Top 50 Payments Angel Investors in United Kingdom (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Chris Adelsbach
Angel
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19 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $120k–$19M |
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Taavet Hinrikus
Angel
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9 | United Kingdom, United States, Estonia | Seed, Series A, Series B | FinTech, Software, Financial Services | $1.6M–$58M |
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Charles Delingpole
Angel
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8 | United Kingdom, United States, Spain | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $382k–$20M |
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Matt Robinson
Angel
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8 | United Kingdom, United States, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $650k–$50M |
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Paul Forster
Angel
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8 | United Kingdom, Germany, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $1.1M–$18M |
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Alexander Chesterman
Angel
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8 | United Kingdom, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services | $470k–$23M |
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Edward Lando
Angel
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7 | United States, United Kingdom, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $125k–$37M |
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Will Neale
Angel
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7 | United Kingdom, Spain, Italy | Pre-Seed, Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $121k–$6.3M |
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Mark Ransford
Angel
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7 | United Kingdom, France, Italy | Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $441k–$30M |
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Errol Damelin
Angel
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6 | United Kingdom, United States, Israel | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $535k–$47M |
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Sam Enrico Williams
Angel
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6 | United Kingdom | Pre-Seed | Blockchain, Web Apps, Sports | $10k–$100k |
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Nadav Ben-Chanoch
Angel
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6 | United States, United Kingdom, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $120k–$30M |
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Simon Franks
Angel
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6 | United Kingdom, Australia, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Health Care, Payments | $318k–$23M |
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Svetozar Georgiev
Angel
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5 | United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Greece | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $110k–$3.3M |
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Vassil Terziev
Angel
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5 | United States, Bulgaria, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $100k–$3.3M |
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Craig Dewar
Angel
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4 | United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Payments, Apps | $327k–$2.5M |
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Michael Bristow
Angel
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4 | United Kingdom, Belgium, Ireland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding | Real Estate, Software, SaaS | $38k–$5.8M |
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Yoyo Chang
Angel
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4 | United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, E-Commerce, Point of Sale | $150k–$3.8M |
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Perry Blacher
Angel
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4 | United Kingdom, France, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Payments | $531k–$7.4M |
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David Rutter
Angel
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4 | United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Internet, Blockchain | $150M–$150M |
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Jon Oringer
Angel
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, FinTech | $100k–$31M |
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Edward Gazelle
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | Software, Information Technology, B2C | $400k–$510k |
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Theo Osborne
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Ireland | Seed, Series A | Software, Apps, E-Commerce | $120k–$25M |
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Andreas Mihalovits
Angel
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3 | Spain, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, SaaS, Internet | $274k–$7M |
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Andrew Mullinger
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $896k–$4M |
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Tom Vorisek
Angel
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3 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Series B, Series A | Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $865k–$210M |
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Chris Mairs
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $334k–$5M |
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Ian Hogarth
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $698k–$43M |
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François Derbaix
Angel
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3 | Spain, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce | $106k–$1.1M |
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James Meekings
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | FinTech, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $896k–$6.1M |
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Michael Pennington
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Spain | Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, SaaS, Financial Services | $701k–$3.1M |
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Stephane Kurgan
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Turkey | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, FinTech, SaaS | $4M–$155M |
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Eamon Jubbawy
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, Hungary, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Payments, Software, FinTech | $293k–$9M |
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Ed Wray
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, Portugal | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Finance | $1M–$30M |
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Mandeep Singh
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Sweden | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology | $500k–$100M |
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Sandeep Nailwal
Angel
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3 | United States, India, Singapore | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services | $450k–$40M |
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Alan Morgan
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, Austria, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $382k–$7M |
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Peter Jackson
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Credit, Financial Services | $1.1M–$30M |
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Paul Townsend
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Payments, Financial Services, Banking | $393k–$3.8M |
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Greg Kidd
Angel
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2 | United States, Spain, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Mobile, Software | $385k–$10M |
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James Hind
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Internet, Payments | $917k–$5.1M |
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Janis Krums
Angel
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2 | United States, Estonia, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Big Data, SaaS, FinTech | $159k–$2.1M |
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Damien Lane
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, United States, Ireland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | SaaS, Software, Health Care | $459k–$16M |
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Serge Chiaramonte
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, United States, France | Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology | $637k–$37M |
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Akash Gupta
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Apps, Travel, FinTech | $268k–$2M |
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Dr Mike Lynch
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Banking | ||
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Hank Uberoi
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Software, E-Commerce | |
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Michalis Petrondas
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed | SaaS, Fitness, Payments | |
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Cyrus Jilla
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed, Series B | Banking, FinTech, Finance | |
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Carlo Gualandri
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed, Convertible Note | Banking, FinTech, Payments | |
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Chris Adelsbach - Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 265
- Round size: Seed $120k–$6.1M; Pre-Seed $120k–$2.3M; Series A $4.4M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bourn — Bourn's technology is designed to automate cash flow management, offering SMEs fast access to capital.
- Alfa AI — Alfa AI is a recruitment technology company specializing in AI-driven hiring solutions.
- Emblematic — The first AI-driven Agentic Automation platform, designed to fully automate and enhance the accuracy of Finance Operations, including Bookkeeping, IFRS/GAAP Compliance, Reconciliations, and more.
Taavet Hinrikus is based out of London, England and is the Partner of Plural Platform and Board Member of CoMind. Taavet previously worked at Wise as a Chairman and Co-founder. Taavet Hinrikus attended INSEAD.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 133
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$10M; Series A $6.4M–$45M; Series B $23M–$58M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Habito — We're the Treating Customers Fairly Champion of 2023 as voted for in the British Bank Awards. We're here to make mortgages easier - no paperwork, no stress and no fees.
- Lassie — AI that runs the doctor's office.
- Lightyear — Lightyear is a simple and approachable way to invest your money globally without unnecessary barriers and fees.
