# Michael Jackson

> Michael Jackson is a seed investor at Elderstreet Investments backing Internet and Finance. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Elderstreet Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elderstreet-investments)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jun 2017
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Michael Jackson is a seed investor at Elderstreet Investments in London focused on Internet and Finance. Michael Jackson MA FCA (Chairman of the Manager) founded Elderstreet Investments Limited in 1990 and is its executive chairman. For the past 24 years, he has specialised in raising finance and investing in the smaller companies quoted and unquoted sector.From 1983 until 1987 he was a director and from 1987 until 2006 was chairman of FTSE 100company The Sage Group plc. He was also chairman of PartyGaming plc, another FTSE 100 company.He is a director of Elderstreet portfolio companies Uvenco UK plc, Fords Packaging Systems Limited, Baldwin & Francis Holdings Limited, AngloInfo Limited, Macranet Limited and Access Intelligence plc.Michael studied law at Cambridge University, and qualified as a chartered accountant with Coopers & Lybrand before spending five years in marketing for various US multinational technology companies.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $750k–$1.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 67% |
| Finance | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Messaging | 1 | 33% |
| Social CRM | 1 | 33% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sentiment | Sentiment Engage is a cloud platform including a unified inbox for social media and messaging apps, and metrics and analytics for contact centers. The company's Horizon product is a next generation command centre for customer care teams. | $1.3M | Series A | Jun 30, 2017 |  |
| Bumper | Bumper is a payment platform for car dealerships. The company specializes in a vehicle finance platform crafted to assist drivers in managing the expenses of their repairs and servicing. Their platform prioritizes flexible payment alternatives, collaborates with accredited repair professionals, and streamlines paperwork processes, allowing driversto finance their repair expenses through interest-free installments. | $268K | Seed | Jun 19, 2015 |  |
| Sentiment | Sentiment Engage is a cloud platform including a unified inbox for social media and messaging apps, and metrics and analytics for contact centers. The company's Horizon product is a next generation command centre for customer care teams. | $750K | Series A | Jan 13, 2014 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Angels 5K](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angels-5k-3b74) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cass Entrepreneurship Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cass-entrepreneurship-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The FSE Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finance-south-east) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Elderstreet Investments

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Elderstreet is a leading UK venture capital fund manager investing in early stage and development capital for UK growing businesses.They provide funding for growth and development capital in most industry sectors with investments typically in the range of £2m to £10m by syndicating their VCT funds alongside Draper Esprit funds. Draper Esprit isone of the leading venture capital investors involved in the creation, funding and development of high-growth technology businesses with an emphasis on digital technologies in the UK, the Republic of Ireland and Europe. Draper Esprit floated on the AIM market in June 2016 and has a market capitalisation of over £200 million.

1 contacts available at Elderstreet Investments.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Jackson | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-jackson-7 |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Jackson invest in?

Michael Jackson invests primarily in Internet, Finance and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Michael Jackson's check size?

Michael Jackson typically joins rounds of $750k–$1.3M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Michael Jackson participates in.

### When did Michael Jackson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Jackson closed in Jun 2017. Shizune tracks 3 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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