# Laurel Bowden

> Laurel Bowden is a Series B investor at 83North (London) backing Software and SaaS. See 65 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [83North](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock-partners-israel)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 65
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 32%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurel-bowden-3a869b/

Laurel Bowden is a Series B investor at 83North in London focused on Software and SaaS. Laurel is a General Partner at 83North (formerly Greylock IL), which she joined in 2008. Her areas of focus include: software, internet and fintech. Laurel has led investments in many leading European companies, including Just Eat (LSE: JE), Qliktech (NASDAQ: QLIK) and Hybris (acquired by SAP).Her current company boards and investmentsinclude Workable, Mirakl, NotontheHighStreet, Wonga, Wandera, iZettle, BlueVine, Ebury and Investec PLC & Ltd.Laurel was previously at GE and JVP. She holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cape Town and an MBA from INSEAD.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $19M–$48M |
| Series C | $12M–$90M |
| Series D | $13M–$334M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 14% |
| SaaS | 8 | 12% |
| E-Commerce | 6 | 9% |
| Food Delivery | 4 | 6% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 6% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 12 | 18% |
| Series C | 12 | 18% |
| Series D | 9 | 14% |
| Series A | 5 | 8% |
| Series E | 4 | 6% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 11% |
| Germany | 4 | 6% |
| France | 3 | 5% |
| Finland | 2 | 3% |
| United States | 2 | 3% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ebury | Ebury is a financial technology company that offers international payment, foreign exchange, and business banking services. The company supports businesses engaged in cross-border trade and global operations. Its platform includes currency exchange, cash management, and trade finance tools. Ebury serves small and medium-sized enterprises as well aslarger organizations operating in multiple markets. | $748.1M | Private Equity | Apr 30, 2026 |  |
| Pelico | Pelico's Manufacturing Orchestration Platform solves the biggest challenge facing global manufacturers: fragmentation. Disconnected data, siloed teams, and outdated tools are causing delays, increasing costs, and eroding customer trust. Pelico seamlessly connects your supply chain data, maps dependencies and reveals the blockers that matter.Our AI-powered operations anticipate disruptions, simulate responses, and recommend the best course of action — allowing your teams to coordinate before problems escalate. Precision insights provide executives with answers to critical questions needed to deliver to plan and optimize revenue. Pelico empowers operations teams to resolve issues in real time and keep production moving. | $40M |  | Jun 18, 2025 |  |
| Holidu | Holidu is one of the fastest-growing travel tech companies worldwide that aims to finally make the search and booking of vacation rentals easy. Its search engine uses proprietary image recognition technology to compare the prices of millions of rental properties across hundred of websites including Airbnb, Booking.com, and Homeaway. This enablesusers to quickly find the ideal accommodation and to save up to 55% on their bookings. It was founded in 2014 by brothers Johannes and Michael Siebers and is headquartered in Munich, Bayern, Germany. | $52.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 04, 2025 |  |
| Vertice | Vertice is a tech-enabled SaaS purchasing solution that helps businesses save on their annual software expenditure. The company enables organizations across various sizes and industries to enhance their oversight and management of software and cloud expenses. Through the use of automation and machine learning, the company ensures definite costsavings for its clients. | $50M | Series C | Jan 22, 2025 |  |
| HungryPanda | Headquartered in London, the UK, HungryPanda is a specialist food delivery platform to providing authentic Chinese food and groceries to Chinese compatriots and students abroad since its establishment in 2016.With its business footprint in more than 60 major cities across the UK, France, Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada and so on,HungryPanda is the global leader in delivering Chinese food and groceries with the extensive market coverage, highest user traffic as well as annual transaction volumes. The success is built upon a large vertical with specialized needs and underpinned by its industry leading operational efficiency and proprietary technology .For HungryPanda, customers are always at the centre of its business and the company is committed to offer one-stop-shop solutions for overseas Chinese. The interface design of HungryPanda APP is highly in line with end users’ preferences and it has built an efficient distribution system in order to create an advanced food and retail ecosystem.Our Vision： HungryPanda’s vision is to become the global market leading platform that enables overseas Chinese business in the food industry and connects oriental food to all consumers who enjoy it. Our Mission: • Connecting merchants to consumers via our state-of-the-art online platform and industry leading delivery service; • Consolidating the end-to-end value chain of the overseas Chinese food industry to leverage efficiency and scale; • Creating business opportunities via our far reaching business network and digital solution | $55M | Series D | Sep 30, 2024 |  |
