# Alistair Cairns

> Alistair Cairns is a funding round investor at Smedvig Ventures backing Legal and Consulting. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Smedvig Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smedvig-capital)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2009
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alistair-cairns-8a1422

Alistair Cairns is a Managing Director at Smedvig Capital, which he joined in 1999. Prior to joining Smedvig Capital, Alistair was a consultant in the London office of Bain & Company where he advised management teams on business strategy and conducted commercial and strategic due diligence for private equity firms. Before Bain Alistair workedin New York and London for Morgan Stanley in corporate finance and equity capital markets. Alistair has an MBA from INSEAD.He has been actively involved in various portfolio companies including My Home Move, FGS Capital, Blueheath and Acell. He leads Smedvig Capital’s new investments into other private equity funds as well our relationships with other family offices.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Legal | 1 | 100% |
| Consulting | 1 | 100% |
| Real Estate | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MyHomeMove | Through Their award-winning in-house law firm, Premier Property Lawyers, they have become the market leader in conveyancing helping more people to move home than any other UK conveyancing provider. Their vision is to revolutionise the customer experience of conveyancing, for their industry partners and for clients. Innovative technology, unrivalledexpertise and exceptional customer care are at the core of what they do. They want their industry partners and clients to receive a conveyancing service that exceeds their expectations and is shaped by the needs of the modern consumer.Their conveyancers are experts in their field, covering everything from the standard sale and purchase moves, to New Build homes, shared ownership and Help to Buy. | $4.3M |  | Jan 27, 2009 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Smedvig Ventures

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Smedvig Ventures helps B2B tech teams scale more confidently. We invest between €4-8m in rounds of up to €20m across Europe. We support our select portfolio of ambitious teams from early traction to inspiring success stories focusing on taking founder led businesses to strong leadership teams and from product market fit to go-to market fit onwards.We’ve made this journey countless times over more than two decades and provide focused input that creates the biggest impact. The Smedvig family have been passionate about innovation for over 100 years. Put simply, having their complete backing means we can give you ours.

5 contacts available at Smedvig Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cristian Young | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cris-young |
| Jon Lerner | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jon-lerner-2 |
| Rob Toms | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rob-toms |
| Alistair Cairns | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alistair-cairns |
| Freddie Kalfayan | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freddie-kalfayan |

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## FAQ

### What does Alistair Cairns invest in?

Alistair Cairns invests primarily in Legal, Consulting and Real Estate 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 Alistair Cairns last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alistair Cairns closed in Jan 2009. 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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