# James Watt

> James Watt is a funding round investor at Social Tip backing Software and Food and Beverage. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Social Tip](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/social-tip)
- Location: Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 55%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-watt-21a5a912b
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/BrewDogJames
- Website: http://www.businessforpunks.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CaptainJamesWatt

James Watt is a funding round investor at Social Tip in Aberdeen focused on Software and Food and Beverage. James Bruce Watt is based out of London, England and is the Co-Founder and CEO of Social Tip. James previously worked at BrewDog as a Board of Director. James Bruce Watt attended the University of Edinburgh.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $38k–$1.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 20% |
| Food and Beverage | 4 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 15% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 10% |
| B2B | 1 | 5% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 8 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 20% |
| Seed | 2 | 10% |
| Angel | 2 | 10% |
| Series A | 2 | 10% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 50% |
| United States | 3 | 15% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 5% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Virtue Drinks | Virtue Drinks is a producer of clean energy drinks intended to come up with a healthy alternative to traditional energy drinks. | $2.5M |  | Nov 20, 2024 |  |
| Living Things | Living Things produces mildly effervescent drinks that are low in sugar and high in fiber and prebiotics. | $639.8K | Pre-Seed | Jun 12, 2024 |  |
| uncouth | uncouth is An virtual dermatology service that provides you with access to skin doctors and customized healthcare! | $234.1K | Equity Crowdfunding | Jun 06, 2023 |  |
| uncouth | uncouth is An virtual dermatology service that provides you with access to skin doctors and customized healthcare! | $196K |  | Jun 05, 2023 |  |
| Tallow + Ash | Tallow + Ash develops laundry products that smell wonderful, work well, and are better for you and the environment. | $327K |  | Jun 05, 2023 |  |
| Basket | Basket is an AI-powered shopping companion transforming online retail into an agentic, ambient experience. By capturing SKU-level purchase intent across 300k+ users, Basket delivers personalised discovery, instant cashback, and automated savings through its universal shopping assistant. Acting as the consumer’s shopping OS, Basket unifieswishlisting, price comparison, gifting, and checkout into one seamless journey, redefining how people shop and how retailers connect with intent-driven audiences. | $327K |  | Jun 05, 2023 |  |
| Yum Bug | Yum Bug is on a quest to make edible insects more widespread in order to establish a more sustainable food system. Its recipe boxes and snacks are based on bugs. | $262K |  | Jun 05, 2023 |  |
| Yum Bug | Yum Bug is on a quest to make edible insects more widespread in order to establish a more sustainable food system. Its recipe boxes and snacks are based on bugs. | $248.6K | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 05, 2023 |  |
| Basket | Basket is an AI-powered shopping companion transforming online retail into an agentic, ambient experience. By capturing SKU-level purchase intent across 300k+ users, Basket delivers personalised discovery, instant cashback, and automated savings through its universal shopping assistant. Acting as the consumer’s shopping OS, Basket unifieswishlisting, price comparison, gifting, and checkout into one seamless journey, redefining how people shop and how retailers connect with intent-driven audiences. | $310.8K | Angel | Jun 05, 2023 |  |
| Tallow + Ash | Tallow + Ash develops laundry products that smell wonderful, work well, and are better for you and the environment. | $310.8K | Angel | Jun 05, 2023 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alpaca VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpaca-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Backend Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/backend-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lorimer Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lorimer-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Prasetia Dwidharma](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prasetia-dwidharma) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Asymmetric Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asymmetric-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Social Tip

VC Fund · Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Social Tip is a platform that allows users to become influencers and earn money by promoting companies.

1 contacts available at Social Tip.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| James Watt | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-watt |

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## FAQ

### What does James Watt invest in?

James Watt invests primarily in Software, Food and Beverage and Information Technology startups, most often at Funding Round and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 20 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 Watt's check size?

James Watt typically joins rounds of $38k–$1.5M 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 Watt participates in.

### When did James Watt last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Watt closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 20 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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