto | 2 |
Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss | 2 |
Lloyd Amsdon | 2 |
Charles Allard jr | 2 |
Anna Sweeting | 2 |
Nick Jonas | 1 |
kaushal kumar | 1 |
Nick Wheeler | 1 |
Alexander Tsirigotis | 1 |
Kevin Lin | 1 |
Eileen Burbidge | 1 |
Bart Swanson | 1 |
Ben Barnett | 1 |
Johann "Hansi" Hansmann | 1 |
Serge Weinberg | 1 |
Jeffrey B. Hecktman | 1 |
Steven Bartlett | 1 |
Lord Mervyn Davies | 1 |
Ted Hettich | 1 |
Michelle Kennedy | 1 |
Mustafa Suleyman | 1 |
Sameer Singh | 1 |
Salman Malik | 1 |
Demis Hassabis | 1 |
Stefan Glänzer | 1 |
Dinika Mahtani | 1 |
Jean-Charles Naouri | 1 |
Matthew Ball | 1 |
Charles Atterton | 1 |
Asa Asika | 1 |
James Shulman | 1 |
Sebastian Picardo is an active investor and advisor in the global luxury goods sector.As an investor, he has been very active in the fashion, technology and media sectors for
over 9 years, investing in companies like Net a porter, Lyst, Farfetch, Business of Fashion and
Highsnobiety. He has also been a venture advisor to London-based FelixCapital, a
leading Venture Capital firm investing in digital lifestyle start-ups, since 2014.As an advisor, he has helped brands and retailers in areas such as digital marketing,
customer experience, omni-channel retailing and innovation, In addition, he has advised
companies wanting to enter and market their brands in China mainland.Sebastian was formerly Deputy President of Asia’s iconic luxury department store
Lane Crawford. Sebastian joined Lane Crawford in 2012. As a member of the senior
management team, he crafted and drove Lane Crawford’s “connected commerce” strategy,
underlying the company's focus on omni-channel retail development to deliver a seamless
customer experience.Previous to Lane Crawford, Sebastian was with Burberry where he served as Managing
Director - Digital Commerce, based in the London headquarters. Prior to this role, he had
helped transform and integrate the brand's Spanish operations into the global business as
Managing Director - Operations at Burberry Spain. Before joining Burberry, Sebastian had
held various senior finance roles at Net-A-Porter, Alexander McQueen and Deloitte.Originally from Argentina, he is a Chartered Accountant, holds a bachelor’s degree in
Business Management and a Master’s degree in International Finance. Most recently he
attended Harvard Business School, where he successfully completed the Advanced
Management Program.Sebastian lived in Buenos Aires, London, Barcelona and Hong Kong. He is fluent in Spanish,
English, Italian and has an elementary command of Mandarin.
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Investment focus
- Fashion, Content, Lifestyle
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, Italy, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Mos — Meet Mos: the way smart students get money for college
- UNMADE — Unmade helps fashion and sportswear brands connect demand directly to production - so they become more adaptive, responsive, efficient and responsible.
- Freeda Media — The voice of the new generations
Simon Beckerman is the founder of Depop, a peer-to-peer social shopping app based in London.
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Investment focus
- Fashion, Travel, Advertising
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Delli — We're a company just starting out on our mission to make good food accessible and enjoyed by all.
- Sojo — Making your clothes work for you has never been so simple. Download Sojo today and have one of our community of seamsters bring your clothes to life.
- Contact — Contact is the fast, simple way to book creative talent.
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
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series B, Equity Crowdfunding
- United Kingdom, India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Agnikul — Agnikul is a space tech startup that designs, manufactures, tests, and launch orbital-class rockets for micro and nanosatellites. They currently work out of the National Center for Combustion R&D at IIT-Madras. Rocket scientists, engineers, ex-bankers and space lawyers are a part of their team. This unique blend of people is one of theirbiggest strengths. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- Log 9 Materials — The spirit of innovation remains the cornerstone of every mission here at Log9. We have failed numerous times in this mission of ours, only to learn from them
- Toffee Ride - Learning App for Classes I - IV — Toffee Ride is a learning App that is singularly focused on helping your child develop a thorough understanding of fundamental concepts.
Carmen Busquets - Founder @ CoutureLab
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Investment focus
- Fashion, E-Commerce, Search Engine
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- Lyst — Lyst is a global fashion search platform used by 70 million shoppers every year. Offering over 4 million fashion products from 11,000 of the world’s leading fashion brands and stores, Lyst brings together the widest inventory in luxury and contemporary fashion online. The company has raised $60 million to date, and is backed by range of all-starinvestors including 14W (Moda Operandi, Reformation), Accel Partners (Facebook, Spotify), Balderton (Yoox Net-A-Porter Group), Draper Esprit, part of the Draper Venture Network (Hotmail, Skype), and the teams behind LVMH, Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta, and Tory Burch.
- Destree — Destree is a ready-to-wear and accessories label.
- Meadowlark Media — Meadowlark Media is a content company focused on sports.
Abe Burns was a former Partner at A-Grade Investments.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Logistics, Apps
- Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- WeLoveNoCode — Build MVP, test hypotheses, achieve growth | WeLoveNoCode: fast no-code development for a low monthly fee | 185 no-code developers | 100+ no-tools tools: Bubble, Webflow, Tilda, WordPress
- Kangaroo — Kangaroo brings you closer to your favorite celebrities and characters through interactive storytelling.
- Boomerang — Boomerang is a technology-powered service that collects, stores, and returns lost valuables back to their owners.
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.
