# Richard Laxer

> Richard Laxer is a Series A investor backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-laxer/

Richard Laxer is a Series A investor in London focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Rich Laxer is the Chairman and CEO at GE Capital.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $10M–$12M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 67% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 67% |
| B2B | 1 | 33% |
| Finance | 1 | 33% |
| Payments | 1 | 33% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 67% |
| Ireland | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AREX Markets | AREX Markets is the creator of an invoice trading platform that provides business funding to help businesses thrive. The company offers an automated receivables exchange tool that converts diverse trade receivables into a liquid, standardized, non-correlated asset class that can be traded, allowing businesses to raise working capital by issuingexchange-traded receivables. | $10.4M | Series A | Jul 05, 2021 |  |
| Hokodo | Hokodo is a pan-European provider of B2B Buy Now, Pay Later solutions enabling businesses to buy, sell and do more. The company's easy-to-integrate digital platform streamlines the entire order-to-cash process, allowing merchants to make credit decisions in real-time, be protected against bad debt, and get access to working capital financeoptions.Hokodo was founded in 2018 and is based in London, England. | $12.5M | Series A | Jun 10, 2021 |  |
| Kindred | Kindred, established in 2019, is a Monetization & Advertising technology company with a user base of 400 million. Our aim? To foster a global community of conscious consumers by empowering publishers to offset carbon emissions, and drive key metrics for telco and OEM partners like ARPU, engagement and loyalty, while delivering uniqueadvertising technology for audience curation and data segmentation to advertisers. | $3M | Seed | Dec 11, 2019 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Anthemis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthemis-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mosaic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mosaic-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lifeline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lifeline-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LocalGlobe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/localglobe) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Notion Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/notion-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Richard Laxer invest in?

Richard Laxer invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and B2B startups, most often at Series A and Seed 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 Richard Laxer's check size?

Richard Laxer typically joins rounds of $10M–$12M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Richard Laxer participates in.

### How do I contact Richard Laxer?

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### When did Richard Laxer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard Laxer closed in Jul 2021. 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?

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