Alan Sharp-Paul
Co-Founder & Co-CEO @ UpGuard
San Francisco, United States
Alan Sharp-Paul is a seed investor at UpGuard in San Francisco focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Alan Sharp-Paul is the CEO and Co-founder of UpGuard. A software engineer by trade, Alan has held a variety of roles in his IT career, from mainframe to web, engineer to architect. He spent more years than he'd care to mention working in Corporate IT at companies like Expedia, Lloyds and CBA. His focus is on helping Enterprises understand andmanage their Cyber Risk.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Alan Sharp-Paul invests in
Stages Alan Sharp-Paul invests in
Countries Alan Sharp-Paul invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 1 (100%)
- Financial Services 1 (100%)
Investments
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Spaceship
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Spaceship was founded in 2016 with a single mission: to enable you to invest in your future, so you can live the life you want to live.We got our start in 2017 with Spaceship Super, a super fund investing where the world is going. In 2018, we launched Spaceship Voyager, which makes investing easy for everyone.Since launch, we have grown to morethan 100,000 financial members and surpassed $500 million in funds under management – but we’re just getting started. | $1M / Seed / Sep 14, 2016 |
Co-Investors
About UpGuard
UpGuard is a cybersecurity platform that helps organizations monitor, assess, and manage cybersecurity risk across internal systems and third-party vendors. Its platform evaluates digital assets to identify security gaps, misconfigurations, and exposure points that may impact data protection and operational integrity. The company offers tools forvendor risk management, enabling teams to review and track the security posture of external partners. Its solutions also include attack surface monitoring, which maps internet-facing assets to detect vulnerabilities and unauthorized changes. UpGuard supports security teams with reporting and workflow features that assist in risk assessment, remediation tracking, and compliance alignment.
UpGuard Contacts
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Alan Sharp-Paul
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
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Cheyne Wallace
Software Engineer
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Chris Vickery
Director of Cyber Risk Research
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Daniel Bradbury
Chief Product Officer
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Harsh Sureka
Chief Operating Officer
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What does Alan Sharp-Paul invest in?
Alan Sharp-Paul invests primarily in FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Alan Sharp-Paul closed in Sep 2016. Shizune tracks 1 investment 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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