Top 50 Manufacturing Angel Investors in United Kingdom

Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics.

Matt co-founded EF after being a consultant at McKinsey & Co. Prior to EF Matt spent his time studying at MIT fuelled by an obsession with R, Python and unusual datasets. EF is the best place for Europe’s top technical individuals to meet and build world-changing startups in London.They select purely on the basis of technical talent, so youcan apply before you have a team or an idea. The intensive 6-month programme is designed to give you the best possible support in the first 200 days of your startup’s life.They have created over 40 startups now worth over $300 million. The startups are funded by some prestigious investors including Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, Octopus Investments and Y Combinator.

Nadav leads Taboola’s expansion and operations in Europe and Australia.Prior to joining Taboola, Nadav was a member of the founding team of Groupon UK & IR, taking part in building and managing Groupon’s business in the UK.Before joining Groupon, Nadav worked as a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company in London.Nadav isbased in London and holds an MBA from INSEAD, France.

James Nuzzo

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.

William Tunstall-Pedoe FREng is a British entrepreneur focused on world-changing products powered with Artificial Intelligence and other deep technology. He is based in Cambridge and London UK. He founded the British company Evi (formerly True Knowledge), the AI platform acquired by Amazon and where William, the team and the technology developed byEvi was used to create Alexa. He left in 2016. William is an active angel investor with investments in more than 100 startups. He is a fellow of the Creative Destruction Lab and a full member of Cambridge Angels.

Francesco is a computer sicentist and tech startup investor, who built Silicon Roundabout into the largest Tech meetup community in Europe, with the mission of developing tech entrepreneurship and innovation through business connections, specialist recruitment, and venture capital support. Former roles include Software Engineer, Tech Lead and CTO.Currently Founder & Managing Partner @ Silicon Roundabout Ventures (Next-Generation Technology Pre-Seed/Seed UK VC)Prior to Silicon Roundabout, Francesco worked as a C++ software engineer, web developer, and founded the boutique property investment company AGAPE Properties: 1st UK property manager to accept crypto as a payment. He held guest lectures, panels and keynotes at London Fintech Week, London Tech Week, The London Institute of Banking & Finance, ASP (Politecnico di Milano), Birmingham Tech Week and the European GNSS Agency amongst others.

Former CTO Magic Pony Technologies - acquired by Twitter in 2016.

Kyle Parrish is the VP Sales at Mixmax. He attended Santa Clara University.

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

Nicolas Berggruen is the Founder and Chairman of the Berggruen Institute. He attended New York University.

John Winter - Board Of Director @ Vantage Power

Andrew Nutter is a Co-Founder at Gama. He attended Stanford University.

Marty Chavez is executive vice president and chief financial officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. He is a member of the Management Committee, Firmwide Capital Committee, Firmwide Risk Committee and Steering Committee on Regulatory Reform. Marty is also a member of the Firmwide Hispanic/Latino Network and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual andTransgender Network.Marty first joined Goldman Sachs in 1993 in the J. Aron Currency and Commodities Division, where he was a senior energy strat until 1997. He returned to the firm as a managing director in Investment Banking Division Strats in 2005, becoming global co-head of Securities Division Strats and then global co-chief operating officer of the Equities Franchise. Prior to assuming his current role, Marty was chief information officer, responsible for the Technology Division and jointly responsible with divisional leadership for the firm’s global strategists. He was named partner in 2006.Prior to first joining the firm, Marty was co-founder and chief technology officer of Quorum Software Systems from 1989 to 1993. From 1997 to 2000, he was global head of energy derivatives at Credit Suisse Financial Products. In 2000, Marty co-founded Kiodex, Inc. and was chairman and chief executive officer until 2004.Marty serves on the Harvard Board of Overseers and is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine.Marty earned a PhD in Medical Information Sciences from Stanford University in 1990, an SM in Computer Science from Harvard University in 1985, and an AB, magna cum laude, in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard College in 1985.

