Charlie Songhurst
Advisor @ Bear Robotics
Greater Seattle Area, United States
Charlie Songhurst is a seed investor at Bear Robotics in Greater Seattle Area focused on Software and Information Technology. Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics.
- Total investments:
- 217
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Charlie Songhurst invests in
Stages Charlie Songhurst invests in
Countries Charlie Songhurst invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$8.5M
- Pre-Seed
- $542k–$5.1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 64 (29%)
- Information Technology 29 (13%)
- Artificial Intelligence 28 (13%)
- SaaS 18 (8%)
- Internet 18 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 103 (47%)
- Pre-Seed 39 (18%)
- Funding Round 9 (4%)
- Series A 8 (4%)
- Angel 5 (2%)
Country
- United Kingdom 51 (24%)
- United States 49 (23%)
- Germany 14 (6%)
- Canada 4 (2%)
- India 3 (1%)
Investments
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Uncovr is an AI-powered surgical intelligence and documentation platform that automatically transforms operating room videos into structured clinical reports and billing codes. | $7M / Seed / Jun 10, 2026 | |
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Structured AI is an AI-powered tool designed to help users organize their days more easily and quickly by creating and managing tasks in a timeline. | $4.2M / Seed / Jun 10, 2026 | |
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Zaro is a workspace platform that brings AI agents and apps together in one place to automate repetitive business tasks and accelerate important work. The company deploys AI agents that handle real tasks while connecting the apps teams already rely on, enabling operations to scale without scaling headcount. Everything runs on a simple credit-basedmodel where customers only pay for what they use, and users can start free. Zaro enables modern teams to automate busywork, automate the repetitive, and focus on work that moves the business forward. The platform turns AI from a buzzword into something teams use daily for running their business operations. | $5.1M / Pre-Seed / Jun 09, 2026 | |
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Infinity Constellation is an AI-focused startup holding company and incubator that builds and launches service-based businesses leveraging artificial intelligence. Their mission is to empower visionary founders to create the next generation of impactful, tech-enabled companies, emphasizing long-term growth and sustainable value creation. | $24M / Series A / Jun 08, 2026 | |
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Wassist is a platform for building AI-powered WhatsApp agents that help businesses automate sales, customer support, and marketing directly inside WhatsApp. | $1.1M / Pre-Seed / Jun 08, 2026 | |
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Drafted.ai is an AI-powered platform that creates personalized home floor plans and layouts based on user inputs, including room count, style, and preferences. | $16M / Seed / May 29, 2026 | |
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Audiogen makes audio production 100x faster for music, film, and game makers. | $2.2M / Seed / May 26, 2026 | |
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Amphiform is a clean energy company that develops materials for scalable and portable power systems using atom-by-atom engineering. | $5.5M / Pre-Seed / May 19, 2026 | |
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AI os for real estate | $500K / Pre-Seed / May 18, 2026 | |
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Beauhurst – formerly UKFunders – was founded in 2010 by Stephen Bence and Toby Austin. Their philosophy is simple. They believe that by providing organisations with high-quality data, tools and analysis they can help get deals done and companies growing – great for advisors, great for businesses, great for the economy. | $9.5M / Debt Financing / May 07, 2026 | |
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Co-Investors
About Bear Robotics
Bear Robotics addresses the increased pressure faced by the restaurant industry around wages, labor supply, and cost efficiencies. It aims to revolutionize the restaurant and food service industry using robotics and AI. The company makes robots that help customers receive an improved dining experience, employees with greater job satisfaction, andowners of restaurants with an increase in profits.
Bear Robotics Contacts
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Charlie Songhurst
Advisor
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John Ha
Founder and CEO
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Brennand Pierce
Co-Founder - Chief Robotics Officer
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Fangwei Li
Founder / CTO
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Juan Higueros
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
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FAQ
What does Charlie Songhurst invest in?
Charlie Songhurst invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 217 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 Charlie Songhurst's check size?
Charlie Songhurst typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$8.5M at Seed and $542k–$5.1M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Charlie Songhurst participates in.
When did Charlie Songhurst last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Charlie Songhurst closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 217 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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