| Vertice | Vertice is a tech-enabled SaaS purchasing solution that helps businesses save on their annual software expenditure. The company enables organizations across various sizes and industries to enhance their oversight and management of software and cloud expenses. Through the use of automation and machine learning, the company ensures definite costsavings for its clients. | $25M | Series B | Jan 17, 2024 |  |
| SellerX | SellerX buys and grows Amazon businesses. We are a VC-backed start-up with a growing, diversified portfolio of FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) sellers. Our goal is to optimize and grow the brands we acquire post-acquisition.Founded by two HBS graduates: one who built an e-commerce business to $1bn+ in revenue as co-founder, and the other a formerGoldman Sachs SSG with extensive PE roll-up experience. Together, they have raised over $250mn in financing led by L Catterton, Cherry Ventures, Felix Capital, 83 North and Silicon Valley-based TriplePoint Capital. | $64.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 31, 2023 |  |
| Holidu | Holidu is one of the fastest-growing travel tech companies worldwide that aims to finally make the search and booking of vacation rentals easy. Its search engine uses proprietary image recognition technology to compare the prices of millions of rental properties across hundred of websites including Airbnb, Booking.com, and Homeaway. This enablesusers to quickly find the ideal accommodation and to save up to 55% on their bookings. It was founded in 2014 by brothers Johannes and Michael Siebers and is headquartered in Munich, Bayern, Germany. | $73.2M | Series E | Oct 19, 2022 |  |
| Huuva | Huuva’s tech-enabled Foodhalls bring local hero restaurants under one roof. Our mission is to revolutionize suburban dining by bringing the most beloved restaurants to underserved areas.The concept is simple yet powerful: each Huuva Foodhall hosts multiple fast-casual restaurant brands, offering variety for consumers and efficient expansion forpartners. Customers are served through dine-in, takeaway, and delivery, with the option to combine multiple brands within a single order.At the core is HuuvaOS, the operating system that keeps every kitchen running in perfect harmony. Managing timing, inventory, and orders, it allows chefs to focus on cooking. Enabled by HuuvaOS, the kitchen crew’s productivity is significantly higher than in a conventional restaurant.For restaurant brands, Huuva offers an effortless way to grow beyond their local neighborhood without financial risks or operational compromises. Through a network of tech-driven local Foodhalls, Huuva enables brands to launch and scale in new markets within weeks rather than years. | $5.2M | Seed | Jun 01, 2022 |  |
| Vertice | Vertice is a tech-enabled SaaS purchasing solution that helps businesses save on their annual software expenditure. The company enables organizations across various sizes and industries to enhance their oversight and management of software and cloud expenses. Through the use of automation and machine learning, the company ensures definite costsavings for its clients. | $26M | Series A | May 19, 2022 |  |

10 of 65 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Felix Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/felix-capital) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [EQT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eqtventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Vintage Investment Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vintage-investment-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Kinnevik](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investment-ab-kinnevik) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

## About 83North

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

83North is a global venture capital firm with more than $1.8B million under management. The firm invests across all stages of consumer and enterprise companies and backed some of the fast-growing category leaders. 83North has two main offices in London and Herzliya.

5 contacts available at 83North.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Arnon Dinur | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arnon-dinur |
| Yoram Snir | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yoram-snir |
| David Buttress | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-buttress |
| Gil Goren | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gil-goren |
| Juan Lobato | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/juan-manuel-fern%C3%A1ndez-lobato |

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## FAQ

### What does Laurel Bowden invest in?

Laurel Bowden invests primarily in Software, SaaS and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 65 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 Laurel Bowden's check size?

Laurel Bowden typically joins rounds of $19M–$48M at Series B, $12M–$90M at Series C and $13M–$334M at Series D. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Laurel Bowden participates in.

### When did Laurel Bowden last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Laurel Bowden closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 65 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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