# Richard Hughes

> Richard Hughes is a post-ipo equity investor backing Health Care. See 1 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-hughes-ba8a631

Richard Hughes is a post-ipo equity investor focused on Health Care and Biotechnology. Richard has over 30 years’ corporate finance experience including IPOs, equity capital raising and M&A for both public and private companies. He was one of the founders of Boohoo and acted as a non-executive director for 7 years. He is also a shareholder and director of numerous private companies operating across a range of sectors. Richard isa Director of Zeus.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |
| Pharmaceutical | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Avacta Group | Avacta Group plc is a provider of technologies, consumables and reagents for the life science markets, from drug discovery to diagnostics. It is engaged in the research, development, production and delivery of instrumentation and services for the biopharmaceutical drug development and clinical diagnostics markets using biophysical technology. TheCompany has two segments: Analytical and Animal Health. The Analytical segment provides tools and contract services for early stage protein characterisation and analysis for biopharmaceutical drug developers. The Animal Health provides tools and contract services to assist diagnosis of conditions in animals to enable faster treatment for veterinarians. The Company’s subsidiaries include Avacta Limited, Avacta Analytical Limited, Oriental Fine Foods Limited, Avacta Health Limited, TheraGenetics Limited and TheraGenetics Inc.###Readybuy Plc acquires Avacta Ltd in a reverse merger and changed name to Avacta Group Plc in 2004. Readybuy was founded in 2003.### | $13.3M | Post-IPO Equity | Mar 27, 2026 | http://avacta.com |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Zeus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zeus-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Richard Hughes invest in?

Richard Hughes invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical startups, most often at Post-IPO Equity stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Richard Hughes last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard Hughes closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 1 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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