# Barry Smith

> Barry Smith is a seed investor at Noah Media Group backing Apps and Software. See 4 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Noah Media Group
- Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barryjsmith/

Barry Smith is a seed investor at Noah Media Group in Edinburgh focused on Apps and Software. Barry Smith co-founded Skyscanner in early 2002. Since then the company has grown to be the largest independent travel search company in the world, with offices in Edinburgh, Singapore, Barcelona, Beijing, Budapest and Miami. It is currently valued at over £1billion, and employs over 700 people around the globe.Barry is also an active angelinvestor/adviser in a number of technology companies, mentors several tech startups and is on the Board of Trustees for the Entrepreneurial Charity - NEF.Barry’s experience and involvement in the technology sector will drive Noah’s digital arm, where our team plan to experiment and innovate with all filming projects using the very latest emerging technologies - including VR, which will become an ever increasing focus for Noah Media Group.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 3 | 75% |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |
| Travel | 1 | 25% |
| Internet | 1 | 25% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 75% |
| Germany | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Layla AI | Layla operates as a travel discovery platform. | $3.3M | Seed | Nov 29, 2023 |  |
| SmartUp.io | SmartUp is the ultimate platform for peer-to-peer knowledge creation, sharing and exchange.Conceived and developed by a seasoned team of founders and investors behind Founders Forum, Spotify, Siri, lastminute.com and others, SmartUp now hosts more than 150,000 members and is used around the world by startup founders, companies, innovators,business schools and curious entrepreneurs.SmartUp’s intuitive learning system provides communities engaging and fun ways to contribute and consume bite-sized pieces of knowledge and insight. Its powerful platform unlocks your community’s real knowledge to help every member unleash their potential. | $5.5M | Series A | Feb 14, 2017 |  |
| Decidz | Decidz is a free app which takes the stress out of making plans and helps you turn your ideas into actions. If you have ever been frustrated by trying to find a date everyone is free or struggled to find something to do which everyone can agree on then decidz is the app for you. Launched in 2015, Decidz is based in Edinburgh, Scotland. |  | Angel | Mar 29, 2016 |  |
| Mailcloud | Mailcloud organizes every attachment and file you've ever received from email, instantly findable and shareable on iPhone and Android. We're helping the world work easier and faster, on mobile. Connect any existing email account and Mailcloud instantly organizes your entire history of communication, emails, files, people andcompanies into folders and timelines for you - so all of your work is organized and easily in one place. | $1.8M | Seed | Oct 16, 2014 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AAF Management Ltd.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aafmanagement) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AAF Management Ltd.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arabangel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Firstminute Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firstminute-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hong Leong Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hong-leong-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [M13](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/m13) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Notion Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/notion-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Noah Media Group

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Noah Media Group is a production company, specialise in Documentary, Film, TV, Promos and Digital Content. Noah Media Group brings together a team of award-winners in Film and TV with hugely successful original thinkers from the online and new technology sectors. They combine creative talent and technical expertise built on decades of high-endmedia experience. They specialise in Documentary, Title Sequences, Corporate Films, Promos and Digital Content. Their aim is to completely disrupt how high-end content is distributed globally.

1 contacts available at Noah Media Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Barry Smith | Co-Founder, Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barry-smith |

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## FAQ

### What does Barry Smith invest in?

Barry Smith invests primarily in Apps, Software and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 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 Barry Smith?

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### When did Barry Smith last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Barry Smith closed in Nov 2023. Shizune tracks 4 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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