# Michiel Smith

> Michiel Smith is a seed investor at PekoeTea Edinburgh (Edinburgh) backing Health Care and Medical. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [PekoeTea Edinburgh](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pekoetea-edinburgh)
- Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michiel-smith-0b1a7b1/

Michiel Smith is a seed investor at PekoeTea Edinburgh in Edinburgh focused on Health Care and Medical. Michiel was born in the Netherlands and has invested in: gift ware shops, guest houses, school book distributors and thermoforming companies.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 50% |
| Medical | 1 | 25% |
| Wellness | 1 | 25% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 25% |
| Translation Service | 1 | 25% |

### Stage

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gutsy Health | Gutsy Health is a health and wellness website. | $403.1K | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 05, 2026 |  |
| Lentitek | Lentitek is a cell and gene therapy company that is finding solutions to make exceptional cures available to more people. Lentitek is working on strategies to increase viral yield by tenfold or more. | $902.3K | Seed | Mar 05, 2025 |  |
| Lentitek | Lentitek is a cell and gene therapy company that is finding solutions to make exceptional cures available to more people. Lentitek is working on strategies to increase viral yield by tenfold or more. | $310.3K | Seed | May 30, 2023 |  |
| Dialexy | Dialexy is providing an innovative platform for faster and easier translation of official documents for everyone. |  | Seed | Oct 18, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Equity Gap](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/equity-gap) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Gabriel Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gabriel-investments-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Scottish Enterprise](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scottish-enterprise) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [University of Edinburgh](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-university-of-edinburgh) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About PekoeTea Edinburgh

VC Fund · Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Pekoe Tea has gone from a small market stall and online order business to where we are today, importing teas directly from around the world and creating our own blends in-house.

1 contacts available at PekoeTea Edinburgh.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Michiel Smith | Non-Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michiel-smith |

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## FAQ

### What does Michiel Smith invest in?

Michiel Smith invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Wellness startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown 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 Michiel Smith last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michiel Smith closed in Jan 2026. 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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