# Top 50 Platforms Angel Investors in United Kingdom in June 2026 ## Theo Osborne - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Apps, E-Commerce Theo Osborne is a Managing Partner at 9Yards Capital. ## Hilmar Veigar Petursson - Type: Angel - Location: Reykjavík, Gullbringusysla, Iceland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Online Games, Software, Video Games Hilmar has been leading CCP Games’ ongoing success and growth since his appointment as Chief Executive Officer in 2004. Under Hilmar’s management CCP’s critically acclaimed science-fiction game EVE Online celebrated an unprecedented ten consecutive years of subscriber growth. In addition, Hilmar has put CCP into the pole position in the VRrevolution by embracing the new technology early. The company released virtual-reality arcade shooter Gunjack for the Samsung Gear VR in 2015, which has been the best-selling game on the platform since launch. And in early 2016 CCP released EVE: Valkyrie, a hotly-anticipated multiplayer spaceship dogfighting shooter built from the ground up for virtual reality, bundled with Oculus Rift pre-orders. EVE: Valkyrie will ship on HTC Vive and PlayStation VR on PlayStation 4 later in 2016. Before his appointment to the CEO position, Hilmar held the title of CCP's Chief Technical Officer, heading the engineering effort required to create the company’s persistent world technology and 3D engine. Prior to joining CCP in 2000, he served as the CTO of SmartVR, an OZ.com spin-off based on that company’s multi-user virtual reality technology following his tenure as the VP of software development for the OZ Studios division of OZ.com.Currently, he is also active on a number of boards and committees relating to Icelandic information technology and innovation. Hilmar has a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Iceland. ## Emre Kurttepeli - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Apps Emre Kurttepeli is a Serial Entrepreneur & Investor and is the Founder & Chairperson of Mynet Group, Turkey’s leading internet company with over 32 million users and Founder & CEO of Mynet Games, a global mobile gaming company.Columbia University/NY graduate, he has been the founder or the investor of over 50 internet andtechnology companies, mostly leaders in their own categories that ranges from e-commerce companies to vertical social network sites, mobile and gaming companies, including Trendyol, Insider, Iyzico, RemoteTeam and vc fund that invests in the internet and technology space. Additionally he is an investor in C24 Gallery, a prominent contemporary art gallery in Chelsea/New York.He is the President of Endeavor Turkey and Galata Business Angels (GBA), that are non-profit organizations helping to grow the entrepreneurship ecosystem. He serves on the Board of Endeavor Global, TOBB Turkish Venture Capital Industry Council and TOBB Turkish Entrepreneurs Council. Besides being on the advisory board member of Columbia University Global Center in Istanbul, he also is a member of YPO and is an Ashoka fellow. ## Livingstone Ian - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Video Games, Gaming, PC Games Ian Livingstone is based out of Menlo Park, California and is the Co-Founder and Partner of Hiro Capital. Ian previously worked at Flavourworks as a Non Executive Chairman.Ian Livingstone attended Altrincham Grammar School. ## Jaan Tallinn - Type: Angel - Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Jaan Tallinn is the Co-Founder of the Centre for Study of Existential Risk and Future of Life Institute. ## Nate Macleitch - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: iOS, Mobile, Android Nate Macleitch - CEO @ QuickBlox ## Sir Terry Leahy - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Mobile Sir Terry Leahy joined Cheshunt, England-based Tesco in 1979 and held marketing positions at the retailer before becoming commercial director of fresh foods in 1986 and a member of the board in 1990. Leahy was appointed Chief Executive of Tesco plc in March 1997.Leahy received a Knighthood for services to food retailing in the 2002 New YearHonours. He was voted as Britain’s Most Admired Leader (2005 and 2006) by Management Today, recognized by the Wall Street Journal and CNBC as European Business Leader of the Year (2005), and named European Businessman of the Year by Fortune (2004). A Guardian Unlimited Politics panel found him to be the most influential non-elected person in Britain in 2007.Leahy is a Director on the Liverpool Vision Regeneration Board and a member of the Prime Minister’s Business Council.In 2010 he received the Daily Telegraph’s Award for a Decade of Excellence in Business, a Lifetime Achievement award from Director Magazine, and was voted Business Person of the Year by the Sunday Times.Sir Terry Leahy retired from Tesco in March 2011. ## Brian Chesky - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: iOS, Mobile, Artificial Intelligence Brian