Top 15 Mobile Advertising Angel Investors in United Kingdom in September 2025
A list of 15 angel investors that invest in Mobile advertising startups based in United kingdom. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Mobile advertising companies from United kingdom. We update this investor list every month.Top 15 Mobile Advertising Angel Investors in United Kingdom in September 2025
Investor | Mobile Advertising United Kingdom investments |
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Richard Fearn | 4 |
Jon Claydon | 2 |
James Fong | 2 |
Tjaart van der Waalt | 2 |
Keith Willey | 1 |
Damon Reeve | 1 |
Kevin Chong | 1 |
Hesham Zreik | 1 |
Ben Wynne-Simmons | 1 |
Tim Chen | 1 |
Bashar Hamood | 1 |
James Hilton | 1 |
Scott Button | 1 |
Ionut Ciobotaru | 1 |
Touker Suleyman | 1 |
Richard started in his career in advertising but has since shifted his attention to start-ups. As an investor/advisor to over 50 early stage companies, including Sofar Sounds, Blaze, Dojo & What3Words, Richard has learnt a lot about what it takes to launch & grow a start-up. He also the co-founder of the ‘Friday Club London,’ a‘non-profit’ events company aimed at providing start-ups free access to senior marketing expertise. Since launching, over 250 start-ups have benefitted from the programme. And in exchange for their advice, industry mentors have had access to the UK’s brightest founders. In 2013 & 2014 Richard was named in BIMA’s ‘Hot 100’ list and in 2016 and 2017 short-listed for the Europas ‘Investor of the Year’ award.
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Investment focus
- Software, Advertising, Advertising Platforms
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Darabase — Darabase is a unique platform enabling the creation, management and monetisation of location-based digital content in the real world and virtual metaverses.
- Roleshare — Roleshare matches freelancers, part-time and fractional workers to job share; helping companies retain and attract coveted skills and talent. Join us!
- Unlock — Unlock is a video-based platform packed with unique experiences your team will love.
Jon Claydon
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, App Marketing
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Zumo — Digital assets platform engineered with a focus on compliance and sustainability. Get in touch to learn more.
- Be Nosy — Nosy is wearable tech with data play that helps you breathe purified air anywhere at any time. Our state of the art patented technology developed by former Dyson engineers is more effective at protecting you from pollution, viruses and allergens than any other solution in the market. While our particles and breathing sensor technology will help youknow exactly what is going into your body.
- Togather — Create your event on Togather, the UK's most trusted events booking platform, choose from our roster of over 1,500 of the best and most passionate creators...
James Fong has been the CEO of Oriental Dreamworks. James joined Amazon in 2012 and is responsible for leading its Merchant Services and Advertising businesses, including “Selling on Amazon”, “Fulfillment by Amazon”, “Global Selling” and “Advertise on Amazon”.Prior to joining Amazon, James was a Managing Director of China Tongyin, a boutiquemerchant bank in Greater China, responsible for its TMT practice; a Managing Director of Strategic Investments at NBA China, responsible for its arena, internet and league investments and business development efforts; a General Manager at Microsoft China, responsible for sales and marketing for 17 provinces and 32 cities; and the Managing Director of Microsoft’s $165 million China equity investment fund.James holds an undergraduate degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Investment focus
- Retail, Marketing, Advertising
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Darabase — Darabase is a unique platform enabling the creation, management and monetisation of location-based digital content in the real world and virtual metaverses.
Tjaart van der Walt is the Co-founder & Director at Tyme. He attended Stellenbosch University.
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Investment focus
- Retail, Marketing, Advertising
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
- Talk360 — Talk360 is an easy-to-use calling app that helps people make affordable international calls to any mobile and landline number. They believe that reliable communication and digital services must be affordable and accessible to everyone, regardless of someone's background. Especially people in emerging countries in Africa, who often need theseservices the most, do not always have the necessary banking possibilities. To bridge this distance, Talk360 will launch the world's first single checkout platform for Africa. This platform will combine all locally available payment methods and currencies across Africa, together with over 1.25 million cash points of sales, and will eventually be available to other companies as well. This means that 500 million Africans will be able to purchase digital services they never had access to before.
