# Niall Wass

> Niall Wass is a Series B investor at Atomico (London) backing Transportation and FinTech. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Atomico](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atomico)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 36%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niall-wass-396106

Niall Wass is a Partner at Atomico focusing on investment opportunities in the consumer space and marketplaces. He is point person for or has worked closely with the teams at Jobandtalent, OnTruck, Lendinvest, Habito, Fat Llama and Lime. He is also Chairman of two other consumer businesses, Glovo and Trouva. Previously, Niall spent over 15 yearsas an executive in early-stage tech-enabled consumer businesses. He was part of the Executive Team at Uber, COO and CEO at Wonga – the consumer finance business – and for many years, he was at Betfair – the sports betting marketplace

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Transportation | 2 | 18% |
| FinTech | 1 | 9% |
| Finance | 1 | 9% |
| Mortgage | 1 | 9% |
| PropTech | 1 | 9% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 3 | 27% |
| Series C | 3 | 27% |
| Series A | 2 | 18% |
| Series E | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Spain | 2 | 18% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 18% |
| United States | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Job&Talent | Jobandtalent is an on-demand staffing marketplace that aims to make the labor market much more liquid and transparent, helping companies to hire in a more flexible way and with the mission of being part of the reduction of unemployment in the world. The labor market has evolved from a very structured state into an extremely flexible one. Companiesare demanding flexibility which has resulted in the growth of liquidity in the market. However, the flexible state of the labor market is also leaving the workers in a vulnerable and unprotected employment situation. Jobandtalent has created a Workforce as a Service (WaaS) platform in order to make this labor flexibility beneficial for both companies and workers alike.The company has offices in the UK, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, and Colombia, and has plans for further expansion to France and Italy by the end of the year. | $500M | Series E | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| Job&Talent | Jobandtalent is an on-demand staffing marketplace that aims to make the labor market much more liquid and transparent, helping companies to hire in a more flexible way and with the mission of being part of the reduction of unemployment in the world. The labor market has evolved from a very structured state into an extremely flexible one. Companiesare demanding flexibility which has resulted in the growth of liquidity in the market. However, the flexible state of the labor market is also leaving the workers in a vulnerable and unprotected employment situation. Jobandtalent has created a Workforce as a Service (WaaS) platform in order to make this labor flexibility beneficial for both companies and workers alike.The company has offices in the UK, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, and Colombia, and has plans for further expansion to France and Italy by the end of the year. | $107.5M | Series C | Jan 08, 2021 |  |
| Habito | Habito provides Habito Plus, a homebuying service which brings a buyer’s mortgage application, conveyancing needs and surveys under one solution, and a proprietary broker portal, which gives more than 3,000 external brokers exclusive access to the company’s own buy-to-let mortgage products and Instant Decision technology capabilities. The firm isnow looking to bring to market a suite of innovative residential mortgage products for all types of homeowners. | $45.5M | Series C | Aug 12, 2020 |  |
| OnTruck | OnTruck is a platform that is based on the use of new technologies to offer companies regional merchandise transport services, through an immediate and transparent price management system. OnTruck puts companies in contact with a wide network of professional carriers, in order to provide a reliable and efficient delivery service, and with thepossibility to check in real time the status of each shipment. For their part, carriers can receive orders and accept them if they wish through a free application, so that they can complete the loading of their vehicles and increase their income.For the creation and implementation of OnTruck, its founders allocated 100,000 euros, although friends and family soon wanted to participate, with an investment of 500,000 euros. In October 2016, they closed a first round of financing worth 2 million euros, in which Point Nine Capital, based in Berlin, participated; the British fund Local Globe; and Samaipata Ventures. In May 2017, a second round of financing of 9.2 million euros led by Atomico took place, followed by the French fund IdInvest, and the venture capital arm of the company, also French, Total Energy. In May 2018 they received their third round of financing worth 25 million euros, led by the Cathay Innovation fund, followed by Atomico, Idinvest Partners, All Iron Ventures, Total Energy Ventures, GP Bullhound.The startup, which is focused on the regional palletized merchandise transport service, currently operates in two countries: Spain and the United Kingdom. In Spain it is present in the downtown area (Madrid and neighboring provinces), Catalonia and the Valencian Community. In the United Kingdom it operates in London and in the Southeast area of ​​the country. Yours is a simple, transparent and effective service. On the one hand, it provides an immediate way to access their prices, simply by entering the web and quoting shipping. Any company can schedule a shipment for free and hire in less than two minutes a load of any dry or refrigerated merchandise on local or regional routes in the areas it currently operates. The transport can be for that same time or scheduled, that is, the typical services of 24h and 48h, which means that they can pick up any palletized goods in less than 30 minutes. They are also very competitive in price within their sector, becoming up to 50% cheaper compared to the rates that are usually handled in the sector.On the other hand, OnTruck are firmly committed to optimizing the use of industrial vehicles by generating routes. Its technological solution seeks to capture the inefficiencies that are generated in the regional transport of goods when you combine and execute a high volume of loads in a very defined geographical area and generate opportunities for routes that reduce the number of kilometers that vehicles in our network make in empty. | $19.2M | Series B | Jun 11, 2020 |  |
