# Nick Kingsbury

> Nick Kingsbury is a seed investor at Amadeus Capital Partners backing Software and Security. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Amadeus Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amadeus-capital-partners)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 53%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nickkingsbury
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Nick Kingsbury is a seed investor at Amadeus Capital Partners in London focused on Software and Security. Nick Kingsbury has 30 years experience in business, of which 12 was in the role of CEO for two software companies, and 7 was as Sector Partner for the international venture capital company 3i.Nick is an experienced international software entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He started his career with one of the leading UK software houses beforefounding his own company, Software Support Limited, in the mid 1980s which grew to become a leading systems integration company for Workflow applications. In 1996 this business merged with Staffware plc which then IPO’d on the London market. With Staffware Nick was Senior VP for International Business Development and Marketing. In 1999 Nick joined the international venture capitalist, 3i plc, for which he was Sector Partner for the software and internet sector. 3i invested over $500m in 150 software companies across Europe, the US and Asia, of which Nick was personally involved in many. His role was to develop 3i’s investment strategy and to advise on new investments. He also worked with existing investee companies with their strategic development, notably through partnership with the leading IT players worldwide. He served on the board of three 3i companies, Propero, the virtualisation company, sold to VMWare, Metastorm, the leading Business Process Management company (as observer) and the security software company Chronicle Solutions where he was also interim CEO.Nick left 3i in 2007 and now advises a number of companies on their corporate and funding strategies. He currently serves on the boards of several private and public companies. See engagements for more information.Kingsbury Ventures has access to a network of specialist associates covering media, electronics and other industries.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $637k–$7.5M |
| Series A | $4M–$28M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 8 | 42% |
| Security | 3 | 16% |
| Cyber Security | 3 | 16% |
| Machine Learning | 3 | 16% |
| Enterprise Software | 3 | 16% |

46 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 47% |
| Series A | 4 | 21% |
| Angel | 2 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 5% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 12 | 63% |
| France | 1 | 5% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sitehop | Sitehop is a technology company that develops cutting-edge cyber-security and networking solutions. Sitehop's custom FPGA solutions are used to optimize and accelerate cloud/telco networks. | $10M | Series A | Oct 09, 2025 |  |
| Pimloc | Pimloc's mission is to advance visual AI systems in the interests of people and their freedoms. The risks and expectations associated with video surveillance have fundamentally shifted and are constantly growing - we are all unknowingly giving away our freedom by walking down the street, entering a store, going to work or watching a game. Thisis why we created Secure Redact - a product that allows companies to use and manage video safely, by protecting people’s data. With practical issues such as video scalability, reviewing, and editing, hindering many businesses’ progress - Pimloc’s inspiration for a privacy first platform was born. | $5M | Seed | Jul 07, 2025 |  |
| Visibly | Visibly developing technology to bring about the change our built environment requires by providing businesses with the tools they need to reduce the industry's skills gap and ensure our infrastructure can meet the needs of the population. | $7.5M | Seed | Jun 10, 2024 |  |
| Sitehop | Sitehop is a technology company that develops cutting-edge cyber-security and networking solutions. Sitehop's custom FPGA solutions are used to optimize and accelerate cloud/telco networks. | $6.3M | Seed | Feb 28, 2024 |  |
| Altana | Altana is an AI partnership that uses global economic data to make trade safer, more efficient, and more profitable. The company provides AI-based data fusion and decision support solutions, built on the comprehensive model of the global trade network. The company helps regulators, businesses, financial services providers, and logistics providerslearn from data to promote better trade, through a shared artificial intelligence platform.Altana Trade's product is The Altana Trade Knowledge Graph, a real-time view of transactions, ownership, movements, cyber activity, and risk in the global trade network. | $100M | Series B | Oct 03, 2022 |  |
| Pimloc | Pimloc's mission is to advance visual AI systems in the interests of people and their freedoms. The risks and expectations associated with video surveillance have fundamentally shifted and are constantly growing - we are all unknowingly giving away our freedom by walking down the street, entering a store, going to work or watching a game. Thisis why we created Secure Redact - a product that allows companies to use and manage video safely, by protecting people’s data. With practical issues such as video scalability, reviewing, and editing, hindering many businesses’ progress - Pimloc’s inspiration for a privacy first platform was born. | $7.5M | Seed | Jan 26, 2022 |  |
| Altana | Altana is an AI partnership that uses global economic data to make trade safer, more efficient, and more profitable. The company provides AI-based data fusion and decision support solutions, built on the comprehensive model of the global trade network. The company helps regulators, businesses, financial services providers, and logistics providerslearn from data to promote better trade, through a shared artificial intelligence platform.Altana Trade's product is The Altana Trade Knowledge Graph, a real-time view of transactions, ownership, movements, cyber activity, and risk in the global trade network. | $15M | Series A | Sep 20, 2021 |  |
| XYZ Reality | XYZ Reality is disrupting the construction industry with a unique Augmented Reality solution that is able to reduce construction costs by up to 20%.For the first time, users are able to walk on site and view their 3D BIM Model, in context, to mm accuracy, using Augmented Reality. No more disputes, no more out of tolerance errors and real timevalidation.Visit out website to find out more. | $27.8M | Series A | Jun 21, 2021 |  |
| Cryptosense | Cryptosense software is based on technology developed by one of the world’s leading applied cryptography labs. The rules and algorithms used by their flagship product CS Analyzer to detect cryptographic vulnerabilities are constantly updated thanks to internal R&D and partnerships with labs in the research community. Customers includetechnology companies, payment systems operators, banks, secure hardware and software manufacturers, and multinational financial services corporations. | $4.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 13, 2021 |  |
| brytlyt | Brytlyt is the world’s first all-in-one browser-led platform that enables GPU in-database AI with deep learning capabilities. We aim to empower the next generation of data scientists and decision makers with accessible deep learning methods and data analytics at GPU speeds. | $4M | Series A | May 20, 2020 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Adara Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adara-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Hoxton Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hoxton-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Floating Point](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/floating-point) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Google Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cur8 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ifg-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Manta Ray Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manta-ray-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Amadeus Capital Partners

VC Fund · Cambridge, United Kingdom

Amadeus Capital is a global technology investor that invests in technology companies at all stages, from seed to venture buyout; they also buy stakes from other investors or founders, to ensure that companies and entrepreneurs have the runway they need to succeed. They invest in a broad variety of sectors including enterprise and infrastructuresoftware, consumer and business services, medical technology and healthcare IT, and cleantech and resource efficiency.It has the imagination to see where new businesses can be created and the technical insight, operational experience and global network to help entrepreneurs make their vision a reality.The Company was founded in 1997 and since has backed more than 130 companies and raised over $1bn for investment.

5 contacts available at Amadeus Capital Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amelia Armour | Partner, Early Stage Funds | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amelia-armour |
| Anne Glover | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anne-glover |
| Nick Kingsbury | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-kingsbury |
| Andrea Traversone | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrea-traversone |
| Hermann Hauser | Co-founder, Director, and Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hermann-hauser |

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## FAQ

### What does Nick Kingsbury invest in?

Nick Kingsbury invests primarily in Software, Security and Cyber Security startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 19 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 Nick Kingsbury's check size?

Nick Kingsbury typically joins rounds of $637k–$7.5M at Seed and $4M–$28M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Nick Kingsbury participates in.

### When did Nick Kingsbury last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nick Kingsbury closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 19 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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