is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Airbnb. Brian drives the company's vision, strategy and growth as it provides interesting and unique ways for people to travel and changes the lives of its community. Under Brian's leadership, Airbnb stands at the forefront of the sharing economy and has expanded to over 1,000,000listings in 190 countries. Brian met co-founder Joe Gebbia at the Rhode Island School of Design where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design. ## Tobin Ireland - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: iOS, Mobile, Marketing Tobin Ireland is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of MetaGravity. ## Barnaby Weiner - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Health Care, iOS, AgTech Barnaby Weiner - Portfolio Manager @ MFS Investment Management ## Thomas Mann - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Developer Tools, Security Thomas Paul Mann is the CEO and Founder at Raycast. ## Catherine Chew - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: iOS, Apps, Gaming Catherine Chew ## Henrik Holmark - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, TV, DRM Henrik Holmark - Board chair @ TrueLinked ## Jon Craton - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence Jon Craton has over 24 years experience of the telecoms industry in general and Operations Support Systems in particular. In 1996 he founded Cramer Systems and was a senior executive with the company until its sale to Amdocs in 2006 for $425 million. Since then Jon has been an angel investor, working in the technology sector. Jon is extensivelyinvolved with PowerOasis – he is a non-executive director of the company and one its largest investors. He brings to PowerOasis a wealth of experience in managing rapid growth whilst maintaining very high standards of customer satisfaction. ## Phil Mansell - Type: Angel - Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Gaming, Video Games, iOS Phil Mansell is the Chief Executive Officer of Jagex. Phil attended Cambridge Judge Business School. ## Guy Johnson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: iOS, Apps, Software Guy Johnson ## Luca Martinetti - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Developer Tools, Operating Systems Luca Martinetti - Co-Founder and CTO @ TrueLayer ## Chris Schagen - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS I help developer tech entrepreneurs beginning from crazy idea, through MVP stage, product market fit, go-to-market fit, up to go-to-market scaling. Also I help you get your first 1000 leads. Before, I was the CMO at Contentful and helped it grow from $0m to $50m in ARR, and before that founded 3 companies, including Wooga (exit to Playtika),Linklift, and Mundwerk.I obsess about being customer-centric and customer-driven in building your organization. And I am the curmodgeon who tells you things you need to (but probably don't want to) hear. ## Faruk Eczacıbaşı - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: iOS, Digital Media, Media and Entertainment Faruk Eczacıbaşı - Deputy Vice President of Eczacıbaşı @ KWORKS Koç University Entrepreneurship Research Center ## Aviv Nevo - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Apps, Mobile, iOS Aviv Nevo - Professor of Economics and Marketing @ Northwestern University ## Paul McGuire - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: iOS, Local, Events Paul McGuire is the Co-founder & CEO at tru.ID. Serial Entrepreneur – previously founded two leading international transaction platform businesses. Now at JustInvesting, building the online transaction platform for the next-generation of Angel investing – moving venture investing online, to the benefit of Investors, Entrepreneurs and the wholeeconomy. Prior to JustInvesting Paul co-founded Paymo, later acquired by BOKU, and led the company to become one of the leading mobile payments platforms, available in over 50 countries. Prior to Paymo, Paul co-founded mBlox, the world's leading mobile transaction network, where he led the company's sales and marketing organizations, guided the company's expansion into the European market, and led M&A efforts to acquire six companies.Before founding several start-ups in the telecommunications sector, Paul began his career in management consulting at Booz Allen Hamilton. ## Brendan Gill - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: iOS, Local, Events Prior to co-founding OpenSignal in 2010, Brendan spent over 10 years building solutions to help people understand and improve mobile service and experience. In 2007, he was part of the team that launched RepeaterStore, which provides signal boosting solutions to improve wireless cell and data reception in buildings, homes and vehicles. Brendan wasnamed in the Telecoms Business Power100 in 2017. He holds a Physics degree from Oxford University. ## Chris Klomp - Type: Angel - Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Internet Entrepreneur. Investor. Board