# Justin Cooke

> Justin Cooke is a seed investor at Northzone (London) backing Software and Digital Signage. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Northzone](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northzone-ventures)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juscooke/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/justincooke

Justin Cooke is a seed investor at Northzone in London focused on Software and Digital Signage. I am the Vice Chair of Unicef UK, a Venture Partner at tech VC Northzone, Chairman of The Drum, Deputy Chair of social learning platform FutureLearn and a Non-Executive Director, adviser and investor in numerous fast-growing technology businesses and sit on the British Museum Digital Advisory Board.Prior to Northzone I was the CEO and Founder ofPOSSIBLE UK, WPP Digital’s largest global agency. I am also the former Chair and now an Ambassador of the British Interactive Media Association (BIMA), the industry body for everyone working in digital Britain. I discovered digital media while studying Quasi-Theatrical Leisure and Computers as Theatre while studying Drama at the University of Manchester. After graduating with honours I worked for the BBC, Universal Music and United News and Media before Co-founding global digital agency Fortune Cookie in 1997. I secured venture capital funding and grew the business across three continents before exiting to WPP in 2012. For two years I served on the Board of EPiServer – the world’s fastest growing content management and community platform until its sale to investment bank, IK Partners. I also served on the board of ActiveStandards until its merger with CrownPeak and raising of $50 Million from venture capital firm K1 to become the world's leading cloud-based digital experience management company.I have been lucky enough to have been listed in the Wired Top 100; rated the UK's second most influential person in digital by Econsultancy; inducted into the British Digital Hall of Fame and most recently, Business Insider ranked me as one of the UK's coolest tech VC's.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Digital Signage | 2 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |

10 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Edit Cloud | Edit Cloud is an editing platform that offers virtual editing suites. | $2.6M | Seed | Jul 18, 2024 |  |
| ScreenCloud | ScreenCloud's digital signage software makes it easier than ever for you to put meaningful content on any screen, in any location. Use it to control one screen, or a thousand, from anywhere in the world. |  | Seed | Mar 05, 2016 |  |
| Digital Theatre | Digital Theatre works in partnership with Britain's leading theatre companies to capture live performance authentically onscreen. Using multiple camera angles and high-definition technology, we bring the drama and emotion of each production to a global online audience. |  | Seed | Sep 05, 2015 |  |
| Swapforex | Swapforex allows customers to by pass the banks by exchanging currencies between the customers.Swapforex allows customers to bypass the Banks and exchange currencies between themselves online at real interbank exchange rates - significantly reducing the cost of your FX and International transfers. Our service is completely transparent andempowers businesses and individuals by giving them more control, along with being 100% transparent regarding rates and fees. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2013 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Dominet Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dominet-digital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Edge VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edge-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Northzone

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Northzone is a multi-stage venture capital fund that seeks to invest in the healthcare, semiconductors, software, hardware, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and gaming industries.

5 contacts available at Northzone.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Justin Cooke | Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/justin-cooke |
| Michiel Kotting | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michiel-kotting |
| Bjorn Stray | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bjrn-stray |
| Christopher Steinau | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-steinau |
| Deepka Rana | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deepka-rana |

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## FAQ

### What does Justin Cooke invest in?

Justin Cooke invests primarily in Software, Digital Signage and SaaS startups, most often at 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.

### When did Justin Cooke last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Justin Cooke closed in Jul 2024. 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.

### 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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