# Roland Rudd

> Roland Rudd is a seed investor at Tate (London) backing Energy and Health Care. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Tate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tate)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roland-rudd-307422/
- Website: https://fgh.com/our-team/46/roland-rudd

Roland Rudd is a seed investor at Tate in London focused on Energy and Health Care. Roland Rudd is Co-Chairman of Finsbury Glover Hering, a leading global strategic communications and public affairs consultancy.He is a leader in corporate communications, providing personal counsel to board members and senior executives at the most critical moments for their companies.He founded Finsbury in 1994, serving as Chairmanthroughout. In 2021 Finsbury completed a merger with the Glover Park Group and Hering Schuppener to form Finsbury Glover Hering.Before founding Finsbury he worked as a political and financial journalist, primarily at the Financial Times.Roland Rudd is Chair of Tate, Trustee for Speakers for Schools, the Bayreuth Festival and the Lambeth Conference. He is an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society and the Made By Dyslexia campaign and is Chairman of the Governors of Millfield School. He is also an Honorary Fellow at the Centre for Corporate Reputation and Regents College, Oxford University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 33% |
| Health Care | 1 | 33% |
| Energy Storage | 1 | 33% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sunsave | Sunsave is a subscription-based platform that helps households to save solar battery system. | $17.5M | Series A | Jul 21, 2025 |  |
| Sunsave | Sunsave is a subscription-based platform that helps households to save solar battery system. | $6.8M | Seed | Dec 05, 2023 |  |
| Syndi Health | Outcome-driven digital health support recommendation platform using machine learning and digital phenotyping - starting in mental health. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Feb 06, 2023 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [IPGL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ipgl) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Norrsken VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norrsken-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Clearance Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clearance-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founders Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-factory) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Neo Kuma Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-kuma-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Tate

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Tate is a collection of four galleries that house national collections of British and international art. It consists of Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool, and Tate St Ives. It also has an online presence in the form of Tate Online. Its mission is to increase public knowledge, understanding, and enjoyment of British, modern, and contemporaryart.Tate was founded in 1897 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

5 contacts available at Tate.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alan Lau | Co-Chair, Asia Pacific Acquisition Committee | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-lau |
| Anna Lowe | Trustee | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anna-lowe |
| Gabrielle Hase | Non Executive Director, Tate Enterprises | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gabrielle-hase |
| Hilary Knight | Director of Digital | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hilary-knight-54ba |
| Marian Gazdik | Member, Acquisition Committee (REEAC) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marian-gazdik |

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## FAQ

### What does Roland Rudd invest in?

Roland Rudd invests primarily in Energy, Health Care and Energy Storage 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.

### When did Roland Rudd last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Roland Rudd closed in Jul 2025. 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.

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