Nicolaj Reffstrup is the Founding Partner of Look Up Ventures. He previously worked at Lifestyle and Design Cluster as a Board Member.Nicolaj Reffstrup attended Copenhagen Business School.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, E-Commerce, Fashion
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Denmark, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Seasony — The world population will reach 9,000,000,000 people by 2050 and with current projections we need to double the amount of crops grown. This cannot happen in our current food production system without ruining soil, polluting waters, and wasting resources.
- Claimlane — Claimlane is an end-to-end returns management solution for brands and retailers to manage any type of return, across all sales channels and markets. Perfectly document claims and returns. Streamline workflows. Get quality insights. Turn unhappy claimers into loyal customers. That's Claimlane.
- Rubi Laboratories — Rubi Laboratories turns carbon emissions into carbon-negative textiles for the fashion industry, with a proprietary synthetic biology technology.
Maisie Williams is best known for her portrayal of Arya, one of the few Starks left standing in HBO’s Game of Thrones. Off-screen, Maisie is the co-founder of Daisie, a social networking site making it easier for creatives to network, share ideas, and collaborate on projects. She is also a powerful advocate for women’s rights, and hopes Daisie willopen doors for women in all sectors of the creative industry.
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Investment focus
- Fashion, Men's, Retail
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Dance — Dance is an electric mobility subscription company that makes it easy to explore your city with an electric bike or moped.
- Jendaya — The next decade will be defined by its push toward greater diversity, inclusion and representation across every facet of fashion. Jendaya is an online luxury marketplace housing the next generation of international luxury labels & designers. Shop ready-to-wear, accessories, and luxury beauty products for men and women.
- Contact — Contact is the fast, simple way to book creative talent.
Matt Cooper is Chairman of Octopus.
Before joining Octopus, Matt was Principal Managing Director of Capital One Bank (Europe) where he led the team guiding strategy and operations. He helped the UK arm grow from a start-up to a business employing more than 2,000 people and generating over £275 million in revenue.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Prosper — Prosper's offering includes fee-free investments in public market index funds, including fund fees, as well as SIPP and ISA wrappers.
- Clerkenwell Health — Clerkenwell Health addresses the growing unmet demand for effective mental health treatments.
- Juniper — Juniper is a reproductive healthcare insurance provider.
Pierre Denis is at CEO at Jimmy Choo.
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Investment focus
- Fashion, Marketing, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Glopal — Glopal provides advanced international Google shopping solutions for ecommerce retailers and brands seeking to grow their businesses' globally.
- Luxury Promise — Buy and sell Hermes, Louis Vuitton & Chanel designer handbags.
- Modern Synthesis — Combining biology, material science, engineering and human ingenuity, we create textiles that are circular by nature, and customisable by design.
Xavier Niel is the Co-Founder and CEO of NJJ Capital. He previously worked at Worldnet as a Founder. Xavier Niel attended Saint Michel de Picpus Catholic private high school.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- France, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- CUBE AI — Cube AI boosts back-office logistics efficiency, allowing teams to handle more loads and focus on human relationships.
- Pixmania — Pixmania is an e-commerce website that provides buying and selling of speakers, cameras, headphones, and mobile devices.
- The Mobile-First Company — Early Stage Startup that is Simplifying Business, One App at a Time. Forget about those overcomplicated, pricey software giants. We're building easy, mobile-first tools that actually make sense.
Robin Klein is the Non - Executive Chairman of MOO Print Ltd. He is also a Venture Partner at Index Ventures. Robin joined the London office of Index Ventures in April 2010 as a Venture Partner.He is a founding partner of The Accelerator Group, a seed investment company specialising in e-commerce, digital media and Internet services. He iscurrently Chairman of Quickbridge (Wonga), Moo Print Ltd, MyBuilder. He sits on the Boards of EDITD, Farfetch, FreeAgent, OneFineStay, Skimlinks, Zoopla. Robin is a governor of Rhyl primary school. He is also a past Chairman of Great Ormond Street hospital's funding company.Robin has 25 years of operating experience, 20 years of which as entrepreneur and 14 years of investing experience and he has been on the boards of three publicly quoted companies. In his last operating role as Chairman and CEO of Innovations, he conducted the very first UK ecommerce transaction in May 1995.Since starting his investment career in earnest in 1998 by co-founding The Accelerator Group (TAG) with his son, Saul, they have made over sixty investments. Robin is passionate about helping to build the European technology start-up ecosystem and actively supports Saul in the promotion of Seedcamp and OpenCoffee. He has a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering. An MSc in Industrial Engineering.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Fashion
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Cera — In five years, Cera has expanded to 10,000+ staff across the UK and Germany, delivering 40,000+ healthcare visits a day, and has grown from zero to nearly $300M revenues. Every day, Cera delivers healthcare services equivalent to several dozen hospitals or 1,000 care homes, and has grown 100-fold over the past two years making it one of the fastestgrowing businesses in Europe.Cera currently holds more than 300+ partnerships with the NHS and local authorities, and the company’s technology is used by 2,000+ businesses nationwide. It’s technology predicts health deteriorations in patients 30-fold faster than traditional care companies, with its Professional Carers and Nurses responding to over 5,000 ‘high risk’ alerts each day.Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cera has delivered 10 million healthcare visits in people’s homes, created 10,000 jobs, and licensed it’s recruitment technology to the UK Government Department of Health to recruit 50,000+ people into healthcare careers. Cera was co-founded by entrepreneur, physician and policy expert Dr Ben Maruthappu, and its advisory board is chaired by Sir David Behan, the former CEO of the Care Quality Commission. Cera’s technology and care network have been recognised by over 30 industry awards including Deloitte Fast 50 (#8 in 2021, down from #26 in 2020), Sunday Times Fast Track and Most Outstanding Home Care Provider.
