Matt Cooper
Angel Investor @ Exceptional Ventures
London, United Kingdom
Matt Cooper is a seed investor at Exceptional Ventures in London focused on E-Commerce and Health Care. Matt Cooper is Chairman of Octopus. Before joining Octopus, Matt was Principal Managing Director of Capital One Bank (Europe) where he led the team guiding strategy and operations. He helped the UK arm grow from a start-up to a business employing more than 2,000 people and generating over £275 million in revenue.
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 15%
Last updated:
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Industries Matt Cooper invests in
Stages Matt Cooper invests in
Countries Matt Cooper invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $574k–$2.3M
- Angel
- $1.8M–$4M
- Pre-Seed
- $1.9M–$2.9M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 3 (23%)
- Health Care 3 (23%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (23%)
- Analytics 2 (15%)
- B2B 1 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (38%)
- Angel 2 (15%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (15%)
- Funding Round 2 (15%)
- Series A 1 (8%)
Country
- United Kingdom 9 (69%)
- United States 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Juniper is a reproductive healthcare insurance provider. | $1.9M / Pre-Seed / Feb 20, 2024 | ||
| Unfabled is a women’s health consumer platform that delivers curated and personalised solutions. | $1.6M / Seed / Feb 06, 2024 | ||
| Prosper's offering includes fee-free investments in public market index funds, including fund fees, as well as SIPP and ISA wrappers. | $4M / Angel / Nov 06, 2023 | ||
| Clerkenwell Health is an innovative mental health company offering clinical research support services and psychedelic-assisted therapies. By providing independent psychedelic-specialist CRO services, Clerkenwell will accelerate the adoption of these treatments across Europe. The team are passionate about putting patients at the centre ofclinical trial design and delivering gold standard therapy protocols. | $2.3M / Seed / Oct 10, 2022 | ||
| TalkLife is a social network that’s saving lives - a mobile platform tackling the global youth mental health crisis. Talklife is fast becoming an industry innovator by embracing smartphone technology and creating a pathway that encourages youth to become transparent with their struggles in an accepting and positive environment, shining light ontaboo topics such as depression, self harm and suicide. | $1.2M / Oct 01, 2022 | ||
| TalkLife is a social network that’s saving lives - a mobile platform tackling the global youth mental health crisis. Talklife is fast becoming an industry innovator by embracing smartphone technology and creating a pathway that encourages youth to become transparent with their struggles in an accepting and positive environment, shining light ontaboo topics such as depression, self harm and suicide. | $1.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 01, 2022 | ||
| WILD.AI is building a knowledge base of female datasets, across all ages, life stages, and ethnicity. The company provides the knowledge, support, and power for women to perform at their best. WILD.AI was founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California. | $2.9M / Pre-Seed / Jan 27, 2022 | ||
| Property search is broken. In the future, tenants will instantly be matched to the homes and neighbourhoods that best meet their needs. SearchSmartly is building that future today.Our unique technology reimagines and simplifies the property matchmaking experience by doing the heavy lifting to uncover the properties that are best suited to eachtenant's complete personal needs. Our mission is to save tenants and estate agents time, stress, and money. SearchSmartly are winners of the Great British Entrepreneur Challenge and London Business School Launchpad. Our team has a background in technology, strategy, sales, and real estate from firms such as Microsoft, Salesforce, BCG, Red Bull Racing F1, Citi, and Countrywide. | $1.7M / Seed / Jun 21, 2021 | ||
| Cudoni is the leading serviced luxury marketplace in the UK and Europe; leveraging data and technology to provide exceptional service and complete convenience to consumers and businesses in the buying and selling of pre-loved luxury, in a way no resale business has before. We do all the work involved in the sales process; from item collection,through to providing data-driven market valuations, professional photography, descriptions, authentication, listings, storage and fulfilment. Our experience and credibility allows us to attain a 30-50% higher selling price on average for our sellers (than if they sold their items themselves), as pre-owned luxury is a market characterised by counterfeits, and value extraction is often difficult. For those who prefer not to wait for items to sell on consignment, but still want to avoid the hassle of selling themselves, we offer an ‘Instant Purchase’ solution. As we exclusively control inventory, unlike P2P incumbents, buyers are able to browse the most in-demand, curated products, with assurances around authenticity and quality, available for next day delivery at the click of a button. | $1.8M / Angel / Jun 27, 2019 | ||
| Cudoni is the leading serviced luxury marketplace in the UK and Europe; leveraging data and technology to provide exceptional service and complete convenience to consumers and businesses in the buying and selling of pre-loved luxury, in a way no resale business has before. We do all the work involved in the sales process; from item collection,through to providing data-driven market valuations, professional photography, descriptions, authentication, listings, storage and fulfilment. Our experience and credibility allows us to attain a 30-50% higher selling price on average for our sellers (than if they sold their items themselves), as pre-owned luxury is a market characterised by counterfeits, and value extraction is often difficult. For those who prefer not to wait for items to sell on consignment, but still want to avoid the hassle of selling themselves, we offer an ‘Instant Purchase’ solution. As we exclusively control inventory, unlike P2P incumbents, buyers are able to browse the most in-demand, curated products, with assurances around authenticity and quality, available for next day delivery at the click of a button. | $574.3K / Seed / Jan 03, 2018 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Exceptional Ventures
Exceptional Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs and businesses that improve people's lives. Founded in 2022 and is based in London, England.
Exceptional Ventures Contacts
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Matt Cooper
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
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Paolo Pio
Co-Founder and General Partner
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FAQ
What does Matt Cooper invest in?
Matt Cooper invests primarily in E-Commerce, Health Care and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Matt Cooper invest in?
Matt Cooper typically joins rounds of $574k–$2.3M at Seed, $1.8M–$4M at Angel and $1.9M–$2.9M at Pre-Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Matt Cooper's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Matt Cooper took part in.
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When did Matt Cooper last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Matt Cooper closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 13 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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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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