Nick Telson-Sillett
Co-Founder @ trumpet
London, United Kingdom
Nick Telson-Sillett is a seed investor at trumpet in London focused on Software and Health Care. Exited Founder of DesignMyNight (Acquired 2019), Co-Founder trumpet, Founder of Venture Arm Horseplay Ventures, Angel Investor in 55+ Startups and Podcaster - Pitch Deck
- Total investments:
- 44
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Nick Telson-Sillett invests in
Stages Nick Telson-Sillett invests in
Countries Nick Telson-Sillett invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $350k–$2.5M
- Angel
- $393k–$1.1M
- Pre-Seed
- $55k–$2.1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 13 (30%)
- Health Care 6 (14%)
- Information Technology 6 (14%)
- FinTech 5 (11%)
- Education 5 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 18 (41%)
- Pre-Seed 18 (41%)
- Angel 3 (7%)
- Series A 1 (2%)
- Series B 1 (2%)
Country
- United Kingdom 27 (61%)
- United States 11 (25%)
- Canada 1 (2%)
- France 1 (2%)
- Mexico 1 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Round Treasury
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The all-in-one treasury management platform for startups. Minimise risk and maximise return on excess cash. Earn up to ~5% yield, access hundreds of savings accounts and maximise FSCS protection - all in one place. | $2.1M / Pre-Seed / Oct 08, 2024 | |
Perplexity
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Perplexity is a search engine platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide large language models and search engines. The company's platform enables the development of beneficial artificial general intelligence, as well as an open-source environment that is accessible to the public, allowing clients to develop skills and knowledge inartificial intelligence. | $62.7M / Series B / Apr 23, 2024 | |
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Perplexity
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Perplexity is a search engine platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide large language models and search engines. The company's platform enables the development of beneficial artificial general intelligence, as well as an open-source environment that is accessible to the public, allowing clients to develop skills and knowledge inartificial intelligence. | $62.7M / Series C / Apr 23, 2024 | |
sequel
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We harness cutting-edge technology and a network of founders, angels and venture capitalists built over a decade to enable athletes to invest in the most promising startups changing the world for the better. | Seed / Jan 01, 2024 | |
Landscape
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Landscape platform enables founders to leave honest, authentic reviews about their interactions with VCs and accelerators. | Pre-Seed / Jul 01, 2023 | |
Code First Girls
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Code First: Girls is a multi-award winning social enterprise which works with companies and women to increase the proportions of women in tech. They do this by running free and paid coding courses, training events, and by advising companies on tech talent. Over the past 4 years they’ve delivered £5 million+ worth of free tech education, taught8000+ women how to code for free. Their flagship 2020 campaign - supported by campaign ambassadors such as Dame Stephanie Shirley and Baroness Martha Lane Fox - will see them teach 20,000 young women how to code for free by the end of 2020. They are now the largest provider of free in person coding courses for women in the UK.In addition to the free coding courses and events, Code First: Girls undertakes commercial work with some of world's most well known companies. Clients include companies ranging from Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs, to Trainline, BT, KKR and Vodafone. Code First: Girls alumnae have gone on to work at companies ranging from Facebook and Thoughtworks to Ocado, Twitter, The Guardian and NASA. | $5.2M / Series A / Sep 07, 2022 | |
Opply
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Opply digitizes supply chain for food and beverage brands globally. | $4M / Seed / Jun 15, 2022 | |
MIXe.Store
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MIXe (www.mixe.store) is a top grocer for South-Asian expat customers with its fast growing cross-border e-commerce platform for the $5B ethnic groceries market in Europe. With proprietary self sourcing, supply chain integration and exclusive partnerships with leading food & grocery brands in Asia and Middle East, MIXe eases the shoppingexperience with delivery of ethnic grocery and food for 15M+ Expat customers and related businesses across Europe and other global markets. | $74.9K / Pre-Seed / May 15, 2022 | |
Volunteero
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Volunteero is a volunteer management platform that helps charities recruit, manage, and engage their volunteers in a more efficient way. | $629.1K / Seed / Apr 26, 2022 | |
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MIXe.Store
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MIXe (www.mixe.store) is a top grocer for South-Asian expat customers with its fast growing cross-border e-commerce platform for the $5B ethnic groceries market in Europe. With proprietary self sourcing, supply chain integration and exclusive partnerships with leading food & grocery brands in Asia and Middle East, MIXe eases the shoppingexperience with delivery of ethnic grocery and food for 15M+ Expat customers and related businesses across Europe and other global markets. | $55K / Pre-Seed / Apr 15, 2022 | |
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Co-Investors
Founders Factory
4 deals together
Haatch
4 deals together
Antler
3 deals together
TrueSight Ventures
3 deals together
Blissgrowth
2 deals together
Concept Ventures
2 deals together
About trumpet
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trumpet Contacts
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Aaron Gibson
Investor
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Andrew Webster
Co-Founder
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Nick Telson-Sillett
Co-Founder
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Rory Sadler
Co-Founder
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Vlad Blumen
Strategic Advisor
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FAQ
What does Nick Telson-Sillett invest in?
Nick Telson-Sillett invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 44 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 Telson-Sillett's check size?
Nick Telson-Sillett typically joins rounds of $350k–$2.5M at Seed, $393k–$1.1M at Angel and $55k–$2.1M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Nick Telson-Sillett participates in.
When did Nick Telson-Sillett last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Nick Telson-Sillett closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 44 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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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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