- BelleVie — BelleVie's vision is a world where those who receive and provide support are valued and thrive. BelleVie's radically different operating model of self-managing teams was inspired by the successful Buurtzorg model of nursing in the Netherlands. Unlike other care providers who are digitising a broken operating model, BelleVie addresses theroot cause, fixing the operating model and then digitising that.
- Trouva — Trouva, launched in September 2015, is the marketplace for bricks and mortar independent shops, selling unique homeware and lifestyle products from hundreds of shops and boutiques. Trouva bridges online and offline in retail to offer click and collect, 1-hour delivery, and worldwide shipping in a single seamless platform.Trouva is one of the mostexciting e-commerce start-ups in Europe, backed by amazing VC and Angel Investors whose successes include Secret Escapes, Net-A-Porter, and Farfetch (BGF Ventures, Octopus Investments, C4 Ventures, Index Ventures & LocalGlobe).
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
Giles Brook
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Snack Food, Retail
- Seed, Angel, Equity Crowdfunding
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Freja — Award-winning bone broths from Freja Foods. Responsibly sourced and conveniently packaged, Freja bone broth is available online and via leading retailers.
- BEPPS Snacks — BEPPS Snacks are chickpea snacks with black-eyed pea inclusions that pack a flavourful punch.
- Fearne & Rosie — Hello! Berry nice to meet you. Our mum says it's really important that we eat the berry best food. So we squish together natural ingredients to make tasty, fruity jams, honeys and spreads. MORE FRUIT, LESS SUGAR Just for you! Love, Fearne and Rosie x
An industry leader in accessible luxury handbags, accessories, footwear and apparel, Rebecca Minkoff’s playful and subtly edgy designs can be spotted around the world on young women and celebrities alike.After developing an affinity for design while in the costume department in high school, Rebecca Minkoff moved to New York City at only 18years old to pursue her dream of becoming a fashion designer.In 2001, Rebecca designed a version of the “I Love New York” t-shirt as part of a five-piece capsule collection, which appeared on The Tonight Show and became an overnight sensation.In 2005, Rebecca designed her first handbag, which she soon dubbed the “Morning After Bag,” a.k.a. the “M.A.B.” This iconic bag ignited Rebecca’s career as a handbag designer and inspired her “downtown romantic”-themed designs in the years to come. Rebecca’s success was further enhanced by the support of her brother and the company’s CEO and co-founder, Uri Minkoff, who helped usher in and pioneer the company’s industry-leading social media efforts.After four years of designing statement-making handbags and accessories with her trademark leathers, studs and edgy hardware, Rebecca returned to her roots of apparel design and introduced her first ready-to-wear collection in 2009.Today, Rebecca Minkoff has developed into a global lifestyle brand with a wide range of accessories, footwear, apparel, handbags and jewelry as well as men’s leather goods under the label Ben Minkoff. The brand is distributed in over 900 stores worldwide, and on March 1, 2012, Rebecca opened her first free-standing boutique in Tokyo. In 2011, she won industry recognition when she was awarded the Breakthrough Designer Award from the Accessories Council. Rebecca is an active member of the CFDA and supports multiple philanthropies including Jessica Seinfeld’s non-profit, Baby Buggy.Rebecca is married to actor and director Gavin Bellour and they reside in New York City with their son, Luca, and daughter, Bowie.
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Investment focus
- Women's, Fashion, FinTech
- Seed, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Kimai — Kimai is a London-based startup that offers fine jewelry made using lab-grown diamonds and recycled gold.
- HeyMama — HeyMama is a community for mothers in business. HeyMama is the most badass league of mom-bosses you know. Whether they are advisors, executives, founders, or CEOs, their application-based membership provides support, connection, and collaboration for working mothers at every life stage.
- The Wonder — The Wonder’s design makes clear that the space has been created for families. Members enter to a Dyson-sponsored “stroller valet,” where they can park their strollers in a closet and return to oiled wheels and a full detailing. The parents-only lounge connects to the café—serving wine and “milk flights” of regular, chocolate, and strawberry—througha hidden entrance, so parents don’t have to run past their kids yelling “Mom!” to get a drink. The bathroom boasts a deeper-than-usual sink for cleaning up diaper emergencies and a hand-dryer at kid level. The track list will play clean versions of Beyoncé songs instead of the “Itsy Bitsy Spider.”
Natalie Massenet is co-founder and partner of Imaginary Ventures, a venture fund investing in early-stage opportunities at the intersection of retail and technology, as well as the non-executive co-chairwoman of Farfetch, a global e-commerce platform for luxury fashion. Massenet is best known for founding the luxury fashion online retailerNet-A-Porter, in 2000. In the year before she stepped down from her role following its merger with YOOX, the Net-A-Porter-Group recorded net revenues of almost $1 billion. Massenet began her career as a journalist and fashion editor, working at WWD and Tatler before setting up Net-A-Porter. In 2009, she was awarded an MBE, and in 2016 she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, both in recognition of her contributions to the U.K. fashion and retail industry. Massenet was chairman of the British Fashion Council between 2013 and 2017.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Fashion, Bitcoin
- Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Flowerbx — FLOWERBX is a unique floristry service, delivering cut flowers to customers direct from suppliers in Holland via its online store.Unlike traditional florists, London-based FLOWERBX offers bunches of single variety blooms, rather than mixed bouquets, and by dealing with the markets directly ensures flowers arrive to doorstep fresh and fragrant,and in the most cost effective way possible.Launched in 2015 by Whitney Bromberg Hawkings and Adam Wilkie, former fashion industry professionals, the company's investors include Natalie Massenet, the founder of Net-A-Porter, as well as Carmen Busquets. Net-A-Porter's former chief executive Mark Sebba has also joined the company's board.FLOWERBX has secured a loyal following from the fashion, hotel and restaurant industries, and already has a raft of celebrity clients. It has also provided flowers for several high-profile events, and was the recipient of a prestigious Wallpaper Design Award for Best Delivery Service.
