Jonathan Quin
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder @ WorldFirst
London, United Kingdom
Jonathan Quin is a angel investor at WorldFirst in London focused on E-Commerce and CRM. Jonathan co-founded World First in January 2004. His career before this included two years as Head of Business Development within the Financial Markets division of RBS. Prior to that he was at Citibank, initially as a trader before moving to the bank's global corporate sales desk. He then looked after the European sales of Citibank'sonline FX trading products. Jonathan holds a law and accountancy degree from the University of Edinburgh.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Jonathan Quin invests in
Stages Jonathan Quin invests in
Countries Jonathan Quin invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $2.8M–$3.2M
- Angel
- $334k–$22M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 3 (75%)
- CRM 1 (25%)
- Apps 1 (25%)
- Local 1 (25%)
- Retail 1 (25%)
Stage
- Angel 2 (50%)
- Seed 1 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Basket
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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. | $3.2M / Seed / Jul 27, 2023 | |
The Mothership
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The Mothership brings the power of multichannel marketing and digital-first branding to the best consumer products. | $22M / Angel / Mar 24, 2022 | |
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Basket
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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. | $2.8M / Seed / Oct 26, 2021 | |
Hassle.com
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Hassle is a free to the consumer, destination web site that puts together buyers and sellers of home based services such as cleaners, tutors, personal trainers, and driving instructors. It enables the consumer to search for a vetted provider, read ratings and reviews, and instantly book and pay for a service. They have started with domesticcleaners, providing real time order fulfilment for busy customers across London. | $334K / Angel / Apr 16, 2013 |
Co-Investors
Lightbank
2 deals together
OpenDoor Venture Capital
2 deals together
SyndicateRoom
2 deals together
Contrarian Thinking Capital
1 deal together
About WorldFirst
WorldFirst facilitates businesses and individuals to conduct customer service and money transfer activities. Catering to clientele in the hedge fund and exporting sectors, the company helps businesses open up receiving accounts to get payments in their local currency and set up forward contracts to lock in a rate to make late transfers. The companyalso enables online sellers to manage their payments across multiple international marketplaces and make payments to overseas suppliers. WorldFirst charges a fee for same currency transactions while every other service offered is free.
WorldFirst Contacts
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Jonathan Quin
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder
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Craige Pendleton-Browne
Chief Technology Officer
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Jabu Henson
Managing Director, Singapore
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Jeff Parker
Managing Director, Asia Pacific
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Kelly Jackson
Chief People Officer
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FAQ
What does Jonathan Quin invest in?
Jonathan Quin invests primarily in E-Commerce, CRM and Apps startups, most often at Angel and Seed 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 is Jonathan Quin's check size?
Jonathan Quin typically joins rounds of $2.8M–$3.2M at Seed and $334k–$22M at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jonathan Quin participates in.
When did Jonathan Quin last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jonathan Quin closed in Jul 2023. 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 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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