Top 10 Startup Investors in Jersey in February 2025
A list of 10 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in startups based in Jersey. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in companies from Jersey. We update this investor list every month.Top 10 Startup Investors in Jersey in February 2025
Investor | Jersey investments |
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Foresight Group | 2 |
John Ward | 1 |
Richard Goulding | 1 |
Nomura Research Institute | 1 |
Galaxy Digital | 1 |
HarbourVest Partners | 1 |
AIB Seed Capital Fund | 1 |
Alan Howard | 1 |
Investcorp | 1 |
NOIA Capital | 1 |
Foresight Group is a listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager which has been managing funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients for more than 35 years. Foresight has over £7.2 billion of assets under management across a number of funds on behalf of some of the world’s largest institutional investors, family offices,private and high net-worth individuals and retail investors. Foresight's investment strategies are underpinned by a strong environmental, social & governance (“ESG”) focus, which increasingly meets the demands of today’s investors and ensures we are consistently working towards creating a sustainable legacy for future generations.
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Investment focus
- Software, Manufacturing, Health Care
- Funding Round, Private Equity, Seed
- United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- J+S — J+S Ltd is a supplier of systems and in-service support for the defence and offshore energy markets.
- illumion — Illumion develops high-throughput optical tools to accelerate battery material development
- Scorebuddy — All in one quality assurance call center software with automated tools for agent performance management, AI analytics and integrations. Try it free now!
Head of Engineering, Pharma Services Group, Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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Investment focus
- Solar, Energy, Manufacturing
- Funding Round
- Jersey
Portfolio highlights
- Invinity Energy Systems Plc — See what makes Invinity the world's leading manufacturer of utility-grade energy storage - safe, economical & proven vanadium flow batteries.
Richard Goulding is the Co-founder and Chairman of Play.com.
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Investment focus
- Retail, Fitness, Wellness
- Seed, Series A
- Jersey, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- OnBuy — OnBuy is an online marketplace that offers multi-category products. Its marketplace offers competitive fees for its sellers and helps to list all the products in its portal that enable users to purchase products without hassle. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Poole, Dorset.
- Nutrigums — Nutrigums - Vitamin Packed Gummies
NRI-short for the Nomura Research Institute-is a class-leading business consultancy and technology solution firm headquartered in Tokyo. With 50 years of experience in systems and strategies, they have grown from boutique financial IT specialist to Japan's leading consulting and technology solution firm.Nomura Research Institute itsinception about 40 years ago, NRI has always been on the cutting edge. Whether by advising policy proposals and corporate strategies or promoting new system development and management, they have always strived to push the boundaries and explore new horizons. At NRI, they are dedicated to helping provide their clients with new business models in the 21st century.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A
- Japan, Jersey
Portfolio highlights
- Komainu — Komainu is a regulated digital asset custody services provider.
- Blockchain Lock(BCL) — They are a technical group specialized in block chains and IoTs established by many experienced management teams in the Internet, block chain and IoT industry. As the first member company of the BCL Foundation with the mission of "Unlock the World" meaning to unlock the world, they will make the world based on Tokyo a more secure andconvenient one with block chains and IoT's power I will change it.
Galaxy is a digital asset and blockchain leader helping institutions, startups, and individuals shape a changing economy.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Yala — Yala operates a multi-token system and unlocks a thriving and interconnected DeFi ecosystem on Bitcoin.
- Avalanche — Avalanche is the fastest smart contracts platform in the blockchain industry, as measured by time-to-finality, and has the most validators securing its activity of any proof-of-stake protocol.
- Plume Network — Plume is the first modular L2 blockchain for RWAs that simplifies onchain asset deployment while fostering a composable ecosystem through DeFi applications
HarbourVest is a private markets firm with 40 years of noteworthy insight, interwoven skills across asset classes, and relationships that build futures.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Financial Services
- Funding Round, Private Equity, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- MadKudu — MadKudu is the data science platform that empowers marketers to execute intelligent segmentation, prioritization, and personalization.
- Enable — Our rebate management platform is more than just making rebates easy, we turn them into a growth strategy for your business.
- Airspace — Airspace is a shipping service for critical, valuable items. Our technology and human care mean speed, tracking, and full transparency for your shipments.