- Heist Studios — Heist designs intelligent foundation-wear that looks & feels good. Foundation-wear is your base layer, there to support & streamline (with or without clothing).
- Luther Systems — Luther Systems platform empowers enterprises to automate and run their processes at speed and scale.
Theo Osborne is a Managing Partner at 9Yards Capital.
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Investment focus
- Software, Apps, E-Commerce
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- The Dots — Professional networking for the new world of work. Get advice. Meet collaborators. Find jobs. Upskill at events.
- Nova Credit — Nova Credit is a credit infrastructure and analytics company that enables businesses to grow responsibly by harnessing alternative credit data.
- Platform Science — Experience the power to choose what drives your fleet. Platform Science delivers telematics and fleet management tools on a platform built for transportation.
Fidji Simo is the CEO and Chair of the Board of Directors of Instacart. She previously worked at Facebook as a Head of the Facebook App. Fidji Simo attended HEC Paris.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, France
Portfolio highlights
- Polywork — Launch an AI-powered personal website to showcase your work, grow your personal brand, or start your side hustle.
- Orchid — Orchid is a reproductive technology startup that is capable of detecting rare genetic disorders. Orchid’s preconception system analyzes both partners’ genomes and assesses genetic predispositions to common diseases, including heart disease, stroke, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, breast cancer, and diabetes. Orchid results are developed withworld-class experts in reproductive medicine and genetics to give its clients the most accurate results.Orchid offers a “Couple Report” that utilizes an at-home saliva test to analyze each person’s genomes to detect the probability of genetic risks, then models how their DNA together will combine in a future child. If elevated risk is detected, Orchid provides insights to help couples monitor biomarkers, adapt their diet or elect for procedures, such as in vitro fertilization. It was founded by Noor Siddiqui in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
- Archy — SaaS Practice Management Software for Dental Practices
Natalie Massenet is co-founder and partner of Imaginary Ventures, a venture fund investing in early-stage opportunities at the intersection of retail and technology, as well as the non-executive co-chairwoman of Farfetch, a global e-commerce platform for luxury fashion. Massenet is best known for founding the luxury fashion online retailerNet-A-Porter, in 2000. In the year before she stepped down from her role following its merger with YOOX, the Net-A-Porter-Group recorded net revenues of almost $1 billion. Massenet began her career as a journalist and fashion editor, working at WWD and Tatler before setting up Net-A-Porter. In 2009, she was awarded an MBE, and in 2016 she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, both in recognition of her contributions to the U.K. fashion and retail industry. Massenet was chairman of the British Fashion Council between 2013 and 2017.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Fashion, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United Kingdom, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Flowerbx — FLOWERBX is a unique floristry service, delivering cut flowers to customers direct from suppliers in Holland via its online store.Unlike traditional florists, London-based FLOWERBX offers bunches of single variety blooms, rather than mixed bouquets, and by dealing with the markets directly ensures flowers arrive to doorstep fresh and fragrant,and in the most cost effective way possible.Launched in 2015 by Whitney Bromberg Hawkings and Adam Wilkie, former fashion industry professionals, the company's investors include Natalie Massenet, the founder of Net-A-Porter, as well as Carmen Busquets. Net-A-Porter's former chief executive Mark Sebba has also joined the company's board.FLOWERBX has secured a loyal following from the fashion, hotel and restaurant industries, and already has a raft of celebrity clients. It has also provided flowers for several high-profile events, and was the recipient of a prestigious Wallpaper Design Award for Best Delivery Service.
- Heist Studios — Heist designs intelligent foundation-wear that looks & feels good. Foundation-wear is your base layer, there to support & streamline (with or without clothing).
- Luther Systems — Luther Systems platform empowers enterprises to automate and run their processes at speed and scale.
Stefano Martinetto is CEO at tomorrow ltd.
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Investment focus
- Fashion, Mobile Apps, Social Media
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Ubooker — Global online booking platform for the fashion industry where top brands book talent directly
Eric Wahlforss is the Co-Founder and CEO of Dance. He co-Founded SoundCloud Limited in 2007 and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. Eric Wahlforss has been working with the web since 1995 and served as the Interaction Designer for Gate5 (acquired by Nokia in 2007). Under the artist name Forss, he has released electronic music on Berlin basedlabel Sonar Kollektiv and toured across the world. He holds an M.Sc. degree in Industrial Economics from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and has studied three years at the Stockholm School of Economics.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, Mobile
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Germany, United States, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Lovely Day Foods — We harness the power of plants and cutting-edge technology to crack the egg.
- Buddywise — Gain control of your safety risks and empower your EHS teams to be truly data-driven. Use existing cameras to gather data, eliminate risks and react in real-time.
- Nomos — Nomos operates as an energy tech company.
Lloyd Amsdon is the Founder and Brand Director of Watchfinder.
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Investment focus
- Fashion, E-Commerce, Marketplace
- Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Luxury Promise — Buy and sell Hermes, Louis Vuitton & Chanel designer handbags.
Charles Allard jr
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Investment focus
- Fashion, E-Commerce, Computer Vision
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Delvify — Our advanced AI solutions help forward-thinking people like you increase online sales, deliver your products on-trend, on-time, and at-cost to scale your business.
Founding Partner at Vaultier7. Vaultier7 is a London-based, specialist private equity fund dedicated to providing growth capital to brands within Beauty & Personal care, Health & Wellness and Lifestyle.