member. Husband. Dad. ## Douglas Scott - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: iOS, Local, Events Douglas Scott ## Brian McClendon - Type: Angel - Location: Lawrence, Kansas, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, iOS, Android Brian McClendon is the Senior Vice President Of Engineering at Niantic and previously founder and VP engineering Keyhole Inc. He attended in The University of Kansas. ## Charlie Songhurst - Type: Angel - Location: Greater Seattle Area, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics. ## Brad Flora - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS Brad Flora is a Visiting Partner at Y Combinator. He is a former Co-Founder and CEO of Perfect Audience. Mr. Flora received a BA from Princeton University in English and an MS in Journalism from Northwestern. ## Shishir Mehrotra - Type: Angel - Location: Los Altos, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Shishir Mehrotra is the CEO of Grammarly. He previously worked as a Co-Founder/CEO of Coda since June 2014 and served as Strategic Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer from December 2015 to May 2017. Mr. Mehrotra is the CEO and Co-Founder of Coda, Inc. He served as Vice President of Product and Engineering, Youtube/Video at Google Inc.Mr. Mehrotra served as a Director of Product Management for Google TV Ads and YouTube Ads at Google Inc. He served as Director of Program Management at Microsoft. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Centrata, Inc. Prior to working with Centrata, he was part of the team that brought the Microsoft Office email client to the market. He was Director of Program Management at Microsoft. He held positions at the W3C, Taurus Telysys and the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He is accurately regarded as one of the most knowledgeable people in digital content and technology. He has been a Director of Victorious, Inc. since July 23, 2015. He served as a Director of INVIDI Technologies Corporation. Mr. Mehrotra holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 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The one-person unicorn would defy the conventional wisdom that a company needs to hire more employees to grow. “It's going to be a new phenomenon,” Ohanian said.Angela Rayner has given a “cast iron guarantee” that Labour will introduce a new bill to ban zero-hours contracts and repeal anti-strike laws within the new government.       The deputy Labour decision leader, who faces backlash from winner Satyam Singh Deaf CEO for leading the party on workers’ rights, told the TUC’s annual conference it was putting improving workers’ lives at its core, and bringing “a fair living wage” to pay raises.       Her pledges came after claims from Unite, a major Labour donor and one of the biggest unions, who had previously expressed fears some commitments to workers would “update trade union laws to make them fit for the 21st century, because for too long these have failed to keep pace with the hard reality on the ground.”       Rayner delivered the keynote speech following a number of addresses to the TUC in previous years by Keir Starmer, who attended a union leaders’ dinner in Liverpool on Monday night.  Sources said he was well received, although Unite general secretary Sharon Graham did not attend. ## Paul Forster - Type: Angel - Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services 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. ## Scott Banister - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Internet, Mobile Scott is an American entrepreneur and angel investor. He is best known as a co-founder of IronPort and an early advisor and board member at PayPal.Scott Banister started his career as a pioneer in the email business. He was Founder and VP of Technology at ListBot, the largest ASP for business email list hosting. ListBot was acquired byMicrosoft. After ListBot, Scott spent his time working with other start-ups as a board member and investor. These start-ups include eVoice, creator of the first email-enabled home voicemail service, which was acquired by AOL in 2001. He served as VP of Ideas at idealab!, where he contributed numerous innovations, including the unique bid-for-placement search engine model that powers Overture. In December 2000, with Scott Weiss, Banister co-founded IronPort, an email appliance provider that was acquired in 2007 by Cisco for US$830 million.Scott Banister is co-founder and Chairman of Other private equity investments include Zappos.com, LiveOps, Facebook, Hi5.com, Tagged.com, iLike, and Causes.com.Banister attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, from which he dropped out in 1996 to move to Silicon Valley. He currently lives in Half Moon Bay, California with his wife Cyan. ## David Singleton - Type: Angel - Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: iOS, Local, Events Current positions: