# Alan Martin

> Alan Martin is a Series B investor at Marchmont Ventures backing Automotive and E-Commerce. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Marchmont Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marchmont-ventures)
- Location: Wimbledon, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-martin-01aa5b15/
- Website: http://www.marchmontventures.com

Alan Martin is a Series B investor at Marchmont Ventures in Wimbledon focused on Automotive and E-Commerce. As a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years’ experience, Alan has held senior management roles in a wide range of businesses primarily in creative fields including Ubisoft, LEGO, ITV, Disney and BBC Worldwide. He has a particular interest in the online travel, price comparison, media and video/online gaming sectors. Most recently, Alanserved for 6 years as CFO of Momondo Group, a travel search business. During this time, he helped to grow revenues five-fold, integrated a significant overseas acquisition, raised £80m in private equity funding and oversaw the sale of the business to Priceline in 2017 for $550m. He learned a lot on this journey and is keen to share this experience with businesses looking to grow, create and disrupt.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Automotive | 1 | 100% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 100% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 100% |
| Consumer Reviews | 1 | 100% |
| Electric Vehicle | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Motorway | Motorway started in 2017 with a vision to build a better car market for everyone, harnessing the power of technology to deliver an amazing experience.We help everyone to quickly and easily sell their car for the best price from the comfort of home, using only a phone.Transparent and straightforward in all that we do, our smart tech matches ourcustomers’ cars with a nationwide network of verified dealers. This enables those dealers to buy vehicles direct from private sellers using our fully-online sales platform, with hundreds of cars successfully sold every day.Reducing time and effort on all sides, we help everyone get the right deal quickly. It all, just, works.With over 1m car owners using our site and apps every month, we've grown by over 100% year-on-year and the journey's just begun. | $67.7M | Series B | Jun 14, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BMW i Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bmw-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founder Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founder-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Latitude Investment Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/latitude-investment-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Unbound](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/unbound-bdd5) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Marchmont Ventures

VC Fund · Greenlaw, United Kingdom

Marchmont Ventures is a venture capital firm. They have a dedication to investments that support creativity in business, arts, crafts, heritage protection & land management for the long term.This is an umbrella brand for a range of activities that include: digital investments, purpose driven partnerships, charitable enterprise, projects tomake property better, farm & environment management.

2 contacts available at Marchmont Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alan Martin | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-martin-2 |
| Hugo Burge | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hugo-burge |

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## FAQ

### What does Alan Martin invest in?

Alan Martin invests primarily in Automotive, E-Commerce and Marketplace startups, most often at Series B stage. Most of the 1 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 Martin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alan Martin closed in Jun 2021. Shizune tracks 1 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?

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