# Matthew O'Kane

> Matthew O'Kane is a seed investor at Nexus Investment Ventures (London) backing SaaS and Retail. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Nexus Investment Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nexus-investment-ventures)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: May 2021
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-o-kane-fca-chartered-mcsi-0a22316/

Matthew O'Kane is a seed investor at Nexus Investment Ventures in London focused on SaaS and Retail. Matthew O'Kane is the Founder and Managing Director of Nexus Investment Ventures. He previously worked at Vivid Drinks as a Non-Executive Director & Investor. Matthew O'Kane attended the University of Oxford.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Retail | 1 | 25% |
| Internet | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OnePulse | OnePulse is a digital platform that makes market research engaging, producing real-time consumer insights effectively and inexpensively. Via its web-based portal, OnePulse enables businesses to access consumers in two ways: by building a branded community and also by accessing the general OnePulse consumer community. For consumers, OnePulseis a dedicated mobile app that allows them to easily respond to Pulses of up to three questions. OnePulse rewards its users both financially and through interactive gamification within the application. The tech industry has called OnePulse "the Twitter of consumer insight"; it takes response rates, response times and user engagement to levels never-before-seen by conventional digital surveys. With this real-time platform, businesses will understand consumers better, in turn promoting confident decision-making and driving profitability. | $2.6M |  | May 05, 2021 |  |
| OnePulse | OnePulse is a digital platform that makes market research engaging, producing real-time consumer insights effectively and inexpensively. Via its web-based portal, OnePulse enables businesses to access consumers in two ways: by building a branded community and also by accessing the general OnePulse consumer community. For consumers, OnePulseis a dedicated mobile app that allows them to easily respond to Pulses of up to three questions. OnePulse rewards its users both financially and through interactive gamification within the application. The tech industry has called OnePulse "the Twitter of consumer insight"; it takes response rates, response times and user engagement to levels never-before-seen by conventional digital surveys. With this real-time platform, businesses will understand consumers better, in turn promoting confident decision-making and driving profitability. | $2.8M | Series A | May 05, 2021 |  |
| Kafoodle | Kafoodle is an award-winning food tech company on a mission to improve health globally by connecting people with the food they need.Kafoodle launched in 2016 with a cloud-based B2B SaaS platform to help Hospitality clients digitise their recipes and menus to comply with new EU food allergen information legislation. Additional functionality wasreleased enabling clients to analyse the nutritional make-up of their food, and communicate digitally with end customers.In Jan 2018, following an Innovate UK funded project, Kafoodle launched targeted Healthcare modules aimed at helping care homes and hospitals optimise patient and resident nutrition, by enabling them to provide food offerings based on allergies, preferences, dietary requirements and health conditions.Today Kafoodle is an integrated suite of easy-to-use food allergen and nutrition management solutions for commercial caterers, with sector-specific features and benefits for Healthcare, Food Retail, Contract Catering and Education clients. | $2.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 10, 2020 |  |
| HubBox | Carriers, PUDO networks and locker banks want to accelerate the growth of their pickup solutions. Retailers want to offer their customers more flexible local pickup options. Both reduce the environmental impact of eCommerce. HubBox works alongside global carriers to provide software for retailers to launch local pickup options at checkout,quickly and easily. We are trusted by carriers worldwide including UPS, DPD and Collect+. We are proud to include Williams Sonoma, J.Crew, Charlotte Tilbury, Whistles, Phase Eight and Liberty as some of our retailer clients. | $2.3M | Seed | Nov 21, 2017 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blackfinch Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackfinch-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [JLR Star](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jlr-star) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KM Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/km-capital-9d55) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Triple Point Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/triple-point) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Nexus Investment Ventures

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Nexus Investment Ventures is an FCA-regulated corporate finance business, helping companies to raise capital, and through this helping a circle of like-minded HNW/sophisticated individuals to find attractive early and scale up stage UK businesses for direct venture growth investments often qualifying for government-sponsored EIS/SEISincentives.NIVL is a subsidiary of the Nexus Group, who manages a range of businesses in multiple sectors. Including Primary Health Properties Plc (PHP), Investor Publishing, The Pine Fund, CODE-LDN, and the International Opera Awards.

4 contacts available at Nexus Investment Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Matthew O'Kane | Founder and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-o-kane |
| Cameron Kavanagh | Investment Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cameron-kavanagh |
| Harry Hyman | Founder and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harry-hyman |
| Janak Raja | Investment Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/janak-raja |

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## FAQ

### What does Matthew O'Kane invest in?

Matthew O'Kane invests primarily in SaaS, Retail and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.

### When did Matthew O'Kane last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matthew O'Kane closed in May 2021. 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?

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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