Chairman, Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia; Member, Board of Centre for Engineering Leadership and Management, Engineers Australia; Member Standards Australia Strategy Committee; Council Member Swinburne University of Technology and member of Audit and Risk Committee.Former positions: Group Board member andDirector, Arup Group Ltd; Chairman Global Infrastructure, Arup Group; Member Living with Environmental Change Strategy Board UK; CEO and Chairman, Arup Australasia; Chair Buildings Standards Sector Board Standards Australia; Chair and Director Australian Construction Industry Forum; Director Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation; President and Chair Association of Consulting Engineers Australia; Director Association of Consulting Engineers Australia; Chair National Engineering Registration Board; Member Advisory Board, University of Cambridge Program for Sustainability Leadership.Other achievements: OPM Program, Harvard Business School 1996-98; One of Australia's 100 Most Influential Engineers in 2004 to 2007 inclusive; One of five finalists as "CEO of the Year", Equal Opportunity in the Workplace Agency, 2002; Director of RedR Australia Ltd 1998-2001. ## David Helgason - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Gaming, Information Technology David is a technologist, the founder of Unity Technologies, non-exec director to others, and a restless entrepreneur with a passion for creating feedback loops between innovation and teams and products, applying new and old business models to changing industries, and pushing people to do the very best they can do.David's background is inprogramming, an assortment of university dabbling, creating companies, and helping entrepreneurs. He served as CEO of Unity Technologies since co-founding it in 2003 and until October 2014, with an unflinching vision to democratize game development, and to develop technology and business models for the next phase of the games industry. David Helgason attended the University of Copenhagen. ## Alexander Armstrong - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: TV, DRM, Apps Alexander Henry Fenwick Armstrong is a comedian actor. ## Andy Rankin - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Andy Rankin - VP of Partnerships - Investor @ Sapho ## Bob Stevenson - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: iOS, Android, Wellness Bob Stevenson has over 20 years of experience as a Creative Leader and Entrepreneur in the games industry,His key skills are being an Entrepreneur, Producer, Game Maker, Art/Game Director, Creative Problem Solver, Occasional Mediator, Mentor and Empath. He loves his Family, Friends, Movies, Music, Wine, Laughter, Playing instruments, Games,Art, Tech, Business and despite his joy of people he has a fear of public speaking! (I am working on it) In 2008, he co-founded ngmoco:) a Future Entertainment Company that specialize in creating Social Mobile Games that unite and delight the world. With over 100m downloads and over 15 hit games, including We Rule, GodFinger, Rolando, Topple and Mazefinger, they have become one of the key companies in the mobile games industry. They were acquired in 2010 by DeNA: The leading Social Mobile company in the world. Bob plays an ongoing global role as CCO across that quickly expanding business. Prior to ngmoco, his games have appeared on nearly every major platform in the history of the industry, working with major partners like EA, THQ, Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Virgin, Activision and SEGA. ## William Christopher Currie - Type: Angel - Location: Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: SaaS, Software, Mobile Bill is the founder of the William Currie Group, which specializes in investments in the retail, e- commerce and tech sectors. Previously Bill was a top-ranked, multi award-winning retail analyst for Barclays (BZW), Hoare Govett and Charterhouse Securities, where he was Joint Managing Director. Current directorships include Eagle Eye Group PLC,Metapack Ltd, and LTS Group. Key past investments have included ASOS, QXL, The Hut Group, Zooplus, Caffé Nero and Anatwine ## Stephanie Allen - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: FinTech, Art, iOS Stephanie Allen - Member of the Board of Advisors @ CityFalcon ## Samir Desai - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Pre-Seed, Series B - Focus: FinTech, iOS, Apps Samir is responsible for driving the company strategy, overseeing the company’s finances and managing the day to day operations at Funding Circle, the leading marketplace for business loans.  