| Job&Talent | Jobandtalent is an on-demand staffing marketplace that aims to make the labor market much more liquid and transparent, helping companies to hire in a more flexible way and with the mission of being part of the reduction of unemployment in the world. The labor market has evolved from a very structured state into an extremely flexible one. Companiesare demanding flexibility which has resulted in the growth of liquidity in the market. However, the flexible state of the labor market is also leaving the workers in a vulnerable and unprotected employment situation. Jobandtalent has created a Workforce as a Service (WaaS) platform in order to make this labor flexibility beneficial for both companies and workers alike.The company has offices in the UK, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, and Colombia, and has plans for further expansion to France and Italy by the end of the year. | $82.2M | Series C | Nov 18, 2019 |  |
| Koru Kids | Koru Kids is a building better childcare services, starting with nanny sharing in London. The team behind Koru Kids has a background in childcare (their own and other people's), healthcare and tech startups. Their company name is Koru Kids, company number is 10047637, and their HQ is 110 Hampstead Road, London, NW1 2LS. 'Koru Kids'is a registered trademark (UK00003153316). They are registered with the Information Commissioners' Office (registration number ZA181818), and also affiliated with the Financial Conduct Authority's Innovation Hub. They are grateful for the ongoing support (financial and moral!) of Camden Council. |  | Series A | Aug 28, 2019 |  |
| Lime | Lime aims to provide a sustainable solution to the first and last mile transportation problem by helping people move around their cities in an affordable and convenient way while eliminating their carbon footprint. The company empowers future generations to change their behavior so we can save this planet together. From the electric scooter to thee-assist and pedal bike, experience the excitement of Lime’s smart mobility fleet. | $335M | Series C | Jul 09, 2018 |  |
| OnTruck | OnTruck is a platform that is based on the use of new technologies to offer companies regional merchandise transport services, through an immediate and transparent price management system. OnTruck puts companies in contact with a wide network of professional carriers, in order to provide a reliable and efficient delivery service, and with thepossibility to check in real time the status of each shipment. For their part, carriers can receive orders and accept them if they wish through a free application, so that they can complete the loading of their vehicles and increase their income.For the creation and implementation of OnTruck, its founders allocated 100,000 euros, although friends and family soon wanted to participate, with an investment of 500,000 euros. In October 2016, they closed a first round of financing worth 2 million euros, in which Point Nine Capital, based in Berlin, participated; the British fund Local Globe; and Samaipata Ventures. In May 2017, a second round of financing of 9.2 million euros led by Atomico took place, followed by the French fund IdInvest, and the venture capital arm of the company, also French, Total Energy. In May 2018 they received their third round of financing worth 25 million euros, led by the Cathay Innovation fund, followed by Atomico, Idinvest Partners, All Iron Ventures, Total Energy Ventures, GP Bullhound.The startup, which is focused on the regional palletized merchandise transport service, currently operates in two countries: Spain and the United Kingdom. In Spain it is present in the downtown area (Madrid and neighboring provinces), Catalonia and the Valencian Community. In the United Kingdom it operates in London and in the Southeast area of ​​the country. Yours is a simple, transparent and effective service. On the one hand, it provides an immediate way to access their prices, simply by entering the web and quoting shipping. Any company can schedule a shipment for free and hire in less than two minutes a load of any dry or refrigerated merchandise on local or regional routes in the areas it currently operates. The transport can be for that same time or scheduled, that is, the typical services of 24h and 48h, which means that they can pick up any palletized goods in less than 30 minutes. They are also very competitive in price within their sector, becoming up to 50% cheaper compared to the rates that are usually handled in the sector.On the other hand, OnTruck are firmly committed to optimizing the use of industrial vehicles by generating routes. Its technological solution seeks to capture the inefficiencies that are generated in the regional transport of goods when you combine and execute a high volume of loads in a very defined geographical area and generate opportunities for routes that reduce the number of kilometers that vehicles in our network make in empty. | $25.5M | Series B | May 30, 2018 |  |
