# Gary Turner

> Gary Turner is a seed investor in London backing Software, Accounting and Financial Services. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garyturner
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/garyturner
- Website: https://garyturner.net/

Gary Turner is a seed investor in London focused on Software and Accounting. Gary Turner co-founded and led the growth of Xero in the UK from 2009 to 2022 and was a member of Xero’s global leadership team for 12 years. Xero is a multi-award-winning cloud accounting platform with more than 3 million paying subscribers.In the UK Gary took Xero from £56k of revenue in its first year to over £150 million ARR (USD$185m) in2021 with more than 835,000 UK subscribers. He also guided the successful market entry and growth of Xero in South Africa.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Accounting | 1 | 33% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wafeq | Wafeq is a software that sends invoices, quotes, purchases orders, manages inventory and payroll, and generates financial reports to help owners and accountants run the business efficiently. Wafeq generates VAT returns automatically. | $7.5M | Series A | Dec 10, 2024 |  |
| Translucent | Translucent is next-gen accounting software. | $6.4M | Seed | Aug 23, 2023 |  |
| Translucent | Translucent is next-gen accounting software. | $3.3M | Pre-Seed | Mar 30, 2023 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BNVT Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/9900) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [LocalGlobe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/localglobe) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Chalfen Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chalfen-ventures-bda7) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Raed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raed-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Wamda Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wamda) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Gary Turner invest in?

Gary Turner invests primarily in Software, Accounting and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed 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.

### When did Gary Turner last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gary Turner closed in Dec 2024. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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