# Eric Newnham

> Eric Newnham is a angel investor at Ballpark Ventures (London) backing Auctions and Advertising. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ballpark Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ballpark-ventures)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2013
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ericnewnham

Eric Newnham is a angel investor at Ballpark Ventures in London focused on Auctions and Advertising. Eric built up and sold one of the world's largest Out of Home media specialists (billing €4.4 Billion), while managing to remain faithful through the ups, downs and downs of Spurs over the years.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Auctions | 1 | 100% |
| Advertising | 1 | 100% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BitPoster | BitPoster is programmatic advertising marketplace for the outdoor media market. | $622K | Angel | Dec 15, 2013 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Ballpark Ventures

VC Fund · Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Ballpark Ventures is a small, boutique fund investing in early stage technology startups. Their partners are all successful entrepreneurs and at this stage, investing their own money.

5 contacts available at Ballpark Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Charles Canning-Smith | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-canning-smith |
| Eric Newnham | Founding Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-newnham |
| Harry Dewhirst | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harry-dewhirst |
| Jeffrey Cooper | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-cooper-3 |
| Oliver Bishop | Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oliver-bishop |

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## FAQ

### What does Eric Newnham invest in?

Eric Newnham invests primarily in Auctions, Advertising and Marketplace startups, most often at Angel stage. Most of the 1 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 Eric Newnham last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Eric Newnham closed in Dec 2013. Shizune tracks 1 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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