Charles Delingpole is Founder and CEO of ComplyAdvantage, a technology company focused on wiping out financial crime using Machine Learning. As CEO, Charles leads the product development and growth of the company. His passion for the issue came from his time as the MLRO of a previous startup he founded when he realized how inefficient processesaround money laundering are. Charles previously worked at The Student Room as a Founder and CEO. He attended the University of Cambridge and The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).Over 99% of money laundering is successful, ComplyAdvantage is working to stop it completely. Founded in 2014 with offices in London, New York, Singapore, and Cluj, ComplyAdvantage work with over 350 firms across 45 countries. Charles set up his first company, The Student Room Group, now the world’s largest student discussion forum when he was 16. After completing his MA in Politics at Trinity College Cambridge, and then an MSc in Management, Strategy, and Finance from the LSE, he became an associate at J.P. Morgan Cazenove.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $2M–$10M; Pre-Seed $382k–$2.3M; Series A $6.3M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ascendx Cloud — Supercharge Salesforce with connected apps that streamline sales, automate data, and drive enterprise-scale growth - Salesforce Solutions By Ascendx
- Firenze — Firenze aims to expand financial services by extending investment-backed lending to a wider audience, recognizing its importance in wealth creation and preservation. The founding team aims to democratize Lombard lending, making it accessible to all, while focusing on mass affluent clients.
- Isembard — Faster, cheaper, greener manufacturing
Matt Robinson is the CEO and a co-founder at Nested, a property technology company. Prior to this, he founded GoCardless in 2010 and remains on the board of the recurring payment company.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 78
- Round size: Seed $2M–$7.9M; Pre-Seed $650k–$3M; Series A $6M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Malga — Malga is an online payment platform that offers fraud protection and payment split services.
- Feather — Feather gives you insurance advice for expats in Germany. Our digital insurance agent will help you get the right insurance policies for your need.
- Malga — Instant access to multiple payment providers with a single integration
Paul Forster is an early-stage investor in the tech sector. He previously worked at Indeed as a Senior Advisor. Paul attended INSEAD, where he earned an MBA.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$3.5M; Series A $3.9M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Oraion — Your single source of truth for enterprise data
- Capsa AI — Providing next-generation investors with a competitive edge.
- Habito — We're the Treating Customers Fairly Champion of 2023 as voted for in the British Bank Awards. We're here to make mortgages easier - no paperwork, no stress and no fees.
Alex Chesterman is the Co-Founder of Houseful. Alex Chesterman attended the University College London.
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- Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $524k–$4.8M; Pre-Seed $470k–$3M; Series A $2.3M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Atheni AI — Guided AI adoption: the thinking of a top consultancy, the 1:1 personalisation of a coach, delivered at the scale of a platform. Capability, not access. Independent by design.
- Zefir — An all-in-one platform that allows people to sell or buy in one simple, certain transaction
- Pharmacierge — Pharmacierge is the award-winning digital e-prescribing service chosen by private clinicians to deliver medication to their patients throughout the UK and worldwide. Clinicians create and transfer e-prescriptions to our pharmacy near London's Harley Street, for free delivery to their patients.
Edward Lando is the founder of Pareto Holdings. He previously worked at Horizons School of Technology as a co-founder. Edward Lando attended the Wharton School.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 478
- Round size: Seed $975k–$7M; Pre-Seed $125k–$3.4M; Series A $5.5M–$37M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Humera — Humera - AI CAPTCHA That Knows You're Human
- Allonic — Allonic is a robotics hardware company pioneering 3D Tissue Braiding, a new manufacturing platform for producing integrated, compliant, bio-inspired robotic bodies through a single, fully automated production process. By eliminating assembly-heavy designs and supply-chain complexity, Allonic enables significantly faster iteration, lower costs, andsafer, more dexterous robots to be built. Originally founded from Hungary and operating internationally with a US HQ and a growing team of 15, Allonic is building the hardware foundation for the next generation of intelligent machines.
- Heywa Labs — Heywa Labs develops Generative UX (GenUX), an AI-driven interface layer that creates dynamic, adaptive user experiences beyond static text or links. Their flagship app, Heywa, delivers visual, tappable "stories" of cards for tasks like cooking, travel, fitness, and DIY, reconfiguring in real-time based on user interactions.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Spain, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $121k–$6.3M; Pre-Seed $650k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- qomodo — Qomodo: La piattaforma BNPL innovativa. Rate a tasso zero, approvazioni veloci, transazioni sicure. Rivoluzionaria nell'acquisto per aziende e consumatori.
- Verisian — Verisian accelerates drug time to market with the industry's first platform offering real study traceability (CDISC, SDTM, ADaM, TFLs)
- SAPI — SAPI builds credit products for payment companies to facilitate payment flows, engage and retain merchants, and generate new revenue.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, France, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 44
- Round size: Seed $630k–$5.2M; Pre-Seed $441k–$4.2M; Series A $8.6M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Talentir — Talentir runs global payouts, carries the liability and makes them profitable. Pay creators, sellers and freelancers in 180+ countries in seconds.
- Xylo — Xylo offers higher quality processes with full officer oversight, reducing planning uncertainty and boosting UK housing delivery.
- Steward — Steward is an end-to-end KYC/B onboarding experience built for an AI age.
Errol Damelin is the founder of Dust Road Ventures, a seed-stage investment firm investing in fintech, AI, health-tech, and enterprise software. He has made over 75 investments since 2011, almost all as first or second cheques. Before investing full-time he built three companies — Supply Chain Connect, Wonga, and Tide. Portfolio includes Wise(invested pre-revenue), Purplebricks (first investor), HiBob, K Health, Cleo AI, Earnin, Elliptic, Cazoo, Citymapper, YuLife, and Zoe. TechCrunch Founder of the Year (2010). Based in London. Originally from Klerksdorp, South Africa.Among the companies co-founded by Damelin are groundbreaking fintech company Wonga, and SME banking startup Tide. His early investments include Wise, Cazoo, Purplebricks, K Health, YuLife, Sure, Demyst, Zoe, Farewill, CityMapper, Modifi, UnBabel, Thimble, HiBob, Modifi, Elliptic, Lendingkart, and VivaReal. Using his own personal equity, Damelin continues to invest early on in the next generation of entrepreneurs so that he can help them succeed. He is not an institutional VC fund and does not maximize the assets under his management. He best describes his approach as Riding Shotgun.Damelin's success as a founder has been recognized by The Guardian, which named him Digital Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011; by Ernst and Young, which named him the UK's Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011 as well; and by TechCrunch, which named him Founder of the Year in 2010.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 48
- Round size: Seed $535k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $698k–$3.8M; Series A $3.7M–$47M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Claimer — Claimer is a self-service application that gets credit claims done easily of money spent on research and development. Its platform empowers company owners and advisors to prepare their claims, without any specialist knowledge, no matter how big or small the claim. It also prepares and submits the amended tax return for free.Claimer was founded in2019 by Adam McCann and is headquartered in Croydon, United Kingdom.
