Simon Blakey
Co-Founder & Managing Director @ Avonmore Developments
London, United Kingdom
Simon Blakey is a seed investor at Avonmore Developments in London focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Simon is the founder of Avonmore’s Developments and is in charge of its ongoing UK investment interests. He chairs the Investment Committee at Playfair Capital (www.playfaircapital.com) is a member of Cambridge Angels and also sits on the Investment Committee of the £100m UK Angel Co-fund. As well has his business interests, Simon sits on the management board of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia, where he chairs the finance subcommittee and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music
- Total investments:
- 32
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 9%
Last updated:
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Industries Simon Blakey invests in
Stages Simon Blakey invests in
Countries Simon Blakey invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 7 (22%)
- Artificial Intelligence 7 (22%)
- Machine Learning 4 (13%)
- Health Care 3 (9%)
- Enterprise Software 3 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 13 (41%)
- Pre-Seed 11 (34%)
- Series A 4 (13%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (3%)
Country
- United Kingdom 17 (53%)
- Japan 1 (3%)
- France 1 (3%)
- United States 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Outerlimit is an AI security company focused on securing and governing agentic AI systems. Its platform provides visibility into AI agent activity, identity and access controls, risk assessment, and runtime security. The company helps organizations establish security and governance controls for AI agents operating across enterprise environments and manage their access to applications, data, and systems. | $16.1M / Pre-Seed / Sep 22, 2026 | ||
| Teal is a payroll data API platform building financial data solutions for the credit industry. Payroll is the source of income for most people, it offers the most direct, consistent, and reliable foundation for assessing creditworthiness. Teal’s technology puts this data in the hands of both lenders and borrowers, helping lenders meet regulatoryexpectations, while giving individuals more control over how they access the credit they need.Teal is partnering with payroll and HCM providers to bring more transparency and control to how income data is used across financial services, helping lenders streamline underwriting and perform ongoing income and employment checks. Its modular API architecture ensures faster integration and adaptability, making it easier for lenders to customise Teal to their existing workflows with minimal effort. | $1.9M / Pre-Seed / Jun 10, 2025 | ||
| Mellizyme Biotechnology is currently operating in stealth. | $18.3M / Series A / Mar 05, 2025 | ||
| Kuai Commerce is a social commerce solutions for brand acceleration. | Seed / Jul 26, 2024 | ||
| ZeroRISC operates as a stealth start-up making hardware security foundations transparent and trustworthy. | $5M / Seed / Oct 30, 2023 | ||
| ManholeMetrics is an IoT sensors and analytics start-up on a mission to end flooding and bring wastewater into the 21st Century. We empower infrastructure asset owners and operators with the data and insights to anticipate and proactively respond to flooding. | $396K / Seed / Apr 13, 2023 | ||
| ManholeMetrics is an IoT sensors and analytics start-up on a mission to end flooding and bring wastewater into the 21st Century. We empower infrastructure asset owners and operators with the data and insights to anticipate and proactively respond to flooding. | $378.8K / Pre-Seed / Apr 13, 2023 | ||
| Koala is a French insurtech tackling the issues of the world's sexiest market: travel insurance. Forget everything you know about traditional travel insurance, Koala is swapping out high commissions, low customer value, and bad practices for simplicity, fairness, and customer satisfaction. Koala is building its products from scratch,automating 100% of the operations and compensating travellers instantly! At Koala, we envisage a world where people can travel with an absolute peace of mind knowing they will be taken care of, like no one before, in case of any needs. No hidden fees. No bullshit. Koala is the traveller own personal travel assistant. | $2.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 28, 2023 | ||
| AeroCloud Systems designs cutting-edge IT technologies for the aviation industry. | $12.6M / Series A / Feb 21, 2023 | ||
| Kuai Commerce is a social commerce solutions for brand acceleration. | $2.4M / Pre-Seed / Jan 18, 2023 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Avonmore Developments
Avonmore Developments is the family office of Simon and Michael Blakey that focuses on investments into seed and early-stage businesses, primarily in the UK and Europe. Avonmore has been operating since 2000 and has invested in over 100 funding rounds. Michael Blakey also runs Singapore-based seed fund Cocoon Capital (www.cocooncap.com) that invests in early stage businesses across SE Asia. Simon Blakey is a member of Cambridge Angels, Chairs the Investment Committee of Playfair Capital (www.playfair.vc) and is on the investment committee of the Angel CoFund (www.acfinvestors.com/angel-cofund/) Avonmore's approach to deals is hands-on: mobilising other angel investors, working actively with entrepreneurs post-deal, and coordinating further funding rounds.
Avonmore Developments Contacts
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What does Simon Blakey invest in?
Simon Blakey invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 32 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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