# Top 50 Fashion Angel Investors in United Kingdom in June 2026

## Simon Beckerman
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fashion, Travel, Advertising

Simon Beckerman is the founder of Depop, a peer-to-peer social shopping app based in London.

## Sebastian Picardo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Fashion, Content, Lifestyle

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.

## Uday Kumar Bangalore Shivaraman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Angel / Sophisticated Investor and Trader (Ex London Stock Exchange(LSE), Deutsche Bank, London Clearing House(LCH) ) , Invested in 60+ Startups / 4 successful exits (with Avg 20x) and counting more. (Web3 -> udaybs.ETH )Invested in following asset classes from past 2 decades across UK / India / US / Europe / 
-Private Equity (Seed / Growth / VC/ Acquisition / Merger)
- Equity Markets
- Real Estate
- FX
- Commodity
- Bonds
- Fintech, Blockchain, Crypto Market, Web3 , DeFi, NFT
- Derivative Markets / Hedging / F&O / CFDGrowing Wealth in bumpy economic rides - There is no secret formula. Investment is an art. Being vigilant, dynamic, connecting dots, evaluating risk with constant change, loads of patience and visualising medium to long term.Private Equity Investments across globe in following domains / categories:
- Energy - EV / Carbon Footprint
- Blockchain / FinTech / AI / ML / Web3 / DeFi
- D2C / B2C
- Food & Beverages
- Pharma
- Media & Entertainment

## Natalie Massenet
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Fashion, Beauty, E-Commerce

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.

## Rob Dobson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Business Intelligence, SaaS

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.

## Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Internet

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.

## Nicolaj Reffstrup
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Information Technology

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.

## Lloyd Amsdon
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Travel, Fashion

Lloyd Amsdon is the Founder and Brand Director of Watchfinder.

## Giles Brook
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Snack Food, Retail

Giles Brook

## Xavier Niel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Xavier Niel is based out of Paris, Ile-de-France and is the Co-Founder and CEO of NJJ Capital. Xavier previously worked at Worldnet as a Founder. Xavier Niel attended Saint Michel de Picpus Catholic private high school.

## Maisie Williams
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bristol, Bristol, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fashion, Men's, Retail

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.

## Abe Burns
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Logistics, Blockchain

Abe Burns was a former Partner at A-Grade Investments.

## Matt Cooper
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, E-Commerce

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.

## Pierre Denis
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Fashion, Marketing, E-Commerce

Pierre Denis is at CEO at Jimmy Choo.


## Stefano Martinetto
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fashion, Mobile Apps, Social Media

Stefano Martinetto is CEO at tomorrow ltd.

## Robin Klein
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Software

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.

## Rebecca Minkoff
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Women's, Fashion, FinTech

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.

## Gareth Williams
- Type: Angel
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Apps, Information Technology

Gareth Williams co-founded Skyscanner Limited in 2001 and has been its CEO through to 2018.  Chairman to Jan 2020. We spent $6m of primary capital raised through to $1.8bn sale to Trip.com.  Now ‘funemployed’ and learning.

## Carmen Busquets
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Retail

Carmen Busquets - Founder @ CoutureLab

## Fidji Simo
- Type: Angel
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Internet

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.

## Ines Ures
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Marketplace, Apps

Ines Ures is a Partner at IRIS Ventures.

## Anna Sweeting
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Grant, Seed
- Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Manufacturing

Seasoned entrepreneur and investor, who has dedicated the last decade to investing in and partnering category-defining consumer brands

## Charles Allard jr
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Computer Vision

Charles Allard jr

## Theo Osborne
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Apps, E-Commerce

Theo Osborne is a Managing Partner at 9Yards Capital.

## Andrew Jennings
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2

A highly accomplished global retail executive with more than 40 years of achievement at some of the world’s most respected high-end, speciality stores.Recognised for his leadership capabilities and performance-driven management style, Andrew Jennings commands a vast knowledge of consumer trends, vendor networks and retail practices in matureand emerging markets. He has distinguished himself in senior executive positions in six countries and on four continents including Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, The United States, South Africa and Germany.

## Kevin Lin
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Information Technology, Video Games

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.

## Johann "Hansi" Hansmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Fitness

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.

## Serge Weinberg
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, Fashion

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).

## Jeffrey B. Hecktman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Northbrook, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Series A
- Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Social Shopping

Jeffrey B. Hecktman is the Chief Executive Officer, Board Member, and Founder at Hilco Performance Solutions.

## Steven Bartlett
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence

Steven Bartlett is the current Founder of thirdweb. He previously worked at Social Chain as a Founder and CEO.

## kaushal kumar
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Social, Fashion, Internet

kaushal kumar

## Ted Hettich
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Retail, Fashion, E-Commerce

Focusing on marketplace know-how, eCommerce retail sales, and project management I work daily to enable solutions for businesses globally.

## Charles Atterton
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Retail, Fashion, Consumer Goods

Charlie Atterton (former CEO, Jigsaw)

## John Egan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Retail, Fashion, Consumer Goods

John Egan is a Non-Executive Director.

## Yael Gairola
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fashion

Yael Gairola is a Board Member at Finisterre. She attended INSEAD.

## Zeiad Idris
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Marketplace

Zeiad Idris Co-Founder & CEO at Algbra.