- Darabase — Darabase is a unique platform enabling the creation, management and monetisation of location-based digital content in the real world and virtual metaverses.
Keith is an associate professor of strategic and international management and entrepreneurship at London Business School as well as a senior lecturer at University College London. He also holds various non-executive directorships and advisory roles. His career has spanned academia, consulting, investing and hands-on operational roles withinindustry and the venture capital world.
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Investment focus
- Software, Media and Entertainment, Gaming
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- 5Mins — 5Mins is the new microlearning platform that helps your employees build in-demand skills fast with AI-powered personalisation and advanced gamification.
- NumberEight — Empower your targeting and curation with NumberEight's smart, privacy-first data. Designed for publishers, ad platforms and agencies to drive performance across podcasting, mobile and CTV.
- Connected — Connected is a startup that offers affordable connecting humans, unleashing a new wave of IoT-based business models and contributing to bridge the digital gap.
Damon Reeve works as a CEO Of The Ozone Project. He is a former CEO at Authenticated Digital and Hereford Technologies respectively. He has 10 years of experience in the Internet and advertising industries across Europe, the United States, and Australia.Before launching Unanimis, Damon ran his own brand and interactive marketing consultancyafter being Head of Marketing for Excite UK. Damon is also a co-founder of OpenX and remains on the Board as a non-executive Director.
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Investment focus
- Advertising, Mobile Advertising, Advertising Platforms
- Series A
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Adludio — Adludio is the AI-powered platform that delivers interactive mobile advertising. By using data to design your ad creative, and algorithms to optimize your campaigns, Adludio makes sure you win the battle for brand attention.
Kevin Chong - Head @ Outward VC
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United Kingdom, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Ometria — Create unforgettable customer experiences on every channel, powered by AI. Meet Ometria: the CDXP tailor-made for retail brands.
- OnePulse — Create effective online surveys for market research to help gather audience insights & make data-driven decisions with ease. Try our online survey tool today.
- Autologyx — Autologyx combines powerful workflow automation with a simple, intuitive workspace so you can deliver and automate legal and compliance work.
Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, Nigeria
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- TEQUILA SUPREMO — A premium tequila brand crafted in the heart of Jalisco, Mexico, using the finest Agave tequilana Weber Azul.
- LocationBit — it is a community-driven global location encyclopedia designed to tackle the fragmented and inaccessible nature of local knowledge in 2025.
- Ethnic Youth Development Organization (EYDO-SL) — it is a Sierra Leone–based agribusiness established to transform the way smallholder farmers engage with markets.
An investor, engineer and entrepreneur.Ben is a Managing Director at Coral Reef. He works with and invests in tech entrepreneurs, startups and growth companies. He also works on a number of social impact and art projects such as TradeRelief, Root Matter and Exhibition Collective. Prior to this Ben held investment director roles at 3i Group plcand Barclays Private Equity where he managed investments, exits and sat on the board of 10 companies. In 2008 Ben helped set up and now manages TradeRelief - a charity investing in social enterprises in developing countries.Ben holds a 1st class Masters in Engineering Science from Oxford University, an Investment Management Certificate from the CFA, and obtained a Chartered Accountancy qualification from ICAS
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Investment focus
- Mobile, Apps, Casual Games
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Vidsy — Vidsy is the creative technology platform that helps global brands and agencies create high-performing video ads. Connect with our global network of creators and streamline your content creation process.
- Fliplet — Create custom apps using Fliplet's app editor. Chances are Fliplet has already built 90% of your app. Features include no-code / low-code CMS, mobile/desktop/tablet support, data management, security, analytics and more.
