# Jean Rollet de Fougerolles

> Jean Rollet de Fougerolles is a seed investor at Ascension (London) backing FinTech and Internet. See 35 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ascension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascension-ventures-limited)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 35
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 23%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeandefougerolles/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jean.defougerolles

Jean Rollet de Fougerolles is a seed investor at Ascension in London focused on FinTech and Internet. Jean François Rollet de Fougerolles is based out of London, England and is the Managing Partner & Founder of Ascension. Jean previously worked at Tembo as a Non Executive Director. Jean François Rollet de Fougerolles attended the INSEAD.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 4 | 11% |
| Internet | 4 | 11% |
| Payments | 4 | 11% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 11% |
| Advertising | 4 | 11% |

77 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 21 | 60% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 23% |
| Angel | 2 | 6% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 25 | 71% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sprive | Sprive is a UK based FinTech that helps homeowners pay off their mortgage faster and save interest. | $7.4M | Seed | Apr 28, 2025 |  |
| Heatio | Heatio provides affordable renewable energy to homeowners. | $2.5M | Seed | Jun 27, 2024 |  |
| Hammock | Hammock is a technology platform that helps landlords reconcile transactions on the go. The platform provides current account and data analysis services for the property sector. It brings FinTech and PropTech together, helping landlords and property managers save time and money in the management of their finances.Hammock translates informationfrom individual transactions into real-time, actionable insights so they can monitor and optimize the performance of their portfolio. It also manages their property finances, from rent collection to insights into profit and loss, including bookkeeping and reconciliation.Hammock was founded by Manoj Varsani in 2019 and is headquartered in London, England, UK. | $1.3M | Seed | Aug 17, 2020 |  |
| Mobilus Labs | Mobilus Labs is a tech startup with the mission to provide frictionless voice communications for teams of any size at any range. | $1.3M | Seed | Aug 31, 2018 |  |
| AMA - A Million Ads | A Million Ads personalises digital audio advertising. Think Spotify ads that know your name, or Classic FM ads on your Sonos that know if its raining outside. Their ads are more context aware and relevant to the listener, and so perform a lot better. They have delivered over 100 campaigns across Europe for brands including Audible, Deliveroo,Carphone Warehouse, Asda and Nissan, are working with four of the six major advertising agencies and have partnerships with Global Radio's DAX and Pandora (the world’s largest ad-funded music streaming service). | $3M | Seed | Jun 25, 2018 |  |
| AMA - A Million Ads | A Million Ads personalises digital audio advertising. Think Spotify ads that know your name, or Classic FM ads on your Sonos that know if its raining outside. Their ads are more context aware and relevant to the listener, and so perform a lot better. They have delivered over 100 campaigns across Europe for brands including Audible, Deliveroo,Carphone Warehouse, Asda and Nissan, are working with four of the six major advertising agencies and have partnerships with Global Radio's DAX and Pandora (the world’s largest ad-funded music streaming service). |  |  | May 30, 2018 |  |
| Rotor | Rotor is the next generation music video creation tool. It's been handcrafted by award-winning music video directors, visual artists and creative coding experts. They've found a simple way to put years of industry experience into your hands. Their RotorD engine, professionally designed styles and easy to use Rotor Patchbay will changecreativity and music video production permanently. | $382K | Seed | Feb 17, 2017 |  |
| Vidsy | Vidsy is a creative technology engine powering mobile video ad creation to help global brands. Vidsy helps global brands create effective video ads, efficiently and consistently across digital. Vidsy's technology, global community of 6,000+ vetted creators, and fully managed services are empowering brands to intelligently transform theirdigital advertising for an ever-evolving world of mobile video. | $1.7M | Seed | Feb 14, 2017 |  |
| PublishCheck | PublishCheck is an editorial analytics platform tailored for editorial and audience development teams. |  |  | Jan 31, 2017 |  |
| PublishCheck | PublishCheck is an editorial analytics platform tailored for editorial and audience development teams. |  | Seed | Jan 31, 2017 |  |

10 of 35 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fuel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuel-ventures-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Founders Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-factory) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [The Sandpit](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-sandpit) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Wayra](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wayra) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Amoi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amoi-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Baltic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baltic-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Ascension

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Ascension is an early-stage VC built by exited entrepreneurs to back the next generation of tech and impact founders.Run by an experienced and diverse team of successful entrepreneurs, we have been relentlessly dedicated to finding the UK’s best Seed-stage startups since 2014.Ascension benefits from the active industry connections essential forthe sourcing and development of deal-flow and due diligence. The team has co-invested with the UK’s leading angels and VCs, key to securing follow-on funding as the portfolio businesses move to their next stage of growth.We believe in building an inclusive, community driven brand that can benefit the wider UK tech ecosystem and strive to work with conviction, integrity, humour, and humility.

5 contacts available at Ascension.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jean Rollet de Fougerolles | Managing Partner & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-de-fougerolles |
| Craig Fletcher | Venture partner and investment committee member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-fletcher |
| Emma Blackburn | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emma-blackburn |
| Emma Steele | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emma-steele |
| Ian McClelland | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-mcclelland |

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## FAQ

### What does Jean Rollet de Fougerolles invest in?

Jean Rollet de Fougerolles invests primarily in FinTech, Internet and Payments startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 35 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 Jean Rollet de Fougerolles last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jean Rollet de Fougerolles closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 35 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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