Omid Ashtari
Angel Investor
London, United Kingdom
Omid Ashtari is a seed investor in London focused on Software and FinTech. Omid Ashtari has held operational roles at Google (business development, strategic partnerships), Foursquare (MD Europe), Citymapper (President), and Streetbees (COO). Currently he is an angel investor and advisor to early stag startups. He serves as the business advisor to the Mayor of London. He blogs on www.startuppragmatism.blog andwww.thefullspectrum.blog
- Total investments:
- 20
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Omid Ashtari invests in
Stages Omid Ashtari invests in
Countries Omid Ashtari invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.8M–$5.4M
- Pre-Seed
- $1.9M–$3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (30%)
- FinTech 3 (15%)
- E-Commerce 3 (15%)
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (15%)
- Events 2 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 16 (80%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (10%)
- Series A 1 (5%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (5%)
Country
- United Kingdom 14 (70%)
- Sweden 2 (10%)
- Norway 1 (5%)
- Germany 1 (5%)
- United States 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Odin enables seamless fundraising from your network in just a few clicks, taking care of all legal and administrative tasks. The platform collaborates with founders, angel syndicates, and emerging fund managers worldwide. It supports investors from almost any location, manages SPVs, handles complex carried interest arrangements, and more. Futureplans include enabling users to raise entire funds on Odin (not just deal-by-deal SPVs) and providing a feature for discovering and joining investment clubs directly through the platform. | $3.1M / Seed / Dec 31, 2023 | ||
| Ctrl Alt is a leading tokenization infrastructure platform combining blockchain technology with expert financial engineering to deliver tailored, compliant solutions in the alternative assets space. Specialising in structuring, issuance and investment services, Ctrl Alt supports clients through every stage of the tokenization lifecycle.As of June1, 2025, Ctrl Alt has tokenized over USD 300 million in assets spanning real estate, private credit, funds, litigation finance and more.With offices in the UK, Ireland and the UAE, the Ctrl Alt team is composed of top-tier financial and technology experts including alumni from Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, UBS and Revolut. | $2.7M / Seed / Oct 23, 2023 | ||
| Co:Helm builds AI assistants that utilizes ChatGPT built with healthcare operations as the core focus. Co:Helm's interopability engine allows users to seamlessly integrate with any EHR or EMR system in less than a day. Co:Helm automates Prior Authorization for Utilization Management teams using AI resulting in a massive 90% time saving. | $3.2M / Seed / Sep 11, 2023 | ||
| A platform where users can easily generate, customize, and stylize 3D for game developers and metaverse creators. | $1.9M / Pre-Seed / Jun 15, 2023 | ||
| Anotherblock provides a blockchain-based platform to decentralize music rights connecting non-fungible tokens to royalty rights. | $4.3M / Seed / May 16, 2023 | ||
| Gravel AI helps chemical manufacturers unlock demand in new and existing markets. | Seed / Jan 01, 2023 | ||
| SigmaOS is a new type of browser designed for founders, researchers, and content creators to make it better and faster to work on the web. | $4M / Seed / Nov 16, 2022 | ||
| WellEasy is an online store that sells the greatest healthy and organic items. Founded in 2021. | Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 20, 2022 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Muddy Machines is working on field robots to help farms manage labor-intensive crops by completing the fieldwork. | $1.8M / Seed / Aug 01, 2022 | ||
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FAQ
What does Omid Ashtari invest in?
Omid Ashtari invests primarily in Software, FinTech and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Omid Ashtari invest in?
Omid Ashtari typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$5.4M at Seed and $1.9M–$3M at Pre-Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Omid Ashtari's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Omid Ashtari took part in.
How do I contact Omid Ashtari?
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When did Omid Ashtari last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Omid Ashtari closed in Dec 2023. Shizune tracks 20 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 Nov 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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