# Faisal Galaria

> Faisal Galaria is a Series A investor in London backing Finance and Insurance. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fgalaria/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/fais_4
- Website: http://www.blippar.com

Faisal Galaria is a Series A investor in London focused on Finance and Insurance. Faisal Galaria is the CEO of Blippar the Augmented Reality company. He previously served as Global Head of Business Development at Spotify Limited, as Managing Director of Europe and Asia at Kayak and was early member of the Skype team. At Skype as Director of Europe, he was responsible for key partnerships across the US, Europe the Middle East,with companies such as Sony, Bebo, British Telecom, Dixons and HP. Prior to joining Skype, he was a member of the Policy Executive of the UK's telecom and media regulator Ofcom. At Ofcom, he played a senior role in the high-profile negotiation and valuation of distribution rights for Premier League Football and co-authored the Telecoms Strategy Review. He started his career in wireless and Internet consulting and was a senior member of Cluster Consulting, which was acquired by Diamond Technology Partners (NASDAQ: DTPI) for $930 million in 2000. He has been educated across Europe and graduated with honors from UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) with a Bachelor’s in Management Sciences in the UK. He also holds an MBA from IESE in Spain.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 1 | 100% |
| Insurance | 1 | 100% |
| Auto Insurance | 1 | 100% |
| Mobile Payments | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cuvva | Always on, or just an hour. Get flexible and fair car insurance on your terms, in minutes with Cuvva. The mobility app has sold around 6 million policies, and supported over 760,000 customers. | $19.5M | Series A | Dec 03, 2019 | https://cuvva.com/ |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BREEGA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breega-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bullet-time-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Launchbay Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-horizon) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Launchbay Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launchbay-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LocalGlobe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/localglobe) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pario Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pario-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Faisal Galaria invest in?

Faisal Galaria invests primarily in Finance, Insurance and Auto Insurance startups, most often at Series A 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.

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### When did Faisal Galaria last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Faisal Galaria closed in Dec 2019. 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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