# Richard Goulding

> Richard Goulding is a seed investor at Play.com (London) backing Retail and Fitness. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Play.com](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/play-com)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Richard Goulding is a seed investor at Play.com in London focused on Retail and Fitness. Richard Goulding is the Co-founder and Chairman of Play.com.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 1 | 33% |
| Fitness | 1 | 33% |
| Wellness | 1 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 33% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Angel | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jersey | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nutrigums | Nutrigums is a functional gummy vitamin brand. Nutrigums manufactures vegan chewable supplements for both adults and children. |  | Seed | Sep 23, 2023 |  |
| OnBuy | OnBuy is an online marketplace that offers multi-category products. Its marketplace offers competitive fees for its sellers and helps to list all the products in its portal that enable users to purchase products without hassle. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Poole, Dorset. | $48.3M | Series A | Jul 13, 2021 |  |
| Nutrigums | Nutrigums is a functional gummy vitamin brand. Nutrigums manufactures vegan chewable supplements for both adults and children. |  | Angel |  |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bring Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bring-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fuel Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuel-ventures-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pario Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pario-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Posten Norge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/posten-norge) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Play.com

VC Fund · New York, Mexico

Play.com is an award-winning retail business that offers its customers a choice of nearly 8 million products, including DVDs, music, musical instruments, video games, books, clothing, sports and outdoors, technology and office, home and garden, health and beauty, toys and gifts, and baby products. The company also offers a huge range of careeropportunities from web-designers to financial analysts, and other product buying roles.In 2014, Play.com introduced four new categories such as hobbies and craft, motoring, pets, and groceries, as well as multiple sub-categories, including vinyl, luggage, jewelry, watches, and footwear.Play.com was established in 1998 and is based in the U.K. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of

2 contacts available at Play.com.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Richard Goulding | Co-founder and Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-goulding-9b23 |
| Peter de Bourcier | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-de-bourcier |

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## FAQ

### What does Richard Goulding invest in?

Richard Goulding invests primarily in Retail, Fitness and Wellness startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Jersey. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Richard Goulding last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard Goulding closed in Sep 2023. 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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