Alistair Owen
Principal; Principal @ VentureFriends
London, United Kingdom
Alistair Owen is a seed investor at VentureFriends in London focused on Software and E-Commerce. Apostolos is a serial entrepreneur turned investor. He started his career at Boston Consulting Group where he spent 2 years consulting businesses. On his entrepreneurial path, he has co-founded e-shop.gr, Openfund, e-food, doctoranytime and was a key investor in Taxibeat. Since 2010 he has invested and supported a large number of startups with afocus on e-marketplaces and SaaS. He studied civil engineering at NTUA and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.
- Total investments:
- 19
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 21%
Last updated:
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Industries Alistair Owen invests in
Stages Alistair Owen invests in
Countries Alistair Owen invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $603k–$10M
- Series A
- $4.2M–$20M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (16%)
- E-Commerce 3 (16%)
- Apps 2 (11%)
- Medical 2 (11%)
- Wellness 2 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (42%)
- Series A 5 (26%)
- Funding Round 2 (11%)
- Angel 1 (5%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (5%)
Country
- Greece 5 (26%)
- United Kingdom 2 (11%)
- Poland 1 (5%)
- Turkey 1 (5%)
- Estonia 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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pod network
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Pod network is a new L1 primitive that is blockless, leaderless and relaxes the notion of transaction total ordering. It is incubated by Common Prefix. | $10M / Seed / Jan 28, 2025 | |
Albatross AI
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Albatross is an AI firm that enables organizations to provide new, real-time user experiences using next-generation AI-powered customization. | $3.3M / Pre-Seed / Oct 16, 2024 | |
Harbor Lab
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Harbor Lab provides software for ship owners, management companies, and charterers’ internal disbursements departments. | $16M / Series A / May 15, 2024 | |
Carmoola
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A game changing way to pay for your next car in minutes! Take control of your car finance through the Carmoola app. No hidden fees or broker commissions. Get the wheels you've been waiting for. Manage your finance and spread the cost of your ride with a plan that suits you. 24/7 support, no call centres, no faff. | $19.6M / Series A / Jan 16, 2024 | |
Measurlabs
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Measurlabs is a managed marketplace that provides laboratory analyses and testing services. We make it incredibly easy to buy laboratory analyses for complicated materials and products. We combine the best methods from 300+ best laboratories. | $2.7M / Seed / Sep 01, 2023 | |
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Carmoola
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A game changing way to pay for your next car in minutes! Take control of your car finance through the Carmoola app. No hidden fees or broker commissions. Get the wheels you've been waiting for. Manage your finance and spread the cost of your ride with a plan that suits you. 24/7 support, no call centres, no faff. | $10.2M / Series A / Feb 22, 2023 | |
Welcome Pickups
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Welcome Pickups is a developer of an online platform for in-destination travel communities designed to give users a simple, amiable, and tailored travel experience.The company's platform links and communicates with residents of a specific location and organizes necessities, pre-ordered tickets, advice, and custom experiences guided bylocals, allowing passengers to travel safely and more effectively.Welcome Pickups was established in January 1, 2015 by Alexandros Trimis and Savvas Georgiou in Athens, Attiki. | $5.8M / Dec 11, 2022 | |
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Harbor Lab
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Harbor Lab provides software for ship owners, management companies, and charterers’ internal disbursements departments. | $6.4M / Seed / Dec 07, 2022 | |
FlexCar
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FlexCar is a car-as-a-service company that offers ready-made cars in excellent condition from Greek dealerships. The company was founded in 2018 and based in Athens, Attiki, Greece. | $222.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 19, 2022 | |
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Carmoola
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A game changing way to pay for your next car in minutes! Take control of your car finance through the Carmoola app. No hidden fees or broker commissions. Get the wheels you've been waiting for. Manage your finance and spread the cost of your ride with a plan that suits you. 24/7 support, no call centres, no faff. | $2.9M / Seed / Apr 08, 2022 | |
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Co-Investors
About VentureFriends
VentureFriends is a venture capital fund that invests in tech-enabled companies. VentureFriends (VF) is a venture capital fund specialising in seed stage startups. VF seeks to invest in tech-enabled B2C and B2B startups that can develop a sustainable moat over time and have a sweet spot for PropTech, FinTech, Marketplaces, and SaaS. The fundtypically invests between €0.3M - €2.5M and can follow on up to a total of €5 - 10M. VentureFriends invests predominantly in Europe and is founded by ex-entrepreneurs and angel investors, thus having an entrepreneurial and founder-friendly philosophy.
VentureFriends Contacts
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George Dimopoulos
Partner and co-founder
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Lily Joo
Venture Partner
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Alistair Owen
Principal; Principal
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Apostolos Apostolakis
Partner and co-founder
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George Karabelas
Associate
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FAQ
What does Alistair Owen invest in?
Alistair Owen invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Greece. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Alistair Owen's check size?
Alistair Owen typically joins rounds of $603k–$10M at Seed and $4.2M–$20M 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 Alistair Owen participates in.
When did Alistair Owen last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Alistair Owen closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 19 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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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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