# James Hilton

> James Hilton is a seed investor at M&C Saatchi Performance (London) backing Apps and SaaS. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [M&C Saatchi Performance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/m-c-saatchi-performance)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Nov 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/thejameshilton
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/mcsaatchimobile
- Website: http://www.mcsaatchimobile.com

James Hilton is a seed investor at M&C Saatchi Performance in London focused on Apps and SaaS. James Hilton is the Founder & Global CEO at M&C Saatchi Performance. He previously worked at Weight Watchers Online as Marketing Director.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Email | 1 | 33% |
| Mobile | 1 | 33% |
| Social | 1 | 33% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

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

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 67% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Appsumer | Appsumer is the leading intelligence platform for performance marketing and user acquisition teams at high growth consumer mobile app businesses. The platform powers marketing teams to manage their user acquisition budgets and optimisation decisions by automating their perfect dashboards, reports & insights. This not only saves them time butunlocks opportunities and improves their marketing performance. That’s why Appsumer is the first tool our customers log-in to each morning, and acts as an integral part of their day-to-day workflow resulting in super high customer retention rates. | $1M | Seed | Nov 29, 2016 |  |
| OpenWeb | OpenWeb is a social engagement platform for people to elevate an open exchange of ideas across communities online. The platform utilizes AI and machine learning to incentivize healthy dialogue, decrease toxicity, and create thriving, engaged communities. OpenWeb works with more than 700 top-tier publishers and hosts 100 million active users eachmonth. OpenWeb is on a mission to democratize and improve conversations online. Founded in 2012, OpenWeb has over 100 employees in New York City and Tel Aviv and is backed by world-class investors including Insight Partners, AltaIR Capital, ScaleUp, Norma Investments, and Index Ventures. | $13M | Series A | Aug 03, 2016 |  |
| Swytch | Work mobile numbers on personal phones. Swytch offers businesses the ability to provide work mobile numbers on their team’s personal phone. Everyone can now use multiple mobile numbers from one device. Visit our website: www.swytch.com |  | Angel | Jan 05, 2015 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Angel Investment Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-investment-network-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lumen Technologies](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/centurylink) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NEON Adventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neon-adventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Galvanise Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/syndicate-galvanise-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About M&C Saatchi Performance

VC Fund



1 contacts available at M&C Saatchi Performance.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| James Hilton | Founder & Global CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-hilton-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does James Hilton invest in?

James Hilton invests primarily in Apps, SaaS and Email startups, most often at Seed and Angel 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 James Hilton last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Hilton closed in Nov 2016. 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?

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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