## Laura Middleton
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Fashion

Laura Middleton

## Francesco Marini Clarelli
- Type: Angel
- Location: Milan, Lombardia, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Retail, Fashion, Lifestyle

Francesco Marini Clarelli actively invested in startups as an Angel Investor all along his career and he is currently the President and Co-founder of Italian Angels for Growth, the largest angel group in the country.His first angel investment was made in 1987, when he was 30, in a media start-up that few years later it was sold to the mainItalian publishing group after a growth from €1 million to €15 million in sales. His latest successful exit has been Yoox.com, a global fashion products e-commerce company, that he invested in as a start-up in 2000. The company later became the leading global player and successfully listed on the Milan stock exchange in 2009.Francesco has so far invested in more than 20 startups during his professional career.Always an active investor both in the private equity as well as listed securities fields, he presently owns and runs Astor Investment Advisors SIM, a thematic asset allocation advisory concern. He sits on the Advisory Board of Value Secondary Investments, an Luxembourg based secondary private equity investment fund, and is also a member of the board of a number of industrial concerns.In 2001 he founded, with other partners, one of the first funds of hedge funds management companies in Italy.Francesco obtained a BA with honors in 1980 majoring in Economics at the University of California in Santa Barbara,and started his career at Bank of America’s New York branch.Francesco was awarded "Angel of the Year 2011" by EBAN (European Business Angel Network), the pan-European federation of early stage investors.

## Philipp Moehring
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech

Philipp is an earliest stage technology investor in Berlin.
He invested in more than 100 companies across various sectors, including open source software, ML/AI enabled SaaS, and deep tech from synthetic biology to materials science.

## Andy Chung
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Machine Learning

Andy Chung is the Partner and Founder of Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company. He previously worked at AngelList as a Partner. Andy Chung attended University of Cambridge.

## Seth Berman
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, E-Commerce

Seth Berman is the Co-Founder and General Partner at Susa Ventures, where he focuses on investments in frontier tech, logistics, marketplaces & consumer. Seth led Susa’s investments in Flexport, Pericope Data and Expanse. Prior to Susa, Seth was an active angel investor. He has invested in 100+ seed stage companies in total, and his portfolioincludes Nest, Optimizely, Wish, Omio and Docker. He also served as the VP of Strategic Marketing for The Richemont Group, a publicly traded company (CFR:VX) which owns brands and e-commerce sites Cartier, Net-A-Porter.com, Mr. Porter, Montblanc, and Chloe. Seth graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a bachelor’s degrees in Business and Finance."

## Nolan Gray
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Nolan Gray is an American Climate Tech entrepreneur based in London, United Kingdom. He is a member of Forbes 30 Under 30 and co-founder of Svea Solar, one of Europe's biggest Climate Tech companies. In addition, Nolan is an investor, board member, and advisor for multiple startups. Before moving to London, Nolan was an early employee and CMOat Jobscience, a San Francisco based SaaS company which was later sold to Bullhorn (owned by Vista Equity Partners) for $50 million.

## Eileen Burbidge
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence

Eileen Burbidge is is Director at Fertifa, where she applies her passion for inclusive and accessible reproductive healthcare after experiencing her own fertility, reproductive and hormonal health journeys.Eileen is also a non-executive director for Currys plc and chair of the ESG Committee for the Board; co-founded seed stage VC firm PassionCapital; served for 8 years as the UK Treasury’s Special Envoy for Fintech, appointed by the Chancellor; was Tech Ambassador for the Mayor of London’s office; served on UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s Business Advisory Group; and was the Chair of Tech Nation for 5 years. She was awarded an MBE for services to business in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2015 and holds a BSc Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

## Richard Branson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Software

Sir Richard Branson is the current Founder of the Virgin Group and Owner and Founder of Virgin Limited Edition. He previously worked at OneWeb as a Board Member. Sir Richard Branson attended Bishopsgate School.

## Elizabeth Yin
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services

Elizabeth Yin is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Hustle Fund. Elizabeth previously worked at 500 Startups as a Partner. Elizabeth Yin attended the Stanford University.

## 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.

## Christian Dörffer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, Mobile

Christian Dorffer is based out of Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark and is the Managing Partner and Founder of Florent Venture Partners. Christian previously worked at Defiance Capital as a Founder. Christian Dorffer attended Copenhagen Business School.

## Alexander Chesterman
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services

Alex Chesterman is the Co-Founder of Houseful. Alex Chesterman attended the University College London.

## Leila Zegna
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software

Leila co-founded Kindred Capital in March 2015.Kindred aligns their ambitions and achievements with their portfolio. In structure and in spirit. Every entrepreneur Kindred invests in becomes a co-owner of the fund - creating a new category called ‘equitable venture’. Kindred backs companies early and works with the community of founders andadvisers to help founders get further, faster from the very beginning.Prior to setting up Kindred, Leila helped start, advise, and grow start-ups since leaving Bain & Company back in 2007.  She has worked with start-ups across 3 continents - Argentina (through the Endeavor network), the UK, and across both coasts of the United States.  After earning her MBA from Harvard Business School, Leila moved to Silicon Valley to work in the beating heart of the tech ecosystem.  Leila is passionate about supporting women leaders, and specifically finding ways to enable women to work on their own terms - she followed that passion to Plum District (a Kleiner Perkins and General Catalyst backed daily deals company focusing on the mom space) and joined as the General Manager.Leila left Plum District to join the founding team GenapSys, a groundbreaking genomics start-up based in Menlo Park.  As the sole business hire for the first 2+ years, Leila was responsible for building the business and operating plans, creating and refining the financial model, and leading the fundraising efforts, successfully raising $50M in venture capital from top investors in seed, Series A, and Series B rounds of financing.  The team grew from just a small few to over 50 people under Leila's leadership.Leila has angel investments in 18 early stage companies in both Silicon Valley and the UK, where she now resides.  She is an active advisor to several others, and always looking for new ways to engage with and support great founders.

## Chris Mairs
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Chris Mairs - Venture Partner @ Entrepreneurs First

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