Lopo Champalimaud
Angel Investor @ Verlinvest
London, United Kingdom
Lopo Champalimaud is a seed investor at Verlinvest in London focused on E-Commerce and Apps. Lopo is currently the CEO of Wahanda (http://www.wahanda.com), a London based health, beauty and wellness community & marketplace that connects consumers, wellness businesses and professionals through content, ratings & reviews and commerce. Lopo co-founded Wahanda with Salim Mitha in February 2008.Prior to Wahanda, Lopo wasthe Managing Director of European Lifestyle for lastminute.com. In this role he was responsible for developing all aspects of the non-travel business across Europe at lastminute.com which included Theatre ticketing, concert ticketing, restaurant bookings, days out, experiences and spas. Lopo joined lastminute.com in January 2004 and when he left to found Wahanda, lifestyle respresented more than 40% of all the sales by volume at the company.From 1994 to 2004, Lopo was the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Fulcrum Analytics (http://www.fulcrumanalytics.com). Fulcrum is today one of the leading database marketing firms in North America but was initially known as Cyber Dialogue and was the world's first online market research firm. Cyber Dialogue is credited with having created the online survey, the online focus group while providing industry leading insight on the internet consumer.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
Last updated:
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Industries Lopo Champalimaud invests in
Stages Lopo Champalimaud invests in
Countries Lopo Champalimaud invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $408k–$1.7M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 3 (50%)
- Apps 2 (33%)
- Internet 2 (33%)
- Mobile Apps 2 (33%)
- Pet 1 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (50%)
- Series A 1 (17%)
- Funding Round 1 (17%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (17%)
Country
- United Kingdom 4 (67%)
- Germany 1 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Our embedded credit solution provides platforms with a flexible end-to-end lending program that enables them to offer fast and attractive financing for their merchants, to grow their ecosystems and businesses. | $9.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 12, 2024 | ||
| KatKin is a producer of healthy and nutritious cat food that provides healthy digestion, shiny coats, and improved energy. It offers an online subscription service for cat food that contains real premium meat, which is steam-cooked for better digestion and to avoid destroying the nutritional value. | $22M / Series A / Jun 01, 2022 | ||
| Our embedded credit solution provides platforms with a flexible end-to-end lending program that enables them to offer fast and attractive financing for their merchants, to grow their ecosystems and businesses. | Mar 28, 2022 | ||
| Yepoda products are free from silicones, parabens, formaldehyde, artificial colorants, PEGs, mineral oils, microplastics, and sulfates. It is an online seller of skincare products. For inquiries, an online inquiry form and an email address are available on their website. | $1.7M / Seed / Dec 01, 2021 | ||
| Sup app is a free mobile app that makes chance encounters and serendipitous moments with friends happen more often without the creep factor as they don’t use maps.Get notified when friends are around you. They have all been there when they check their social feeds and see that a friend they haven’t seen in ages was just round the corner;attending the same festival or event. Before you kick yourself for missing out on the chance to see them well with Sup app you can see your friends more.Sup app lets you see your friends more with notifications when friends are nearby. Interact and stay in touch with friends. Send a Sup to a friend to see if they’re free and want to meet up. It can turn a dull day into a good old catch up. | $536K / Seed / Oct 01, 2015 | ||
| ClickMechanic is the UK's market leading platform that connects car owners who need repairs, servicing and inspections to the UK's best mechanics. They match thousands of customers every month with trusted professional mechanics in cities across the UK. Their instant quoting functionality, fast booking and secure payment makes them thesimplest and most convenient way to book a car mechanic.ClickMechanic was founded in 2012 as a simple solution to the age-old problem of getting an honest, trustworthy and transparent mechanic for your car. While running a previous car parts aggregator business, Andrew found there was a problem with many customers not trusting their mechanics. After further investigation and a chat with his mechanic brother he realised there was just no easy way to book a trusted mechanic. He then decided to study a research masters in Manchester where he devoted himself to understanding these problems better. After writing an 85,000 word thesis on the space he moved to London to join accelerator EF where he met Felix who had identified these same problems. The pair decided to then team up and develop ClickMechanic with the goal of building the easiest and most transparent way for car owners to book trusted mechanics. | $408K / Seed / Apr 22, 2015 |
Co-Investors
About Verlinvest
Verlinvest accelerates consumer revolutions by partnering with great leaders on a mission to build iconic and mission-driven brands in Technology, Health Care and Food & Beverages.
Verlinvest Contacts
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Amit Aggarwal
Partner, Early Growth, Asia
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Eric Melloul
Executive Director
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Arjun Anand
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Clément Pointillart
Executive Director
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Gilles Vanhouwe
Principal
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FAQ
What does Lopo Champalimaud invest in?
Lopo Champalimaud invests primarily in E-Commerce, Apps and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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 is Lopo Champalimaud's check size?
Lopo Champalimaud typically joins rounds of $408k–$1.7M 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 Lopo Champalimaud participates in.
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When did Lopo Champalimaud last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Lopo Champalimaud closed in Mar 2024. 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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