Simon Blake OBE CCMI is the Chief Executive Officer of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England.

Steve joined Trustpilot in July 2018 from the global leader in Data and Analytics in energy, chemicals and renewables company Woodmac where he served as EVP & CTO, prior to this Steve has held various SaaS executive, and technical roles from start-up through FTSE100Steve provides a proven track record with more than 20 years in ProductDevelopment, and Data organisations in evolving startups to scale-ups and transforming enterprises into high performing SaaS Data Analytics or Product Led Organizations. Steve continues to evolve and accelerate Trustpilots Product and Technology strategy, with a laser focus on growth whilst ensuring we provide the best experience and value for both our consumers and business driven through innovation and talent. Steve holds a BEng in Software Engineering from Edinburgh Napier University.

Since joining Arm as one of its first employees, Simon has driven technical and business innovations to help transform the company into the leading architect of the most pervasive compute technology the world has ever seen.Simon led the development of early ground-breaking Arm processors – the Arm7 and Arm9 – powering the world’s first digitalmobile phones. He played a key role in developing industry standards, and his engineering work led to him being granted several embedded-systems patents. He became vice president of engineering in 2001, and before being named as Arm CEO in July 2013, he held several other strategy positions including global head of sales. He was personally responsible for expanding the company’s U.S. business and strengthening its leadership and relationships in California’s Silicon Valley, where he still lives with his family.Simon helped steer the company through the 2016 acquisition by SoftBank, and, in June 2017, was elected to serve on the SoftBank board. He also sits on the boards of the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), the Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance), TechWorks and is a non-executive director at Dolby Laboratories, Inc.Simon earned his BEng in electronic engineering from the University of Sussex and an MSc in computer science from the University of Manchester.

Scott Banister

Nathan Benaich - General Partner @ Air Street Capital

Dominic Christian

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.

Simon Gunning is the CEO of Campaign Against Living Miserably.

Michael Sweeney

Hendrik Brandis is a Co-Founder and Partner of Earlybird. Hendrik's current domain focus is web-enabled services. Hendrik is a Board Member of EVCA (European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association) and past Chairman of the EVCA Venture Capital Platform Council. Hendrik brings together long standing investment, operational andentrepreneurial experience. Hendrik was a Board Member of element 5 AG, where he was a driving force behind the sale to Digital River (NASDAQ:DRIV), dooyoo.de AG (Berlin) which was sold to leguide.com S.A and Dianoema S.p.A., which listed on the Borsa Italiana (Milan: NOE.MI). Hendrik currently serves on the boards of Earlybird portfolio companies B2X Care Solutions GmbH (Munich), carpooling.com GmbH (Munich), Simfy AG (Cologne) and nfon (Munich). Hendrik gained his entrepreneurial experience as a Co-Founder of GMM, a group of private investors focusing on buy-outs of mid-sized companies and gained his operational experience as Project Manager in the Technology Department of Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm (now Daimler-Chrysler Aerospace) focusing on the design and innovative manufacturing processes of composite aircraft structures. Previously, Hendrik was a Partner with McKinsey & Co., in their Munich and Madrid offices where he led McKinsey's small and mid-sized company initiative and participated in creating McKinsey New Venture. Hendrik attended the Technical University of Munich and holds a Dipl.-Ing. (M.Sc. equivalent) and Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering.

Charlie Carroll is Founder at Flat Iron.

Soleio is cofounder and managing partner of Combine, a design and venture firm in San Francisco. Prior to Combine, Soleio led early product efforts at Dropbox as head of design and at Facebook where he was one of the company's first product designers. He’s invested in and advised early stage startups since 2012.

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.

Jogchum Brinksma is the Founder of FLOBAS Ventures.

Sami Mikati is a Director of Synthace Ltd. Investor and commercial executive with deep experience and network across energy and engineering industries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

James Murphy is the Founder/CEO at New Commercial Arts.

