# Alan Armstrong

> Alan Armstrong is a funding round investor at IW Capital (London) backing Recycling and Commercial. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [IW Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iw-capital)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/armstrongalan/?originalSubdomain=uk

Alan Armstrong is a funding round investor at IW Capital in London focused on Recycling and Commercial. Alan Armstrong is the Head of Investment of IW Capital. He previously worked at WeSwap.com as a Director. Alan Armstrong attended Newcastle University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recycling | 1 | 50% |
| Commercial | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |
| Industrial | 1 | 50% |
| Waste Management | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SaveMoneyCutCarbon | SaveMoneyCutCarbon is uniquely positioned as a full-service efficiency partner to organisations and homes who want to reduce energy, water and carbon to improve sustainability. Clients include major hospitality groups, property ownership groups, distribution centres, theme parks and corporate offices as well as SMEs and private residences. | $6.3M |  | May 15, 2023 |  |
| Impact Recycling | Impact Recycling has developed a breakthrough plastic recycling technology which separates the components of post-consumer, mixed plastic waste to recover two consistent streams of plastic; polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), each with over 95 per cent purity. | $4.5M |  |  |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Barclays Sustainable and Impact Banking](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barclays-sustainable-and-impact-banking) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Low Carbon Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/low-carbon-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About IW Capital

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

IW Capital is a private investment house offering both debt and equity investment opportunities into scaling SMEs with immense growth potentialIW Capital focuses on originating, structuring, managing and leading tax-efficient investment and senior debt opportunities for their expansive network of high net-worth individuals, ultra-high net-worthindividuals, family offices, wealth managers and IFAs. With an executive team boasting over 50 years’ collective experience in SME investment, IW Capital is renowned for its leading expertise in tax-efficient equity investment and providing debt funding to SMEs.

5 contacts available at IW Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alan Armstrong | Director and Head of Investment | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-armstrong-a631 |
| Charlie Lyon Carroll | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charlie-lyon-carroll |
| Luke Davis | CEO & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luke-davis-4 |
| Alex Valente Petri | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-valente-petri-bb5b |
| Christopher Soames | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-soames |

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## FAQ

### What does Alan Armstrong invest in?

Alan Armstrong invests primarily in Recycling, Commercial and E-Commerce startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alan Armstrong last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alan Armstrong closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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