Pieter Knook
Angel Investor
London, United Kingdom
Pieter Knook is a seed investor in London focused on Gaming and Software. Pieter Knook brings a wealth of technical, commercial and academic expertise to the Board. He holds Chairman, advisory and non-executive positions with a number of innovative businesses in the internet and mobile space. These include Pulsant, a hosting and cloud provider; Better Generation, a green technology startup; the Institution, a Swedishmobile device management company; and public companies InterDigital and Monitise.Knook also has extensive enterprise experience, having been a member of seven different Boards at Vodafone, where he led the Vodafone Internet Services unit. Before Vodafone, Knook spent 18 years at Microsoft, becoming one of its top 25 executives, in an unusual career spanning technical, sales, marketing and business management roles. In his most recent role, he drove an embryonic startup to grow its revenues by more than 40% a year.Multilingual, Cambridge-educated Knook is also a Visiting Professor in Innovation at the Engineering Department in that University.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Pieter Knook invests in
Stages Pieter Knook invests in
Countries Pieter Knook invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $191k–$525k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Gaming 2 (50%)
- Software 2 (50%)
- Mobile 1 (25%)
- Consumer 1 (25%)
- Analytics 1 (25%)
Country
- United States 2 (50%)
- United Kingdom 2 (50%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Wonder is a food technology company that operates a mealtime platform offering restaurant meals, prepared foods, meal kits, and food delivery through a unified ordering experience. It develops and manages food preparation, ordering, and delivery using proprietary technology, including its Infinite Kitchen food robotics platform. The companypartners with chefs and restaurant brands to provide a variety of meal options that customers can order through its platform. It also manages the preparation and fulfillment process to support delivery and pickup services across its locations. Additionally, Wonder expands its food ecosystem through the operation and integration of restaurant concepts, meal kit services, and delivery capabilities. | Seed / Jul 01, 2016 | ||
| Wonder is a gaming company that develops an all-in-one gaming platform for Android mobile devices. Wonder's platform allows users to play, stream, and share games across devices seamlessly, thereby enhancing the gaming experience for all. | Seed / Jul 01, 2016 | ||
| Hiver is a smartphone app that enables you to make the most of the time you spend networking. It uses advanced geolocation technology together with powerful analytics to identify and automatically remember each interaction you have (which is great if you're prone to forgetting names) so that you can connect with people and follow upeffectively.Real-time analytics are offered to event organisers who can use the anonymised insight about attendees to effectively manage and market their event so that both sponsors and attendees have a great event experience. | $191K / Seed / Dec 10, 2015 | ||
| Focal Point consists of a team of experts with more than 30 years of combined knowledge in the world of positioning, navigation and timing. The company has revolutionised navigation and positioning software through the development of two core products: S-GNSS and D-Tail. S-GNSS drastically improves the sensitivity and accuracy of GPS receivers,making it far easier to track people indoors and in remote environments. D-Tail taps into sensors already within a smartphone or wearable device to more accurately track users in three-dimensions, producing data that can be trusted more than ever before. Founder Dr Ramsey Faragher is a world-leading expert in GNSS-denied positioning and has previously worked as a senior research associate at the University of Cambridge and a principal scientist at the BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre, where he developed award-winning technologies. His early work included developing a range of multi-sensor positioning systems for unmanned aerial and ground vehicles and the Astute nuclear submarine. He was also part of the original design team for the ExoMars martian rover's "Seeker" visual navigation system. | $525K / Seed / Sep 17, 2015 |
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FAQ
What does Pieter Knook invest in?
Pieter Knook invests primarily in Gaming, Software and Mobile startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Pieter Knook invest in?
Pieter Knook typically joins rounds of $191k–$525k at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Pieter Knook's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Pieter Knook took part in.
How do I contact Pieter Knook?
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When did Pieter Knook last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Pieter Knook closed in Jul 2016. Shizune tracks 4 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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