# Chris Allner

> Chris Allner is a startup investor at Downing Ventures (London). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Downing Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/downing-ventures)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-allner-32a9158/

Chris Allner is a startup investor at Downing Ventures in London. Chris is a partner of Downing LLP and heads up the Investment Team. Chris has 30 years of venture capital and private equity experience, most recently as head of private equity at Octopus Investments. Prior to this, he was a director at Beringea and Bridgepoint with previous experience at 3i and Charterhouse. Chris has transacted over 50investments and has sat on the boards of a number of unquoted and quoted portfolio companies across a variety of commercial sectors. Current board seats include Claresys Ltd and Curo Ltd. Chris joined Downing in March 2012.

## About Downing Ventures

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Downing Ventures is a division of Downing LLP. They invest venture capital into early and growth stage technology businesses. Our belief is that technology now forms an integral part of the everyday lives of consumers, corporations and governments. Further, they believe that they are now experiencing the benefits of the second wave of technologydevelopment, which is now based on sound infrastructure. Investing into this trend, they look for: Visionary entrepreneurs, with the ability to execute as well as dream. Large (potential) addressable markets. Distinct product / service advantages. Limited adoption risk for customers. They seek to invest 250,000 to 5 million per company. They will invest in seed-stage deals and Series A deals, and then look to continue to support those companies through phases of subsequent growth. Fundamentally, they back entrepreneurs. They are supportive, hopefully helpful, investors.

5 contacts available at Downing Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kostas Manolis | Partner and Head of Unquoted Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kostas-manolis |
| Mike Kennedy | Ventures Adviser - Downing Ventures | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-kennedy-7 |
| Nick Lewis | Founding Partner, Investment Committee Member & Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-lewis-fc9d |
| Sophie Andre | Portfolio and Operations Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sophie-andre |
| Chris Allner | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-allner |

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