James Sherwin-Smith
Angel Investor
London, United Kingdom
James Sherwin-Smith is a pre-seed investor in London focused on FinTech and Financial Services. James Sherwin-Smith is the Founder at Fintech & Payments Club. Engineer by education, Consultant by experience, Entrepreneur at heart. Equally at home in a startup or large corporate, I specialise in the application of technology within Financial Services businesses - aka Fintech & Payments.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 3 (50%)
- Financial Services 3 (50%)
- Energy 1 (17%)
- Banking 1 (17%)
- Delivery 1 (17%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 2 (33%)
- Equity Crowdfunding 2 (33%)
- Seed 1 (17%)
- Funding Round 1 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| TABBit is the easiest payment request app that works with any messaging platform and every major bank in the UK. Your friends and family can pay you back with a single click, via their own bank and without installing anything! Powered by Open Banking. TABBit is developed by Tabbx. | $404.1K / Pre-Seed / Feb 29, 2024 | ||
| AllPlants operates as UK's vegan meal delivery service. All their packaging is 100% recyclable, partly compostable, and mostly reusable. They’re creating delicious dinners to inspire more plant-based living, so people + planet thrive together. To start that journey, They’re delivering their hand-prepared meals to doorsteps UK-wide. | $5.9M / Seed / Jan 01, 2020 | ||
| Crowdcube is an equity crowdfunding platform for entrepreneurs of start-ups and growing businesses. Crowdcube enables individuals to invest or loan in small companies in return for equity or an annual return.As an investment crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube enables entrepreneurs to raise finance with the added benefit of being backed by thecrowd. For investors, Crowdcube provides a way to handpick a stake in an innovative business that traditionally would have been restricted to corporate investors.Since Crowdcube first pioneered equity crowdfunding in 2011, a total of £300m has been invested through the platform from a crowd of over 390,000 investors, with more than £230m successfully invested in 520 raises. Businesses like the challenger bank Monzo, which raised £1 million in a record-breaking 96 seconds, as well as household brand names such as River Cottage and the Eden Project along with venture capital-backed businesses such as JustPark, eMoov, Sugru and Chip have all successfully raised growth funding from the crowd. | $10.8M / Nov 07, 2018 | ||
| Crowdcube is an equity crowdfunding platform for entrepreneurs of start-ups and growing businesses. Crowdcube enables individuals to invest or loan in small companies in return for equity or an annual return.As an investment crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube enables entrepreneurs to raise finance with the added benefit of being backed by thecrowd. For investors, Crowdcube provides a way to handpick a stake in an innovative business that traditionally would have been restricted to corporate investors.Since Crowdcube first pioneered equity crowdfunding in 2011, a total of £300m has been invested through the platform from a crowd of over 390,000 investors, with more than £230m successfully invested in 520 raises. Businesses like the challenger bank Monzo, which raised £1 million in a record-breaking 96 seconds, as well as household brand names such as River Cottage and the Eden Project along with venture capital-backed businesses such as JustPark, eMoov, Sugru and Chip have all successfully raised growth funding from the crowd. | $11.4M / Equity Crowdfunding / Aug 17, 2016 | ||
| Powervault aims to disrupt the energy storage market by supplying the first plug and play energy storage device, which will lower household electricity bills by up to 15%. The patent-pending product uses an integrated battery and control system to store the free electricity generated from solar panels during the day and then release the storedenergy in the evening – allowing the householder to avoid purchasing unnecessary electricity from the grid. Powervault has been in development for two years, which has seen testing completed in laboratories and pilot homes. | $1.8M / Equity Crowdfunding / Jun 11, 2016 | ||
| Fidel API is a global financial infrastructure platform that enables developers to build programmable experiences at the moment a transaction occurs on any payment card. Its tools are transforming how merchants and users interact by powering real-time, event-driven engagements, best-in-class loyalty and rewards programs and revolutionizingprocesses from reimbursements to expense management.Fidel API is trusted by start-ups through global enterprises including Google, British Airways, TopCashback, Perkbox, Royal Bank of Canada, and Blackhawk Networks, and is supported by the world’s largest card networks, including Visa, Mastercard and American Express.Founded in 2018, Fidel API is headquartered in London, with offices in Lisbon, New York, and remote employees globally. Fidel API is backed by investors including Nyca Partners, QED Investors, Citi Ventures, RBC Capital and Commerce Ventures. | $288K / Pre-Seed / Oct 07, 2014 |
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FAQ
What does James Sherwin-Smith invest in?
James Sherwin-Smith invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Energy startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Equity Crowdfunding 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.
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When did James Sherwin-Smith last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for James Sherwin-Smith closed in Feb 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.
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