Stuart Marks
Angel Investor
Hale, United Kingdom
Stuart Marks is a successful entrepreneur who has built and sold four businesses over the past 25 years. They have spanned several sectors including CRM, location-based services and digital media. Every company applied innovation to challenge existing business models.Stuart has worked with a diverse and international customer-base includingSainsbury’s, British Airways, Unilever, Vodafone, BMW and various government agencies across the world. His previous company, ITIS Holdings plc, was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was Europe’s leading provider of real-time traffic information and connected car technology.The first company to commercialize crowdsourced data from GPS devices and mobile phone networks, Stuart sold the firm in 2011 to Washington-based INRIX before going on to establish L Marks to invest in the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 7%
Last updated:
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Industries Stuart Marks invests in
Stages Stuart Marks invests in
Countries Stuart Marks invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $135k–$4M
- Angel
- $50k–$525k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 5 (36%)
- SaaS 2 (14%)
- Legal 2 (14%)
- E-Commerce 2 (14%)
- Recruiting 2 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (57%)
- Angel 3 (21%)
Country
- United Kingdom 9 (64%)
- United States 1 (7%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urbix is producing a management dashboard for municipalities to manage their data and processes to ensure that decisions are made based on hard evidence which is readily available in an easy to understand format. | Seed / Jul 04, 2018 | ||
| Orbital Witness is a LegalTech-meets-PropTech company developing a legal risk rating for real estate - a cheaper, faster and reliable alternative to the legacy, costly and time consuming legal due diligence process in property transactions. | Seed / Feb 10, 2018 | ||
| WeFiFo launched in 2016 and is a multi-award-winning platform that enables enthusiastic home cooks, Supper Club hosts and professional chefs to share their food with paying guests. WeFiFo is Airbnb for the kitchen table but offers much more than just a marketplace. Designed to encourage and empower talented cooks to monetise their kitchen skills,WeFiFo offers a sophisticated infrastructure allowing hosts to up-skill and earn a transformative income with flexible working hours and rewards. WeFiFo also supports professional chefs who don't want the risk of a bricks and mortar restaurant but want to feed a new audience. Anyone can sign up and join in, hosts are not pre-screened or curated, but ratings and reviews help guests choose between the multitude of events on offer – from novice cooks to award winning chefs at the top of their game. They are the online destination to discover exciting experiential dining near you and their platform promotes, insures and inspires cooks and chefs of all abilities to take the next step on their food journey while keeping hosts and guests safe every step of the way. | Seed / Dec 27, 2017 | ||
| Say goodbye to failed deliveries! Exaactly is an addressing system that enables online shoppers to provide precise location information and their delivery preferences, such as where to leave parcels when they are not at home. Saved once, this data can be used across retailers and across carriers. | $134.7K / Seed / Dec 01, 2017 | ||
| Orbital Witness is a LegalTech-meets-PropTech company developing a legal risk rating for real estate - a cheaper, faster and reliable alternative to the legacy, costly and time consuming legal due diligence process in property transactions. | Seed / Nov 01, 2017 | ||
| Uncover your best candidates by measuring real work scenarios. Designed in your company, not in a lab.ThriveMap is a tool that provides insights to companies looking to make more informed people decisions.Use ThriveMap’s proprietary culture fit assessment to understand how a candidate would fit in with the team or use our bespoke “virtualshift” assessment to understand how a candidate would perform in their role. | $379.8K / Seed / Sep 19, 2017 | ||
| Laurel provides automated timesheet management solutions tailored for legal and accounting firms. The platform leverages artificial intelligence to capture user activities seamlessly in the background, allowing professionals to track their time without disrupting their workflow. By streamlining the time tracking process, Laurel enables firms toenhance operational efficiency and improve profitability. The software is designed to alleviate the administrative burden associated with time management, allowing users to focus on their core tasks. Additionally, Laurel continuously evolves its offerings to meet the changing needs of the professional services sector. | $4M / Seed / Sep 15, 2017 | ||
| You know how furniture & home decor product pages don’t do enough to help online shoppers understand if the product will actually be right for them when it arrives? "What options are available?" "Will it fit?" "Will it look good with the rest of my things?"Well, instead of expecting visitors to scroll throughimage carousels and dig into spec sheets, imagine having a virtual showroom on your website with every product in every colour, size and material available to explore and view up close. That’s what we’re building at Fixtuur, a Visual Commerce platform that inspires, educates and gives consumers confidence to purchase, though 3D visualisation, product configuration and augmented reality. | $874.7K / Seed / Feb 07, 2017 | ||
| Smartcalling revolutionises enterprise outbound calling. The proprietary technology plugs into an existing customer app. This allows enterprises to brand themselves with an interactive display on their customers call screen upon calling them. Additionally, customers are empowered to take informed actions as they will know who is calling and why.They can use the ‘call me later’ button or ‘convert to chat’ button. Enterprises will no longer be CHASING their customers, they’ll be FACING them.Smartcalling have added an Anti-Fraud Product Suite to their existing offering. They do this by leveraging the secure connection between user device and call centre.Smartcalling are successful alumni of NatWest's PowerUp programme, Accenture's Fintech Lab, Nordea’s Nestholma Startup Accelerator programme and Belron’s Drive Accelerator programme (powered by LMarks). | Seed / Jan 01, 2017 | ||
| Link Big has created world first “link engine optimization” for brands and publishers to increase their average order value and return on investment from their mobile assets, tailored and aligned to their business goals. For example, the fully automatic smart link on Instagram enables brands to sell from their profile. Our clients see an increasein organic traffic to their website, a higher CTR from their instagram and a boots of sales! Shut down: Dec 2018For more details, please visit www.link-big.com | $50K / Angel / Dec 01, 2016 | ||
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FAQ
What does Stuart Marks invest in?
Stuart Marks invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Legal startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 14 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 Stuart Marks's check size?
Stuart Marks typically joins rounds of $135k–$4M at Seed and $50k–$525k at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Stuart Marks participates in.
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When did Stuart Marks last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Stuart Marks closed in Jul 2018. Shizune tracks 14 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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