# Karen Hanton > Karen Hanton is a seed investor at Opentable (London) backing Events and E-Commerce. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Opentable](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/opentable-5aee) - Location: London, United Kingdom - Total investments: 5 - Last investment: Sep 2014 - Lead investor: 20% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/karen-hanton/0/210/54a Karen Hanton is a seed investor at Opentable in London focused on Events and E-Commerce. Karen Hanton MBE, was the founder and Chairman of Toptable, a restaurant booking company. In 2010, Toptable was sold to OpenTable for $55m.Karen has also founded the IT staffing firm Mortimer Spinks. After selling Mortimer Spinks, she bought and staffed a restaurant business in Fulham, which in 1998 inspired her to found Toptable. Karen wasappointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours. ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Seed | $1.5M–$3.8M | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Events | 2 | 40% | | E-Commerce | 2 | 40% | | Music | 1 | 20% | | Content | 1 | 20% | | Coupons | 1 | 20% | 18 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 3 | 60% | | Funding Round | 2 | 40% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | DICE | DICE was founded in London in 2014, DICE helps fans discover and buy tickets to live shows and streams all over the world. Available in the UK, US, France, Italy, Spain, India, and Australia, and accessible to fans globally through its live stream offering, DICE is on a mission to get people out more. | $3.8M | Seed | Sep 01, 2014 | | | Hire Space | The UK's leading venue marketplace. We’ll help you find the perfect venue to make your event amazing. | $1.3M | | May 27, 2014 | | | Hussle | Hussle is the smart new way to fit fitness into your life.We partner with amazing gyms across the UK. When you Hussle, you can go to any of these gyms. There are no contracts, no inductions, no sign-up fees. Just thousands of gyms, pools and spas – wherever you are, whenever you want to go.So when you Hussle, you can make fitness a part of yourday, not a pause in it.Hussle. Make life work out. | $2M | | Mar 25, 2014 | | | CityHawk | CityHawkDine Better. Starting Now.What is CityHawk?In short, it’s a foodie’s best friend.Have you ever been ‘caught short’ not knowing where to go for some great food? Are you fed up of scouring review sites and apps looking at reviews that all sound the same?CityHawk is for you. It’s really simple to use - open the app, chose arestaurant and then click ‘book’. Every restaurant we show has guaranteed real-time availability and best of all you can be sure that you’ll have a great dining experience. | $1.6M | Seed | Oct 23, 2013 | | | Quill | Quill has merged with Jellyfish to become their global Ecommerce Content capability, delivering multi-language content solutions that support Jellyfish’s cutting-edge digital transformation services | $1.5M | Seed | May 27, 2013 | | 5 of 5 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [AlbionVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/albion-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Ariadne Capital Limited](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ariadne-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [White Star Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/white-star-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Opentable VC Fund 1 contacts available at Opentable. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Karen Hanton | MD | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karen-hanton | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [SFC Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-funding-club) — VC Fund - [Fuel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuel-ventures-fund) — VC Fund - [Business Growth Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-growth-fund) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Media (entertainment) Angel Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/media-entertainment-angel-investors-united-kingdom) - [Media (entertainment) Angel Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/media-entertainment-angel-investors-united-kingdom) - [Restaurants Angel Investors in Europe](https://shizune.co/investors/restaurants-angel-investors-europe) - [Music Angel Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/music-angel-investors-united-kingdom) - [Restaurants Angel Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/restaurants-angel-investors-united-kingdom) - [Hospitality Angel Investors in United Kingdom](https://shizune.co/investors/hospitality-angel-investors-united-kingdom) ## FAQ ### What does Karen Hanton invest in? Karen Hanton invests primarily in Events, E-Commerce and Music startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 5 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 Karen Hanton's check size? Karen Hanton typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$3.8M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Karen Hanton participates in. ### When did Karen Hanton last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Karen Hanton closed in Sep 2014. Shizune tracks 5 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? 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