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Investment focus
- Fashion, E-Commerce, Retail
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, France, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Alena — Overcome social anxiety with a personalised solution that starts with your brain. Sign up to get early access.
- DeMellier London —
- Frescobol Carioca — Live the spirit of Rio with Frescobol Carioca. Shop designer swimwear, apparel, beach bats, accessories and more. Discover our latest collection online.
Nicholas Jerry "Nick" Jonas is an American singer, songwriter and actor, best known as one of the Jonas Brothers, a pop rock band he formed with his brothers Kevin and Joe
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce
- Series B, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- OLIPOP — 2-5g sugar. 9g fiber. 8 classic flavors. Discover the delicious new soda made with plant fiber and prebiotics for a happy, healthy you. Try it in Vintage Cola, Classic Root Beer, Strawberry Vanilla, Ginger Lemon and more. Non-GMO, gluten free, paleo, vegan, and just plain delicious.
- Magic Spoon — Magic Spoon cereal is high-protein, low-sugar, keto-friendly, and gluten-free. Available in Cocoa, Frosted, Fruity, Blueberry, Peanut Butter, and Cinnamon.
- Perfect Moment — Designed for fashion, form and function.
kaushal kumar
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Investment focus
- Social, Fashion, Internet
- Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Little Black Door — Little Black Door, LBD - The Social Wardrobe A free wardrobe sharing application that enables its users to upload their wardrobe, interact with their fashion items & share them on social networks We’re out to disrupt the way in which we engage with our fashion assets.
Nicholas Charles Tyrwhitt Wheeler (born 20 January 1965 in Ludlow, Shropshire) is an English businessman. He attempted a number of different businesses, including a photography venture and a Christmas tree delivery service. In 1986 he established the Charles Tyrwhitt company and shirt brand, which he owns.Wheeler grew up in Ludlow and waseducated at the Dragon School in Oxford, Eton College, and the University of Bristol, where he studied geography. His first job was as a management consultant for Bain & Company. In November 1986, he set up Charles Tyrwhitt, now a well-known shirt brand in the United Kingdom. The business is a Limited Liability Partnership. It has grown to be the UK’s largest mail-order shirt business, and also has several brick and mortar locations (as of October 2014, 17 in the United Kingdom, 5 in the United States, and one in France). In 2008, he was a regional judge for the Entrepreneur Challenge in the UK.Wheeler is married with four children to Chrissie Rucker, founder of The White Company. In 2015, their collective wealth was estimated at £330 million by the Sunday Times Rich List. Together they live in Buckinghamshire and also own a chalet in Klosters, Switzerland named Haus Alpina.
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- Retail, E-Commerce, Fashion
- Angel, Funding Round
- United Kingdom
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- CUDONI — Buy and sell preloved designer clothing, bags, shoes & accessories at Sign of the Times. Current season authentic pre-owned luxury fashion at sale prices.
- Papier — Papier offers customizable stationery such as wedding cards, notebooks, planners, and notecards. Founded in London in 2015, Papier's aim is to inspire people to connect with each other in a more thoughtful way and more often. As digital messages proliferate in their lives, receiving something beautifully made through the letterbox isappreciated now more than ever before - Papier makes this simple and easy to do.At their core, is a love of art and design, words, and of course, paper. Their carefully curated collection of designs, married with quality printing and premium paper, stands us apart from other online card and invitation sites.
- Cornerstone — Cornerstone is a regular delivery service of razor blades and shaving supplies for men. Its service include German-engineered razors and British-blended skincare products. Cornerstone was founded in January 2013 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
Alexander Tsirigotis
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- Fashion, E-Commerce, Marketplace
- Seed
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Luxury Promise — Buy and sell Hermes, Louis Vuitton & Chanel designer handbags.
Lin is the COO of Twitch, the world’s leading social video platform and community for gamers. He was instrumental in the 2011 launch of the platform when he joined Justin.tv in 2008. His role included attracting the site’s largest broadcasters and building out the partnership team among other activities which have helped grow the Twitch brand.Currently more than 100 million gamers gather every month on Twitch to broadcast live video, watch and chat about gaming, making the platform an industry leader.
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- Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- AnotherBall — AnotherBall = Digital + Entertainment + Token economy
- Blacktop Hoops — Blacktop Hoops is a streetball-inspired multiplayer VR basketball game. Chain together flashy dribble tricks, shots, and high-flying dunks to finish off AI opponents or players across the globe in epic streetball matches.
- Scriptic — Scriptic, interactive story games on mobile.
Eileen Burbidge is a Partner at Passion Capital, the pre-eminent early-stage VC fund based in London. She brings extensive operational experience to her investment activities gleaned from business and product roles at Yahoo!, Skype, Apple and elsewhere.In addition to Passion Capital, Eileen is also the Chair of TechCity UK, which is the Britishgovernment-backed organisation supporting digital business across the UK. She is also HM Treasury’s Special Envoy for FinTech appointed by then Chancellor George Osborne; Tech Ambassador for the Mayor of London’s office and served on former Prime Minister David Cameron’s Business Advisory Group.Eileen was made an MBE for services to Business in June 2015 and holds a BSc Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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- Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, United States, Sweden
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- Meeno — Personalized advice for meaningful relationships.
- Amorai — Personalized advice for meaningful relationships.
- Harmonic Security — Accelerate secure AI adoption without risking the security and privacy of your data.
