Donal Smith
Angel Investor
London, United Kingdom
Donal Smith is a seed investor in London focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Donal Smith Co-founded Credit Benchmark Ltd., in 2012. Donal Smith served as the Chief Executive Officer at Markit Securities Finance Analytics Ltd. from March 2008 to April 2012. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Financial's businesses in Europe and Asia at Thomson Reuters. He joined Data Explorers in March 2008. He servedas the Managing Director of Thomson Financial's banking and brokerage division joined at the end of 2001. He also served as the President and Chief Operating Officer for European and Asia Operations of Thomson Financial, Inc. He worked for the Financial Times Group as Managing Director of Business Information at FT Information and then as Director of Electronic Publishing for the FT Group. Donal Smith was responsible for the integration of Pearson’s portfolio of business and financial information services as well as the expansion of FT Group through acquisition and he was also responsible for the launch of FT.com as a global financial resource which quickly became the number one business website in Europe. He served as Chief Executive Officer of FT.com and member the Financial Times Group’s management board. He Co-founded eCountries.com in 1999 and served as its Chief Executive Officer and also FT Group’s Member of the Management Board. He serves as Non-Executive Chairman of Pirum Systems Limited. He serves as Chairman of BI-SAM Technologies S.A. He served as Chairman of Selerity, Inc. He serves as a Director of Selerity, Inc. He serves as a Non Executive Director of Commodity Vectors Ltd. Donal Smith serves as an Executive Member and Member of the Board at Data Explorers Limited. He served as a Non Executive Director of Trinity Mirror plc from March 1, 2012 to May 7, 2015. He holds a Degree in the History of Art and English Literature from University College Dublin.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Donal Smith invests in
Stages Donal Smith invests in
Countries Donal Smith invests in
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Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.3M–$1.4M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 2 (67%)
- Financial Services 2 (67%)
- Banking 1 (33%)
- Software 1 (33%)
- Real Time 1 (33%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (67%)
- Series B 1 (33%)
Country
- United Kingdom 2 (67%)
- United States 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| TreasurySpring is a financial technology firm that was founded in early 2016 by three long-term business partners with the goal of revolutionising institutional short-term funding markets.We have applied legal, financial and operational technology to create a unique, regulated fund platform. Our Fixed-Term Funds or FTFs offer cash rich firmsaccess to short-term investments that have historically been unavailable to them, whilst allowing institutions seeking funding to access a much broader universe of capital providers than ever before. | $1.3M / Seed / May 31, 2018 | ||
| Tussell was founded in March 2015 to fill the gap for market analysis of public procurement in the UK. They aggregate officially published procurement notices from disparate sources and augment them into one versatile contract database. By building on the UK government's exemplary information transparency with data analytics, they help to makethe public sector even more open. They promote competition by empowering small firms with market intelligence that was previously only accessible to big companies. | $1.4M / Seed / Jan 09, 2018 | ||
| Selerity is a financial technology company that provides real-time event data solutions for the financial services industry. They deliver high-quality, personalized content that is engaging and actionable optimized for business professionals in specific verticals such as finance. Using Selerity, enterprise messaging platforms, publishers, research& banking portals, and e-brokers can rapidly incorporate high-quality 3rd party and proprietary content personalized to their users’ workflow and interests. The result is higher engagement, traffic, and customer satisfaction.Selerity's clients range from sophisticated asset management firms and banks on Wall Street to innovative media and technology companies serving retail investors. The company's flagship product, Selerity Context, offers contextual search solutions for the capital markets and digital wealth industries, while the Company's Private Context Engine (PCE) analyzes digital communications to power workflow automation for finance professionals. | Series B / Feb 13, 2013 |
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What does Donal Smith invest in?
Donal Smith invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Banking startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 3 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 Donal Smith's check size?
Donal Smith typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$1.4M 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 Donal Smith participates in.
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When did Donal Smith last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Donal Smith closed in May 2018. Shizune tracks 3 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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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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