Dale Vince is the founder of and sole shareholder in Ecotricity, Britain's largest green energy company.

Deborah Meaden

Michail Eleftheriou

Adam Levene is the Founder of HERO®.

James Clinghan is a Managing Director at Trusted Business Partner Ltd.

Michal Berski is the CEO & Founder of Curlsmith.He Previously worked at L'Oréal as the Senior Manager.

Kevin Durant is a 12-year NBA veteran who plays for the Brooklyn Nets. He is a 2x NBA Champion and Finals MVP; having also won an NBA MVP Award, four NBA scoring titles, two Olympic gold medals, two NBA All-Star Game MVP Awards, and an NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He is also a ten-time NBA All-Star. Off the court, Durant is co-founder andpartner of Thirty Five Ventures. Thirty Five Ventures includes his diverse investment portfolio, including companies such as Postmates, Acorns, Overtime, & Coinbase; the media and creative development arm; and the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation.Projects under the Thirty Five Ventures umbrella include the sports business vertical “The Boardroom,” in partnership with ESPN, which examines the ins and outs of sports business and illuminates the world of sports far beyond what fans ordinarily see. Kevin also served as an executive producer on Fox Sports Films’ “Q Ball,” which premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival in Spring 2019. Upcoming projects include the scripted series “SWAGGER” with Imagine Entertainment and Apple. Last fall also saw the opening of The Durant Center in Suitland, Maryland, the Kevin Durant Charity Foundation’s college pipeline program in conjunction with College Track.

Owen Coyle

Andy Rankin

Kate Rankin

Alex Ikonn is the Co-Founder of Intelligent Change. He previously worked at Luxy Hair as a Co-founder. Alex Ikonn attended York University.

Co-Founder & CEO of Payworks, sold to Visa. Business Angel and investor in multiple startups.

David Golding

Andrew MacKay is a angel investor.

Bianca Cefalo is the Co-founder and CEO of Space DOTS Ltd

All-round digital and customer focused strategist with experience in responsive web design, application development, marketing business development, leading multi discipline teams and nurturing start-ups. Having followed my passion in User Experience I am a true believer in UCD techniques, that will enhance and simplify a persons day to day task.Having previous designed secure applications for 20 years with the Ministry of Justice, Department for International Trade, Home Office, DEFRA, NHS and the Department of Health. I have also designed applications for RBS, Deutsche Bank, London Stock Exchange Group, worked as the Head of UX at HSBC and served as the Head of UX and Interaction Design for Lloyds Banking Group where I designed their flagship website and managed the strategy for their entire Commercial Banking department (UX, UI and Research). With this background in design, development and security, I will provide additional support and assurance.I have also had the pleasure of being an Investment Trader for a Mid Market Investment firm, both managing Investor's portfolios and making investments on behalf of the firm.Featured in: The Independent - https://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/shoppers-pressured-into-taking-store-card-1962152.html The Evening Standard - https://www.standard.co.uk/business/money/teenagers-scared-of-getting-into-debt-6504457.html The Telegraph - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/borrowing/8171236/Ill-die-in-debt-say-one-in-three.html Daily Mail - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1344068/Rows-money-likely-cause-relationship-splits.html This is Money - https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/article-1344038/Money-worries-biggest-cause-relationship-break-ups.html

