# David Molyneux

> David Molyneux is a seed investor at Greater Manchester Combined Authority backing FinTech. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Greater Manchester Combined Authority](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greater-manchester-combined-authority)
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 58%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/who-we-are/leaders/councillor-david-molyneux/

David Molyneux is a seed investor at Greater Manchester Combined Authority focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Councillor David Molyneux was first elected to Wigan Council 1982 and has been deputy leader since 2008. In May 2018 he was voted in as council leader by his fellow Labour Party councillors.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 17% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 17% |
| Apps | 1 | 8% |
| Lending | 1 | 8% |
| Chemical | 1 | 8% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 25% |
| Grant | 1 | 8% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Symphony Commerce | Shopblocks is a hosted ecommerce platform. If you want to run an online shop it gives you everything you need.Shopblocks is designed and built in Manchester, UK.The Shopblocks story begins in 2011. They were one part of a large team of digital marketing professionals. They had spent years designing and developing hundreds of websites forbusinesses large and small, in the UK and around the world. They launched online shops using every technology, every ecommerce platform and employing every tool available. But they disliked them all.The biggest struggle for us, and their clients, was change. Launching a website is one thing, but keeping it up to date and making regular improvements is expensive and time-consuming. Online businesses that can’t change and adapt become out of date very quickly. | $1.9M |  | Oct 02, 2023 |  |
| Symphony Commerce | Shopblocks is a hosted ecommerce platform. If you want to run an online shop it gives you everything you need.Shopblocks is designed and built in Manchester, UK.The Shopblocks story begins in 2011. They were one part of a large team of digital marketing professionals. They had spent years designing and developing hundreds of websites forbusinesses large and small, in the UK and around the world. They launched online shops using every technology, every ecommerce platform and employing every tool available. But they disliked them all.The biggest struggle for us, and their clients, was change. Launching a website is one thing, but keeping it up to date and making regular improvements is expensive and time-consuming. Online businesses that can’t change and adapt become out of date very quickly. | $1.8M | Seed | Oct 02, 2023 |  |
| Holiferm | Holiferm is bringing biosurfactants to market and is in the process of building a ktonne scale sophorolipid manufacturing plant. |  |  | Jul 28, 2023 |  |
| Holiferm | Holiferm is bringing biosurfactants to market and is in the process of building a ktonne scale sophorolipid manufacturing plant. |  | Grant | Jul 27, 2023 |  |
| My First Five Years | My First Five Years is on a quest to foster a healthier relationship between parents and their child's developmental journey by providing parents with the tools, knowledge, and support they need to be more confident parents and better understand their child's unique learning and development style. | $1.9M | Seed | Jan 19, 2022 |  |
| Symphony Commerce | Shopblocks is a hosted ecommerce platform. If you want to run an online shop it gives you everything you need.Shopblocks is designed and built in Manchester, UK.The Shopblocks story begins in 2011. They were one part of a large team of digital marketing professionals. They had spent years designing and developing hundreds of websites forbusinesses large and small, in the UK and around the world. They launched online shops using every technology, every ecommerce platform and employing every tool available. But they disliked them all.The biggest struggle for us, and their clients, was change. Launching a website is one thing, but keeping it up to date and making regular improvements is expensive and time-consuming. Online businesses that can’t change and adapt become out of date very quickly. |  |  | Oct 14, 2021 |  |
| Symphony Commerce | Shopblocks is a hosted ecommerce platform. If you want to run an online shop it gives you everything you need.Shopblocks is designed and built in Manchester, UK.The Shopblocks story begins in 2011. They were one part of a large team of digital marketing professionals. They had spent years designing and developing hundreds of websites forbusinesses large and small, in the UK and around the world. They launched online shops using every technology, every ecommerce platform and employing every tool available. But they disliked them all.The biggest struggle for us, and their clients, was change. Launching a website is one thing, but keeping it up to date and making regular improvements is expensive and time-consuming. Online businesses that can’t change and adapt become out of date very quickly. | $1.4M | Seed | Oct 14, 2021 |  |
| BankiFi | Provide your business customers with the right solutions at the right stage of life, throughout their entire journey. Banks can so support businesses gig to big: from sole-trader/self-employed (‘Gig’) and microbusiness through to SME and internationally operating enterprises with sophisticated requirements. Acquire new business customers earlyfor a very low cost, and stay with them for life. | $2.9M |  | Sep 01, 2021 |  |
| BankiFi | Provide your business customers with the right solutions at the right stage of life, throughout their entire journey. Banks can so support businesses gig to big: from sole-trader/self-employed (‘Gig’) and microbusiness through to SME and internationally operating enterprises with sophisticated requirements. Acquire new business customers earlyfor a very low cost, and stay with them for life. | $3M | Seed | Sep 01, 2021 |  |
| Bank North | B-North is here to disrupt the £150bn UK business lending market.It shouldn't take months to complete a loan facility with your lender.We are partnering with global fintech leaders to deliver great personal service, transforming the lending lending experience, both for UK businesses and for commercial finance intermediaries.To do thistakes great people, so we have assembled a team with market leading experience to create a new force in business lending. | $9.4M | Series A | May 04, 2021 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Channel 4 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/channel-4-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercia-equity-finance) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mercia Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercia-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Praetura Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/praetura-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LHV Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lhv-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mercia’s EIS funds](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercia-s-eis-funds) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Greater Manchester Combined Authority

VC Fund · Manchester, United Kingdom

Greater Manchester Combined Authority is the combined authority of Greater Manchester

3 contacts available at Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Molyneux | Resources and Investment | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/councillor-david-molyneux |
| Eamonn Boylan. | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eamonn-boylan-cd7e |
| Joe Crolla | Industry Skills Intelligence Lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-crolla |

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## FAQ

### What does David Molyneux invest in?

David Molyneux invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 12 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 David Molyneux last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Molyneux closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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