# Ed Wray

> Ed Wray is a seed investor at Funding Circle (London) backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Funding Circle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/funding-circle)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/edward-wray/1/b01/b25
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/edwray21

Ed Wray is a seed investor at Funding Circle in London focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Mr. Edward Wray, Ed is a Co-Founder of Betfair Australia Pty Ltd. Mr. Wray co-founded The Sporting Exchange Limited (Alternate Name: Betfair Limited) in May 1999 and served as its Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Betfair, he spent eight years at J.P. Morgan & Co. as a Vice President in the debt capital markets and derivatives area. He servesas the Chairman at Betfair. He has been Non-executive Chairman of The Sporting Exchange Limited since 2006. He served as the Chairman of Betfair Limited since 2006. He served as Non-Executive Chairman of Betfair Group PLC from March 17, 2008 to March 6, 2012. He has been a Director at Sporting Exchange since August 1998. Mr. Wray has been a Director of Betfair Group PLC since August 20, 1999. He serves as a Non Executive Director of Funding Circle Ltd. He served as a Director at Betfair since 1999.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$30M |
| Series A | $5.5M–$6.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 7 | 58% |
| Financial Services | 7 | 58% |
| Finance | 4 | 33% |
| Apps | 3 | 25% |
| Payments | 3 | 25% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 50% |
| Series A | 2 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 17% |
| Angel | 1 | 8% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 83% |
| Portugal | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Super Payments | Super Payments is a fintech that disrupts the industry behemoths Visa and MasterCard. | $30M | Seed | Apr 20, 2022 |  |
| Hole19 | Hole19 owns the golfers journey from start to finish. Before the round we help golfers discover golf courses & book tee times; during the round they can plan & track rounds with GPS and scoring; after the round we help golfers review performance and connect with like-minded golfers. Want to promote your product or brand to a community ofover 1.2M golfers around the world that are passionate about golf? Reach out to our partnership team via partners@hole19golf.com | $3.7M | Seed | Aug 09, 2017 |  |
| SmartUp.io | SmartUp is the ultimate platform for peer-to-peer knowledge creation, sharing and exchange.Conceived and developed by a seasoned team of founders and investors behind Founders Forum, Spotify, Siri, lastminute.com and others, SmartUp now hosts more than 150,000 members and is used around the world by startup founders, companies, innovators,business schools and curious entrepreneurs.SmartUp’s intuitive learning system provides communities engaging and fun ways to contribute and consume bite-sized pieces of knowledge and insight. Its powerful platform unlocks your community’s real knowledge to help every member unleash their potential. | $5.5M | Series A | Feb 14, 2017 |  |
| Netwealth | Netwealth is an online wealth management service that brings together a highly qualified team, a powerful online service, and a robust investment framework. It can be accessed online via financial technology or with one of the company's financial advisers. The Netwealth service is provided at a substantially lower cost than traditional wealthmanagers.Netwealth was founded on 2015 and is based in London. | $8.3M | Angel | May 22, 2016 |  |
| Better.co.uk | Trussle is a free online mortgage broker that's making mortgages fairer for everyone.Trussle has taken the mortgage process online, removing the time, hassle and costs involved in securing a mortgage. Trussle is completely free for customers and receives a fee from the lender once the mortgage was completed.Trussle is a trading style ofTrussle Lab Ltd, which is an appointed representative of Mortgage Advice Bureau Limited and Mortgage Advice Bureau (Derby) Limited which is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. | $1.5M | Seed | Feb 08, 2016 |  |
| Curve | Curve is a banking platform that consolidates cards and accounts into one smart card and app.It allows customers to supercharge their legacy banks to the 21st century without leaving their bank or topping-up. Curve offers a host of benefits to its customers; it makes cards fee-free when spending abroad, get instant notifications andcategorization of spend, earn an instant 1% cashback at the likes of Amazon, Uber, Netflix and Sainsbury’s and Time Travel enables customers to swap spend to a different card in the app for up to two weeks after the purchase was made. Curve also offers Curve Customer Protection, a policy that covers all credit and debit card payments made via the Curve card up to £100,000, giving cardholders an extra layer of protection for disputes with merchants and any unauthorised use of their Curve card. IDC Ventures backs Curve with Fuel Venture Capital, Vulcan Capital, OneMain Financial, and Novum Capital backs Curve.Shachar Bialick, Anna Mostyn Williams, and Tom Foster-Carter established the company in London, England in 2015. | $2M | Seed | Dec 10, 2015 |  |
| Prodigy Finance | Prodigy Finance is an online platform that offers community loans to international postgraduate students. The student borrowers gain access to higher education that they might not otherwise be able to finance, and the investing community earns financial and social return through their investments. Banks examine student loan applications usinglocalized lending templates and historic earnings in order to assess cross-border risk and lend to students from over 150 nationalities. These loans are collectively funded by a community of alumni, institutional investors, and qualified private investors. Founded in 2007, the company is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. | $12.5M |  | Aug 10, 2015 |  |
| London House Exchange | Property Partner is a property crowdfunding platform that allows anyone to invest in residential property at the click of a button. It combines residential real estate crowdfunding with a secondary exchange upon which investors are able to trade their holdings. The platform also enables its users to monitor rental income and capital growth. Itsmission is to make property investments available to everyone. Property Partner was founded by Dan Gandesha in 2014. | $6.3M | Series A | Mar 21, 2015 |  |
| London House Exchange | Property Partner is a property crowdfunding platform that allows anyone to invest in residential property at the click of a button. It combines residential real estate crowdfunding with a secondary exchange upon which investors are able to trade their holdings. The platform also enables its users to monitor rental income and capital growth. Itsmission is to make property investments available to everyone. Property Partner was founded by Dan Gandesha in 2014. |  | Seed | Sep 08, 2014 |  |
| Satago | Based in London, England, Satago offers a cashflow solution that gets businesses paid faster, identifies risk, and advances payment on overdue invoices. It connects into companies' accounting software after which it automates the process of chasing customers for payment, helping them create automatic invoices, reminders and payment requests,as well as integrated credit reporting so users can see what payments are at risk. Satago also has credit data on companies to help educate users about who are good customers, and who should maybe be avoided. | $1M | Seed | May 14, 2014 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Seedcamp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedcamp) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LocalGlobe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/localglobe) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Octopus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/octopus-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Union Square Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/union-square-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AAF Management Ltd.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aafmanagement) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Funding Circle

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

When Funding Circle was founded, they could see that businesses weren’t being given the finance to grow, while investors were making poor returns. They had a simple idea — let them support each other.By lending directly to businesses through Funding Circle, investors can now earn attractive returns to better provide for their future. Businessesget fast, easy access to funding to grow, create jobs, support local communities and drive the economy forward. They believe it’s better for everyone.

5 contacts available at Funding Circle.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Yu | Chief Product Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-yu |
| Ed Wray | Director & Non-executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ed-wray |
| Jerome Le Luel | Chief Risk Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jerome-le-luel |
| Sachin Patel | Chief Capital Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sachin-patel-3 |
| Geoffrey D Fink | Angel Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geoffrey-d-fink |

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## FAQ

### What does Ed Wray invest in?

Ed Wray invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.

### What is Ed Wray's check size?

Ed Wray typically joins rounds of $1M–$30M at Seed and $5.5M–$6.3M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ed Wray participates in.

### When did Ed Wray last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ed Wray closed in Apr 2022. 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.

### 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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