# Nolan Gray

> Nolan Gray is a pre-seed investor at Virgin StartUp backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Virgin StartUp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/virgin-startup)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/nolan-gray/63/987/a60
- Website: https://sveasolar.com/

Nolan Gray is an American Climate Tech entrepreneur based in London, United Kingdom. He is a member of Forbes 30 Under 30 and co-founder of Svea Solar, one of Europe's biggest Climate Tech companies. In addition, Nolan is an investor, board member, and advisor for multiple startups. Before moving to London, Nolan was an early employee and CMOat Jobscience, a San Francisco based SaaS company which was later sold to Bullhorn (owned by Vista Equity Partners) for $50 million.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 63% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |
| Mobile | 1 | 13% |
| Sports | 1 | 13% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 50% |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 38% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 38% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Listen Labs | Listen Labs is a platform that uses AI to conduct interviews and analyze qualitative data to help companies understand their customers. |  | Seed | Apr 23, 2025 |  |
| Phoebe | Phoebe is an agentic search tool for tech stack data. It helps engineering teams to troubleshoot many sorts of problems much faster, from minor bugs to major incidents. Phoebe can also initiate searches proactively to help anticipate and triage new issues. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2025 |  |
| Sonant AI | The AI Receptionist for Insurance |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Deep Media | Agentic Threat Intelligence |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Ribin | Ribin (pronounced "ribbon") is currently operating in stealth mode. The company is on a mission to democratise college sports recruiting. There are 45 million youth athletes in the U.S. and over $4 billon worth of sports scholarships are handed out every year to youth athletes. That number continues to increase every year as collegesports become more popular/televised than some professional sports in America. The problem is there is no centralised database with normalised scouting reports for athletes and scouts; there's no place (like LinkedIn) for them to meet. Ribin's platform seeks to solve this problem. The company was founded in 2021 by ex-SaaS developers/execs who are also former NCAA athletes. The founders have successfully exited 2 companies and have over 18 years of combined experienced working at SaaS and sports-related software companies. | $65K | Pre-Seed | Apr 12, 2021 |  |
| Good Club | Good Club is a sustainable grocery brand and retailer, revolutionising grocery shopping by wiping out waste and eliminating the environmental impact of everyday groceries. The company has recently launched reusable product packaging and delivery boxes that are collected from customers and cleaned for reuse.Founded in 2018 and headquartered inLondon, England, United Kingdom. | $962K |  | Dec 16, 2020 |  |
| Good Club | Good Club is a sustainable grocery brand and retailer, revolutionising grocery shopping by wiping out waste and eliminating the environmental impact of everyday groceries. The company has recently launched reusable product packaging and delivery boxes that are collected from customers and cleaned for reuse.Founded in 2018 and headquartered inLondon, England, United Kingdom. | $989K | Seed | Dec 16, 2020 |  |
| inFocus | Awareness, Action, Impact. inFocus is a platform that measures, reduces, and offsets carbon emissions for photo, film, events, and fashion shows, enabling carbon neutral or climate positive productions.inFocus is industry-specific, requires no prior carbon knowledge, is easy to use, and action-driven; meaning that anyone who uses the programcan make an instant, meaningful, and positive change. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 05, 2020 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Green Angel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/green-angel-syndicate) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mustard Seed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mustard-seed) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Vala Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vala-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cherry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherry-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Virgin StartUp

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Virgin StartUp is on a mission to change the prospects of start-ups, for good. They help businesses get funding, get a mentor and get ahead. They are a not-for-profit company founded by Richard Branson and Virgin in 2013, to support entrepreneurs based in England who are planning to launch a start-up or are within their first 12 months oftrading as a business. As a Delivery Partner of the StartUp Loans scheme the funding they offer is a loan provided by the Government and ranges from £500 up to £25,000. They work with the Cavendish Consortium, a group made up of six of the largest enterprise agencies across England, together with the National Enterprise Network to deliver this funding and support across the whole of England.

5 contacts available at Virgin StartUp.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ayesha Karim | Startup Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ayesha-karim |
| Christabel Charles | Virgin StartUp Mentee | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christabel-charles |
| Essa Saulat | Startup Mentor - Design & Growth | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/essa-saulat |
| Ewa Campbell | Business Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ewa-campbell |
| Gary Thompson | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gary-thompson |

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## FAQ

### What does Nolan Gray invest in?

Nolan Gray invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nolan Gray last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nolan Gray closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 8 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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