# Emma Phillips > Emma Phillips is a seed investor at Meals For The NHS backing Software and Information Technology. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Meals For The NHS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meals-for-the-nhs) - Location: London, United Kingdom - Total investments: 7 - Last investment: Nov 2025 - Lead investor: 71% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-phillips-45547737/?originalSubdomain=uk - X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/EmmaRuth18 - Website: https://x.com/EmmaRuth18 Emma Phillips is a seed investor at Meals For The NHS in London focused on Software and Information Technology. Emma Phillips - Investment Partner @ LocalGlobe ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Software | 2 | 29% | | Information Technology | 2 | 29% | | Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 29% | | SaaS | 1 | 14% | | Biopharma | 1 | 14% | 14 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 4 | 57% | | Pre-Seed | 2 | 29% | | Series A | 1 | 14% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | United Kingdom | 2 | 29% | | Spain | 1 | 14% | | Kazakhstan | 1 | 14% | | United States | 1 | 14% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Planbase | AI employment management for heathcare | $2.1M | Seed | Nov 04, 2025 | | | Nia | Nia is an AI platform building the next generation of autonomous engineering agents and redefining how developers interact with their codebase. | | Pre-Seed | May 07, 2025 | | | Nozomio | How do you discover the future of software engineering? We're building it.Language models can write code better than most humans, but they often destroy codebases due to poor context management and understanding. The future isn't about replacing developers - it's about empowering them to orchestrate AI agents effectively.We're creating systems that enable small teams of developers to manage large-scale agent operations across the entire software lifecycle - from development to QA, security audits, and deployment.It's called Nozomio. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | May 07, 2025 | | | Ovo Labs | Ovo Labs is developing therapeutics that boost egg quality to enhance IVF success, technology aims to extend the timeline when the chances of conception are high. | $5.3M | Seed | Apr 24, 2025 | | | Rodeo | Rodeo is a free app for delivery drivers to help you see all your earnings in one place, find the best areas to work and chat with other drivers out on the road. | $5M | Seed | Apr 05, 2023 | | | Circular | Circular is designed specifically for in-house recruiters within fast-growing tech companies, it is the go-to recruitment network for finding the talent that trusted peers wish they could hire.With Circular, in-house recruiters can hire up to 10x faster by harnessing a network of 6,000 like-minded peers – all benefiting from the recommendationeffect: filling their hard to fill tech roles, by recruiting from, and recommending, peer approved talent, at scale.Circular was established in July, 2018 by Pedro Torrecillas and Teo Ruiz in Madrid, Spain. | $7.5M | Series A | Mar 07, 2022 | | | Circular | Circular is designed specifically for in-house recruiters within fast-growing tech companies, it is the go-to recruitment network for finding the talent that trusted peers wish they could hire.With Circular, in-house recruiters can hire up to 10x faster by harnessing a network of 6,000 like-minded peers – all benefiting from the recommendationeffect: filling their hard to fill tech roles, by recruiting from, and recommending, peer approved talent, at scale.Circular was established in July, 2018 by Pedro Torrecillas and Teo Ruiz in Madrid, Spain. | $2.5M | Seed | Apr 01, 2019 | | 7 of 7 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [No Label Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/no-label-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Point Nine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/point-nine-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Acurio Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acurio-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Ahren Innovation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ahren-innovation-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Meals For The NHS VC Fund 1 contacts available at Meals For The NHS. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Emma Phillips | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emma-phillips | ## Similar investors ### 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 ## FAQ ### What does Emma Phillips invest in? Emma Phillips invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 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 Emma Phillips last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Emma Phillips closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 7 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. 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