| Habito | Habito provides Habito Plus, a homebuying service which brings a buyer’s mortgage application, conveyancing needs and surveys under one solution, and a proprietary broker portal, which gives more than 3,000 external brokers exclusive access to the company’s own buy-to-let mortgage products and Instant Decision technology capabilities. The firm isnow looking to bring to market a suite of innovative residential mortgage products for all types of homeowners. | $23.6M | Series B | Sep 04, 2017 |  |
| OnTruck | OnTruck is a platform that is based on the use of new technologies to offer companies regional merchandise transport services, through an immediate and transparent price management system. OnTruck puts companies in contact with a wide network of professional carriers, in order to provide a reliable and efficient delivery service, and with thepossibility to check in real time the status of each shipment. For their part, carriers can receive orders and accept them if they wish through a free application, so that they can complete the loading of their vehicles and increase their income.For the creation and implementation of OnTruck, its founders allocated 100,000 euros, although friends and family soon wanted to participate, with an investment of 500,000 euros. In October 2016, they closed a first round of financing worth 2 million euros, in which Point Nine Capital, based in Berlin, participated; the British fund Local Globe; and Samaipata Ventures. In May 2017, a second round of financing of 9.2 million euros led by Atomico took place, followed by the French fund IdInvest, and the venture capital arm of the company, also French, Total Energy. In May 2018 they received their third round of financing worth 25 million euros, led by the Cathay Innovation fund, followed by Atomico, Idinvest Partners, All Iron Ventures, Total Energy Ventures, GP Bullhound.The startup, which is focused on the regional palletized merchandise transport service, currently operates in two countries: Spain and the United Kingdom. In Spain it is present in the downtown area (Madrid and neighboring provinces), Catalonia and the Valencian Community. In the United Kingdom it operates in London and in the Southeast area of ​​the country. Yours is a simple, transparent and effective service. On the one hand, it provides an immediate way to access their prices, simply by entering the web and quoting shipping. Any company can schedule a shipment for free and hire in less than two minutes a load of any dry or refrigerated merchandise on local or regional routes in the areas it currently operates. The transport can be for that same time or scheduled, that is, the typical services of 24h and 48h, which means that they can pick up any palletized goods in less than 30 minutes. They are also very competitive in price within their sector, becoming up to 50% cheaper compared to the rates that are usually handled in the sector.On the other hand, OnTruck are firmly committed to optimizing the use of industrial vehicles by generating routes. Its technological solution seeks to capture the inefficiencies that are generated in the regional transport of goods when you combine and execute a high volume of loads in a very defined geographical area and generate opportunities for routes that reduce the number of kilometers that vehicles in our network make in empty. | $10M | Series A | May 11, 2017 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DN Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dn-capital) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Acurio Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acurio-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Acurio Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/all-iron-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Endeavor Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/endeavor-catalyst) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [TotalEnergies Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/total-energy-ventures-international) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Cathay Innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cathay-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Atomico

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally. It partners with technology founders at the Seed stage and beyond with a particular focus on Europe, leveraging deep operational experience to supercharge their growth. The company's team of founders, investors, and operationalleaders have been responsible for global expansion, hiring, and marketing at companies from Skype, Google, and Twitter to Wise and Snowflake. It specializes in seed, startup, Series A, early venture, mid venture, late venture, emerging growth, and growth capital investments.Atomico was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in London, England, with offices in Paris, Berlin, and Stockholm

5 contacts available at Atomico.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adam S. Lasri | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-s-lasri |
| Konstantin Zedelius | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/konstantin-zedelius |
| Niall Wass | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/niall-wass |
| Siraj Khaliq | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/siraj-khaliq |
| Andrew Crankshaw | Financial Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-crankshaw |

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## FAQ

### What does Niall Wass invest in?

Niall Wass invests primarily in Transportation, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Spain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Niall Wass last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Niall Wass closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 11 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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