# Alex Saint

> Alex Saint is a seed investor at Secret Escapes backing Retail and Sports. See 2 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Secret Escapes
- Location: Steep, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-saint-7270272
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/sainty
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alex.saint

Alex Saint is a seed investor at Secret Escapes in Steep focused on Retail and Sports. Alex Saint is the Co-founder & CEO of Secret Escapes. Prior to this, he worked as Chief Executive at DMC Digital Ltd. He was the Consultant of Teletext Holidays. He served as Publisher at ThisisTravel –Associated Newspapers. Before that, he worked as Publisher at Associated New Media. He also worked as Sales Marketing Management at Unilever.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 1 | 50% |
| Sports | 1 | 50% |
| Travel | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Plum Guide | Plum Guide is not just a booking platform. It's a benchmark for quality. There are 15,000,000+ vacation homes listed online. The choice is overwhelming. The standard is dispiriting. So we created the Plum Guide Award. Our mission is to find and award the best homes out there with our trusted quality mark. | $2.3M | Seed | Jun 10, 2017 |  |
| SportPursuit | SportPursuit is the UKs first sport-specific flash sales website featuring top quality sports products and services from the world's best brands. During their 7 days flash sales, members receive exclusive access to sales at up to 70% off RRP in a fun, content rich, personalised environment.SportPursuit works very closely with its brandpartners to help enhance their brand image through push marketing to their large targeted member base of sports enthusiasts, encouraging brand engagement and trial. | $6.5M | Series B | Feb 09, 2014 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Delin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delin-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Molten Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-esprit) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Silicon Valley Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silicon-valley-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Secret Escapes

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

At Secret Escapes, they negotiate exclusive rates for luxury hand-picked hotels and holidays in the UK and abroad, at up to 60% off the price you'd pay by booking anywhere else. How have they done it? Well, even the most luxurious hotels out there don't like having empty rooms...For access to their members-only rates, all you have to dois sign up to Secret Escapes with your email address and nothing else. It doesn't cost a penny, and never will.In return, they will give you access to rates for hotels and holidays you'll struggle to find anywhere else, and if you do they will match their price - that's a guarantee.

5 contacts available at Secret Escapes.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Saint | Co-founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-saint |
| Alliott Cole | Non-Executive Director; Non Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alliott-cole |
| Eirik Pettersen | Eirik Pettersen | — |
| Emil Simeonov | Senior Engineering Manager | — |
| Konstantin Eberle | Global Head of Commercial Excellence | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Alex Saint invest in?

Alex Saint invests primarily in Retail, Sports and Travel startups, most often at Seed and Series B 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.

### How do I contact Alex Saint?

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### When did Alex Saint last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alex Saint closed in Jun 2017. 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.

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