# Ken Olisa

> Ken Olisa is a Series A investor at Restoration Partners backing Software and Social Media. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Restoration Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/restoration-partners)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2012
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenolisa

Ken Olisa is a Series A investor at Restoration Partners in London focused on Software and Social Media. Ken is Founder and Chairman of Restoration Partners, a boutique technology merchant bank advising and investing in IT companies. He joined the board of Reuters in 2004. From 1992 to 2006, Ken was Chair and CEO of Interregnum PLC, a public technology merchant bank. Prior to that, he was a senior executive for over 20 years at Wang Labs andIBM. From 1998 to 2008, he was a director of OpenText Corporation, and of Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation from 2007 until 2011. He is Chairman of London-listed Outsourcery PLC and serves on the boards of several UK not-for-profit organizations. Effective May 2015, Olisa has been appointed as Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London.Ken has an MA from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Social Media | 1 | 50% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PeerIndex | Social influence analytics platform | $3M | Series A | Mar 19, 2012 |  |
| PeerIndex | Social influence analytics platform |  | Series A | Jul 01, 2009 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Meridian Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meridian-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Restoration Partners

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Restoration Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ken Olisa | Founder & Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ken-olisa |

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## FAQ

### What does Ken Olisa invest in?

Ken Olisa invests primarily in Software, Social Media and Machine Learning startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 2 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 Ken Olisa last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ken Olisa closed in Mar 2012. Shizune tracks 2 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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