# Chris Thomas

> Chris Thomas is a funding round investor at Santander UK backing Hotel and Restaurants. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Santander UK](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/santander-uk)
- Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2018
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-thomas-b6178bb3/

Chris Thomas is a funding round investor at Santander UK in Manchester focused on Hotel and Restaurants. Chris Thomas - Director, Structured Finance, Financial Sponsors @ Santander UK

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hotel | 1 | 100% |
| Restaurants | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Alchemist Bar & Restaurant | The Alchemist Bar & Restaurant is operates two bars in the city, and one in Leeds and another in London. | $20.9M |  | Jan 10, 2018 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Santander UK

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Santander UK plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides personal financial products and services, and corporate and commercial banking services in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company’s Retail Banking segment offers residential mortgage and personal loans, savings and current accounts, and credit cards, as well as a range ofinsurance policies. This segment serves personal banking customers and small businesses through a network of branches and ATMs, as well as through telephonye-commerce, and intermediary channels. Its Corporate Banking segment provides various banking products and services, including loans, bank accounts, deposits, treasury services, invoice discounting...

5 contacts available at Santander UK.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Thomas | Director, Structured Finance, Financial Sponsors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-thomas-d2d0 |
| Mahesh Aditya | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mahesh-aditya-e83c |
| Anthony Flack | Head of Digital Delivery | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-flack |
| Juan Olaizola | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/juan-olaizola |
| Justin Hannemann | New Product and Service Design | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/justin-hannemann |

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## FAQ

### What does Chris Thomas invest in?

Chris Thomas invests primarily in Hotel and Restaurants startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Chris Thomas last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chris Thomas closed in Jan 2018. Shizune tracks 1 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?

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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