# Simon Levene

> Simon Levene is a Series A investor at Mosaic Ventures backing Artificial Intelligence. See 36 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Mosaic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mosaic-ventures)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 36
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 42%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/slevene/
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Simon Levene is a co-founder and partner of London’s Mosaic Ventures, the Series A focused venture capital firm with over $300M under management. He has spent 20+ years in tech on both sides of the Atlantic, in operations and VC. Notable investments include early bets on Etsy and Squarespace, each now worth several billion.Simon founded Mosaicalongside partner Toby Coppel in 2014, in order to bring their strong Silicon Valley networks and top-level experience to help Europe-based entrepreneurs that have global ambition. Simon began his career on the west coast, co-founding the international business of @Home Network (later Excite@Home). From 2001, Simon spent four years as VP Corp Dev for Yahoo!, moving back to Europe as the continent’s tech ecosystem was gaining momentum.As a VC, Simon joined Accel London as a partner in 2006. During his time at Accel, and later as an angel and venture partner at Index, Simon invested at Series A in Squarespace, Myheritage, ResearchGate, Shapeways, Appcard, Knewton, and Enfore; as well as Etsy and Fotolia at Series B.At Mosaic, Simon focuses on platforms, marketplaces, consumer services, consumerized SaaS and crypto/blockchain. He has led investments in Convoy, Nexar, Blockstream, Veriff, Lyvly and Clue.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $5M–$38M |
| Series B | $5.1M–$30M |
| Series C | $13M–$52M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 14% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 11% |
| Finance | 3 | 8% |
| Internet | 3 | 8% |
| Software | 3 | 8% |

58 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 15 | 42% |
| Series B | 7 | 19% |
| Series C | 4 | 11% |
| Seed | 2 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 14% |
| Germany | 4 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 8% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Sweden | 1 | 3% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Podcastle | Podcastle is an AI-powered audio content creation platform that helps podcasters, bloggers, journalists, content marketers, educators, and other content creators to convert their text content to audio, edit audio content, and achieve production-quality sound within seconds. The company’s goal is to democratize access to audio content tools andserve as a one-stop shop web studio for professional-sounding audio editing. | $13.5M | Series A | Feb 01, 2024 |  |
| Async | Podcastle is an AI-powered content creation platform that helps podcasters, educators, marketers, and other creators to produce professional-quality audio and video content like podcasts and audiobooks. The company’s goal is to democratize access to content creation by offering an end-to-end suite of tools encompassing creation, editing,transcription, voice duplication, and distribution. | $13.5M | Series A | Feb 01, 2024 |  |
| Mavenoid | Mavenoid develops AI-driven support and troubleshooting tools for hardware companies. It works with hardware and consumer electronics companies to automate technical support and onboarding for customers spanning everything from printers and ovens to electric scooters and industrial equipment. | $30M | Series B | Aug 30, 2022 |  |
| Lightyear | Lightyear is a simple and approachable way to invest your money globally without unnecessary barriers and fees. | $25M | Series A | Jul 14, 2022 |  |
| Lightyear | Lightyear is a simple and approachable way to invest your money globally without unnecessary barriers and fees. | $7.8M |  | Sep 15, 2021 |  |
| Lightyear | Lightyear is a simple and approachable way to invest your money globally without unnecessary barriers and fees. | $8.4M | Seed | Sep 15, 2021 |  |
| Veriff | Veriff is an online identity verification company that protects businesses and their customers from online identity fraud. It is a highly automated identity verification platform connecting companies with honest customers.Veriff makes it easy to connect with people to trust. With the combined forces of machine learning and eagle-eyed specialists,Veriff is always two steps ahead of digital fraud. AI speeds up sessions with immediate feedback, while manual checks by their verification gurus nip risks in the bud.Veriff was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia. | $15.5M | Convertible Note | Jul 01, 2020 |  |
| Nexar | Nexar's mission is to reduce the chance of collisions and to make the road safer for everyone. Like a school of fish or a flock of birds, we want to get every car on the road moving safely and smoothly together. Using a Nexar-powered dash cam, AI and inter-vehicle networking, Nexar makes every car a smart car and is building the world’sfirst safe driving network. | $52M | Series C | Apr 30, 2020 |  |
| Mavenoid | Mavenoid develops AI-driven support and troubleshooting tools for hardware companies. It works with hardware and consumer electronics companies to automate technical support and onboarding for customers spanning everything from printers and ovens to electric scooters and industrial equipment. | $8M | Series A | Mar 04, 2020 |  |
| bonify | Bonify, a Berlin based FinTech-Start-up, enables customers to benefit from their credit scoring and financial data. The company gives customers free and easy access to their credit score and let them upload additional relevant data. Then, it offers tools and personalized recommendations to help optimize the customer’s financial situation.Foundedin 2015 by key executives of McKinsey and Zalando, bonify has received significant funding from internationally leading VCs and successful entrepreneurs. |  | Series C | Jul 16, 2019 |  |

10 of 36 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Union Square Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/union-square-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Mosaic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mosaic-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Point Nine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/point-nine-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Aleph](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aleph-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AME Cloud Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ame-cloud-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [DN Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dn-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Mosaic Ventures

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

We back European founders who are reimagining the world with AI. We invest $1-10m at Seed and Series A. Our partners have worked in leading Silicon Valley startups since the dawn of the Internet and have collectively amassed over 50 years in tech on both sides of the Atlantic. We are a small team of investors and startup operators who typicallymake just a small number of new investments per year, so every relationship matters. We appreciate that success is not built overnight; we are in it for the long haul. Read about our thesis-driven approach to investing and what you can expect when working with us on our website.

5 contacts available at Mosaic Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Simon Levene | Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-levene |
| Bart Dessaint | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bart-dessaint |
| Benedict Evans | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benedict-evans |
| Chandar Lal | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chandar-lal-1466 |
| Michael Odai | Chief Operating Officer / General Counsel | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-odai |

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## FAQ

### What does Simon Levene invest in?

Simon Levene invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Finance startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 36 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Simon Levene's check size?

Simon Levene typically joins rounds of $5M–$38M at Series A, $5.1M–$30M at Series B and $13M–$52M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Simon Levene participates in.

### When did Simon Levene last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Simon Levene closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 36 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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