Kerry Ritz
Angel Investor
London, United Kingdom
Kerry Ritz is a seed investor in London focused on Artificial Intelligence and B2B. Kerry Ritz works with early-stage business in the following areas: CEO support (everything to do with running the business); international growth and expansion; market or investor positioning; setting up and running a Board; building a team, interactions with investors (pre and post fundraising); sales, business development and marketing. Mostrecently he was Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the ABN-AMRO/Techstars Future of Finance Programme in Amsterdam. He is an international advisor to SeedStars and is a mentor with Techstars, MassChallenge, and WAYRA. He is also on the investment committee as an Expert Judge on the EU EIC Accelerator which provides grant and equity to deep-tech, high growth SME’s. Previously, he was an evaluator with EIT-Health for both Innovation and Accelerator and was a member of the Investment Committee for the COVID-19 emergency grant programme in 2020; judge at EIT-Mobility; advisor and evaluator to the Director General, Research & Innovation Foundation, Government of Cyprus; evaluator at Africa for Heroes; and judge at MassChallenge in Switzerland and Israel.He currently sits on several Boards as an independent Director and is an advisor to several early-stage and high growth companies. He is also an active angel investor with investments in the UK, EU, and US. Kerry has a broad range of international experience with both start-ups and corporates. He was Managing Director of MassChallenge UK. Prior to that, he was Chief Marketing Officer of FTSE 250 Euromoney Institutional Investor plc, where he was responsible for marketing, sales, customer service, fulfilment, marketing technology, product management, and customer insight including their migration to a digital business. He has also been CEO of Palringo and VP Business Development for EVRYTHNG, both innovative early-stage VC-backed start-ups. Kerry has a track record of bringing innovative and disruptive businesses to market: he was the President of Vonage UK and was one of the Founding Directors and one of the first 20 employees of “3”, the first 3g mobile operator in Europe. Although Kerry is originally Canadian, he has been in Europe for more than 30 years and has lived in the UK, France, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
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Industries Kerry Ritz invests in
Stages Kerry Ritz invests in
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Round size
- Seed
- $264k–$6.1M
- Pre-Seed
- $300k–$356k
- Series A
- $3M–$6.1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (33%)
- B2B 1 (17%)
- Energy 1 (17%)
- FinTech 1 (17%)
- Software 1 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (33%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (33%)
- Series A 1 (17%)
Country
- United Kingdom 3 (50%)
- United States 1 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesg.ai automates the entire research and copywriting process, so sales teams can send perfect outreach emails in 1 click. | $355.7K / Pre-Seed / May 31, 2021 | ||
| Crowdz is the leader in modernizing the traditional Trade Finance industry by auto risk rating assets at the receivable level. Funders can gain valuable insights to make quick decisions that match their investment strategy. Crowdz has auto risk-rated $4.2b of receivables, and funders have financed over $93m utilizing Crowdz technology. Customersand investors include Citibank, Barclays, Meta, EG Funds Management, Techstars Ventures, and Bold Capital Partners, with over $28 million in investment raised to date.Assets sold to private equity. | $3M / Series A / Jun 30, 2020 | ||
| Crowdz is the leader in modernizing the traditional Trade Finance industry by auto risk rating assets at the receivable level. Funders can gain valuable insights to make quick decisions that match their investment strategy. Crowdz has auto risk-rated $4.2b of receivables, and funders have financed over $93m utilizing Crowdz technology. Customersand investors include Citibank, Barclays, Meta, EG Funds Management, Techstars Ventures, and Bold Capital Partners, with over $28 million in investment raised to date.Assets sold to private equity. | $6.1M / Seed / May 22, 2019 | ||
| SEaB Energy designs, develops and manufactures micro anaerobic digestion systems which create biogas, water and fertiliser. The patented units can be combined with Combined Heat & Power units, Biogas Fuel Cell or Biogas boiler to use the gas. The fertiliser is available in liquid or solid bagged format.The company is headquartered inLondon. SEaB Energy has developed and patented Muckbuster® and Flexibuster™ as compact easy to install turnkey Anaerobic Digestion (AD) systems in shipping containers. The systems are modular, easily configured and scalable to address food waste and other bio wastes directly at the sites of smaller waste producers who typically generate between 200 and 1000 tonnes of waste per year.Whether you are a farmer, a food processor, a retailer or you are in the catering and accommodation markets, Muckbuster® and Flexibuster™ can reduce your operational costs, enhance your sustainability and generate an attractive return on your investment. | $264.1K / Seed / Jun 30, 2018 | ||
| CONCURED is a marketing agency that specializes in content marketing and technology. It uses artificial intelligence to help content marketers understand what topics their audience are engaging with, what they should create content on next, and where to promote it to maximize ROI. It provides competitor insight, social insight, and industry insightto create content. The company’s predictive content algorithm uses artificial intelligence to identify content gaps that are trending upwards in popularity but are yet to be exploited and its platform the highlights those gaps in context providing users with their next content ideas that will engage audience and cut through the noise.CONCURED was founded by Tom Salvat in 2015 and is headquartered in London, England. | $300K / Pre-Seed / Aug 05, 2016 | ||
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FAQ
What does Kerry Ritz invest in?
Kerry Ritz invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, B2B and Energy startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 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 Kerry Ritz invest in?
Kerry Ritz typically joins rounds of $264k–$6.1M at Seed, $300k–$356k at Pre-Seed and $3M–$6.1M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Kerry Ritz's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Kerry Ritz took part in.
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When did Kerry Ritz last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Kerry Ritz closed in May 2021. Shizune tracks 6 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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