# Martin Gilbert

> Martin Gilbert is a pre-seed investor at Aberdeen Standard Investments backing Financial Services. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Aberdeen Standard Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aberdeen-standard-investments)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-gilbert-936a50130

Martin Gilbert is a pre-seed investor at Aberdeen Standard Investments in London focused on Financial Services and Gaming. Martin Gilbert is based out of London, England and is the Founder and Executive Chairman of AssetCo. Martin previously worked at Scottish Golf as a Chairman. Martin attended the University of Aberdeen.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 2 | 50% |
| Gaming | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |
| Payments | 1 | 25% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 50% |
| Singapore | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tema Global | Tema Global builds an ETF platform focused on ETF infrastructure and differentiated ETF strategies managed by experienced investment professionals. |  | Seed | May 08, 2023 | https://www.temaetfs.com/ |
| Skedadle | We are on a mission to connect brands and users by gamifying the daily commute! Users earn money playing our games on the Skedadle mobile app and get rewarded for travelling sustainably on public transport via cash rewards. Our first of a kind AdTech platform and bespoke technology precisely geo-targets customers; fully utilising extensivedemography data to intelligently insert mobile adverts into our games to deliver an uninterrupted user experience (UX) maximising engagement and optimising our brand partners ROI/ROAS. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Apr 01, 2022 | https://www.skedadle.com |
| BTP | Founded in 2018, and backed by Force Over Mass and Signature Ventures, BTP is a digital provenance company, with a mission to make assets trustworthy.BTP is the company behind Chronicle, a product that allows organizations to record and query immutable provenance information on a distributed ledger, about any asset, in any domain, across multipleparties. Chronicle is delivered by our Sextant platform, to facilitate its deployment and management, as well as its integration with enterprise systems. |  | Pre-Seed | May 27, 2020 | https://btp.works |
| Singlife | Singapore Life provides digital life insurance services. Singapore Life offers high net worth universal life solutions for those that prefer Singapore and the Singapore regulatory environment as a destination for their wealth and protection needs. It also offers protection solutions made available both digitally and through financial advisers tothe retail segment, revolutionising how easy insurance can be. The Company incorporates multiple InsurTech solutions to improve the customer experience. Singapore Life represents the next generation of life insurance where customers are empowered through a simplified insurance purchase process. | $13M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 15, 2019 | https://www.singlife.com/ |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Zinal Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zinal-growth) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Aberdeen Standard Investments

VC Fund · Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Standard Life Aberdeen plc is one of the world’s largest investment companies, created in 2017 from the merger of Standard Life plc and Aberdeen Asset Management PLC. Operating under the brand Aberdeen Standard Investments, the investment arm manages £569.7bn* of assets, making it the largest active manager in the UK and the second-largest inEurope. It has a significant global presence and the scale and expertise to help clients meet their investment goals.

5 contacts available at Aberdeen Standard Investments.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alan Gauld | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-gauld |
| Alistair Watson | Head of Strategy Innovation | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alistair-watson-6f79 |
| Dave Winter | Chief Operating Officer - Americas | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dave-winter |
| John Sievwright | Trustee | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-sievwright |
| Mary Drabble | Principal Data Governance Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mary-drabble |

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## FAQ

### What does Martin Gilbert invest in?

Martin Gilbert invests primarily in Financial Services, Gaming and FinTech startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Martin Gilbert?

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### When did Martin Gilbert last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Martin Gilbert closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 4 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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