The AIB Seed Capital Fund was established in 2007 to provide venture capital for companies at the seed and early stages of development across a range of sectors throughout the Republic of Ireland. The Fund was established under the Enterprise Ireland Seed and Venture Capital Programme 2007-2012.The Fund has a total of €30m under managementwith AIB and Enterprise Ireland both committing €15m. It is managed by experienced managers with extensive expertise in making seed and early stage investments, adding value and facilitating business success.The Fund managers are empowered to make seed investments of up to approximately €500,000. Furthermore, the Fund has the capacity to make investments in later rounds to support the continued growth of investee companies.The Fund will be managed by Enterprise Equity Venture Capital and the Dublin Business Innovation Centre. This unique partnership brings together extensive regional and investment expertise.Enterprise Equity will evaluate and manage all investments outside the city and county of Dublin, as well as investments that require in excess of €250,000 from the fund within the city and county of Dublin.Dublin Business Innovation Centre (DBIC) will evaluate and manage all investments within the city and county of Dublin when the initial investment amount required from the Fund does not exceed €250,000.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Medical
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Ireland, United States, Jersey
Portfolio highlights
- NewsWhip — The only real-time media monitoring platform that predicts the stories and topics that will matter in the hours ahead.
- Offr — Offr is the new way to buy and sell property, quickly and transparently.
- Metabolomic Diagnostics — Metabolomic Diagnostics is a deep-tech company specialized in the development of novel biomarker based diagnostic solutions for complex diseases. The company has developed an effective pipeline to firstly identify diagnostic biomarker panels and then translate these panels into clinical assays ready for application in the clinical laboratory.Thispipeline combines the biomarker multiplexing capabilities of Mass Spectrometry, a powerful analytical technology, with the company’s own informatics and statistics solutions to deliver diagnostic innovation. This is reflected in Metabolomic Diagnostics’ strong and versatile IP portfolio of technical innovations and biomarkers.Our VisionMetabolomic Diagnostics’ primary vision is to develop a portfolio of diagnostic solutions which can determine, early in a woman’s pregnancy,her risk of developing major complications much later in her pregnancy and thus enabling personalized care, adapted to each woman’s individual needs. Pregnancy complications like preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, preterm birth, and in-uterine growth restriction, all have the potential to severely impact on the well-being of mother and child.The company’s innovative diagnostic solutions will assist clinicians in re-imagining how these conditions are managed: our novel risk assessment tools are specifically developed in conjunction with prenatal care providers to ensure they make a difference that really matters. This in turn will enable clinicians to improve pregnancy outcomes globally.Our solutions will empower pregnant women: accurate pregnancy risk information will allow a pregnant woman, in partnership with her care provider, to determine what prenatal care is best for her pregnancy.
Alan Howard is a British billionaire hedge fund manager and co-founder of Brevan Howard Asset Management.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- NVG8 — Navigate is a data ecosystem where people around the world contribute data that is used to build new applications like Navigate Maps.
- Atmos Labs — When is a game more than a game? Welcome to Planet Atmos: a universe of next-generation gaming experiences blending action, customization, storytelling, community, and digital ownership.
- ScienceMagic.Studios — A digital assets venture studio
Investcorp is a global investment manager, specializing in alternative investments across private equity, real estate, credit, absolute return strategies, GP stakes, infrastructure, and insurance asset management. Since our inception in 1982, we have focused on generating attractive returns for our clients while creating long-term value in our investee companies and for our shareholders as a prudent and responsible investor.
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Investment focus
- Software, Enterprise Software, Internet
- Funding Round, Private Equity, Series C
- United States, India, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Corsair Capital — Corsair is a specialized investment firm offering opportunities for investors and innovative solutions for companies across financial & business services and infrastructure.
- PKF O'Connor Davies — PKF O'Connor Davies is a public accounting and consulting firm that provides a full range of services. Audit, assurance, tax compliance, fund accounting, bankruptcy and restructuring, mergers and acquisitions advisory, valuations, litigation, forensic accounting, and risk management services are all offered by the firm. Clients of PKFO'Connor Davies are primarily from the banking and financial services, healthcare, life sciences, construction, education, hospitality, real estate, consumer products and retail, and transportation industries.
- Banner Ridge Partners — Banner Ridge Partners is an alternative investment specialist that identifies best-in-class private equity managers in niche markets. Banner Ridge is led by a senior team with significant private markets experience. By targeting deep value opportunities, focusing on fragmented markets and working through structural complexities, we believe we canexceed the investment goals of our clients.
NOIA Capital is an actively managed alternative asset manager pursuing excellence in digital assets and blockchain technology investments.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- France, Jersey, Belgium
Portfolio highlights
- Kelp DAO — Kelp DAO is intended to provide liquidity to illiquid assets put on restaking platforms such as EigenLayer.
- Kernel — Kernel is leading the way in restaking on the BNB Chain, which is intended to speed up innovation and ecosystem expansion while offering decentralized shared security.
- Yellow — Yellow is a financial services provider of software, analytics, and investments in blockchain startups.
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