- Aurora — The Operating System for High Performance Living
- OurRitual — Couple Goals Made Possible. Relationship Support For Busy People, Practical Tools & Expert Feedback
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- Industry: Blockchain, Web Apps, Sports
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Pre-Seed $10k–$100k
- Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow
Portfolio highlights
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Nadav Ben-Chanoch
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 226
- Round size: Seed $500k–$6M; Pre-Seed $120k–$2.5M; Series A $4M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- micro1 — We help companies hire and manage the best software engineers easily.
- TRIVER — Triver develops online and digital tools to assist and support various financial services. It is based in London, England.
- Skedway — The optimization hub for the Modern Enterprise - Visualize, integrate and manage every shared company asset in one place.
Simon Franks is the founder and managing partner of Redbus Ventures and Chairman of the Franks Family Foundation. (www.thefff.org)
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- Industry: FinTech, Health Care, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Australia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $524k–$5.7M; Pre-Seed $318k–$1.6M; Series A $5.4M–$23M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
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.
- Thriva — At-home blood testing and science-backed next steps to feel great, maximise your performance, and extend your healthspan.
- Lick — Lick | Paints, Wallpapers and Supplies. Your Room, Covered
Svetozar Georgiev is the Chairman of the Board at BESCO. He attended American University in Bulgaria, Truman State University, and Technology School Electronic Systems (TUES), both associated with Technical University-Sofia.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Greece
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $110k–$3.3M; Angel $165k–$204k; Pre-Seed $138k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Payhawk — Payhawk is a spending software that simplifies expenses, payments, and card spending for growing businesses. The company's platform enables financial officers and business owners to manage the entire spending lifecycle end-to-end. It collects and analyzes receipts, invoices, and card transactions to help stay in control of the budget with nopaperwork for the employees. With its paperless corporate card linked to an automated expense management, Payhawk provides a product on top of existing banks.Payhawk was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in London, England.
- Reloyalty — We turn every bank card in Europe into a loyalty card. Reloyalty is a fully automated and personalised loyalty platform on top of card payments leveraging Open Banking / PSD2. We enable users to connect existing bank cards to Reloyalty and unlock 10-50% in reward value from their every day shopping. Participating retailers and banks can getaccess to data about their most valuable customers based on purchasing patterns and launch loyalty campaigns with measurable ROI.Reloyalty was founded with the goal of helping businesses identify their most passionate customers and helping those people get treated as such. They believe that the their relationship with the places where they shop, eat and meet with people are more than transactional.
- Icanpreneur — Icanpreneur is an AI co-founder platform that helps validate ideas, products, and growth opportunities, then turns customer insights into buyer personas, go-to-market strategy, and launch-ready assets.
Vassil is responsible for overseeing Telerik’s strategic direction and enabling its rapid growth as a global provider of enterprise-class software and services. As a co-founder of Telerik, Vassil was instrumental in growing the sales, support and business development units of the company and establishing the fanatical dedication to customerservice. Vassil’s vision and dedication has helped Telerik keep its slogan to “Deliver more than expected” and enjoy a solid track record of growing revenues and profitability in the ever changing developer tools marketplace.Vassil earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration at the American University in Bulgaria and has served in various roles in companies from real estate, investment and high-tech industries.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Bulgaria, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $212k–$3.3M; Angel $100k–$300k; Pre-Seed $138k–$531k
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Payhawk — Payhawk is a spending software that simplifies expenses, payments, and card spending for growing businesses. The company's platform enables financial officers and business owners to manage the entire spending lifecycle end-to-end. It collects and analyzes receipts, invoices, and card transactions to help stay in control of the budget with nopaperwork for the employees. With its paperless corporate card linked to an automated expense management, Payhawk provides a product on top of existing banks.Payhawk was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in London, England.
- Reloyalty — We turn every bank card in Europe into a loyalty card. Reloyalty is a fully automated and personalised loyalty platform on top of card payments leveraging Open Banking / PSD2. We enable users to connect existing bank cards to Reloyalty and unlock 10-50% in reward value from their every day shopping. Participating retailers and banks can getaccess to data about their most valuable customers based on purchasing patterns and launch loyalty campaigns with measurable ROI.Reloyalty was founded with the goal of helping businesses identify their most passionate customers and helping those people get treated as such. They believe that the their relationship with the places where they shop, eat and meet with people are more than transactional.
- UPPER — Upper enables start-ups, businesses, and organizations to find and hire quality tech talent to work full-time, part-time, or hourly
Craig Dewar is the Founder, Director and Owner of intech Payment Solutions. He previously worked at J.P. Morgan as a Vice President. Craig Dewar attended City, University of London.
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- Industry: FinTech, Payments, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $644k–$1.2M; Angel $327k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Collctiv — Collect money from your friends for that birthday present, sports event or anything you like. They don't even need to download an app, just tap to pay using Apple/Google Pay or their card. Join Collctiv today for free.
- Tell Money — Helping account providers meet their PSD2 regulatory obligations, and bringing exciting new open banking tools to their customers. SaaS Solutions for AISPs and PISPs.
- ZIPZERO — Zipzero users can earn cash rewards by sharing receipts from everyday purchases, which they can then use to pay household utility bills. Our path to scale is in partnership with leading utilities, who are encouraged to push ZIPZERO to their customers as we help them pay their bills.
