# Alastair Weinel

> Alastair Weinel is a funding round investor at LDC backing Training and Health Care. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [LDC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ldc)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2013
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastair-weinel-a086a720/

Alastair Weinel is a funding round investor at LDC focused on Training and Health Care. Alastair joined LDC in September 2012. Prior to LDC he was the co-founder and managing partner of the SME growth capital fund Minority Capital Partners. Alastair previously spent ten years at RBS/NatWest where he was a Managing Director of RBS Equity Finance and a co-founder of the highly successful RBS Debt Ventures business. At RBS hecompleted several successful private equity investments including Towergate, Wightlink, Sporting Index, Morris Homes and Cygnet Healthcare. Alastair is a Chartered Accountant and spent ten years at Ernst & Young, advising entrepreneurs and private equity businesses. Alastair's investments and exits include Rush, ByBox, CIPHR, Property Software Group and United House Developments.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Training | 1 | 100% |
| Health Care | 1 | 100% |
| Personal Health | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Training Room (TTR) | The Training Room is the UK’s largest personal trainer academy. At The Training Room we are totally committed to helping our students become qualified personal trainers, in fact we offer everything we possibly can to help them succeed. Not only do we provide the most thorough professional training available in the UK but we also offer help adviceand guidance at every step of the way. | $26.2M |  | Oct 09, 2013 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About LDC

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

LDC is a private equity company that offers financial investment services to its clients, it is able to provide up to £100m of funds for buyouts and development capital transactions in UK unquoted companies.

5 contacts available at LDC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aylesh Patel | Investment Director, London | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aylesh-patel |
| Dewi Hughes | Head of Region | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dewi-hughes |
| Matt Newbold | Investment Director, Midlands | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-newbold |
| Alastair Weinel | Investment Director, South | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alastair-weinel |
| Alistair Pendleton | Director, Midlands | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alistair-pendleton |

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## FAQ

### What does Alastair Weinel invest in?

Alastair Weinel invests primarily in Training, Health Care and Personal Health startups, most often at Funding Round 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 Alastair Weinel last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alastair Weinel closed in Oct 2013. 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?

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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