# Dan Cobley

> Dan Cobley is a seed investor at EnglishScore (London) backing FinTech and Software. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [EnglishScore](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/englishscore)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/dcobley
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/dcobley
- Website: https://x.com/dcobley

Dan Cobley is a seed investor at EnglishScore in London focused on FinTech and Software. Dan Cobley is the Managing Partner of Blenheim Chalcot. He previously worked at Santander UK as a Strategic Advisor to the Board. Dan Cobley attended the University of Cambridge.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.7M–$6M |
| Pre-Seed | $607k–$1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 6 | 30% |
| Software | 5 | 25% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 20% |
| Finance | 3 | 15% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 15% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 55% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 10% |
| Angel | 1 | 5% |
| Series A | 1 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vivox AI | Vivox AI develops software that applies artificial intelligence to financial crime compliance and regulatory operations. The platform provides AI agents that perform tasks such as anti-money laundering reviews, know-your-customer and know-your-business onboarding checks, sanctions screening, and adverse media monitoring. Its system analyzescorporate registry records, public sources, and internal datasets to support due-diligence investigations and risk assessments. The software also produces structured reports, evaluates documentation related to ownership and business activity, and supports ongoing monitoring of entities and individuals. AI agents operate as independent modules assigned to specific compliance functions, allowing organizations to review results and maintain audit trails for regulatory oversight. | $1.7M | Seed | Mar 04, 2026 |  |
| Adclear | Financial promotion compliance, in seconds. Scale your marketing operations while reducing risk.Marketing teams need instant approvals while compliance teams drown in manual reviews. The result? Missed opportunities, increased risk, and frustrated teams on both sides. There's a better way to manage financial promotions.Adclear ensurescreative marketing is compliant with FCA regulations, whilst providing an in-depth audit trail for compliance teams. Our AI-powered platform turns days of work into seconds.Instant approvals. Real-time marketing. Zero bottlenecks. Adclear empowers your team to move fast and stay compliant. | $2.8M | Seed | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| Pockla | POCKLA is a London-based content strategy and marketing agency. Powered by our proprietary AI technology, we take an audience-first approach to levelling up organic content and paid ads for social-first brands.Our vision is to help brands market like the world's best content creators. We do that by helping brands find an authentic internetvoice, and engage on topics that actually matter to their audience.POCKLA acts as an extension of your team. Combining the expertise of world class content strategists, paid media and organic experts, designers, technology and growth specialists. Find out how we can help your business today. | $2.1M | Seed | Mar 31, 2025 |  |
| Yavrio | Yavrio Ltd specializes in financial technology solutions, leveraging Open Banking technology to streamline financial operations for businesses. With a focus on enhancing the efficiency of finance teams, Yavrio offers a platform that simplifies the complexities of financial management by providing seamless connectivity to banking data. This approachallows for more informed decision-making and operational efficiency. The company caters to a broad range of industries, aiming to transform how businesses interact with their financial data. Yavrio is committed to compliance and security, ensuring that all interactions with banking data adhere to strict regulatory standards. | $2.4M | Seed | Jan 29, 2025 |  |
| Jove Insurance | Jove is an insurtech company to provide flexible bundled insurance for contractors and freelancers | $4.5M | Seed | Nov 29, 2024 |  |
| Happl | Our goal is to make Happl the leading People Experience platform for businesses across the globe. We want every manager to feel empowered to engage and support their teams, to make sure employees feel like they belong. | $3M | Seed | Apr 08, 2024 |  |
| Mettle | Mettle is a mental fitness app for men, to aid happier, healthier and more successful lives. | $3.2M | Seed | Nov 24, 2023 |  |
| Slinger | Slinger is a network for finding jobs in the hospitality industry that connects side-hustlers, students, and hospitality professionals with enjoyable, equitable, and flexible shifts. | $606.8K | Pre-Seed | Oct 19, 2023 |  |
| Basket | Basket is an AI-powered shopping companion transforming online retail into an agentic, ambient experience. By capturing SKU-level purchase intent across 300k+ users, Basket delivers personalised discovery, instant cashback, and automated savings through its universal shopping assistant. Acting as the consumer’s shopping OS, Basket unifieswishlisting, price comparison, gifting, and checkout into one seamless journey, redefining how people shop and how retailers connect with intent-driven audiences. | $3.2M | Seed | Jul 27, 2023 |  |
| TRIVER | Triver develops online and digital tools to assist and support various financial services. It is based in London, England. | $8.7M | Seed | Apr 19, 2023 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Legal & General](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/legal-general) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [VentureFriends](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturefriends) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ventures Together](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ventures-together) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Fuel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuel-ventures-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Haatch](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haatch) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [InMotion Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inmotion-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About EnglishScore

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

EnglishScore is an EdTech venture which is scaling rapidly as it becomes the global test and certificate of English for employment. Backed by the British Council, the globally-renowned authority in English language teaching and testing; and by Blenheim Chalcot, the UK’s leading digital venture builder.The mobile English test (Android and Apple)is available in 170 countries. 1,000 employers and education institutions have signed up for a dashboard account, and this number will grow to hundreds of thousands. We have over 4.5m users around the world, and this number will grow to hundreds of millions.

3 contacts available at EnglishScore.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Yeates | Head of Talent Acquisition | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-yeates |
| Dan Cobley | Co-founder and Chair | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-cobley |
| Michael Curry | Co-founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-curry-4 |

## Similar investors

### Similar industry
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Soma Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/soma-capital) — VC Fund

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

### Similar country
- [SFC Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-funding-club) — VC Fund
- [Fuel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuel-ventures-fund) — VC Fund
- [Business Growth Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-growth-fund) — VC Fund

## Featured in investor lists
- [All Angel Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/angel-investors-united-kingdom)
- [SaaS Angel Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/saas-angel-investors-united-kingdom)
- [Enterprise Angel Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/enterprise-angel-investors-united-kingdom)
- [FinTech Angel Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/fintech-angel-investors-united-kingdom)
- [FinTech Angel Investors in Europe](https://shizune.co/investors/fintech-angel-investors-europe)
- [Financial Services Angel Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/financial-services-angel-investors-united-kingdom)

## FAQ

### What does Dan Cobley invest in?

Dan Cobley invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 20 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 Dan Cobley's check size?

Dan Cobley typically joins rounds of $1.7M–$6M at Seed and $607k–$1M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Dan Cobley participates in.

### When did Dan Cobley last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dan Cobley closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 20 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.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co