James Watt is an Aberdeenshire entrepreneur who co-founded one of the world’s most popular craft breweries, BrewDog.Before embarking on a hop-fuelled journey that would change the face of the beer industry forever, James completed an honours degree in Law and Economics. It didn’t take long for him to discover that the corporate suit-and-tie worldof litigation and libel was not for him, so he packed in his career in a law after a few weeks, opting to return to the bitter cold shores of Northeast Scotland to join his father as a fully-qualified Deepsea Captain.At 24-years-old, James took a new path. Inspired by the bold and experimental beers being crafted by a new movement of brewers on the West Coast of the U.S, James joined forces with friend Martin Dickie, and together the pair started brewing their own beers in Martin’s mum’s garage. In a world dominated by cask bitters and mass-produced lagers, their penchant for heavily-hopped and relentlessly bitter beers made them a unique duo, especially in the town of Fraserburgh. Undeterred by opinion, they pursued their passion through meticulous study, experimentation and boundary-pushing ideas, hellbent on showcasing that beer could be more than just fizzy yellow liquid made by global dominating brewers.2007 was a seminal year for James. BrewDog became a reality, setting up shop on a derelict industrial estate in Fraserburgh between a needle exchange and ‘The Godfather of Carpets’. While Martin took the reins on brewing and production, James focused on growing the business, handling accounts and spearheading the brand’s new breed of irreverent marketing that grabbed headlines for years to come. Not only did the pair produce some of the most exciting beers the UK has ever seen, but James also led the charge on Equity for Punks, a ground-breaking new crowdfunding initiative that would be mirrored for years to come by other brands across the globe. In 2014, James was awarded Great British Entrepreneur of the Year. He is also one of only a handful of people in Europe holding the title of Master Cicerone5, a title reserved for only the most diligent beer experts. In 2016, he was awarded the MBE in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours list. By this time, BrewDog was now 9 years old and boasted a 360-person strong workforce, 26 bars across the UK and Europe, as well as over 14,000 shareholders. Latter achievements include a number of publishing deals. James released Business for Punks: Break All The Rules – The BrewDog Way and co-wrote BrewDog: Craft Beer for the People. These books both showed the impact that BrewDog had on the beer, from both a business and marketing perspective, as well highlighting the importance of exceptional quality products in a world heavily populated by mainstream beer. But times were changing, and James was at the front of the pack, leading the way and carving a new path for the beer world.By 2019, James’ passion for sustainability had become integral to the brand. BrewDog was employing over 2,000 people at this time, with 100 bars located around the globe and over 130,000 Equity Punk shareholders. Amazing beer was still at the heart of everything James was doing, but building sustainability into this world was now not a question of if, but when.So, in 2020, BrewDog announced that they were the world’s first carbon negative brewery – a huge step that would see the industry take note and follow suit with commitments to change the way they do business. James worked closely with Small World Consulting’s Mike Berners-Lee to calculate the businesses carbon emissions and identify ways to reduce these through authentic reforestation programmes, which included a 9,308 acre plot of land in the Scottish Highlands and set forth to embark on one of the largest reforestation projects the UK has ever seen. In just 15 years, the beer world has transformed. Beyond the liquid in your glass, the breweries at the forefront of the movement are more than just suppliers of a product. They are social commentators, integral to local communities and beacons of quality and change. James has been paramount to these developments, showing that beer can be a force for good.

Robert del Naja

Ian launched the Accelerator Academy, and working with 16 exited entrepreneurs as mentors has overseen the graduation of 74 high growth start ups since 2011, helping to prepare the companies to raise over £10m from private investors, seed funds, syndicates and corporates, creating around £85m of value.Ian is now overseeing the expansion of theAcademy initiative into a full service pan European accelerator network with the sector’s most efficient connections to early stage capital, encompassing the Fast Forward Pre-Accelerator Programme.He also works as Managing Partner of White Horse Capital and sits on the investment committees of the Cabinet Office’s £10m Social Incubator Fund, and the Startup Funding Club. Ian acts as corporate ventures lead for TMT Connect and is a board advisor to Dell UK’s Centre for Entrepreneurs, BCS Entrepreneurs Group and The Entrepreneurs’ Network Westminster think tank.

A highly driven Senior Director and Executive with +25 Y in Management and Consulting experience, within the Telecommunication, Insurtech, Mobility, Telematics, and Space sectors and in Digitalization, IT, IoT, and Big Data areas.Always interested in the scouting of new technologies (ie: blockchain, AI, VR/AR/MR, ...) Active Mentor ofTechItalia:LAb Acceleration Program