# Paul Rippon

> Paul Rippon is a seed investor backing FinTech, Financial Services and Banking. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Paul Rippon is a seed investor focused on FinTech and Financial Services.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.8M–$23M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 67% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 67% |
| Banking | 1 | 33% |
| Finance | 1 | 33% |
| Lending | 1 | 33% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Angel | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 67% |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MONET | Financial technology for the $250Bn media & entertainment agency economy.MONET is building the finance platform for agencies (creative, talent management, PR, social media, affiliate, and other digital publishing). We currently provide tech-driven financing, end-to-end campaign management, and tools to manage and pay vendors (talent likeinfluencers, freelancers, creatives) globally, enabling MONET to be the operational backbone of agencies and positioning us to access granular and enriched underwriting data so we can provide just-in-time financing at scale. Our goal is to build a full-suite of finance and back-office essentials for agencies, in a vertical fintech platform, covering financing, banking, payments and operations tools.In addition to solving major pain-points in agency operations, our technology can ultimately deliver financial inclusion to over 200m freelancers and other independent creative suppliers globally through the unique EarlyPay technology we have created, which enables vendors to cash out earnings made via agencies immediately, which is also a revenue generating tool for agencies. | $23M | Seed | Jul 22, 2025 |  |
| Kody | Founded by a small group of final-year high school students and launched in 2023, Founder Yoyo Chang (CEO) studied at the University of Cambridge & York whilst raising over US$40M. Today, Kody's AI-native financial infrastructure and Agentic Commerce platform is growing to connect millions of users to leading businesses all over the world. | $3.8M | Seed | Jul 12, 2021 |  |
| OnLadder | OnLadder is a proptech company that aims to make property ownership accessible to everyone. It helps individuals save time, keep more of their money, and keep their options open. It was founded in 2020 and is based in London, England, United Kingdom. | $383.1K | Angel | Apr 21, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cognition Foundry](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cognition-foundry) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Force Over Mass Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/force-over-mass-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HU Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hu-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nerd Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nerd-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Paul Rippon invest in?

Paul Rippon invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Banking startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 3 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 Rippon's check size?

Paul Rippon typically joins rounds of $3.8M–$23M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Paul Rippon participates in.

### When did Paul Rippon last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paul Rippon closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 3 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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