Samir  has worked extensively in the financial services sector. Before founding Funding Circle he was an executive at Olivant and  a management consultant atBCG, advising a number of major UK and global banks and insurers on strategy, new product initiatives and operational efficiency.Investors at Funding Circle have now lent over $800 million to 8,000 small businesses in the UK and US. In the UK, investors include 37,000 individuals, the British Business Bank, local councils, universities and financial institutions. ## Rodney Aldridge - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Product Crowdfunding - Focus: iOS, Health Care, Social Bookmarking As the founder of the Capita Group in 1984 until his retirement in 2006, Sir Rodney Aldridge led the company from start-up to becoming a FTSE 100 company, with Capita thus becoming the market leader in the provision of support and professional services to the government and private sector in the UK. Capital Group is now the 50th ranked company onthe FTSE 100, with a market capitalisation of over £8 billion.Prior to Capita, Sir Rodney worked in local government for ten years with East Essex County Council, Brighton Borough Council, Crawley District Group and West Sussex Council, becoming a qualified accountant with CIPFA in 1970, joining CIPFA in 1974, and ultimately becoming its Technical Director.Rodney was awarded an OBE in the 1994 New Years Honours List and was given the Freedom of the City of London in 1996. In 2006 he was elected fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and in 2012 he received a Knighthood. In addition, Sir Rodney is Chair of the Lowry Arts and Entertainment venue in Salford; Chair of Acorn Care and Education, Patron and former Trustee of the Prince’s Trust; and founding member of the Prince’s Charities Council. ## Eddie Jordan - Type: Angel - Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: iOS, Apps, SaaS Eddie Jordan is OBE, former Formula 1 team boss, and entrepreneur. ## Eren Bali - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, iOS Eren Bali is the CEO and Co-Founder of Carbon Health. Eren leads the Carbon team towards his vision to democratize healthcare and make quality care accessible for everyone. Previously, Eren paved the way to make education accessible by founding Udemy, the world's largest marketplace for online courses, with over 10 million studentsworldwide. In his youth, Eren was a star mathematician, winning awards in mathematics, physics, computer science and chess including the International Mathematical Olympiads. He still loves chess today and plays to unwind after a long day at the office. ## Jeff Pulver - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Mobile, Android, CRM Throughout his highly successful international career, Jeff Pulver contributed to helping to launch the VoIP industry in 1995 and helped grow it to what has now become a two trillion dollar global industry in 2019. As an Internet Pioneer known for his work in VoIP, Jeff literally helped change the way the world communicates. Jeff launched the firstphone network on the Internet known as Free World Dialup in 1995; launched the VoIP Industry Trade Show VON in 1997; founded the company which is now known as Vonage in 1998 and worked with policy makers in Washington, D.C. which resulted in the landmark order issued by the FCC in 2004 known as “The Pulver Order.”His work in Washington on getting “The Pulver Order” passed is the reason services like: FaceTime, Telegram and WhatsApp are free both in the US and in over 100 countries around the world. Jeff has influenced the creation of numerous startups and has invested in over 400 startups. Currently exploring the intersection of: Blockchain and Finance. As Co-Founder of The Local Group, Jeff is a passionate advocate of Programmable Securities and Digital Assets. Strategic adviser to Blockchain projects. ## Pip Wilson - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Convertible Note - Focus: SaaS, Software, Information Technology A successful entrepreneur, director, angel investor and start-up mentor, Pip is passionate about empowering women in tech and disrupting traditional business models.Pip Wilson is co-founder and CEO of amicable apps: the faster, fairer, fixed-price way to an amicable divorce. In 2002 Pip co-founded Bluefin Solutions, a SAP consultancy and a fullSAP Services Partner, which she exited last year to Mindtree.Pip is also a trustee and board member of The Girls’ Network, a foundation that matches girls from low socio-economic backgrounds with inspirational female mentors.She believes in the power of teams, the importance of diversity, and that the best businesses help employees balance life with work. In her view, successful start-ups of the future will combine a sustainable business model with a clear social purpose and diverse teams. This view drives her investment decisions. ## Cyan Banister - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, Internet, Social Media Cyan Banister is a partner at Founders Fund, where she invests across sectors and stages with a particular interest in augmented reality, fertility, heavily regulated industries and businesses that help people with basic skills find meaningful work. Prior to joining Founders Fund, Cyan was an active angel investor with a portfolio including