Bart helps companies scale globally and has been active in the technology sector for more than fifteen years as an entrepreneur, mentor, and executive. Previously he was the Chairman of Summly (sold to Yahoo), COO at Badoo, an MD International at GSI Commerce (sold to eBay), a GM at Amazon.com (helping lead the international expansion from1998-2001), and was an MD at EMI Music Europe. Bart received an MBA from The Wharton School, an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, was a Fellow at the Lauder Institute, and has a BA in History from the University of Southern California.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Belgium
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- Certn — Thousands of companies worldwide rely on Certn's integrated background screening to secure the right people with an 80% reduced time to hire.
- Laced — Discover the latest sneaker releases with Laced. The UK and Europe's authentic sneaker marketplace, discover coveted styles from Nike, Air Jordan, Yeezy, New Balance and more. Buy and sell now with Laced.
- Part3 — Part3 simplifies construction administration for architects and engineers. Leverage AI to collaborate on submittals, RFIs, changes, field reporting & more.
Ben Barnett (former CEO, TFG London).
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- Retail, Fashion, Consumer Goods
- Series A
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- All Good Things — We wanted to create a place where beautiful fashion and great prices could live together. Brands you love. Always up to 65% off.
Dr. Johann ‘Hansi’ Hansmann was born in Austria and studied economics in Vienna. He spent the major part of his professional life working as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry in Austria, Germany, UK and Spain. He gathered several years of entrepreneurial experience running successfully his own pharmaceutical company in Spain afterconducting a management buy-out of a big pharmaceutical plant, making an exit in 2003. Since this time he is active as investor and business angel. He currently holds investments with a geographical focus on Austria, Germany, UK and Spain both internet and in the health industry. He led Runtastic, shpock, mysugr and just recently durchblicker and Busuu to extraordinary exits. He was president of the ‘Austrian Angels Investors Association’ until 2021, was awarded 'Best European Early Stage Investor' in 2016 by eban.org and is now based in Vienna and tries to find spare time to ride his mountain bike.
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- Software, Health Care, Fitness
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Austria, United Kingdom, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- fynk — Create, edit, negotiate and sign contracts quickly with fynk. Give your team back valuable time. Test it now for free!
- Balun — Balun is a machine learning platform that forecasts electricity generation with unrivaled precision by analyzing multiple meteorological and energy market inputs, allowing renewable energy producers to optimize production, reduce penalties, and assure a stable, efficient grid.
- Shopstory — boomerank is a SaaS that helps eCommerce companies grow automatically with help of a powerful AI and the creation of an immense data hub.
Serge Weinberg is a French citizen. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law, a Graduate Degree of Institut d’Études Politiques and is a Graduate of ENA (Ecole Nationale d’Administration).Since 2009, he has been a Director of Sanofi and was appointed Chairman of the Board in May 2010. He is also Chairman of the Strategy Committee of Sanofi. He wasinterim CEO between October 29, 2014 and April 1, 2015. Serge Weinberg held different positions as a « sous-préfet » from 1976 to 1981, and became Chief of Staff of the French Budget Minister, Laurent Fabius, in 1981. After serving as Deputy General Manager for Finance at the French Television Channel FR3 (1982-1983), he became Chief Executive Officer and then Chairman of the Havas Tourisme Group from 1983 to 1987. He served as CEO of Pallas Finance for three years before joining the Pinault Group in 1990 as President of CFAO. In the Pinault Group he served as Chairman and CEO of Rexel from 1991 to 1995 He is also a member of the Board of the AFEP and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.He is also a founder of the Institute for Brain and Spinal Cord Disorders (ICM).
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- Retail, Fashion
- Seed
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Box Upon a Time — Box Upon a Time is a UK company offering busy parents a baby clothes ‘personal shopper’ service through a subscription model.Each month or quarter, parents receive a Box with a selection of gorgeous baby clothes handpicked by a stylist. Each selection is personalised to the parents' tastes, and offered to the parents at a 60% discount.BoxUpon a Time is partner of over 30 of the best babywear designer brands like Toffee Moon, Tartine & Chocolat, Jake and Maya, Dolls & Dirt and many more to delight parents every month/quarter.Subscribers have the choice between 3 Boxes: • The Silver Box, (£29 per box,) offers 2 to 3 items worth £40-£60 with up to 50% off retail prices • The Gold Box, (£49 per box,) offers 3 to 4 items worth £80-£120, with up to 60% off retail prices • The Platinum Box, (£69 per box,) offers 3 to 5 items from luxury brands worth £110-£170, with up to 60% off retail prices
Jeffrey B. Hecktman is the Chief Executive Officer, Board Member, and Founder at Hilco Performance Solutions.
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Investment focus
- Fashion, E-Commerce, Social Shopping
- Angel, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- LetsBab — LetsBab is a social commerce company made to level the playing field for affiliate marketing and influencer marketing. The company's platform offers marketing and revenue-generating capabilities for several businesses and pays users for successful peer-to-peer recommendations, allowing users to recommend the items they enjoy to friends whilealso earning money and supporting their preferred charities. Creating social software specifically for finding, sharing, and purchasing goods A digital mall where everyone can shop hundreds of the newest brands and receive cash rewards for making and sharing shoppable style boards is a digital reproduction of the days when the younger generation would gather at a mall to hang out and shop.
- Zelig Technology — Zelig Technology is a digital styling technology platform focuses on enhancing future fashion commerce customisation.
Steven Bartlett is the current Founder of thirdweb. He previously worked at Social Chain as a Founder and CEO.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Health Care, SaaS
- Angel, Seed, Series B
- United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- PerfectTed — Buy PerfectTed Matcha and Healthy Energy Drinks online, here. Make the switch to a healthier you, today.
- STOCKED — Award winning dishes. Delivered to your door. Pack to Plate in 4 minutes. Choose from our wide range of British meat, Plant Based and Family Favourites. Revolutionary meals, ready in minutes, delivered to your door.
