# Mike Kennedy

> Mike Kennedy is a venture - series unknown investor at Downing Ventures backing Content. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Downing Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/downing-ventures)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2022
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikejnkennedy/

Mike Kennedy is a venture - series unknown investor at Downing Ventures in London focused on Content and Software. Mike joined Downing in 2017 to lead our engagement with our portfolio companies. Mike has over 10 years’ experience in the venture capital industry with 3i plc, YFM Group and Electra Partners and is co-founder and director of Inogesis, a start-up connecting blue-chip organisations such as Unilever and GSK to solve business challengescollaboratively.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Content | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Training | 1 | 33% |
| Education | 1 | 33% |
| Advertising | 1 | 33% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Glisser | Glisser is an award-winning tech platform powering unique company event experiences, anywhere. Our best-in-class virtual and hybrid event tools give planners the power to wow and make every event count. Clients include KPMG, Pfizer, Informa, Facebook, Uber, and many more.The platform is developed by event industry veterans to go beyond basicvideo and screen sharing tech, to create inspiring, high participation events of any size, whether it’s a highly focused interactive training session or communicating to 150,000 attendees across the globe. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 17, 2022 |  |
| Duel | The Duel Brand Advocacy Platform enables brands to mobilize and manage entire communities of social affiliates, content creators and micro-influencers to acquire customers and drive revenue at scale. It also measures the true ROI of advocacy and its impact on Social Commerce, in comparison to ads.Committed to working with brands that put peopleand the planet over profit, Duel is Bcorp Certified and breaks a brand’s reliance on digital advertising through its Social Affiliate and Brand Ambassador programs.Founded by world-record breaking adventurer and former brand ambassador, Paul Archer, and viral games developer, Panagiotis Tsarouchis, the Duel team is made up of psychologists, brand experts and community builders from companies including Amazon and Lululemon. The platform is used by brands such as Charlotte Tilbury, Monica Vinader, Mint Velvet, NEOM Organics, ELEMIS and more, with the team having consulted with hundreds of other brands. | $2.3M | Seed | Oct 27, 2020 |  |
| Empiribox | Empiribox has identified a number of issues and elements that impact on the quality of science teaching currently offered at primary schools across the UK and internationally. | $2.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 29, 2020 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gresham House](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gresham-house) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [London Co-Investment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/london-co-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nesta Impact Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nesta-impactinvestments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Publicis Groupe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/publicis-groupe) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [University of Bristol Enterprise Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/university-of-bristol-enterprise-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Downing Ventures

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Downing Ventures is a division of Downing LLP. They invest venture capital into early and growth stage technology businesses. Our belief is that technology now forms an integral part of the everyday lives of consumers, corporations and governments. Further, they believe that they are now experiencing the benefits of the second wave of technologydevelopment, which is now based on sound infrastructure. Investing into this trend, they look for: Visionary entrepreneurs, with the ability to execute as well as dream. Large (potential) addressable markets. Distinct product / service advantages. Limited adoption risk for customers. They seek to invest 250,000 to 5 million per company. They will invest in seed-stage deals and Series A deals, and then look to continue to support those companies through phases of subsequent growth. Fundamentally, they back entrepreneurs. They are supportive, hopefully helpful, investors.

5 contacts available at Downing Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kostas Manolis | Partner and Head of Unquoted Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kostas-manolis |
| Mike Kennedy | Ventures Adviser - Downing Ventures | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-kennedy-7 |
| Nick Lewis | Founding Partner, Investment Committee Member & Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-lewis-fc9d |
| Sophie Andre | Portfolio and Operations Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sophie-andre |
| Chris Allner | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-allner |

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## FAQ

### What does Mike Kennedy invest in?

Mike Kennedy invests primarily in Content, Software and Training startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed 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.

### When did Mike Kennedy last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mike Kennedy closed in May 2022. 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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