# Paul Mears

> Paul Mears is a seed investor at MeridianDLT backing Mobile, E-Commerce and SaaS. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [MeridianDLT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meridiandlt)
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Jun 2018
- Lead investor: 18%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-mears-80224b4
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Mears/100012348373285

Paul Mears is a seed investor at MeridianDLT focused on Mobile and E-Commerce. Advocate of the token economy, blockchain use and crypto currencies with a focus on health, communications, social media and entertainment sectors. UK qualified CPA with 30 years of experience working in a wide range of finance and operational finance roles in UK, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Vancouver, Long Island and Monaco in the Telco, Construction,Asset Management and Payments sectors. Portfolio of angel equity of UK, Skandinavian and French companies including stem cells, medical devices, social applications, data storage solutions, peptide manufacturing processes and others. Become a crypto convert and have worked with Humaniq, Howdoo, Modex, Jointogo, Virtual Rehab, SID and am co-founder of Meridian DLT and Travalian. #blockchain #cryptocurrency #tokens #initialcoinofferings #communication #connectivity

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $22k–$314k |
| Angel | $302k–$334k |
| Equity Crowdfunding | $154k–$902k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 2 | 18% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 18% |
| SaaS | 1 | 9% |
| Events | 1 | 9% |
| Travel | 1 | 9% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 27% |
| Equity Crowdfunding | 3 | 27% |
| Angel | 2 | 18% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 9% |
| Series A | 1 | 9% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 36% |
| United States | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dopecard Holdings Limited | Dope provides financial services. Their services include mobile banking, fintech, e-commerce, africa, innovation, social media, onboarding, ecobank, technology, and education. | $22K | Seed | Jun 01, 2018 |  |
| Travalian | Travalian is an open source, free leisure, and travel social media resource, where members are encouraged to participate in the content, can add, edit, review and rate all categories, including any location, based on personal experiences as a visitor or local. Members can express their own detailed insight into every aspect of travel and fun forevery community, combining local information with experiences, images and video on each location, giving perspective views from local communities and visitors alike. Where everyone can rate and review villages, towns, cities and countries, showing the world how different locations compare in popularity by visitors and the local communities giving unique perspectives that can be used by locals to promote where they live and the attractions and activities that visitors can enjoy, while visitors can supply invaluable perspective to what they most like. | $33K | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2017 |  |
| Moneymailme | Moneymailme is a mobile application that enables its users to receive and transfer payments with others.Moneymailme lets you send and receive money instantly on your mobile device, securely and free while chatting with your friends or during video calls with them. Money can be transferred overseas in multiple currency formats.Moneymailmewas founded in 2015 by Mihai Ivascu and is based in England. | $302K | Angel | Jun 30, 2016 |  |
| Moneymailme | Moneymailme is a mobile application that enables its users to receive and transfer payments with others.Moneymailme lets you send and receive money instantly on your mobile device, securely and free while chatting with your friends or during video calls with them. Money can be transferred overseas in multiple currency formats.Moneymailmewas founded in 2015 by Mihai Ivascu and is based in England. | $165K | Seed | Sep 01, 2015 |  |
| Velocity Black | Velocity is the next generation luxury conversational commerce engine. We aggregate the demand of the premium consumer, and enable them to purchase products and services from vetted suppliers across multiple verticals. Our proprietary, patent-pending software uses AI to assist human experts to help premium consumers do more and be more in thedigital age. | $12M | Series A | Jun 29, 2015 |  |
| ZapGo | ZapGo Ltd (Zap&Go) is a high technology business founded in Oxford, UK, in 2013.We were founded with energy storage technology licensed from the University of Oxford. Very close to the building where the first lithium-ion batteries were developed 40 years ago. Today these lithium and cobalt based batteries are in widespread use, in ourphones, laptops, cordless appliances and power tools, and also in electric vehicles. However, it was apparent that in the demanding world of grid energy storage a more robust solution is needed.To meet the demands of the grid, we are improving the performance of supercapacitors so they perform like batteries. This is achieved by using different materials than conventional supercapacitors which allow us to retain a long life, excellent power density and fast charging capability of supercapacitors, but also have the energy density of the best performing batteries. We exclude all rare earth materials in our cells, we do not use any lithium or cobalt, and we do not use anything that can catch fire – excluding all chemical solvents and organic electrolytes.This not only makes our cells safe, because there is nothing in them that can catch fire no matter how fast they are charged, but also means at the end of life they can be recycled. | $482K | Equity Crowdfunding | May 13, 2015 |  |
| giftgaming | GiftGaming is an in-game advertising platform where brands offer in-game benefits as gifts to players to create loyalty and long-term relationships, as well as increase player engagement and retention. GiftGaming was founded in 2013. | $154K | Equity Crowdfunding | Apr 24, 2015 |  |
| Cell Therapy | Cell Therapy Ltd is a British pioneer in Regenerative Medicine. They develop life saving and life changing regenerative medicines. Regenerative Medicines for Life. | $902K | Equity Crowdfunding | Dec 09, 2014 |  |
| Stamplay | Stamplay is a low code platform that enables organizations to build high value business process spanning multiple cloud services. The platform provides enterprise integration, process automation, and a citizen experience, enabling business users and IT to collaborate in order to build, operate and roll out automations. Stamplay is a 500Startupsand its customer base include Box, MSC Cruise, Lennar and Cisco. | $314K | Seed | Oct 17, 2014 |  |
| Line-Up | Beautifully crafted ticketing. The experience that ticket buyers deserve.An event starts the second a customer goes to buy a ticket. Two thirds of people say that a bad booking experience stops them from coming back.Line-Up is the new benchmark for customer experience when it comes to ticketing. Whether the ticket is bought online or on thedoor, we’ve raised the bar, across the board.For vendors, we provide everything required to delight ticket buyers. Our easy-to-use management tools offer sophisticated, real-time sales reports, analytics and customer data transparency. From theatres and festivals to museums and attractions; Line-Up powers ticket sales for forward-thinking venues and event organisers across the world.Line-Up was founded in 2010 by Barnaby Clark, Chris Crossley and James Stilwell. Our investors include some of the UK's finest angels, Seedcamp and we're lucky to count a number of the Seedrs community as shareholders.• Shortlisted for Best Technology Provider at the British Media Awards 2016• Seedcamp London Winners 2013• London Web Summit Best European Startup Finalist 2012• Featured by BBC, Forbes, TechCrunch | $334K | Angel | Sep 10, 2014 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Crystal Stream Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crystal-stream) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Parkwalk Advisors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/parkwalk-advisors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [QVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/q-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SyndicateRoom](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/syndicateroom) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About MeridianDLT

VC Fund · Halifax, Canada

Meridian DLT is building an innovative green network leveraging Distributed Ledger Technology. Powered by renewable energy nodes, the eco-system supports many real-world DLT use cases covering green technology, carbon trading, payments, loyalty programs, entertainment and more.

3 contacts available at MeridianDLT.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ethan Gilmore | Head of Investment Strategy | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ethan-gilmore |
| Matthew Pickup | Co-Founder and Director Of Technology | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-pickup |
| Paul Mears | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-mears |

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## FAQ

### What does Paul Mears invest in?

Paul Mears invests primarily in Mobile, E-Commerce and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Equity Crowdfunding stage. Most of the 11 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 Paul Mears's check size?

Paul Mears typically joins rounds of $22k–$314k at Seed, $302k–$334k at Angel and $154k–$902k at Equity Crowdfunding. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Paul Mears participates in.

### When did Paul Mears last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paul Mears closed in Jun 2018. 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.

### 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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