# Damon Bonser

> Damon Bonser is a seed investor at British Design Fund backing Manufacturing and Health Care. See 35 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [British Design Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/british-design-fund)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 35
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 89%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/damon-bonser/

Damon Bonser is a seed investor at British Design Fund in London focused on Manufacturing and Health Care. Damon Bonser is the CEO of The British Design Fund.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 8 | 23% |
| Health Care | 7 | 20% |
| Medical Device | 5 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 11% |
| Medical | 3 | 9% |

57 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 21 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 8 | 23% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 5 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 30 | 86% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LabCycle | LabCycle is the world's first company to recycle hazardous plastic waste from laboratories (service) as well as the first to create 100% recycled laboratory consumables (product). Working with public and private labs, we are driving the circular economy of lab plastics to reduce the 5.5m tonnes of lab waste annually. A few highlights of ourprogress to date: • Proven impact - saving 90% of CO2 emissions & 93% energy compared to current alternatives: incineration and autoclave (LCA available upon request).• Technological validation creating the world's first 100% circular lab consumables including petri dishes, test tubes and more.• Secured commercial contracts with the NHS, several private companies and also universities. We are raising £1.5m to scale our patent pending technology to serve our growing demand after over 150+ organic expressions of interests following our feature in BBC news. The funding will establish the first automated decontamination system of our network, recycling over 350 tonnes annually, saving over 1000+ tonnes of carbon. | $238K | Seed | Jun 23, 2026 |  |
| Cordon Technologies | Cordon Technologies manufactures Cost-effective, environmentally sensitive, vineyard automation solutions. | $1.3M | Seed | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| SmartyPlants | SmartyPlants is an IT and Internet firm developing a plant sensory tool for the monitoring. | $260.1K | Seed | Feb 03, 2026 |  |
| Fresh Check | Fresh Check is a simple sticker that you put inside the packaging of food that changes colour when your food has actually gone off, not when the use-by date says so. | $201.4K | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 16, 2025 |  |
| NasoGastric Feeding Solutions | NasoGastric Feeding Solutions are dedicated to revolutionizing enteral access by providing clinicians with better tools to safely place lifesaving Naso/orogastric feeding and decompression tubes. | $657.6K | Seed | Nov 11, 2025 |  |
| Sages | Sages is a manufacturing company that develops natural dyes from food waste. Sages was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in London, United Kingdom. | $250K | Seed | Oct 30, 2025 |  |
| Flomark | The Flomark™ is a new IV administration set that easily, intuitively and reliably shows flow rate. | $408.9K | Seed | Jun 12, 2025 |  |
| Zeus Sleep | Zeus Sleep is a health-tech company that offers treatments for sleep disorders. | $199.4K | Seed | May 07, 2025 |  |
| Good Boost | Good Boost is a water-based rehabilitation programme designed to be fun and beneficial for people with a range of health issues. Also known as aquatic therapy, water-based rehabilitation is highly regarded for a range of musculoskeletal conditions. | $190.4K | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 19, 2024 |  |
| Corryn Biotechnologies | Corryn is a biotechnology company that develops Heals device, a contactless approach to redefine the chronic and complex wound care. | $738.5K | Seed | Sep 24, 2024 |  |

10 of 35 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [7percent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/7-percent) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SOSV HAX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hax-accelerator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Imperial College London](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/imperial-college-london) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Angel Academe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-academe) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bethnal Green Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bethnal-green-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About British Design Fund

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

British Design Fund supports enterprise and innovation in the UK by investing in, and supporting, early-stage, well-designed, product businesses. The Fund works with extraordinary entrepreneurs with scalable products who are ready to accelerate growth and build long term value and thriving stand-out businesses.

2 contacts available at British Design Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Damon Bonser | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/damon-bonser-a6cd |
| Damon Bonser | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/damon-bonser |

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## FAQ

### What does Damon Bonser invest in?

Damon Bonser invests primarily in Manufacturing, Health Care and Medical Device startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 35 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 Damon Bonser last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Damon Bonser closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 35 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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