# Chris Ash > Chris Ash is a angel investor at 4ThePlayer.com (London) backing Marketplace and CRM. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [4ThePlayer.com](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4theplayer-com) - Location: London, United Kingdom - Total investments: 3 - Last investment: Dec 2017 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashchris Chris Ash is a angel investor at 4ThePlayer.com in London focused on Marketplace and CRM. Ash Gaming / Playtech ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Angel | $334k–$382k | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Marketplace | 2 | 67% | | CRM | 1 | 33% | | SaaS | 1 | 33% | | Local | 1 | 33% | | Parking | 1 | 33% | 15 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Angel | 2 | 67% | | Seed | 1 | 33% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Avora | We help everyone work smarter. By removing unnecessary boundaries and giving everyone access to insights, we help people accelerate decision making and drive positive change, every day.Avora provides a complete augmented analytics solution powered by AI that makes in-depth data analysis as easy as a web search. Our unique technology hidescomplexity, empowering non-technical users to easily run and share their own reports.By eliminating the limitations of existing analytics, reducing data preparation and discovery time by 50-80%, and accelerating time to insight to just a matter of minutes rather than days, Avora uses Machine Learning to improve business insight, accuracy and performance.Headquartered in London with offices in New York and Romania, Avora helps accelerate decision making and productivity for customers across a range of industries and markets, including Retail, Financial Services, Advertising, Supply Chain and Media and Entertainment. | $2M | Seed | Dec 07, 2017 | | | Stashbee | Stashbee is an online platform that helps people looking for extra space by connecting them with trusted local people who have it to spare. It aims to reinvent the way they store stuff for the sharing economy generation.Stashbee offers its guests with secure, vetted, local spaces at affordable prices and empowers its hosts with an easy way toearn additional income.The platform automates the end-to-end booking process, seamlessly processes payments, and offers a powerful and easy-to-use dashboard for guests and hosts to interact and manage bookings. Stashbee makes the process safe and secure by running ID checks. It also provides insurance, which is powered by Guardhog and underwritten by Hiscox and is specifically designed for peer-to-peer storage, to cover people's stored items. | $382K | Angel | Mar 27, 2017 | | | Hassle.com | Hassle is a free to the consumer, destination web site that puts together buyers and sellers of home based services such as cleaners, tutors, personal trainers, and driving instructors. It enables the consumer to search for a vetted provider, read ratings and reviews, and instantly book and pay for a service. They have started with domesticcleaners, providing real time order fulfilment for busy customers across London. | $334K | Angel | Apr 16, 2013 | | 3 of 3 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Crane Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crane-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About 4ThePlayer.com VC Fund 1 contacts available at 4ThePlayer.com. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Chris Ash | Founder and Business Development Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-ash | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund - [VentureSouth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/south-carolina-angel-network) — VC Fund - [Double M Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/double-m-partners) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [LVX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/letsventure) — VC Fund - [ZhenFund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zhenfund) — VC Fund - [IAN Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/indian-angel-network) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [SFC Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-funding-club) — VC Fund - [Fuel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuel-ventures-fund) — VC Fund - [Business Growth Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-growth-fund) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Local Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/local-investors-united-kingdom) - [Local Angel Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/local-angel-investors-united-kingdom) - [Local Angel Investors in Europe](https://shizune.co/investors/local-angel-investors-europe) ## FAQ ### What does Chris Ash invest in? Chris Ash invests primarily in Marketplace, CRM and SaaS startups, most often at Angel and Seed stage. Most of the 3 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 Chris Ash's check size? Chris Ash typically joins rounds of $334k–$382k at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Chris Ash participates in. ### When did Chris Ash last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Chris Ash closed in Dec 2017. Shizune tracks 3 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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