# Simon Nixon

> Simon Nixon is a Series A investor at Moneysupermarket backing Marketplace and Financial Services. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Moneysupermarket](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moneysupermarket)
- Location: Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Dec 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-nixon-515a34198
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/simonnixon

Simon Nixon is a Series A investor at Moneysupermarket in Shrewsbury focused on Marketplace and Financial Services. Simon Nixon is the Founder of Moneysupermarket Group. He attended the University of Nottingham.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$5M |
| Series A | $5M–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marketplace | 4 | 36% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 27% |
| Banking | 2 | 18% |
| FinTech | 2 | 18% |
| Insurance | 2 | 18% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 45% |
| Seed | 3 | 27% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 18% |
| Series B | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 36% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 27% |
| Chile | 1 | 9% |
| Canada | 1 | 9% |
| Germany | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zilch | Zilch is a direct-to-consumer ad-subsidised payments network. Zilch is a payment service that allows users to buy now and pay over 6 weeks with 0% APR and no fees. Users can also earn rewards for paying in full. Zilch distinguishes itself from the established fintech industry by generating profitable global revenue, delivering unparalleled value toboth customers and marketers. | $30M | Series B | Dec 16, 2020 |  |
| Let’s Do This | Let’s Do This is an online marketplace that features almost every endurance event on the planet. It helps race organizers to reach an engaged community of participants and endurance sports enthusiasts, offering a dedicated platform to provide detailed event information, news, and special offers. Find and book the best running, triathlon, cyclingand obstacle events in the UK and around the world. Whether it's a 5k fun run or tenth Ironman Triathlon, Let's Do This is the best place to find the perfect race.It was founded in 2016 by Alex Rose and Sam Browne who are both passionate runners and cyclists. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California with an office in London, United Kingdom. | $5M | Seed | Sep 04, 2019 |  |
| AllPlants | AllPlants operates as UK's vegan meal delivery service. All their packaging is 100% recyclable, partly compostable, and mostly reusable. They’re creating delicious dinners to inspire more plant-based living, so people + planet thrive together. To start that journey, They’re delivering their hand-prepared meals to doorsteps UK-wide. | $9.6M | Series A | Sep 19, 2018 |  |
| RateHub.ca | RateHub.ca is a team of digital marketers, developers, product managers, designers and content creators hacking away at our website, RateHub.ca, Canada’s leading financial product comparison platform. Right now we are killing it with mortgage comparisons (seriously, Google “mortgage rates”) but are soon expanding into credit card and otherfinancial product comparisons. | $12M | Series A | Jan 15, 2018 |  |
| Zyper | Zyper is a machine learning-led community marketing software that helps brands connect with their fans, and fans connect with each other. The platform wants to re-create social networks for brands by connecting them to their top fans to drive engagement, insights, and sales. It enables brands to identify and engage with their top 1% of fans andbuild a community of active brand advocates.Zyper was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. | $2M | Seed | Sep 02, 2017 |  |
| NEXT Trucking | NEXT Trucking, a FreightTech pioneer and drayage leader, offers premium shipping experiences to many of the world’s best-known companies. NEXT’s platform connects shippers with freight capacity across drayage, transload, and OTR. Headquartered in El Segundo, CA, NEXT is venture-backed by leaders such as Brookfield Ventures, GLP, and SequoiaCapital. For more information, visit www.nexttrucking.com. | $5M | Series A | Mar 15, 2017 |  |
| Savedo | Based in Berlin, Germany, Savedo is a European online marketplace for retail investment products that ensures safely deposited savings and better interest rates across the European Union. The platform supports the involved banks by handling their customer services and providing standardized account documents. Savedo enables its clients to easilyinvest across Europe without having to travel to the respective European country. Launched in 2014, Savedo’s team is comprised of experienced international finance specialists and online professionals. | $2M |  | Jun 21, 2016 |  |
| The Zebra | The Zebra operates as an online insurance comparison marketplace. It provides rates and educational resources to inform consumers and help them find the coverage, service level, and pricing to suit their unique needs, while simultaneously helping insurance companies connect with the consumers they best serve in today’s digital world.The companywas founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. | $17M | Series A | Jan 26, 2016 |  |
| ComparaOnline | ComparaOnline is a price comparison platform allowing customers to make an informed decision when purchasing complex financial products, while optimizing customer acquisition for financial companies. It is designed for insurance and financial products.ComparaOnline also has experience in sales execution, saving customer`s time, and improving theuser experience. It partners with banks and insurance providers.ComparaOnline was launched in 2009 by Sebastian Valin and is based in Santiago. | $3M |  | Dec 18, 2013 |  |
| The Zebra | The Zebra operates as an online insurance comparison marketplace. It provides rates and educational resources to inform consumers and help them find the coverage, service level, and pricing to suit their unique needs, while simultaneously helping insurance companies connect with the consumers they best serve in today’s digital world.The companywas founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. | $4.5M | Seed | Dec 06, 2013 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Floodgate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/floodgate) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ballast Point Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ballast-point-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Birchmere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/birchmere-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [China Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/china-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Daher Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daher-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Downing Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/downing-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Moneysupermarket

VC Fund · Newmarket, United Kingdom

The UK's number one comparison site since 1999. Listed on the FTSE 250. Compare cheap loans, mortgages and credit cards and apply online. Home & car insurance quotes. Thousands of deals compared.

4 contacts available at Moneysupermarket.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jim Davies | Head Of DevOps | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-davies-3939 |
| Martin Lewis | Chief Editor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-lewis |
| Robin Klein | Non Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robin-klein |
| Simon Nixon | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-nixon |

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## FAQ

### What does Simon Nixon invest in?

Simon Nixon invests primarily in Marketplace, Financial Services and Banking startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 11 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 Nixon's check size?

Simon Nixon typically joins rounds of $2M–$5M at Seed and $5M–$17M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Simon Nixon participates in.

### When did Simon Nixon last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Simon Nixon closed in Dec 2020. Shizune tracks 11 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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