# Alan Hudson

> Alan Hudson is a seed investor at GMG Ventures backing Artificial Intelligence and Advertising. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [GMG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gmg-ventures)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 45%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-hudson-02496b150/

Alan Hudson is a seed investor at GMG Ventures in London focused on Artificial Intelligence and Advertising. Alan Hudson is the co-founder and general partner at GMG Ventures. Prior to that, he served as the chief investment officer of Guardia Media Group.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 27% |
| Advertising | 2 | 18% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 18% |
| Audio | 1 | 9% |
| Music | 1 | 9% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 45% |
| Series B | 2 | 18% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 55% |
| United States | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Made With Intent | Made With Intent is a segmentation tool that allows data-driven retailers to quickly discern and target customer intent while optimizing marketing strategies. It enables retailers to interact successfully and increase conversions in today's competitive market context. | $3.3M | Seed | Feb 17, 2026 |  |
| Wonder Studios | Producing world-class original content | $12M | Seed | Oct 23, 2025 |  |
| Human Native AI | Human Native AI operates as an AI data marketplace. | $3.6M | Seed | Jun 03, 2024 |  |
| Made With Intent | Made With Intent is a segmentation tool that allows data-driven retailers to quickly discern and target customer intent while optimizing marketing strategies. It enables retailers to interact successfully and increase conversions in today's competitive market context. | $1.9M | Seed | May 02, 2024 |  |
| Vidsy | Vidsy is a creative technology engine powering mobile video ad creation to help global brands. Vidsy helps global brands create effective video ads, efficiently and consistently across digital. Vidsy's technology, global community of 6,000+ vetted creators, and fully managed services are empowering brands to intelligently transform theirdigital advertising for an ever-evolving world of mobile video. | $16.3M | Series B | Oct 11, 2021 |  |
| Vidsy | Vidsy is a creative technology engine powering mobile video ad creation to help global brands. Vidsy helps global brands create effective video ads, efficiently and consistently across digital. Vidsy's technology, global community of 6,000+ vetted creators, and fully managed services are empowering brands to intelligently transform theirdigital advertising for an ever-evolving world of mobile video. | $16.3M | Series B | Oct 11, 2021 |  |
| Streetbees | Streetbees develops a human intelligence platform that uses Artificial Intelligence and geolocation technology collects and analyzes offline consumer behavior.By analyzing real-life moments collected from its own global community, the chat-style app is used to share moments from their daily lives via videos, photos, and text. Through applyingadvanced natural language processing technology to the results, Streetbees uncovers not just what they do, but also why they do it, and what drives them – and predicts what they may do next. The company partners with brands across the consumer goods, media and entertainment, retail, and insurance sectors.In 2015, Oliver May and Tugce Bulut established the company in London, England. | $40M | Series B | Oct 28, 2020 |  |
| Streetbees | Streetbees develops a human intelligence platform that uses Artificial Intelligence and geolocation technology collects and analyzes offline consumer behavior.By analyzing real-life moments collected from its own global community, the chat-style app is used to share moments from their daily lives via videos, photos, and text. Through applyingadvanced natural language processing technology to the results, Streetbees uncovers not just what they do, but also why they do it, and what drives them – and predicts what they may do next. The company partners with brands across the consumer goods, media and entertainment, retail, and insurance sectors.In 2015, Oliver May and Tugce Bulut established the company in London, England. | $40M | Series B | Oct 28, 2020 |  |
| AMA - A Million Ads | A Million Ads personalises digital audio advertising. Think Spotify ads that know your name, or Classic FM ads on your Sonos that know if its raining outside. Their ads are more context aware and relevant to the listener, and so perform a lot better. They have delivered over 100 campaigns across Europe for brands including Audible, Deliveroo,Carphone Warehouse, Asda and Nissan, are working with four of the six major advertising agencies and have partnerships with Global Radio's DAX and Pandora (the world’s largest ad-funded music streaming service). | $3M | Seed | Jun 25, 2018 |  |
| AMA - A Million Ads | A Million Ads personalises digital audio advertising. Think Spotify ads that know your name, or Classic FM ads on your Sonos that know if its raining outside. Their ads are more context aware and relevant to the listener, and so perform a lot better. They have delivered over 100 campaigns across Europe for brands including Audible, Deliveroo,Carphone Warehouse, Asda and Nissan, are working with four of the six major advertising agencies and have partnerships with Global Radio's DAX and Pandora (the world’s largest ad-funded music streaming service). | $3M | Seed | Jun 25, 2018 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [GMG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gmg-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mercuri](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercuri-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Access Entertainment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/access-entertainment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ascension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascension-ventures-limited) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1745 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bertelsmann-digital-media-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Delin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delin-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About GMG Ventures

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

GMG Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund, set up to invest in start-ups that are impacting the rapidly evolving digital media ecosystem. It has one limited partner, The Scott Trust, which among other assets and funds, owns the Guardian news organization. As with any venture capital fund, GMGV is set up to generate financial returns,however, it also has strategic objectives linked to the Guardian. We have a clear investment strategy, set of investment themes and structured approach to help set up our portfolio companies to benefit from the wider Guardian Media Group, including its vast external network and the prestigious and trusted brand of the Guardian.

5 contacts available at GMG Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alan Hudson | Co-founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-hudson |
| Denise Xifara | Co-Founder and Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/denise-xifara |
| Dyson Bogg | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dyson-bogg |
| Ginny Watsham | Investment Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ginny-watsham |
| Hannah Green | Team Assistant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hannah-green |

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## FAQ

### What does Alan Hudson invest in?

Alan Hudson invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Advertising and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 11 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 Hudson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alan Hudson closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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