# Alexander Chesterman

> Alexander Chesterman is a seed investor at Cazoo (London) backing FinTech and E-Commerce. See 43 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Cazoo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cazoo)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 43
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 12%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.zpg.co.uk/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560917589684

Alexander Chesterman is a seed investor at Cazoo in London focused on FinTech and E-Commerce. Alex Chesterman is the Co-Founder of Houseful. Alex Chesterman attended the University College London.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $524k–$4.8M |
| Pre-Seed | $470k–$3M |
| Series A | $2.3M–$23M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 6 | 14% |
| E-Commerce | 6 | 14% |
| Financial Services | 6 | 14% |
| Health Care | 5 | 12% |
| Payments | 4 | 9% |

69 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 22 | 51% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 16% |
| Series A | 6 | 14% |
| Angel | 2 | 5% |
| Debt Financing | 2 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 30 | 70% |
| France | 1 | 2% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Atheni AI | Atheni focused on embedding AI guidance directly into day-to-day workflows rather than relying on standalone training sessions or workshops. | $470.2K | Pre-Seed | May 28, 2026 |  |
| Zefir | An all-in-one platform that allows people to sell or buy in one simple, certain transaction | $22.8M | Series A | Feb 10, 2022 |  |
| Pharmacierge | Pharmacierge is the award-winning digital e-prescribing service chosen by private clinicians to deliver medication to their patients throughout the UK and worldwide. Clinicians create and transfer e-prescriptions to our pharmacy near London's Harley Street, for free delivery to their patients. | $1.7M | Seed | Oct 26, 2021 |  |
| Vyne Technologies | Vyne Technologies is the specialist account-to-account payments platform. | $15.5M | Seed | Sep 23, 2021 |  |
| Lick | Lick building a disruptive home decor brand that is obsessed with helping people transform their home with ease and a smile. | $23M | Series A | Jun 07, 2021 |  |
| Zefir | An all-in-one platform that allows people to sell or buy in one simple, certain transaction | $4.8M | Seed | Apr 14, 2021 |  |
| Thirdfort | Thirdfort is an app-based solution that lets conveyancers verify client ID and source of funds in minutes. Combining ID scanning technology to check a client’s identity with open banking to prove money is from a legitimate source, Thirdfort is being used by award winning conveyancers around the UK. Thirdfort is backed by Alex Chesterman (Founderof Zoopla), Mishcon de Reya, Lawyer Checker and HM Land Registry. | $2.1M | Debt Financing | Apr 12, 2021 |  |
| MindLabs | MindLabs is the world's first live mental health platform. | $1.8M | Pre-Seed | Oct 21, 2020 |  |
| trustshare | Escrow infrastructure as a service. We allow brands that consumers trust to go live with a fully branded escrow solution in 5 lines of code. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Sep 23, 2020 |  |
| Lick | Lick building a disruptive home decor brand that is obsessed with helping people transform their home with ease and a smile. | $3.9M | Seed | Aug 04, 2020 |  |

10 of 43 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Redbus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redbus-group) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Ascension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascension-ventures-limited) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Third Kind Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-line-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Seedcamp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedcamp) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Stride.VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stride-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [ADV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerated-digital-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Cazoo

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Cazoo is pioneering the shift to online car buying and selling in the UK and mainland Europe and has already sold over 35,000 cars since its launch less than two years ago to consumers across the UK who have embraced the selection, transparency and convenience of buying quality used cars entirely online. Cazoo is also Europe’s leading consumer carsubscription player with thousands of subscribers across the UK, France and Germany.Cazoo has developed a market leading brand and fully integrated platform, where it owns and reconditions all its cars before offering them for either delivery or collection in as little as 72 hours. Over the past three years, Cazoo has grown its team to over 2,500 customer-obsessed staff, focussed on delivering the best car buying and selling experience to consumers across the UK & Europe. Already the leading online car retailer in the UK, Cazoo is expanding into mainland Europe as it seeks to disrupt the largely offline $700 billion used car market.

5 contacts available at Cazoo.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Chesterman | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-edward-chesterman |
| Alliott Cole | Cazoo - Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alliott-cole |
| Darren Bentley | Chief Customer Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darren-bentley |
| Felix Leuschner | Group Business Development Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/felix-leuschner |
| Fern Wake | Chief of Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fern-wake |

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## FAQ

### What does Alexander Chesterman invest in?

Alexander Chesterman invests primarily in FinTech, E-Commerce and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 43 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Alexander Chesterman's check size?

Alexander Chesterman typically joins rounds of $524k–$4.8M at Seed, $470k–$3M at Pre-Seed and $2.3M–$23M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Alexander Chesterman participates in.

### When did Alexander Chesterman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alexander Chesterman closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 43 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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