# Sarah Barber

> Sarah Barber is a pre-seed investor at Jenson Funding Partners (London) backing Software and SaaS. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Jenson Funding Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jenson-funding-partners)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/sarah-barber-269526b

Sarah Barber is a pre-seed investor at Jenson Funding Partners in London focused on Software and SaaS. Sarah Barber is the Chief Executive Officer at Jenson Funding Partners. Sarah Barber attended Lancaster University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 39% |
| SaaS | 3 | 17% |
| Retail | 2 | 11% |
| Travel | 2 | 11% |
| Fashion | 2 | 11% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 10 | 56% |
| Seed | 6 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 16 | 89% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Yond | Yond is taking a risk by integrating social commerce into the core of the travel booking process, with the goal of completely changing the travel industry. | $192.2K | Pre-Seed | Jul 08, 2024 |  |
| Delega | Digitization of Signatory Management Powers for Multi-Bank Organisations.Innovation via collaboration. Managing signatory rights is a well-known challenge for both corporates and banks around the world. But until recently, little progress has been made in creating innovative, integrated solutions to this issue. We believe that an industryproblems need industry solutions. That’s why Delega is harnessing the power of co-creation to build a solution that works for all parties. | $250K | Seed | Jun 28, 2023 |  |
| RezKit | RezKit is a travel booking systems helps shopkeepers and online retailers can operate efficiently and profitably thanks to a wide variety of instruments at their disposal. | $319.3K | Seed | Jun 21, 2023 |  |
| Swoperz | Swoperz is a shopping outlet where kids between the ages of 6 and 16 can exchange garments at any time. | $314K | Pre-Seed | Jun 08, 2023 |  |
| Hawkr | Hawkr develops a digital platform for merchandising at live shows. | $323.5K | Seed | Apr 20, 2023 |  |
| Permia Sensing | Permia Sensing provides field testing to detect Red Palm Weevil (RPW) larvae in coconut palm trees. This insect is known to damage an estimated 10% of the world's coconut yield, which amounts to approximately £450 million per year. Because it has attacked about 40 palm species in 60 countries, the World Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO) has declared RPW a global threat to the food industry. If RPW is detected within the first two weeks of infestation, chemical treatments are effective. Our field-tested IoT technology was created at the Morph Lab of the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London, a World Top 10 University in the United Kingdom. | $309.7K | Pre-Seed | Mar 30, 2023 |  |
| SphereTrax | SphereTrax is a cutting-edge label, an avant-garde marketplace, and a meticulously curated portfolio of premium soundtracks and tunes. disrupting and redefining how music is used in trailers, advertising, games, TV shows, games, VR, AR, and XR formats. | $305.6K | Pre-Seed | Mar 21, 2023 |  |
| SafeAP | SafeAP is a novel approach to matching qualified aesthetic practitioners with clients looking for non-surgical cosmetic treatments. | $298.7K | Pre-Seed | Mar 02, 2023 |  |
| eTEU | eTEU is a startup that works on documentation process optimisation and digitalisation in the maritime logistics industry. Our solution allows freight shippers, freight forwarders as well as other members of international supply chain to significantly decrease administrative expenses and to optimise their operations.We achieve this by automatingthe process of trade documentation drafting, as the result significantly reducing amount of time required to organise a cross border shipment. We also connect different members of international supply chain to the single blockchain based platform, helping to break information silos, and enabling transition from inefficient paper-based documentation to management of shipment in the digital format. |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 23, 2023 |  |
| Artisio | Intelligent, cloud based technology and high-performance AMS delivers powerful front to back functionality across mobile and desktop platforms, from Inventory management and a versatile CRM, through to seamless online auction integration and payment solutions. Artisio is affordable and scalable to growing business needs, managing auction assetsand client data securely whilst providing marketing insights and analytics driven by next generation Deep Learning AI.If you work in the auction industry you’ll know better than anyone that time is money. But finding the right solution to the unique challenges of running an auction house hasn’t always been easy . . . until now. | $305.5K | Pre-Seed | Feb 02, 2023 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Boost Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boost-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Capital Pilot](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-pilot) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Larix Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/larix-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pinto Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pinto-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Jenson Funding Partners

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Jenson Funding Partners LLP (Jenson) was founded in 2012 by Paul Jenkinson and Sarah Barber from Jenson Solutions Ltd., a network of finance directors who continue to provide support to the investee companies. Since 2012, they have launched five SEIS and four EIS funds. They are now in the 10th tranche and have invested £16 million in 100entrepreneurial UK businesses that have typically launched their product or service and are typically close to or past revenue. In addition, they have supported 20 follow-on funding rounds, all at a premium to the initial launch cost. They have recently become FCA-authorized and have split our SEIS and EIS funds into two separate funds, retaining the same ethos and strategy across both evergreen funds.

3 contacts available at Jenson Funding Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sarah Barber | Founder & Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sarah-barber |
| Paul Jenkinson | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-jenkinson-0dd4 |
| Stuart Gilmore | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stuart-gilmore |

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## FAQ

### What does Sarah Barber invest in?

Sarah Barber invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Retail startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 18 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 Sarah Barber last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sarah Barber closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 18 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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