# Helen Reynolds

> Helen Reynolds is a seed investor at Cass Entrepreneurship Fund backing Real Time and Social Media. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Cass Entrepreneurship Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cass-entrepreneurship-fund)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenmreynolds/

Helen Reynolds is a seed investor at Cass Entrepreneurship Fund in London focused on Real Time and Social Media. Helen has spent over 15 years in UK early-stage finance. After beginning her career in management consultancy, she worked on the Oxford Technology VCTs and then at YFM Equity Partners.Helen has board-level experience at a wide variety of high-growth UK businesses, including 3 years as a NED of IXICO, an AIM-listed medical image management andanalysis business. She has also spent time working with Crowdcube on the London Co-Investment Fund, as well as with Grant Thornton and Clearly So, an impact investment advisory firm.Helen joined Cass as Investment Director of the Cass Entrepreneurship Fund in September 2015.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Real Time | 1 | 100% |
| Social Media | 1 | 100% |
| Information Services | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Valent Projects | Valent Projects specializes in addressing online manipulation and disinformation. The company provides tools and services to track and analyze social and news media data. It offers daily summaries and threat alerts via email and Slack, helping clients stay informed about potential online threats. Valent Projects also conducts investigations touncover and mitigate reputational attacks and other forms of online manipulation. | $1.5M | Seed | Jan 14, 2026 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Cass Entrepreneurship Fund

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

The Cass Entrepreneurship Fund is a £10m venture capital fund based at Cass Business School in London. Initial investments range between £100k and £500k and they invest early stage revenue generating businesses. They support revenue-generating businesses with financial investment and broader resources needed to deliver early commercial growth. Anew £10m Fund was launched in 2016, and continues to actively invest in new businesses.The Cass Entrepreneurship Fund was set up with the generous support of Peter Cullum, CBE. A successful entrepreneur and alumnus of Cass Business School, Peter's vision for a hub that provides practical support to growing businesses and entrepreneurs has enabled the rapid growth of many new businesses from the Cass network and broader early-stage UK company ecosystem.

4 contacts available at Cass Entrepreneurship Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Akash Bajwa | Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akash-bajwa |
| Helen Reynolds | MD & Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/helen-reynolds |
| Linda Coyle | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/linda-coyle |
| Linda Coyle | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/linda-coyle-93d0 |

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## FAQ

### What does Helen Reynolds invest in?

Helen Reynolds invests primarily in Real Time, Social Media and Information Services startups, most often at Seed 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 Helen Reynolds last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Helen Reynolds closed in Jan 2026. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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