# Luke Davis

> Luke Davis is a venture - series unknown investor at IW Capital backing Shopping and E-Commerce. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [IW Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iw-capital)
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 89%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-davis-77150a29

Luke Davis is a venture - series unknown investor at IW Capital focused on Shopping and E-Commerce. Luke has been fully immersed in the SME and private equity sectors throughout his career. As well as founding IW Capital in 2011, Luke is also the Co-founder of Crowdfinders which champions private investment into high-growth businesses. During his time in charge of IW Capital, Luke has helped facilitate hundreds of millions of pounds worth ofinvestment into Britain’s SME landscape through the EIS.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shopping | 2 | 11% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 11% |
| Health Care | 2 | 11% |
| Waste Management | 2 | 11% |
| Apps | 1 | 6% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 6 | 33% |
| Seed | 3 | 17% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Daily Dose | Daily Dose produces coldpress juice which is 100% raw, completely unprocessed and served in a stylish french square glass bottle. Through handpicking weathered fruit and reusing their glass bottles, Daily Dose have created a truly sustainable brand. The London based juicery began trading this year and is now stocked in a number of independent cafesand restaurants. It also provides a white labeling service for higher volume customers.The company was founded in year 2016. | $3.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 15, 2024 |  |
| Ubamarket | Ubamarket is a tech startup that provides a retail shopping app. The application enables users to scan items as they shop, receive automatic loyalty, and checkout without waiting in line. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in London, England. | $1.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 20, 2024 |  |
| Flarin | Flarin is an exciting and innovative pharmaceutical product. Flarin delivers ibuprofen in a formulation that has the same power and efficacy as prescription-strength ibuprofen, but with a reduced risk of the gastric side-effects of taking regular ibuprofen. | $6.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 15, 2023 |  |
| Daily Dose | Daily Dose produces coldpress juice which is 100% raw, completely unprocessed and served in a stylish french square glass bottle. Through handpicking weathered fruit and reusing their glass bottles, Daily Dose have created a truly sustainable brand. The London based juicery began trading this year and is now stocked in a number of independent cafesand restaurants. It also provides a white labeling service for higher volume customers.The company was founded in year 2016. | $6.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 15, 2023 |  |
| SITU LIVE | Situ Live is a new model for experiential retail. An immersive physical to digital retail platform that enables brands to economically bring products to market. The venues will be inspirational destinations where consumers can discover and choose new innovation that is tailored to their lives. All the products and services will be demonstrated liveand brought to life through cross-category storytelling. While Situ Live’s digital platform will offer a wider selection of brands, making it easy to compare products and facilitate an effortless path to purchase.Situ Live's first venue is located at Westfield London, White City. | $1.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 30, 2023 |  |
| GPDQ | GPDQ offer GP consultations, physiotherapy, mental health, audiology, health checks, blood tests, referrals, prescriptions and vaccinations and our service is available nationwide. | $3.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 03, 2023 |  |
| Ubamarket | Ubamarket is a tech startup that provides a retail shopping app. The application enables users to scan items as they shop, receive automatic loyalty, and checkout without waiting in line. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in London, England. | $972.4K | Seed | Dec 19, 2022 |  |
| Impact Recycling | Impact Recycling has developed a breakthrough plastic recycling technology which separates the components of post-consumer, mixed plastic waste to recover two consistent streams of plastic; polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), each with over 95 per cent purity. | $3.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 21, 2022 |  |
| LAT Water | LAT Water is a British technology company developing and implementing new approaches to renewable energy-powered desalination, water, and wastewater treatment. We have received five increasingly large awards totaling nearly two million pounds for innovative technology development from the UK Government. Our management is a mixture of experiencedinternational staff who share a common passion for the delivery of sustainable solutions to the water crisis facing the planet. Units have been installed and are operating in the UK and China. | $6.6M | Seed | May 13, 2021 |  |
| Flarin | Flarin is an exciting and innovative pharmaceutical product. Flarin delivers ibuprofen in a formulation that has the same power and efficacy as prescription-strength ibuprofen, but with a reduced risk of the gastric side-effects of taking regular ibuprofen. |  | Private Equity | Apr 07, 2021 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [EC1 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ec1-capital-ltd) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ClearlySo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clearlyso-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ITV AdVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/itv-adventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About IW Capital

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

IW Capital is a private investment house offering both debt and equity investment opportunities into scaling SMEs with immense growth potentialIW Capital focuses on originating, structuring, managing and leading tax-efficient investment and senior debt opportunities for their expansive network of high net-worth individuals, ultra-high net-worthindividuals, family offices, wealth managers and IFAs. With an executive team boasting over 50 years’ collective experience in SME investment, IW Capital is renowned for its leading expertise in tax-efficient equity investment and providing debt funding to SMEs.

5 contacts available at IW Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alan Armstrong | Director and Head of Investment | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-armstrong-a631 |
| Charlie Lyon Carroll | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charlie-lyon-carroll |
| Luke Davis | CEO & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luke-davis-4 |
| Alex Valente Petri | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-valente-petri-bb5b |
| Christopher Soames | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-soames |

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## FAQ

### What does Luke Davis invest in?

Luke Davis invests primarily in Shopping, E-Commerce and Health Care startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 18 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 Luke Davis last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Luke Davis closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 18 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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