# Christian Woolfenden

> Christian Woolfenden is a seed investor at Photobox (London) backing InsurTech and Insurance. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Photobox](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/photobox-co-uk)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianwoolfenden/

Christian Woolfenden is a seed investor at Photobox in London focused on InsurTech and Insurance. Christian Woolfenden - Managing Director @ Photobox

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$5.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| InsurTech | 1 | 25% |
| Insurance | 1 | 25% |
| Automotive | 1 | 25% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 25% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Subdial | Subdial is a tech company that predicts market prices better than anyone else. | $5.3M | Seed | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| GetAgent | GetAgent is the easiest way to find an estate agent to market or manage your property. List your property, compare offers, save time and money. | $2.9M | Series A | Mar 19, 2019 |  |
| Brolly | Brolly, a London-based start-up that specializes in flexible, personalized insurance products for the digital generation. Brolly offers a Policy Management platform that enabled customers to consolidate all of their insurance policies into a single dashboard, and a fully-digital contents insurance available on iOS and Android, enabling customers tocover their belongings straight from their smartphones. | $1.3M | Seed | Jul 27, 2017 |  |
| Motorway | Motorway started in 2017 with a vision to build a better car market for everyone, harnessing the power of technology to deliver an amazing experience.We help everyone to quickly and easily sell their car for the best price from the comfort of home, using only a phone.Transparent and straightforward in all that we do, our smart tech matches ourcustomers’ cars with a nationwide network of verified dealers. This enables those dealers to buy vehicles direct from private sellers using our fully-online sales platform, with hundreds of cars successfully sold every day.Reducing time and effort on all sides, we help everyone get the right deal quickly. It all, just, works.With over 1m car owners using our site and apps every month, we've grown by over 100% year-on-year and the journey's just begun. | $637K | Angel | May 01, 2017 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Active Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/active-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Apeiron Investment Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apeiron-investment-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ascension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascension-ventures-limited) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Commercial Growth Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commercial-growth-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Marchmont Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marchmont-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pi Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pi-labs-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Photobox

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

PhotoBox is Europe's leading community for sharing, printing and personal publishing with over 30 million members.

5 contacts available at Photobox.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christian Woolfenden | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-woolfenden |
| Tom Sweet-Escott | Non-Executive Director, Exponent Private Equity | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-sweet-escott |
| Dan Mucha | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-mucha |
| Jonathan Mitchell | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-mitchell-9f82 |
| Renaud Besnard | Group Chief Manufacturing Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/renaud-besnard |

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## FAQ

### What does Christian Woolfenden invest in?

Christian Woolfenden invests primarily in InsurTech, Insurance and Automotive 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.

### What is Christian Woolfenden's check size?

Christian Woolfenden typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$5.3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Christian Woolfenden participates in.

### When did Christian Woolfenden last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Christian Woolfenden closed in Dec 2021. 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?

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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