# Mark Whittaker

> Mark Whittaker is a seed investor at Royal College of Art (London) backing B2B and B2C. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Royal College of Art](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/royal-college-of-art)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mawhittaker/

Mark Whittaker is a seed investor at Royal College of Art in London focused on B2B and B2C. Mark Whittaker joined Parkwalk Advisors as Corporate Advisor in 2012.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 100% |
| B2C | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 100% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 100% |

10 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aphix Software | Aphix Software is a software company that offers real-time cloud and mobile ordering systems for wholesalers. It has a cloud-based eCommerce and Sales ordering software unlocks the power of the real-time pricing, stock, order and accounts information in our customer's ERP systems. It helps its customers'​ B2B (trade) business and theiron-the-road sales teams by providing this real-time data to them to order products online or via tablet applications with accuracy, ease and simplicity.Aphix Software offers some customisation services and plans to release a number of other Apps for stocktaking, merchandising, and other business applications. The company also provides webshop - eCommerce for Wholesalers and Distributor and salesrep - Mobility for your sales force.Aphix Software is the Regional Winners of the 2017 National Enterprise Award and Winner of the Drogheda Chamber Awards 2016 and was named Tech Startup of the Year at the recent Tech Excellence Awards 2015.Aphix Software was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Drogheda, Louth, Ireland. |  | Seed | Dec 22, 2016 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Enterprise Ireland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-ireland) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Royal College of Art

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Established in 1837, the Royal College of Art is the world’s longest-running postgraduate college of art and design. Based around the six Schools of Architecture, Communication, Design, Fine Art, Humanities and Material, our breadth of subjects is wide and embodies a deep tradition of practice-based research. Students come to the RCA fromacross the globe and find themselves at the dynamic heart of one of the most exciting periods of cultural development in over a generation, born from the shifts in technology and craft, art and design, communication, science and social relevance. We actively encourage cross-disciplinary activity and experimentation, led by world-renowned practitioners, many of whom are drawn from our successful alumni. There are some 1,200 students at the College at any one time, taught by over 350 members of staff including a distinguished, revolving cast of visiting professors, lecturers and practitioners. The RCA has a strong research culture – there are over 120 MPhil and PhD students – that both leads and informs each School-wide knowledge base. Within each curriculum are opportunities for cross-pollination through group projects with other RCA programmes, and creative collaborations with key partners provide industry-specific experience that is mutually beneficial.Many new developments are currently in progress at the College, including the completion of new buildings, workshops and studios; the creation of a new research hub; the expansion of joint projects with industry; the launch of four dynamic new courses; and the appointment of many new members of our academic teams. Our vision is to help develop great creative minds, and ideas that will be central to the cultural evolution of our societies.Housed over two campuses in Kensington and Battersea, the RCA is surrounded by some of the most important spaces and events in London’s art and design worlds, and an exciting social scene of bars, clubs and cafés.The twenty-first-century RCA knows that its graduates contribute significant, real-world innovations across art, communication, critical writing, exhibition-making and design – both as practitioners and through research. Future innovation doesn’t grow in isolation, and the RCA’s new Schools, each led by a Dean who is a leading practitioner in his or her field, promote hybridity and opportunities for interdisciplinarity.

5 contacts available at Royal College of Art.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Charles Leclercq | Visiting Lecturer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-leclercq |
| Charles Morgan | Doctoral Researcher | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-morgan-3 |
| Cyriel Diels | Deputy Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyriel-diels |
| Jony Ive | Chancellor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jony-ive |
| Laura Santamaria | Research Lead, School of Communication and Senior Tutor (Research) MRes Communication Design | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laura-santamaria |

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## FAQ

### What does Mark Whittaker invest in?

Mark Whittaker invests primarily in B2B, B2C and Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Mark Whittaker last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mark Whittaker closed in Dec 2016. Shizune tracks 1 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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