- Chapter 2 — We design and build scalable talent solutions by combining people, process and technology.
Lord Mervyn Davies
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Investment focus
- Retail, Fashion, Internet
- Seed, Angel
- United Kingdom
Focusing on marketplace know-how, eCommerce retail sales, and project management I work daily to enable solutions for businesses globally.
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Investment focus
- Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce
- Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- DAYUAN LIMITED — Global online retail platform in multiple shopping categories
Michelle joined Badoo originally as lead counsel over 4 years ago. Prior to joining Badoo she was a successful corporate lawyer at leading international law firm, Mishcon de Reya, before being poached by the firm's successful biotech client, Quotient Bioscience to head up their legal team. During her time at Badoo, she built the legal,compliance, HR and talent teams before moving into a more operationally focused role, including a position on the board. Today, Michelle is responsible for most key areas of the business, and works closely with founder and CEO Andrey Andreev, on the existing product, and exciting 'special projects' coming soon....
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Investment focus
- Women's, E-Commerce, Fashion
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, France
Portfolio highlights
- Sojo — Making your clothes work for you has never been so simple. Download Sojo today and have one of our community of seamsters bring your clothes to life.
- Millie — Millie is a new kind of maternity clinic. Built by moms and providers who’ve been there.
- Code First Girls — Code First Girls is on a mission to transform tech. We work with various partners to teach women to code for free; join the 150,000+ women we have taught so far!
Mustafa Suleyman is a founder, venture investor and technology entrepreneur. As the CEO and co-founder of Inflection AI and a venture partner at Greylock Partners, Mustafa brings years of experience as an entrepreneur and expert in artificial intelligence. Prior to co-founding Inflection AI, he co-founded DeepMind, a leading AI company acquired byGoogle in 2014.Mustafa was the VP of AI Products & AI Policy at Google starting in 2019. He is a member of the Board of The Economist, a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School and is a recipient of the annual Silicon Valley Visionary Award.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series C
- United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Anterior — Lead your plan into the future.
- Pacific Fusion — Pacific Fusion was founded in 2023 with the mission to power the world with abundant, affordable, clean energy.
- Applied Intuition — Applied Intuition enables engineering and product development teams to safely develop, test, and deploy autonomous vehicles at scale.
Network Effects Investor, Venture Partner @ Speedinvest, Instructor @ Reforge, Atomico Angel
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Investment focus
- Apps, Software, Mobile
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Homefans — Discover top-rated sports tours and activities at your destination with Homefans. Go beyond the game and explore with locals for a unique sports travel experience.
- Konfetti — konfetti is building the leading platform for local workshops and events by empowering workshop providers with customized SaaS solutions
- HomeCooks — HomeCooks delivers chef-crafted meals from the UK's top independent cooks right to your door. Browse our weekly menus of authentic global cuisines, from spicy Asian delights to comforting home-cooked classics. With quick reheating, you can enjoy restaurant-quality meals anytime at home.
Salman joined Brightpearl with 15 years of experience in building and growing Web and business software companies.Prior to his role at Brightpearl, Salman spent 8 years at Siebel Systems, and initiated the development of Siebel's Web-based products.Prior to Siebel, Salman was a co-founder of Firefly Network, an early pioneer ofpersonalization and recommendation technologies, acquired by Microsoft in 1998.Salman also served as VP of Product Marketing at AMEE, a London-based technology business providing a platform for carbon data aggregation. Salman was born in Pakistan and grew up on four continents.He holds a BSE in Electrical Engineering from Princeton and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Investment focus
- Fashion, Jewelry, Gift Card
- Angel
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Bouf — BOUF is your curated marketplace bringing you homeware, fashion and gifts with a twist! Our expert merchandisers trawl the globe, seeking out the best design-led products on the market, saving you time and ensuring you are always one step ahead of the crowd. We cherry-pick only the most unique brands and boutiques to partner with. Each supplierensures your item is perfectly packaged and shipped on time. Today at BOUF, indulge in over 30,000 design-led items. Our Customer Support people are on hand to help, and all items are covered by our 30 day returns policy, should you have a change of heart.
DeepMind is a neuroscience-inspired AI company, bought by Google in Jan 2014 in their largest European acquisition to date. Demis is now Vice President of Engineering at Google DeepMind and leads Google’s general AI efforts, including the development of AlphaGo, the first program to ever beat a professional player at the game of Go. Demis is aformer child chess prodigy, who finished his A-levels two years early before coding the multi-million selling simulation game Theme Park aged 17. Following graduation from Cambridge University with a Double First in Computer Science he founded the pioneering videogames company Elixir Studios producing award-winning games for global publishers such as Vivendi Universal. After a decade of experience leading successful technology startups, Demis returned to academia to complete a PhD in cognitive neuroscience at UCL, followed by postdocs at MIT and Harvard, before founding DeepMind.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- nPlan — AI that forecasts project outcomes, creates scenarios of the future and helps mitigate risk across single projects and portfolios. Trained on over 750,000 past programmes.
- Cosmos Innovation — Cosmos Innovation specialize in full stack software development, product design, cloud hosting, and MVP deployment.
- Entrepreneur First — We are the best place for the world's most ambitious talent to come together and build game-changing technology startups from scratch.
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.
Dinika Mahtani
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- Rental, Retail, Fashion
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Meander — Vektor is the career platform for Tech professionals.
- By Rotation — Rent over 25000+ designer fashion items online from our free app. Discover luxury designer dresses, clothing, bags and accessories from your trending favorite brands.