Experienced business leader with a proven track record as CEO of CrowdProperty, where I delivered >20x revenue growth, 7-figure profitability whilst scaling up, and a leading market position. With 18 years strategy consulting experience, I specialise in defining clear and differentiated strategies, driving transformation and creating value incomplex environments for mid-cap to large-scale corporates and private equity owned businesses with experienced operator, investor, advisor and Board perspectives. Venture capital investor and advisor to HM Government on tackling constraints to SME business growth (99.9% of businesses in the UK supporting 27m jobs with £4.5tn of annual turnover).Key skills: • Leadership • Strategy • Growth • Transformation • Value-creation • Consulting • Private Equity / Venture Capital • Capital Raising • Commercial Due Diligence • Board-Level Governance • Stakeholder ManagementToolkit: • 18 years strategy/transformation/private equity consulting • 7 years transformational growth CEO • 6 years venture capital investment committee • Multiple Board positions (Executive & Non-Executive) • Broad sector experience to leverage • International perspective working in 18 countries and on many more • Multi-asset class investor • London Business School MBA • FT Non-Executive Director Diploma • Chartered Management Accountant • 1st Class Masters in Mechanical EngineeringAwards & Recognition: • CrowdProperty has been widely recognised including in the ‘Sunday Times Hundred’ (Britain's fastest growing profitable businesses), Deloitte Fast 50 / Deloitte Technology Fast 500 (UK’s/EMEA’s fastest growing technology businesses), and the Financial Times FT1000 (fastest growing businesses in Europe) for 4 consecutive years; Selected for high-profile scaleup programmes including ‘TechNation Fintech 5.0’, ‘Silicon Valley comes to the UK Scaleup Club’ and a ‘WIRED Trailblazer’ • Personally recognised as a finalist in 'Tech Entrepreneur of the Year' in the Go:Tech Awards, finalist in ‘Inspirational Leader of the Year’ at the UK PropTech Awards, awarded 'Entrepreneur of the Year' and 'Business Person of the Year' by the Midlands Business Awards and featured in the Alternative Credit Investor Power 50 list 5 years in a row (top 10 in 2022)Other: • Angel investing: London Business School E100 member; UKBAA member; 12+ years angel investing; 35+ investments • Real estate investing: 20+ years building an extensive residential property portfolio across tenant segments • Sport: ECB Cricket Foundation Coach, MCC Member; Active player
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- Industry: Real Estate, Software, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Geography: United Kingdom, Belgium, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 40
- Round size: Seed $38k–$2.3M; Pre-Seed $76k–$5.8M; Equity Crowdfunding $504k–$2.6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scrub AI — Purpose-built AI for insurance data cleaning. Built for insurers, MGAs and brokers to clean and standardise SOVs and bordereaux in minutes.
- Untap — UNTAP Portfolio Management helps Private Equity funds to consolidate their financial results, value creation planning and ESG metrics giving them: Streamlined data management from data collection to investor reporting and increased confidence of achieving value creation and ESG targets.
- Exciting Instruments — Exciting Instruments Limited is a joint company founded in Sheffield that combines the software prowess of Bulldozer Limited with Dr. Timothy Craggs' knowledge of single molecules. Through the use of cloud connectivity and real-time data visualisation, we are a genuine science and software partnership on a mission to assist you in streamliningthe procedure for creating discoveries in biophysics, life sciences, drug discovery, and medical diagnostics.
Yoyo is a Taiwan-born British entrepreneur and Founder & CEO of Kody. Yoyo founded Kody with a small group of final-year high school students and successfully raised over US$40 million whilst studying at the University of Cambridge. Initially hoping to build a career in investment banking, Yoyo started to invest in the stock market at the ageof 13. Generating returns of over 80% in Q4 2016, he led his school team to first place in a national investment competition and through early success in the stock market, Yoyo invested US$500,000 of his trading profits into starting Kody.With offices worldwide across North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific, Kody is the commerce platform of choice for leading brands such as Hyatt, Rosewood, Langham, Warwick Hotels, Marriott Design Hotels, Xiaomi, and MINISO. Yoyo has studied at King’s College, University of Cambridge, and Langwith College, University of York.
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- Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Point of Sale
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $150k–$3.8M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kody — Businesses of all shapes and sizes can create their own digital experiences using KodyPay.
Perry Blacher is a Partner at Augmentum Fintech.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, France, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $549k–$7.4M; Pre-Seed $531k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Flowdesk — The new standard for market-making and crypto-financial technology. Market-making as a Service, brokerage, custody of cryptocurrencies.
- Hero — Hero is a B2B payments and financing platform, offer direct online payment experience and receive your money immediately.
- Payable — Scale your business with our payment operations API and dashboard. Track, reconcile and make payments instantly.
David E. Rutter is based out of London and is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of R3. David previously worked at LiquidityEdge as a Founder. David E. Rutter attended the Villanova University.
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- Industry: FinTech, Internet, Blockchain
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Venture - Series Unknown $150M–$150M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Thirdfort — Automated identity verification and AML compliance for lawyers and property professionals.
- Improbable — Improbable is dedicated to building powerful technology designed to help solve previously impossible problems and enable the creation of new realities. In gaming and entertainment, Improbable unlocks truly next-generation gameplay through virtual worlds of unprecedented scale, persistence, and richness. In other industries, they hope to help answercritical questions through simulations that could lead to a better functioning world.Their platform, SpatialOS, lets developers transcend the limits of regular computation, allowing swarms of servers running in the cloud to cooperate in order to simulate worlds far larger and more complex than any single server could.They are a British technology company proudly building a diverse workforce, driven by a shared desire to improve and achieve extraordinary things. They are crafting technology for the future and fostering a problem-solving culture that embraces innovation through iteration and experimentation.stitutions across the world.
- MSquared — MSquared (M²) develops a network that allows metaverses to be used together. It uses blockchain and cryptocurrency to connect digital assets to various organizations. MSquared is based in London, United Kingdom.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 133
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $100k–$3.4M; Series A $4M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SLUSHY — SLUSHY is a secure mobile web based platform for content creators to find, grow, & monetize their audiences. A creator first, tech-driven tool, designed with key discoverability features and audience insights. In a market where existing solutions (OnlyFans, Patreon) fall short of their creators' demands, SLUSHY provides an alternativesolution for professional content creators that prioritizes their monetization, support and management needs. SLUSHY incorporates a powerful legal framework, with robust compliance tools including simplified consent, ID verification, and content moderation. The new home of unrestricted content, SLUSHY is here.
- Unsloth AI — Unsloth is an open-source, no-code web UI for training, running and exporting open models in one unified local interface.
- OneImaging — OneImaging makes life-saving diagnostics affordable, accessible, and personal. We connect employers, health plans, and members to a trusted national network of imaging centers, delivering faster answers with transparent pricing and premium care across MRIs, CT scans, ultrasounds, mammograms, X-rays and more. We serve organizations looking to control medical spend and individuals who need reliable results without delays. Every scan booked through OneImaging is proof that healthcare can be simpler, cheaper, and kinder.
Edward Gazelle is the co-founder of Propoly.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, B2C
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $400k–$510k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Propoly — Streamline lettings with Propoly - the UK tenancy progression platform for letting agents. Automate compliance, agreements & payments in one system.
- YourWelcome — Use YourWelcome tablets to transact and interact with your guests during their stay. Improve their guest experience and increase your revenue at once.