- SupaPass — The most powerful content app maker on the market. Finally have all of your content, audience & paywall in one place to turn your audience into a business.
Tim Chen
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Retail, Sports
- Seed
- United States, United Kingdom
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- NI0 — NIO mission is to through hard work and healthful choices, you can overcome the distractions of the daily grind and outperform the competition. NIO Training is the next level wellness sports tape system that moves beyond prevention and elevates athletic achievement and nutrition.
- Darabase — Darabase is a unique platform enabling the creation, management and monetisation of location-based digital content in the real world and virtual metaverses.
Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- EcoBites — EcoBites is a subscription service that delivers sustainably sourced and eco-friendly packaged snacks and meals to consumers doorsteps.
- Lawyeree — A platform offering AI legal advice to clients and allowing clients to be connected with the best lawyers.
- SafeNest — SafeNest offers a comprehensive home security system integrating smart technology with professional monitoring services.
James Hilton is the Founder & Global CEO at M&C Saatchi Performance. He previously worked at Weight Watchers Online as Marketing Director.
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Investment focus
- Apps, App Marketing, Business Intelligence
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- OpenWeb — It's time to save online conversations
- Appsumer — Grow app advertising revenue with cross-channel optimization. Get actionable insights from our UA-focused platform.
- Swytch — Work mobile numbers on personal phones. Swytch offers businesses the ability to provide work mobile numbers on their team’s personal phone. Everyone can now use multiple mobile numbers from one device. Visit our website: www.swytch.com
Scott Button is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Unruly. Scott has 15 years’ experience in madtech. Before founding Unruly in 2006, Scott was a Chief Executive Officer of Connextra, a venture-backed UK ad serving firm, which he led to trade sale in 2005. Scott holds an M.A. from Cambridge and a B.Phil. from Oxford, both inPhilosophy, and was named an E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year in 2012.
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Investment focus
- Advertising, Mobile Advertising, Advertising Platforms
- Series A
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Adludio — Adludio is the AI-powered platform that delivers interactive mobile advertising. By using data to design your ad creative, and algorithms to optimize your campaigns, Adludio makes sure you win the battle for brand attention.
Ionut Ciobotaru
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Investment focus
- Media and Entertainment, TV, Audio
- Seed
- United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Olyzon — Olyzon offers adtech solutions for Connected TV, enhancing brand uplift, optimizing user engagement, and maximizing ROI for advertisers, content owners, and distributors.
- NumberEight — Empower your targeting and curation with NumberEight's smart, privacy-first data. Designed for publishers, ad platforms and agencies to drive performance across podcasting, mobile and CTV.
Touker Suleyman is a multi-millionaire Turkish Cypriot fashion retail entrepreneur and investor. In 2001, his company Low Profile Group purchased UK shirt maker Hawes & Curtis, and in 2008 he purchased UK fashion label Ghost. More recently, he has invested in a number of start-up companies including Bikesoup and Huxley & Cox.
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Investment focus
- CRM, Digital Media, Advertising Platforms
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- Gener8 — We believe that the advertising industry needs more transparency and that people should be able to control their own data. Our technology gives people the control that is currently missing. And if people choose to share their data with advertisers, we reward them for it. Consequently, people trust us and 83% of them share their data with us.Meaning that we have an incredible understanding about these people and their online behaviour. We work with companies (and their media agencies) in the capacity of a media owner to do three things: 1. Provide premium media for you to reach this highly defined audience.2. Use our proprietary first party data to unveil actionable insights about your customers, eg. their purchase habits.3. To promote your brand and drive an action from your audience.
- Peachy Lean — Peachylean, is an Irish based athleisure business providing stylish, high quality, supportive, high waisted gym leggings. We want to support strong women who like to look good while working out in the gym.
- Tiny Explorers — Discover Tiny Explorers' eco-friendly baby equipment rental across the UK Convenient, sustainable & hassle-free solutions for busy families!
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