James Hind
Founder & CEO @ Carwow
London, United Kingdom
James Hind is a seed investor at Carwow in London focused on FinTech and Payments. James is the big boss of carwow, so it's hardly a surprise that cars are one of his biggest passions.He studied Finance but was put off a city career after just 2 months of trying one. He's very competitive, especially when it comes to ping pong at the office. He invented the rule that if anyone loses a game 11-0 they have to buy donutsfor the entire team!
- Total investments:
- 10
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries James Hind invests in
Stages James Hind invests in
Countries James Hind invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Seed
- $917k–$5.2M
- Pre-Seed
- $931k–$1.8M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 2 (20%)
- Payments 2 (20%)
- Software 2 (20%)
- B2B 1 (10%)
- B2C 1 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (50%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (40%)
Investments
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Screenloop
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Screenloop is a hiring intelligence platform that allows you to source candidates, analyze interviews, and automate the reference process. | $2.5M / Seed / Dec 02, 2021 | |
Rightcharge
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Rightcharge provides a charge point and EV-friendly energy tariff comparison service for drivers to find the right charge point and energy tariff for their home or business charging needs. The tool lets users review different EV-friendly energy tariffs, home EV chargers, and installation prices from a network of over 50 vetted companies. | $917K / Seed / Dec 02, 2021 | |
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Rightcharge
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Rightcharge provides a charge point and EV-friendly energy tariff comparison service for drivers to find the right charge point and energy tariff for their home or business charging needs. The tool lets users review different EV-friendly energy tariffs, home EV chargers, and installation prices from a network of over 50 vetted companies. | $931K / Pre-Seed / Dec 02, 2021 | |
SearchSmartly
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Property search is broken. In the future, tenants will instantly be matched to the homes and neighbourhoods that best meet their needs. SearchSmartly is building that future today.Our unique technology reimagines and simplifies the property matchmaking experience by doing the heavy lifting to uncover the properties that are best suited to eachtenant's complete personal needs. Our mission is to save tenants and estate agents time, stress, and money. SearchSmartly are winners of the Great British Entrepreneur Challenge and London Business School Launchpad. Our team has a background in technology, strategy, sales, and real estate from firms such as Microsoft, Salesforce, BCG, Red Bull Racing F1, Citi, and Countrywide. | $1.7M / Seed / Jun 21, 2021 | |
MindLabs
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MindLabs is the world's first live mental health platform. | $1.8M / Pre-Seed / Oct 21, 2020 | |
trustshare
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Escrow infrastructure as a service. We allow brands that consumers trust to go live with a fully branded escrow solution in 5 lines of code. | $1M / Pre-Seed / Sep 23, 2020 | |
Skrap
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Skrap is an on-demand mobile marketplace for skip hire and other waste collection services. | $1.4M / Seed / Aug 27, 2020 | |
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Skrap
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Skrap is an on-demand mobile marketplace for skip hire and other waste collection services. | $1.1M / Seed / Jun 30, 2019 | |
Runa
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Runa is rewriting the rules of payouts and building what comes next. Weʼre the global fintech powering seamless value exchange, giving businesses the tools to grow faster, reach further, and turn every payout into something more. With a single API, Runa unlocks instant access to over 5 billion consumers in 190 countries. Cards, wallets, bankaccounts, digital rewards—you name the funds flow fast, friction-free, and fully embedded into any experience. No borders. No friction. Just possibilities unlocked. Based in London and New York with a global team at the helm, Runa is backed by investors like Element Ventures, CommerzVentures, Clocktower Ventures, Volution Capital, 13Books Capital, and SAP.Letʼs go further—runa.io | $5.2M / Seed / Apr 27, 2019 | |
Jump
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Launched in late 2018 after 2 years of R&D supported by competitive grant funding from the UK & NL Government, Jump is a people analytics platform that gives everyone a chance to succeed. By understanding what makes people unique and linking this to business outcomes, Jump gives more personalised job recommendations to professionals, inturn attracting much better job applications to businesses. Win:win for both!Jump is backed by outstanding investors whose successes include Revolut, CarWow, GoodLord, Magic Pony and many others. Jump collaborates with Imperial College and other top UK Universities in the development of the data science and algorithms behind Jump.Looking for new career options or just a change of scenery? Sign up and receive personalised job matches - absolutely and always for free - at https://app.jump.work/jobsLooking to transform your talent attraction using people analytics? Drop me a note and we can chat! | Pre-Seed / Apr 01, 2017 |
Co-Investors
About Carwow
Carwow is the smart way to choose and buy a new car. The company helps to connect car buyers to car dealers to make the process as efficient and cost effective as possible, while enabling consumers to interact with an official dealer throughout the transaction process. The company's dealer partners sell more cars in the showroom alone, whilereducing cost inefficiencies and improving stock turnover.Carwow was founded on 2013 and is headquartered in London, England.
Carwow Contacts
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James Hind
Founder & CEO
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Alexandra Margolis
Co-Founder/Creative Director
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David Santoro
CTO / Co-Founder
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John Miele
Sales Director
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Peter Shipp
Product Analyst
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FAQ
What does James Hind invest in?
James Hind invests primarily in FinTech, Payments and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 10 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 James Hind's check size?
James Hind typically joins rounds of $917k–$5.2M at Seed and $931k–$1.8M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds James Hind participates in.
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When did James Hind last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for James Hind closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 10 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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