- Fleksy — The Fleksy Software Keyboard Development Kit (SDK) enables companies to overcome the challenge of building a top-notch typing experience on both iOS and Android. Your company can then focus on its area of expertise & value-add for a simple monthly licensing fee.
Theo Osborne is a Managing Partner at 9Yards Capital.
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- Industry: Software, Apps, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 51
- Round size: Seed $120k–$5.6M; Series A $2.6M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
Andreas is a German serial entrepreneur and angel investor having invested in more than 150 international startups.Andreas co-founded his first internet company Omniga in 1999 and, after reaching profitability within 2 years, grew it to a venture builder focused on B2C subscription models with more than 200 employees when he stepped back from hisactive roles in 2012.In the same year Andreas started investing in startups and later also got engaged in the Spanish ecosystem as the founder of Marbella Tech Angels, a network of more than 160 investors, founders & mentors living around Marbella. Andreas is also co-founder of the Global Super Angels Club, a platform for angel investors usually investing six-figure euro amounts in startups, supporting its more than 70 members to improve their deal flow and speed up their search for like-minded co-investors.Andreas received several awards incl. the Best European Early Stage Investor 2018 award from the European Business Angel Network (EBAN) and the Best Business Angel 2020 award at the Spanish National Business Angel Conference.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Spain, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 66
- Round size: Seed $439k–$2M; Angel $274k–$1M; Series A $1.5M–$7M
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% follow
Portfolio highlights
- UMNAI — UMNAI helps organisations build, deploy and govern explainable AI decision systems for high-impact environments.
- Skarbe — Skarbe has officially wound down operations as of April 2026. Thank you for being part of our story.
- STAMP — STAMP redefines Tax-Free in Europe. Instant VAT exemption for travelers. More sales, transparency, and control for merchants.
Andrew is currently focused on a number of projects helping Funding Circle scale globally.As a founder, Andrew has grown Funding Circle from an idea into the largest and fastest growing small business loan marketplace in the world. Andrew helped build out and lead the company’s operations before focusing on risk management. He was responsiblefor ensuring the performance of the first $1.5bn of loans originated globally has great risk adjusted returns for investors before handing over the reins to Jerome, our Global CRO.Since Funding Circle entered the US in 2012, he has split his time between Funding Circle’s San Francisco and London offices.Before founding Funding Circle, Andrew worked at Nomura and Citigroup specializing in regulatory and risk management. He also spent time at Ernst & Young as a consultant where he advised financial institutions, government and regulators on risk management and regulation, including a major UK bank on its SME credit models. Andrew holds a degree in Mathematics from Manchester University.
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- Industry: FinTech, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $896k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Thirdfort — Automated identity verification and AML compliance for lawyers and property professionals.
- tripAbrood — tripAbrood is an AI-driven travel platform for families to discover and book holidays.
- Toothfairy — Winner of app of the year, for emergencies, teeth straightening, teeth whitening & prescriptions. Teledentistry and dentist available 24/7. Founded by dentists.
Founder Esalen Ventures, LLC which has made more than 75 private/angel investments from pre-seed to mezzanine stages and is an LP in 8 PE Funds. Tom is also an International Fine Art Dealer with a focus on paintings of 20th century American, European and Asian artists.Prior to his current roles, Tom was an experienced executive with over 20years in cross-disciplined leadership roles in Advertising-General, Digital and Mobile, Ad Tech, Emerging Media, Technology and Early Stage Venture. Co-Founder FCB Sports Marketing, FCB/SF, IDG, Flycast (IPO), McGrath Rentcorp (IPO) and Ad Infuse (acq by Velti).
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- Industry: Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Seed $865k–$6.9M; Series A $4.8M–$70M; Series B $27M–$210M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Wave Sports + Entertainment — Wave Sports + Entertainment is a media company building brands, original content, talent, and products for the next generation of digital super fans.
- Quiver — Quiver is a retail tech company that delivers e-commerce orders. Quiver was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in London.
- Hammock — Hammock is the first landlord software recognised by HMRC for Making Tax Digital. We provide MTD filings, real-time monitoring of rental income and expenses, bookkeeping and property tax statements
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $655k–$5M; Angel $334k–$707k; Pre-Seed $900k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- VitVio — VitVio is a platform built around AI and computer vision with the goal of improving efficiency and quality of care in operating rooms.
- Briefcase — AI agents that capture invoices, code transactions, handle VAT, reconcile banks, and build working papers in real time. Fully integrated with Xero and QuickBooks. Two-week free trial.
- Borderless — Borderless is a workforce migration platform.It offers automation solutions that focuses on all aspects of hiring and onboarding of foreign workers, including recruitment, immigration, relocation, and compliance.
Ian Hogarth is based out of London, England, and is the Chairman of Phasecraft. Ian previously worked at Songkick as a Chairman. Ian Hogarth attended the University of Cambridge.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 60
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.9M; Pre-Seed $698k–$7.5M; Series A $11M–$43M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Unitary — We detect harmful content with context-aware AI to keep brands and platforms safe online.
- Cordless — Bridging the gap between voice and text
- Fabric — Fabric is an AI-powered workspace and file manager for people and groups.Fabric is a self-organizing multiplayer workspace.
Francois Derbaix is the Co-founder and co-CEO of Indexa Capital. He previously worked at Toprural as a Founder and CEO. Francois Derbaix attended the Catholic University of Louvain.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Spain, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $150k–$1.1M; Angel $106k–$424k; Pre-Seed $149k–$574k
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Balio — Personal Finance Manager and Investing
- Rauda AI — Rauda is an artificial intelligence platform specialized in automating customer service with the best customer experience. Take a quantum leap in productivity, reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction with the power of generative artificial intelligence.
- Solfy — Solfy is a Marketplace for self-consumption of solar energy.
As co‑founder and UK Managing Director James leads the UK business and is responsible for overseeing the overall strategic direction and day‑to‑day operation of Funding Circle in the UK. James co‑founded Funding Circle in the UK in 2010 after seeing how difficult it was for small businesses to access funding and wanting to build something better.Prior to Funding Circle James was at OC&C Strategy Consultants where he advised companies on strategy and growth across the retail, media and services sectors.James has a first class Economics and Management degree from Oxford University.
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- Industry: FinTech, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $896k–$6.1M; Pre-Seed $1.4M–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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.
- Ophelos — Flexible repayments, with an empathetic approach. Discover how we can help you get debt-free on your terms and timescales.
