# Proxy Ventures

> Proxy Ventures is a VC fund in London backing Health Care and Marketplace. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 16%
- Last fund: Nov 2014
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/proxy-venture-capital-creatives/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/friendsbyproxy
- Website: http://proxy.vc/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/proxyvc/

Proxy Ventures is a VC fund in London focused on Health Care and Marketplace. Proxy Ventures is the world's first venture capital company rebranding all the companies it invests in, via its London-based in-house design studio. Brands developed by Proxy include Supercell, Peak and Currency Fair. They are not a traditional VC fund, they are a private company built by entrepreneurs investing their own funds.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.3M–$4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 5 | 26% |
| Marketplace | 4 | 21% |
| Mobile | 3 | 16% |
| Wellness | 3 | 16% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 16% |

51 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 79% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 11% |
| Angel | 1 | 5% |
| Series B | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 47% |
| Finland | 5 | 26% |
| United States | 2 | 11% |
| Estonia | 1 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aapo Bovellan | Founding Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aapo-bovellan |
| Gernot Preslmayer | Founding Partner & Creative Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gernot-preslmayer |
| Miia Bovellan | Founding Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/miia-bovellan |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Five Lives | SharpTx is a London-based Digital Therapeutics SME developing “Sharp”, a direct-to-consumer brain health mobile app to help everyone measure and reduce their risk of cognitive decline through an improved lifestyle. | $3.8M | Seed | Nov 15, 2022 |  |
| Elo Health | Elo creates a smart nutrition service that uses biomarkers to deliver nutrition with confidence for optimal health and aging. It employs biomarkers, artificial intelligence, and expert guidance to deliver supplements that are precisely calibrated for the individual's needs. It uses Smart Nutrition products to identify and fill nutrient gapsbased on blood testing, activity data, and one-on-one dietitian support. |  | Seed | Jan 05, 2021 |  |
| Ready | Ready is the most simple and secure smart wallet for crypto. It does everything you'd expect from a bank (and more). Without the bank. Earn interest and invest; borrow, store and send. Access DeFi and Dapps in a few taps. Ready was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in London. | $4M | Seed | Jan 20, 2018 |  |
| PLAYRMAKR | PLAYRMAKR operates a fast growing online soccer technology platform, uniting and empowering global fans of the world's most popular sport. |  | Seed | Feb 10, 2017 |  |
| Fy! | Fy is an e-commerce company that builds a mobile marketplace to shop online. It uses a combination of social content, machine learning, and a deep understanding of its products and suppliers to create a personalized experience for each shopper using the site and app. Fy was launched in 2017 driven by a mission to make the world of designdiscoverable, affordable, and instantly accessible through social commerce. |  | Seed | Oct 06, 2016 |  |
| Festicket | Festicket empowers music fans with a seamless service to discover and book tickets and travel packages for music festivals worldwide. The platform offers an end-to-end experience for music travelers, an efficient two-sided marketplace for 1,000+ music festivals across 40 different countries, and a network of 2,000 suppliers for accommodation andtravel packages. | $6.3M | Series B | Jun 30, 2016 |  |
| CurrencyFair | CurrencyFair allows individuals and businesses to exchange currencies and send funds to bank accounts worldwide. It uses a unique person-to-person online marketplace to facilitate currency exchange between users, in a simple and anonymous fashion.CurrencyFair's customers can exchange currency using a three step process. 1) Funds in thecurrency to be sold are sent by the customer to the corresponding CurrencyFair bank account. When received by CurrencyFair, they are credited to the users individual CurrencyFair account and made available for exchanging.2) Available funds in a users account can at any time be exchanged by the user into another currency using the corresponding marketplace (for example GBP to EUR).3) Funds received from marketplace exchanges are available to be sent out to a bank account as instructed online by the customer.Each currency exchange marketplace (for example GBP to EUR) gives the customer a choice: exchange immediately at the best rate available (usually no worse than 0.5% from the interbank rate, and sometimes better than the interbank rate), or place an order at a better exchange rate and wait to be matched off by another customer exchanging on the opposite market (for example EUR to GBP). Funds that are placed unmatched on the marketplace are aggregated by rate, and may be matched in part or in full at any time. Unmatched orders can be cancelled or amended at any time. All exchanges are anonymous - the customer only deals with CurrencyFair.CurrencyFair is regulated by the Irish Financial Regulator as an Authorised Payments Institution under the European Payment Services Regulations 2009. Authorised Payment Institutions (as opposed to Small Payments Institutions) are required to provide safeguards around client funds during the exchange and transfer process. CurrencyFair maintains segregated client accounts, and client funds are never commingled with CurrencyFair's own money. This means that in the unlikely event of CurrencyFair encountering difficulties in operation, all client funds remain ring-fenced and would be returned to customers, not used to settle CurrencyFair's obligations. | $8.8M |  | Mar 23, 2016 |  |
| Truly Experiences | Truly is a gift marketplace offering countless gift experiences. Truly is a provider of luxury experiences from across the globe designed for every event and occasion. This service is also combined with a bespoke concierge service designed to take the stress out of organizing an event.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered inLondon, England. |  | Seed | Feb 24, 2016 |  |
| 8fit | 8fit is a app that helps to build healthy habits for life with simple solutions. 8fit supports more than 20 million users worldwide on their individual journeys to healthier, happier lives. They push for progress over perfection, choose the best solution over the quick fix, and enjoy the journey to your healthiest mind and body yet. They understandthe obstacles people face on their fitness journey. It isn’t easy, and there’s no “one size fits all” way to find lifelong health. That’s why they are building an engaging and approachable way for people to achieve their personal fitness goals. |  |  | Jan 01, 2016 |  |
| Oura | Oura develops a smart ring that collects data on various biometrics to support health and wellness. The device tracks sleep, readiness, and activity levels, which users can monitor through the Oura app. It employs sensors to measure heart rate, sleep cycles, and overall activity. The company operates in the health and wellness industry. | $2.3M | Seed | Nov 11, 2015 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Initial Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/initial-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Headline](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/headlinevc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ACE & Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ace-and-company) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Connect Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/connect-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Proxy Ventures invest in?

Proxy Ventures invests primarily in Health Care, Marketplace and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 19 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 Proxy Ventures's check size?

Proxy Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.3M–$4M 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 Proxy Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Proxy Ventures?

Public channels for Proxy Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Proxy Ventures?

The team at Proxy Ventures includes Aapo Bovellan (Founding Partner), Gernot Preslmayer (Founding Partner & Creative Director) and Miia Bovellan (Founding Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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