Jean-Charles Naouri (born March 8, 1949 in Bône (now Annaba), Algeria, is a French entrepreneur who is currently Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and controlling shareholder of Groupe Casino.At 14, Mr Naouri was awarded first prizes for top scores on both the Latin and Greek exams in France’s national concours général competition for highschool students. At 15, he passed his baccalauréat exam with highest honours, and in 1967, he ranked first in the nationwide entrance examination to the École normale supérieure (Mathematics). He then earned a PhD in Mathematics in just one year. Mr Naouri also attended Harvard University and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA), where he graduated from in 1976.After graduating from ENA in 1976, Mr Naouri joined the Inspection des finances, the auditing and supervisory body of the French Administration. From 1982 to 1986, he served as chief of staff for Pierre Bérégovoy, both at the Ministry of Social Affairs and National Solidarity and the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Budget. During this period, he was the architect of the reforms implemented in the French financial markets, which included the creation of the MATIF futures and MONEP options markets and the introduction of certificates of deposit and commercial paper. In particular, he helped drive the financial market liberalization with measures to ease currency controls and eliminate credit restrictions.In 1987, Mr Naouri left government service and joined Rothschild & Cie Banque as Managing Partner. Around the same time, he established his own investment fund, Euris, which acquired minority equity investments in industrial companies, while rapidly increasing its investment capabilities.In the early 1990s, Mr Naouri shifted his investment strategy from opportunistic to acquiring strategic stakes. As part of this new strategy, in 1991 he acquired the Brittany-based retailer Rallye, which at the time was facing serious cash flow issues/challenges. Convinced of the future potential for retailing and the benefits of combining the two companies, in 1992 he engineered a merger of Rallye with Groupe Casino, thereby becoming Groupe Casino’s largest shareholder.In 1997, a hostile takeover bid for Groupe Casino by rival retailer Promodès was thwarted by the successful counter offer from Jean-Charles Naouri, the Guichard family and Casino management, thereby maintaining the Group’s independence.In March 2005, Mr Naouri became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Casino Group, leading a substantial transformation of the retailer’s profile by disposing of underperforming business segments in Poland, the United States, Taiwan and the Netherlands and strengthening the Group’s presence in fast-growing markets. This made Casino the leading food retailer in South America (especially Brazil and Colombia), the Indian Ocean and Vietnam and the second largest in Thailand.In France, Mr Naouri has refocused French operations in the convenience format segment, Groupe Casino’s core business, and also positioned Casino in the discount segment by developing the Leader Price chain and the Cdiscount e-commerce website acquired in 2000.In 2012, Groupe Casino acquired a controlling interest in Brazilian retailer Pão de Açúcar, the country’s largest private-sector employer. The Group also purchased the 50% of French retailer Monoprix, which it did not already own, becoming the sole shareholder.In addition to his business activities, Jean-Charles Naouri is also the founder of the Euris Foundation, which he created in 2000. Each year, the Foundation grants 40 scholarships to promising high school graduates from impoverished neighbourhoods in France.He is also Vice Chairman of the Groupe Casino corporate foundation, which he founded in 2009 to improve access to culture and knowledge for children who are disadvantaged or suffering from illness.In addition, he is Honorary Chairman and Trustee of Ecole Normale Supérieure’s Institut d’Expertise et de Prospective, which is responsible for developing ties between the school and the corporate world.In June 2013, Mr. Naouri was appointed by France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be a special representative for Economic relations with Brazil.
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- Retail, Fashion
- Seed
- United Kingdom
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- Box Upon a Time — Box Upon a Time is a UK company offering busy parents a baby clothes ‘personal shopper’ service through a subscription model.Each month or quarter, parents receive a Box with a selection of gorgeous baby clothes handpicked by a stylist. Each selection is personalised to the parents' tastes, and offered to the parents at a 60% discount.BoxUpon a Time is partner of over 30 of the best babywear designer brands like Toffee Moon, Tartine & Chocolat, Jake and Maya, Dolls & Dirt and many more to delight parents every month/quarter.Subscribers have the choice between 3 Boxes: • The Silver Box, (£29 per box,) offers 2 to 3 items worth £40-£60 with up to 50% off retail prices • The Gold Box, (£49 per box,) offers 3 to 4 items worth £80-£120, with up to 60% off retail prices • The Platinum Box, (£69 per box,) offers 3 to 5 items from luxury brands worth £110-£170, with up to 60% off retail prices
Matthew Ball is the Venture Partner at Makers Fund.
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- Gaming, Software, Virtual Reality
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Sweden, United Kingdom
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- GOALS — Goals is a provider of an online football game. Goals is a multiplayer-first football game primarily for PC and consoles that offers a way for gamers to own in-game digital assets as they play.
- Arcol — Arcol is a collaborative design and documentation tool that runs in your browser.
- Illumix — Illumix develops augmented reality games. Kirin Sinha, Marianne Dang, and Alex Fu founded it in 2017, with its headquarters in Redwood City in California.
Charlie Atterton (former CEO, Jigsaw)
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- Retail, Fashion, Consumer Goods
- Series A
- United Kingdom
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- All Good Things — We wanted to create a place where beautiful fashion and great prices could live together. Brands you love. Always up to 65% off.
Asa Asika
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- Retail, Fashion, Brand Marketing
- Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom
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- Jendaya — The next decade will be defined by its push toward greater diversity, inclusion and representation across every facet of fashion. Jendaya is an online luxury marketplace housing the next generation of international luxury labels & designers. Shop ready-to-wear, accessories, and luxury beauty products for men and women.
James Shulman is an individual investor in real estate and early stage companies.
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- Fashion, Jewelry
- Series A
- United Kingdom
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- The Diamond Lab — The Diamond Lab sells collections of rings and bracelets made with diamonds produced, cut, and polished in laboratory.
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