- The Electric Car Scheme — Salary sacrifice lets employees pay for an electric car from their gross salary before tax. It's basically the Cycle to Work scheme but for electric cars.
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Browse database — It's Free!One of the UK's leading tech angel investors. Active seed and pre-seed stage angel investor in UK based disruptive tech. Prefers businesses venturing into pastures new and keen investing at the pre product stage whether BtoC or B2B. Twice exited UK based tech entrepreneur with experience operating tech businesses in 20 countries in multiplelanguages. Co-founded Gumtree with Simon Crookall which was acquired by Ebay and Slando acquired by Naspers.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $750k–$3.1M; Pre-Seed $701k–$2.1M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hubflo — Hubflo is building an all-in-one work OS to help small businesses manage their business. Instead of having 10 complicated and expensive pieces of software, Hubflo offers SMB everything they need to run their business (CRM, projects, invoicing, expenses...) in a single comprehensive, simple and affordable platform.
- Tetra AI — Tetra AI is a health technology firm that has created an AI-powered software platform designed to assist hospitals in managing surgical waiting lists and operating room schedules. The system evaluates patient lists, staff availability, and theatre capacity to generate optimized surgical plans that minimize delays and improve resource utilization.It is mainly employed by NHS hospitals and operational teams to enhance elective care performance within the limits of available resources.
- Sidekick — Expertly-managed portfolios for the modern investor
Stephane Kurgan has served on our Board of Directors since April 2012 and as our chief operating officer since April 2011. Stephane has more than 20 years of management experience at high-growth technology businesses. Prior to joining King, Stephane served as the chief financial officer atTideway Systems Ltd., a data centre management software company that was acquired by BMC Software, Inc. He has also served as senior vice president and managing director of enba plc, held various sales and product management roles at Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing BV and was a consultant with McKinsey & Company, Inc. Stephane has served as a member of the Board of Directors of HK Ltd. since January 2006 and previously served on the Board of Directors of Lasker Fund LP and Gladstone Capital Management LLP until December 2012. Stephane holds a B.A. in Economics from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, a Diploma in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University SAIS School, Italy and an M.B.A. from INSEAD, France. Papa Pear Saga is the only King game where Stephane is remotely ahead of his wife.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Turkey
Investor stats
- Total investments: 26
- Round size: Seed $4M–$9.8M; Series A $6.7M–$25M; Series B $30M–$155M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Homesome — Elevate your grocery business using powerful platform that helps you drive sales, retain more profits and win loyal customers!
- Bigger Games — Bigger Games, a dynamic mobile gaming company, is at the forefront of transforming the mobile gaming landscape. We aim for great execution and passionately work on each and every detail in our casual games to build the best experience for our players.
- Lokalise — Lokalise is a continuous localization and translation management platform. It integrates into your development workflow so you can ship localized products, faster.
Eamon Jubbawy is the co-founder of Onfido, Sequence, Safi and Isometric.
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- Industry: Payments, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Hungary, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $2.3M–$9M; Pre-Seed $293k–$6.7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Skrap — Skrap is an on-demand mobile marketplace for skip hire and other waste collection services.
- Fertifa — Fertifa is an innovative employer benefit solution making fertility care more accessible and affordable.The company works with employers to offer a valuable employee benefit which bridges the gap between an employer and their employees when dealing with the sensitivity and privacy of employees’ reproductive issues. It also offers guidance andadvice, next-generation fertility treatment, and access to a range of holistic services for the best chance of success. The company was founded in 2019 and based in London, United Kingdom.
- Volter — Volter software offers a comprehensive solution for commercial and industrial property owners to deploy, manage, and improve solar assets.
Mr. Edward Wray, Ed is a Co-Founder of Betfair Australia Pty Ltd. Mr. Wray co-founded The Sporting Exchange Limited (Alternate Name: Betfair Limited) in May 1999 and served as its Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Betfair, he spent eight years at J.P. Morgan & Co. as a Vice President in the debt capital markets and derivatives area. He servesas the Chairman at Betfair. He has been Non-executive Chairman of The Sporting Exchange Limited since 2006. He served as the Chairman of Betfair Limited since 2006. He served as Non-Executive Chairman of Betfair Group PLC from March 17, 2008 to March 6, 2012. He has been a Director at Sporting Exchange since August 1998. Mr. Wray has been a Director of Betfair Group PLC since August 20, 1999. He serves as a Non Executive Director of Funding Circle Ltd. He served as a Director at Betfair since 1999.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $1M–$30M; Series A $5.5M–$6.3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hole19 — Download Hole19's free Golf App with GPS, Scorecard and Rangefinder for iOS and Android. Plus connect with your golf buddies. Now ready for watch
- SmartUp.io — SmartUp is the ultimate platform for peer-to-peer knowledge creation, sharing and exchange.Conceived and developed by a seasoned team of founders and investors behind Founders Forum, Spotify, Siri, lastminute.com and others, SmartUp now hosts more than 150,000 members and is used around the world by startup founders, companies, innovators,business schools and curious entrepreneurs.SmartUp’s intuitive learning system provides communities engaging and fun ways to contribute and consume bite-sized pieces of knowledge and insight. Its powerful platform unlocks your community’s real knowledge to help every member unleash their potential.
- Super Payments — Super Payments is a fintech that disrupts the industry behemoths Visa and MasterCard.
Mandeep Singh is an Angel investor at multiple firms. He previously was the founding CEO at Trouva. Mandeep Singh studied Physics at the University of Cambridge.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 86
- Round size: Seed $2M–$14M; Pre-Seed $500k–$5.1M; Series A $3M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Zalos — Automate repetitive Finance workflows without changing your Finance systems. AI agents that connect, act, and audit across ERPs, banks, and invoicing platforms.
- Zaro — Your context, your governance, your data with apps and agents on top. Owned by you, live in hours.
- Newly — Newly is the easiest way to build and ship cross-platform mobile apps — no senior engineering team required.Our mission is to empower a new generation of builders to launch high-quality native mobile apps without getting blocked by code, complexity, or cost.We’re building the first truly accessible mobile app development tool — combining thespeed of no-code with the power of real code when you need it — and opening the door for the estimated 99.5% of people who currently can’t build mobile apps on their own.Newly is used by early-stage founders, junior developers, designers, and product teams who want to ship faster and smarter.
Sandeep Nailwal is based out of United States and is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Polygon. Sandeep previously worked at Scopeweaver as a Co-Founder and CEO. Sandeep Nailwal attended the Indian Institute of Management.
