# Henry Catchpole

> Henry Catchpole is a angel investor at Inform Direct (Ipswich) backing SaaS and Travel. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Inform Direct](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inform-direct)
- Location: Ipswich, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2014
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Henry Catchpole is a angel investor at Inform Direct in Ipswich focused on SaaS and Travel. Henry is the Founder and CEO of Inform Direct - an online tool that helps business owners and their accountants manage the records of 1,000s of companies.Prior to that Henry ran Suffolk Life for over a decade before it was acquired by Legal & General. Henry built Suffolk Life Group from an 8 employee team with £3 million in assets undermanagement to a 200 person team with £3.5 Billion under management.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 100% |
| Travel | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Property Management | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Inn Style PMS | Inn Style is the slick and simple web-based alternative to endless spreadsheets, diaries and clunky card machines – perfect for accommodation owners who love taking bookings but loathe the repetitive admin. | $196K | Angel | Sep 01, 2014 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SyndicateRoom](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/syndicateroom) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Inform Direct

VC Fund · Ipswich, United Kingdom

Easy to use Online Company Records Management for companies in the UK.Manage your company, officer and shareholder records and complete all required filings with Companies House including your company's Annual Return.No more complex forms to complete and send to Companies House. Inform Direct is a web based service and enables you tomaintain you own company, officer and shareholder records. Inform Direct will automatically submit changes to Companies House on your behalf.

1 contacts available at Inform Direct.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Henry Catchpole | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/henry-catchpole |

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## FAQ

### What does Henry Catchpole invest in?

Henry Catchpole invests primarily in SaaS, Travel and Software 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 Henry Catchpole last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Henry Catchpole closed in Sep 2014. 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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