# Mark Roberts

> Mark Roberts is a grant investor at ZX Ventures (Harrogate) backing Software and E-Commerce. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ZX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zx-ventures)
- Location: Harrogate, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markdroberts/

Mark Roberts is a Deputy Chair & Board Member at Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the UK’s leading craft beer retailer, is a rare breed of entrepreneur who masters uniting board-level B2C marketing experience with e-commerce and digital innovation. Before embarking on his own entrepreneurial journey, Mark built his commercial andinnovation skills at a number of global and blue-chip companies including Direct Wines, Lloyds Banking Group, HBOS and Procter & Gamble. He has led Beer Hawk on a consistent fast-track growth trajectory over the past 7 years from nothing to a turnover of £20million this year. In 2016 Beer Hawk became part of ZX Ventures. Mark previously worked at Beer Hawk as a Co-Founder. He attended the University of Birmingham.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |
| Advertising | 1 | 50% |
| Digital Marketing | 1 | 50% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 1 | 50% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bottled Baking | Bottled Baking provides cookie and brownie baking mixes, baking essentials and accessories. | $296.5K | Debt Financing | Nov 17, 2022 |  |
| BOSCO | BOSCO enables marketers to make decisions about their marketing budget. Online merchants need a set of tools that handle both the complexity of online media and the uncertainty produced by competition among various possibilities. They believe that online marketing and advertising are clouded with multiple contradictory sources of data. |  | Grant | Jul 27, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## About ZX Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

ZX Ventures is brewing up the future. ZX Ventures are a global disruptive growth group, incubator and venture capital team backed by one of the largest multinational companies in the world, Anheuser-Busch InBev. ZX Ventures is focused on innovation in/around the beverage category.

5 contacts available at ZX Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Conrad Barrett | Global Product Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/conrad-barrett |
| Mark Roberts | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-roberts-5f6e |
| Andre Pacheco | Project Management Officer at Global Beverage Fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andre-pacheco |
| Jeltsin Neckebroek | Founder of OneStopShop - Business Lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeltsin-neckebroek |
| Kristina Deighan | Global Manager, Talent Attraction | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kristina-deighan |

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## FAQ

### What does Mark Roberts invest in?

Mark Roberts invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Advertising startups, most often at Grant and Debt Financing 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 Mark Roberts last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mark Roberts closed in Nov 2022. 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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