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- Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, India, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 195
- Round size: Seed $1M–$9.5M; Pre-Seed $450k–$6M; Series A $8M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tria — Threely is onboarding billions onto Web3 with universal identities. Threely addresses are blockchain-agnostic identities that can be used across Web3 as a profile, chain-agnostic payment endpoints, logins, zkKYCs, and more. Threely is doing the crucial work of helping the top blockchain protocols, wallets, and dApps cast a wider net to onboard abroader part of the internet to Web3.
- Self Protocol — Self is spearheading a secure, human-first internet by allowing users to verify their identities while maintaining their privacy. Self Protocol is an identity and proof-of-humanity solution that uses zero-knowledge technology to confirm personhood and distinctive traits, like age and nationality, without revealing private information.
- SuperGaming — At SuperGaming, we are putting India on the global gaming map.
Alan co-founded MMC Ventures in 2000. As an active business angel investor he saw the opportunity for a more structured strategic and due diligence approach to venture investing. Alan is a member of the Investment Committee and leads MMC's financial services focus. He has lead responsibility for Small World.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Austria, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 29
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$4.8M; Angel $382k–$7M; Pre-Seed $1.4M–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Portfolio highlights
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- Connectd — Connectd helps startups navigate their growth journey by providing connections, expert guidance, and tools to build meaningful partnerships in the UK.
- Silas Insurtech — Streamlining manually intensive and laborious Insurance Underwriting processes within Commercial and Specialty Lines.
Peter Jackson is based out of United States and is the Group CEO of Flutter Entertainment. Peter previously worked at Deliveroo as a Non-Executive Director. Peter Jackson attended the University of Cambridge.
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- Industry: FinTech, Credit, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Thriva — At-home blood testing and science-backed next steps to feel great, maximise your performance, and extend your healthspan.
- Railsr — Railsbank. REDEFINING THE POSSIBILITIES - We go beyond financial transactions, to deliver digital experiences your customers love.
- Super Payments — Super Payments is a fintech that disrupts the industry behemoths Visa and MasterCard.
Co-founder of Envoy (sold to WorldPay).Paul has over 20 years’ experience in mainstream banking with Warburgs and Bank of New York, plus 15 years in electronic payments with Earthport plc, Neteller, Envoy and Worldpay. Before co-founding Vitesse, Paul was Founder and COO of Envoy Services Ltd. He is also an angel investor.
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- Industry: Payments, Financial Services, Banking
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $393k–$3.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Curve — Curve is a banking platform that consolidates cards and accounts into one smart card and app.It allows customers to supercharge their legacy banks to the 21st century without leaving their bank or topping-up. Curve offers a host of benefits to its customers; it makes cards fee-free when spending abroad, get instant notifications andcategorization of spend, earn an instant 1% cashback at the likes of Amazon, Uber, Netflix and Sainsbury’s and Time Travel enables customers to swap spend to a different card in the app for up to two weeks after the purchase was made. Curve also offers Curve Customer Protection, a policy that covers all credit and debit card payments made via the Curve card up to £100,000, giving cardholders an extra layer of protection for disputes with merchants and any unauthorised use of their Curve card. IDC Ventures backs Curve with Fuel Venture Capital, Vulcan Capital, OneMain Financial, and Novum Capital backs Curve.Shachar Bialick, Anna Mostyn Williams, and Tom Foster-Carter established the company in London, England in 2015.
- Griffin — Griffin is making a bank you can build on. They provide banking-as-a-service solutions for companies that want to offer financial services products. The company is currently seeking regulatory approval from the PRA and FCA to become the UK's first platform bank. It was founded in 2017 and based in London, England.
- Veridu — Veridu provides Identity solutions for a global internet economy.Veridu brings trust to online business with services to quickly, reliably and efficiently verify the identity of users globally in order to eliminate fraud and unwanted behavior. Online business wants to be global. Any transaction hinges on identity and current identitysolutions are standing in the way. Veridu is changing that with comprehensive global ID solutions.
Greg Kidd is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Know Labs.Greg is a co-founder and partner of Hard Yaka. As an investor, Greg provided first money at Twitter, Square, Coinbase, Robinhood, and Solana. Other early investments include Ripple, Uphold, and Brave.After working at consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton,Greg took his first company public on the NASDAQ with $250 million in revenue and 3,200 staff globally. He later served in the payments division of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and as a director at the financial regulatory consulting firm Promontory Financial Group. Greg also served as Chief Risk Officer at Andreesen Horowitz and Google Ventures backed startup Ripple. Greg graduated from Brown University and earned an MBA from Yale University and an MPA in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School.
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- Industry: FinTech, Mobile, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Spain, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 83
- Round size: Seed $385k–$10M; Series A $2.7M–$2.7M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Empyr — Figg is a leading card-linked marketing platform uncovering value for advertisers, banks and publishers with data-driven solutions.
- Meld — Meld empowers developers to build a Multi Vendor Fintech stack. With a few lines of code, developers gain access to a wide range of financial integrations across multiple domains. Meld helps you lower your overall 3rd party vendor costs, increase coverage and conversion rates, and save you time by launching integrations across markets faster. Weprovide performance analytics for every provider you integrate with - putting you back in control of your fintech stack.
- Cashmere — Secure multisig solana wallet, built for teams. Send, receive, and grow your digital assets directly from your Cashmere Vault.
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Browse database — It's Free!James is the big boss of carwow, so it's hardly a surprise that cars are one of his biggest passions.He studied Finance but was put off a city career after just 2 months of trying one. He's very competitive, especially when it comes to ping pong at the office. He invented the rule that if anyone loses a game 11-0 they have to buy donutsfor the entire team!
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- Industry: FinTech, Internet, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $917k–$5.1M; Pre-Seed $917k–$1.8M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Skrap — Skrap is an on-demand mobile marketplace for skip hire and other waste collection services.
- MindLabs — Live sleep and meditation classes for your mind. Led by experts. Backed by neuroscience. Now available to download on the App Store.
- Screenloop — Screenloop is the hiring intelligence platform that allows you to source candidates, analyse interviews, and automate the reference process.
Janis Krums is a Venture Partner at change ventures.
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- Industry: Big Data, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Estonia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $159k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $658k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- KWOTA — Kwota offers digital validation and trading services for recycled material CO₂ emissions.
- PayQin — Vous allez aimer payer en ligne
- Detail — Record and edit videos with Detail for iOS and macOS. Everything you need to create videos and podcasts, fast. Download for free on the App Store.