Uber,Thumbtack, SpaceX, Postmates, EShares, Affirm and Niantic, creator of Pokémon GO. A self-taught engineer and entrepreneur, Cyan has held a number of technical leadership positions throughout her career. As an early employee at IronPort, which was acquired by Cisco, Cyan oversaw support infrastructure and performance for a global customer base. She has a passion for the arts and is a voracious film, documentary and media consumer. ## Stewart Butterfield - Type: Angel - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Apps Stewart Butterfield serves as the CEO and Co-Founder at Slack Technologies, Inc. Stewart Butterfield serves as the President of LudiCorp Research and Development Ltd. Stewart Butterfield directed the 11-member design group (creative/visual/UI, production & QA) at Communicate.com, where he acted as design lead or managed teams onmillions of dollars worth of projects for companies like HSBC and Sears Travel. He co-founded Flickr at Yahoo! Inc. Stewart Butterfield has served in the W3C's XForms working group and has been active in many other professional organizations. He has also a long consulting interaction design career, most recently with Telus, the CBC and The Economist. Stewart Butterfield founded the 5K competition, a lo-fi, high-profile design award, which has been featured everywhere from Playboy to Le Monde to USA Today. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Wantoo Networks Incorporated. Stewart Butterfield is a frequent speaker on design and technology topics at professional and academic events across Europe and North America. He was recently named to the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences and is a nominating judge in the Webby Awards (for Best Practice). In 2001, he was nominated for a Chrysler Design Award. In 2006, Time magazine’s put him on their list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Stewart Butterfield received a BA (Hons. with Distinction) in philosophy from the University of Victoria, and an MPhil in philosophy from Cambridge University, graduating with a First. ## Nick Hynes - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Mobile, iOS, Rental A true business visionary, Nick has established some of the most successful fast-growth digital companies of the last two decades. In recognition of his contribution to the digital industry, he was recently shortlisted as one of the top 20 most influential and inspirational Britons in the BIMA Digital Hall of Fame.Nick founded Somo in 2009 withCarl Uminski to help companies make sense of the huge opportunities and the disruptive potential of mobile technology. In his role as CEO, Nick defines the overall strategy, has recruited the team, and shaped the culture of Somo, establishing corporate-scale governance in this rapid-growth business.Nick was formerly CEO and owner of The IMW Group, comprising search marketing agency, The Search Works, and digital tech business, The Technology Works. He launched operations across Asia, with offices in Tokyo and Seoul, and established The Search Works as Europe’s largest search agency, before the group was acquired by TradeDoubler AB in 2007 for $112 million.Before that, Nick was founder, CEO and President of Overture Europe. Here he launched the paid search industry in Europe, building Overture from a start up to an established billion dollar business across 16 countries, in just 30 months. Acquiring AltaVista FAST Technology Search along the way, Overture secured exclusive, multi-year distribution deals with every premium portal and ISP in Europe. The company was sold for $1.63 billion to Yahoo! in 2003 and became Yahoo! Search Marketing.In his early career, Nick created the electronic points system for Air Miles, transforming a struggling paper voucher business into a $62 million per annum profitable business in four years. Nick developed and implemented Air Miles loyalty schemes across NatWest, BT and Vodafone (building their first customer database). He also introduced the world’s first national Smart Card programme for Shell, and the ‘Reward’ loyalty scheme for Sainsbury’s.Nick’s career began as a fast-track graduate at British Airways, where he led a number of global initiatives. Appointed as BA’s youngest senior manager at the age of 29, he was sponsored by the airline to complete an MBA at the University of Bath in 1992. ## Chris Murphy - Type: Angel - Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Chris Murphy is a Venture Partner at MS&AD Ventures. He previously cofounded SaaStock and was an early Web Summit employee. ## Michael Herf - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mobile, Art, Apps Michael Herf - President @ flux ## Matt Robinson - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services 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. ## Adam Clayton - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: TV, DRM, Apps Adam Clayton is an Irish musician who is the bass guitarist of the rock band U2.