# Rob Small

> Rob Small is a seed investor at Miniclip backing Software, Apps and Beauty. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Miniclip](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/miniclip)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-small-5b27953

Rob Small is a seed investor at Miniclip focused on Software and Apps. Rob Small - Founder @ Miniclip

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.7M–$3.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| Beauty | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |
| Shopping | 1 | 33% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| JENA | JENA is building the "Shopify for service professionals", starting with personal care. The company is on a mission to empower Solopreneurs to thrive on their own terms with radically simple business tools. JENA provides Solopreneurs with an Operating System (OS) providing them a full tech-stack: website, AI-powered booking system,payments, CRM, marketing, and e-commerce in one app. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Apr 08, 2024 |  |
| MasterExchange | Trading platform for music rights leveraging emerging technology to create friction free and compliant investment opportunities to everyone. | $2.7M | Seed | Aug 01, 2023 |  |
| Basket | Basket is an AI-powered shopping companion transforming online retail into an agentic, ambient experience. By capturing SKU-level purchase intent across 300k+ users, Basket delivers personalised discovery, instant cashback, and automated savings through its universal shopping assistant. Acting as the consumer’s shopping OS, Basket unifieswishlisting, price comparison, gifting, and checkout into one seamless journey, redefining how people shop and how retailers connect with intent-driven audiences. | $3.2M | Seed | Jul 27, 2023 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [True.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trueglobal) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Contrarian Thinking Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/contrarian-thinking) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [G-FUND](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/generations-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lightbank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightbank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [OpenDoor Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/opendoor-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SyndicateRoom](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/syndicateroom) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Miniclip

VC Fund · Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Miniclip is a digital games company that develops, publishes and promotes games on Mobile, Web and Social platforms. Miniclip.com started the casual games revolution when it was launched in 2001 by Robert Small and Tihan Presbie. Miniclip is a world-leading developer of mobile games. It's 8 Ball Pool Multiplayer game is the most popularpool game in the world. Miniclip is well known for having a large and varied collection of games including action games, sports games, puzzle games, games for girls, mobile games, iPhone games, Android games, Windows Phone games, games for kids, Flash games, and more.

5 contacts available at Miniclip.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rob Small | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rob-small |
| Saad Choudri | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saad-choudri-34da |
| David Fisch | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-fisch-9d0a |
| Hugh Binns | Studio Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hugh-binns |
| Jurgen Post | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jurgen-post |

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## FAQ

### What does Rob Small invest in?

Rob Small invests primarily in Software, Apps and Beauty startups, most often at Seed and Pre-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 Rob Small's check size?

Rob Small typically joins rounds of $2.7M–$3.2M 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 Rob Small participates in.

### When did Rob Small last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rob Small closed in Apr 2024. 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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