Damien Lane has spent the last 20 years investing in private companies, both in Private Equity where he was a partner with Electra Partners, then at Octopus Ventures where he was a senior member of the investment team. Having made a number of angel investments, Damien co-founded Episode 1 with Simon and Adrian in 2012. While at Episode 1,Damien has led investments in Carwow, Scurri, Touch Surgery, Attest and Zipcube and loves working with early stage teams of entrepreneurs; helping them develop their early stage startup into a fast growth enterprises capable of raising more funding from later stage investors. When he is not trying to help businesses to implement an optimal approach to growth, Damien can mostly be found running around Hampstead Heath or the Coastal paths of Great Britain. Having trained obsessively to run a 2:52 Marathon in 2015, he is now trying to dip below 2:50, in the spirit of continuous improvement. Damien has an MBA from Cambridge University and a Masters degree in PE from Oxford University.
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 38
- Round size: Seed $459k–$3.1M; Pre-Seed $605k–$1M; Series A $3.2M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Calira — Calira (formerly Clustermarket). Give researchers an easy way to book equipment, improve equipment utilisation, and get structured lab usage data.
- Realla — Search the entire commercial property market for offices, serviced office space, retail, industrial for sale and to rent
- IVO — Platform to allow media owners to deepen advertiser engagement, increase profitability and commercialise ad solutions with ease.
Serge Chiaramonte
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 59
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$4.9M; Pre-Seed $637k–$37M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Desia — Desia provides advanced AI applications for productivity, automation, and analytics for financial services.
- Tranched — Introducing real-time on-chain securitisation. Fintech Lenders and Professional Investors can now launch an institutional-grade transaction up to 90% faster than before.
- Juno — Meet Juno, a workplace wellbeing programme that you control.
Akash Gupta
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- Industry: Apps, Travel, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Round size: Seed $268k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Skrap — Skrap is an on-demand mobile marketplace for skip hire and other waste collection services.
- Kashing — Kashing uses smart payment technology that enables independent businesses to accept card payments. Thousands of independent business owners have turned to Kashing to power their payments and enable growth strategy. Their payment services are streamlined to offer its customers the best payment choices – whether they’d prefer to pay via card oronline.Kashing was founded in 2014 and is based in London, England.
- Omnipresent — Let Omnipresent be your global HQ. We manage your payroll, benefits, compliance and taxes, so you can focus on growing your team. Book a call today.
Mike Lynch is the founder of Invoke Capital, a venture capital firm which invests in and supports fundamental European technologies. Mike Lynch has long been regarded as a visionary figure in technology, described by the Financial Times as “the doyen of European software” and by the Sunday Times as “Britain’s Bill Gates”. He holds a PhD fromCambridge in Machine Intelligence, he was elected to the Prime Minister’s Scientific Advisory Panel and was a UK Business Ambassador. Mike has founded a number of companies, including Autonomy, the UK’s largest software company, with a market capitalisation of $11bn. He has invested in a number of start-ups, including Darktrace, Luminance, Neurence, Sophia Genetics and Featurespace, and has also advised venture capital and private equity groups such as Apax Partners and the Carlyle Group.He is a fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and he is an Honorary Fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge. He is on the advisory board of the Newton Institute, Tech City’s Investment Committee and is a member of the “Create the Change” board at the Francis Crick Institute. He was a non-executive director of Cambridge Enterprise and previous directorships include the BBC, the British Library and Nesta. He is a council member of the of the Foundation for Science and Technology.
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- Industry: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Banking
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
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- Darktrace — Darktrace AI interrupts in-progress cyber-attacks in seconds, including ransomware, email phishing, and threats to cloud environments and critical infrastructure.
- Featurespace — Featurespace™ is the world leader in Enterprise Financial Crime prevention for fraud and Anti-Money Laundering. Featurespace invented Adaptive Behavioral Analytics and Automated Deep Behavioral Networks, both of which are available through the ARIC™ platform, a real-time machine learning software that risk scores events in more than 180 countriesto prevent fraud and financial crime.ARIC™ Risk Hub uses advanced, explainable anomaly detection to enable financial institutions to automatically identify risk, catch new fraud attacks and identify suspicious activity in real-time. More than 30 major global financial institutions are using ARIC to protect their business and their customers. Publicly announced customers include HSBC, TSYS, Worldpay, NatWest, Contis, Danske Bank, ClearBank, Akbank and Permanent TSB.
Hank Uberoi has been Earthport’s CEO and Executive Director since 2010. Hank says it was Earthport’s unique offering in the payments market and its huge growth potential that made him want to lead the company to success. Before joining Earthport, Hank was focused on investments in technology, financial services and payments with an emphasis oncross-border business models. Until 2004 he was Chief Operating Officer at Citadel Investment Group. Hank previously spent fourteen years at Goldman Sachs, where he was a partner and co-Chief Operating Officer of the technology division. Hank graduated from Williams College, Massachusetts with a BA, Magna Cum Laude. Hank divides his time between Earthport’s New York office and the London headquarters.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Agridex — Agridex offers a blockchain-based supply chain platform for the digital agriculture industry.
- Kody — Businesses of all shapes and sizes can create their own digital experiences using KodyPay.
Michalis Petrondas
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- Industry: SaaS, Fitness, Payments
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Keia Ltd — From acupuncture to yoga, browse, compare and book on the world's most extensive wellness platform from the comfort of your phone, tablet or laptop.
Cyrus Jilla
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- Industry: Banking, FinTech, Finance
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- KiKapay — Fair, Fast, Secure direct from bank payments that are convenient for merchants and their customers. Powered by Open Banking
- Moneybox — Moneybox is the simple way to save, invest, buy your first home, and combine your old pensions - all with one award-winning app. Download now.
Carlo Gualandri is the founder and CEO at Soldo. Gualandri is an Italian technology entrepreneur whose innovative companies have broken new ground in the world of media (Virgilio), banking (Fineco), and gaming (Gioco Digitale).
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- Industry: Banking, FinTech, Payments
- Stage:Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Soldo — Soldo is a multi-user expense account that helps companies to manage the entire business expense cycle. It integrates prepaid Mastercard cards, a web-based administration console, and a mobile app into one intuitive future-ready platform.Soldo was founded by a group of tech veterans and payment pioneers who refused to accept the inefficient andfragmented state of business spending in the 21st century.
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