# Neil Hutchinson

> Neil Hutchinson is a seed investor at NEON Adventures (London) backing B2B and B2C. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [NEON Adventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neon-adventures)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Sep 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilhutchinson
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/neilforward

Neil Hutchinson is a seed investor at NEON Adventures in London focused on B2B and B2C. Neil Hutchinson's main focus is NEON Adventures, his personal investment vehicle with activities in finance, property, lifestyle and philanthropy. He also continue to support and remain the principal investor in the Forward Internet Group, which He founded in 2004. They create, acquire and invest in web businesses across a variety ofindustries and territories. They also like giving back through the Forward Foundation – helping exceptional charities and social enterprises transform young lives. Studied at the University of Warwick – Warwick Business School. His interests are cycling and sushi.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $32k–$892k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 20% |
| B2C | 1 | 20% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| Email | 1 | 20% |
| EdTech | 1 | 20% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Angel | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Driftrock | Driftrock helps brands find their audience online, using data from around the web to power better targeted, more timely Social Media Advertising. Driftrock is a team of expert digital marketers and engineers who have scaled user acquisition for countless online businesses. Our software and content is there to help companies who have buildsomething amazing find the audience they deserve. We've taken advanced social media marketing techniques and applied them to a suite of tools. They are designed to increase return. Driftrock provides the tools that get results.Most marketing software is bulky, clunky and takes months to learn how to use. Each tool on Driftrock solves one problem at a time, brilliantly. It means you only ever use what you need, and get value from day one. | $1M |  | Sep 07, 2016 |  |
| Swytch | Work mobile numbers on personal phones. Swytch offers businesses the ability to provide work mobile numbers on their team’s personal phone. Everyone can now use multiple mobile numbers from one device. Visit our website: www.swytch.com |  | Angel | Jan 05, 2015 |  |
| Unitu | Unitu enables universities to increase student satisfaction by collecting and acting on student feedback in real time.Tuition fees make up a huge part of universities' income. So keeping students satisfied is key to improving league table positions, reducing drop out rates and ultimately protecting income.Currently universities areadopting a number of standard tools to collect and analyse student feedback which face number of transparency and efficiency issues.Unitu overcomes these problems by creating a designated area for student feedback where by students can collaboratively raise and resolve issues with their academic community. | $32K | Seed | Jan 01, 2015 |  |
| Ignite Accelerator | Ignite provides accelerator, incubator, and education programs for technology startups.Ignite is funded primarily through commercial activity, and has also raised investment from Northstar Ventures through the FBNE Accelerator Fund, managed by North East Finance as part of the £125m FBNE program.Founded in 2011 by Colin Willis, JonBradford, and Paul Smith, Ignite was expected to be a one-off, three month program. Instead, Ignite grew into an independent co-working space and venue that span off as Newcastle's tech centre Campus North.In 2016, Ignite expanded operations to London and Manchester, running accelerator programmes in both cities.In May 2016, Ignite MD Tristan Watson took over as CEO. | $892K | Seed | Feb 25, 2014 |  |
| Thread | Thread operates as an online personal styling platform designed to help men find clothes. The platform offers a combination of human stylist and machine learning algorithms, where they receive personalized information from human stylists and suggestions from an algorithm that understands the customer's preferences over time, helping men todress well without having to go shopping. |  | Seed | Dec 01, 2013 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Angel Investment Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-investment-network-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Forward Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forward-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hotspur Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hotspur-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [London Co-Investment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/london-co-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NEON Adventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neon-adventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Uncork Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/softtech-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About NEON Adventures

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

NEON Adventures is a single family office with interests across technology, property, lifestyle and philanthropy.

2 contacts available at NEON Adventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Neil Hutchinson | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neil-hutchinson-2 |
| Chris Huey | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-huey |

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## FAQ

### What does Neil Hutchinson invest in?

Neil Hutchinson invests primarily in B2B, B2C and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 5 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 Neil Hutchinson's check size?

Neil Hutchinson typically joins rounds of $32k–$892k at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Neil Hutchinson participates in.

### When did Neil Hutchinson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Neil Hutchinson closed in Sep 2016. Shizune tracks 5 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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