# Clive Hollick

> Clive Hollick is a pre-seed investor at GP Bullhound (London) backing Marketing and Advertising. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [GP Bullhound](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gp-bullhound)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/clivehollick
- Website: https://x.com/clivehollick

Clive Hollick is a pre-seed investor at GP Bullhound in London focused on Marketing and Advertising. Lord (Clive) Hollick was appointed a partner of GP Bullhound in 2010. Lord Hollick is currently a director of ProSiebenSat.1, Honeywell International Inc, BMG Music Rights Management ag and senior director at Diageo plc. Previously, he was a partner at KKR where he headed the media industry team in Europe, and prior to that served as Chairman ofSBS Broadcasting as well as a director of The Nielsen Company (formerly VNU Group). He was CEO of United Business Media, an international publishing, information, broadcasting and market research group.Lord Hollick began his career as an investment banker with Hambros and then built up a global money and securities broking business that subsequently became ICAP plc. He has also held positions as a director of Logica, Havas, TRW and BAe Systems and was Chairman of the South Bank Centre, Europe’s largest arts centre. He founded the IPPR think-tank in 1986 and became a member of the House of Lords in 1991.Lord Hollick holds a B.A. and Doctorate from Nottingham University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marketing | 1 | 100% |
| Advertising | 1 | 100% |
| Lead Generation | 1 | 100% |
| Social Shopping | 1 | 100% |
| Video Streaming | 1 | 100% |

9 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Playrcart | Playrcart is a real-time technology and data platform that makes all marketing touchpoints transactional. The platform dramatically simplifies the user journey to any transaction, and delivers increasingly valuable first-party data to brand and retail partners. Brands that use Playrcart’s technology see online friction reduced by 75% on average,increased user engagement, and an improvement in return on advertising spend (ROAS).Playrcart was Winner of the Performance Marketing Awards 2022 for Best Programmatic Campaign in partnership with Vodafone and GumGum, a Finalist for The Drum Awards Digital Advertising 2022 and successfully pitched AB InBev at Mad//Fest Mad//Anywhere Global Virtual Event 2021.Playrcart was named Winner of Reimagining Fundraising 2021 - a global call to uncover the best future-proofed technologies to best serve the global Charity and NGO industries in a post CoVid world. Endorsed by the UN, UNICEF, Save The Children, Amnesty International, WWF, Medecins San Frontieres and more. In 2017/18, Playrcart was selected from hundreds of start-ups to be part of Telefonica’s Global Wayra Program, with the tech giant investing in Playrcart and appointing them as a global supplier. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Aug 03, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About GP Bullhound

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

GP Bullhound is a technology advisory and investment firm that provides transaction advice and capital to entrepreneurs and founders.As dealmakers in technology, GP Bullhound provides independent strategic advice on mergers and acquisitions and private placements to entrepreneurs, companies, and investors. By combining a true passion forinnovation with great access to global buyers and capital across Europe, the US, and Asia, GP Bullhound has completed transactions with many category leaders including Avito, Delivery Hero, Fjord, King.com, Pingdom, Pozitron, and Spotify. Founded in 1999 in London and Menlo Park, the firm today has 10 offices spanning Europe, the US and Asia.Their passion for technology, their financial acumen, and their understanding of the entrepreneur’s journey differentiate their advice from other investment banks. They help exceptional people build exceptional businesses to create more billion-dollar technology companies worldwide.

5 contacts available at GP Bullhound.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Clive Hollick | Senior Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clive-hollick |
| Hugh Campbell | Founder and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hugh-campbell-2 |
| Joakim Dal | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joakim-dal |
| Robert Ahldin | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-ahldin |
| Alon Kuperman | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alon-kuperman |

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## FAQ

### What does Clive Hollick invest in?

Clive Hollick invests primarily in Marketing, Advertising and Lead Generation startups, most often at Pre-Seed 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 Clive Hollick last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Clive Hollick closed in Aug 2021. 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?

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