Jonathan Beddoes
Angel Investor
London, United Kingdom
Jonathan Beddoes is a seed investor in London focused on Photography and Film. Jonathan began his entrepreneurial career at school aged 17 when he founded a web-hosting company which sold within its first year of trading. After developing an early taste of business success, whilst at university Jonathan co-developed a popular music software application that was downloaded by over 30,000,000 people. For his post-graduatestudies, Jonathan was the youngest person ever to complete a Masterclass in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School in Belgium. Following academia, Jonathan joined Zugo in 2008 (a leading search solutions platform and aggregator) that became a cornerstone of distribution for major search engines (most notably Microsoft Bing). In late 2012, Jonathan exited from Zugo and subsequently co-founded Techtopia, a technology incubator located in the heart of 'silicon village' in North West London. Today, Jonathan remains a director of Techtopia, a product visionary, angel investor and an ambassador for the Internet industry.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Jonathan Beddoes invests in
Stages Jonathan Beddoes invests in
Countries Jonathan Beddoes invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $33k–$1.1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Photography 2 (50%)
- Film 1 (25%)
- Video 1 (25%)
- Gaming 1 (25%)
- Mobile 1 (25%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (75%)
- Angel 1 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Twine is a marketplace that connects companies to our network of over 200,000 creative freelancers in music, design and film. Audio-visual content is essential for a startup's growth and a quality product. But writing a creative brief and finding the best quality creative freelancer for a project is hard. Twine connects companies to creativesby making it simple to write a project brief and curating the best quality freelancers. This saves companies time and money, whilst ensuring an awesome result. Briefs can be anything from logo and deck design to explainer videos.For creative freelancers, they can take control and choose which projects they want to work on. Creatives can build a portfolio with Twine and find interesting creatives to collaborate with from all over the world. | Seed / Mar 05, 2014 | ||
| Lifecake enables parents to organise and back up digital memories and share them privately on phones, tablets, computers, and books. The company is based in London, United Kingdom. | $1.1M / Seed / Nov 20, 2013 | ||
| Discover, follow and never miss out on the things you love. Socialite revolutionises how you keep up with everything that’s happening, from film premieres to sport fixtures; we’ve got it covered. See what you have to look forward to in your own personalised stream of upcoming events. | $196K / Angel / Aug 12, 2013 | ||
| Discover, follow and never miss out on the things you love. Socialite revolutionises how you keep up with everything that’s happening, from film premieres to sport fixtures; we’ve got it covered. See what you have to look forward to in your own personalised stream of upcoming events. | $33K / Seed / Oct 08, 2012 |
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FAQ
What does Jonathan Beddoes invest in?
Jonathan Beddoes invests primarily in Photography, Film and Video startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Jonathan Beddoes invest in?
Jonathan Beddoes typically joins rounds of $33k–$1.1M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Jonathan Beddoes's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Jonathan Beddoes took part in.
How do I contact Jonathan Beddoes?
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When did Jonathan Beddoes last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jonathan Beddoes closed in Mar 2014. Shizune tracks 4 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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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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