# Holly Branson

> Holly Branson is a seed investor in London backing Logistics, Energy and CleanTech. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-branson/

Holly Branson is a seed investor in London focused on Logistics and Energy. Holly Branson Chief Purpose and Vision Officer at Virgin.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.9M–$3.5M |
| Series A | $12M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Logistics | 2 | 33% |
| Energy | 1 | 17% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 17% |
| Recycling | 1 | 17% |
| Home Services | 1 | 17% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tem-Energy | Until now, businesses have had to buy power via Big Energy putting up with overpricing, sapping levels of service and glacial innovation. Now with tem. any company can buy Renewable Energy Direct. This allows businesses to save on energy costs whilst renewable generators are rewarded. | $13.7M | Series A | Sep 11, 2024 |  |
| Metagood | Metagood is a for-profit company that empowers communities to be catalysts for positive collective action.Founded by crypto veterans Danny Yang who created the largest crypto currency exchange in Taiwan, Amanda Terry who was an Twitter and NBC executive, and Bill Tai who was the first investor in Zoom, Canva, and 20 other publicly tradedcompanies, Metagood launched OnChainMonkey, the historic PFP collection all on chain in a single transaction on Sept 11, 2021. OnChainMonkey has been consistently ranked as one of the most profitable NFTs collections globally. Metagood was awarded Fast Company's 2022 20 Best World Changing Ideas for Impact Investing. | $5M | Pre-Seed | Dec 08, 2022 |  |
| ReBorn® Homewares | ReBorn purpose is to transform the sustainability of the global homewares industry. We are committed to creating the most stylish and planet-friendly homewares, and driving collective change in the UK and beyond .Our five key principles are: 1.Recycling Waste 2.Local production 3.Circular Design 4.Stylish Solutions 5.Collaborative Power |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2022 |  |
| Papaya | Papaya offers a vehicle management system to source, run, and manage electric vehicles. Papaya offers a dashboard that provides a bird's-eye view of fleet location and availability. Papaya enables better fleet decision-making by optimizing vehicle uptime and utilization across hubs and service providers. | $3.5M | Seed | Sep 27, 2022 |  |
| Oxwash | Oxwash is a provider of sustainable on-demand laundry and wet and dry cleaning services for all. It uses a combination of electric cargo bikes as well as its own fleet of electric vans and DPDs electric vehicle service for a nationwide zero-emission logistics footprint. The company's aim is for clinically-clean, net zero carbon emissions forthe whole process, from the collection, through washing and back to delivery.Oxwash was founded by Dr. Kent Grant in 2018 and is based in Oxford, United Kingdom. | $11.7M | Series A | Aug 30, 2022 |  |
| Oxwash | Oxwash is a provider of sustainable on-demand laundry and wet and dry cleaning services for all. It uses a combination of electric cargo bikes as well as its own fleet of electric vans and DPDs electric vehicle service for a nationwide zero-emission logistics footprint. The company's aim is for clinically-clean, net zero carbon emissions forthe whole process, from the collection, through washing and back to delivery.Oxwash was founded by Dr. Kent Grant in 2018 and is based in Oxford, United Kingdom. | $2.9M | Seed | Jun 21, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ascension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascension-ventures-limited) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Pentland Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pentland-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/20vc-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Access VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/access-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ACTAI Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/actai-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AlbionVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/albion-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Holly Branson invest in?

Holly Branson invests primarily in Logistics, Energy and CleanTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Holly Branson's check size?

Holly Branson typically joins rounds of $2.9M–$3.5M at Seed and $12M–$14M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Holly Branson participates in.

### When did Holly Branson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Holly Branson closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 6 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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