# Simon Penson

> Simon Penson is a pre-seed investor at Haatch backing Software. See 128 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Haatch](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haatch)
- Total investments: 128
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 46%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonpenson/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/simonpenson
- Website: https://www.haatch.com

Simon Penson is a Partner at Haatch Ventures. He attended Vocational Course from 1999 - 2001.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 25 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 12 | 9% |
| Financial Services | 9 | 7% |
| E-Commerce | 8 | 6% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 8 | 6% |

118 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 57 | 45% |
| Seed | 37 | 29% |
| Series A | 4 | 3% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 2% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 1% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 71 | 55% |
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| Ireland | 2 | 2% |
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| Norway | 1 | 1% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Yaso | Kuai Commerce is a social commerce solutions for brand acceleration. | $11.1M | Series A | Sep 21, 2025 | https://www.kuaicommerce.com/ |
| Trigify | Trigify helps to find the right lead by leveraging and automating the sales triggers. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Aug 15, 2024 | https://www.trigify.io/ |
| Streamkap | Streamkap is a streaming ETL engine that simplifies data streaming to any destination. This allows users to put the relevant data in the proper locations, resulting in cheaper costs and improved compliance. Streamkap is headquartered in San Francisco, California and was founded in 2022. | $2.7M | Seed | Jul 31, 2024 | https://streamkap.com |
| Reach.ly | Reach.ly is a GenAI sales experience platform that helps prepare and enhance data, create landing pages, and write AI icebreakers. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 26, 2024 | https://reach.ly |
| Puppeteer | At Puppeteer, we're on a mission to revolutionize healthcare through the power of Conversational AI. Our cutting-edge technology enables the development of LLM-based healthcare applications, making them intelligent, human-like, and highly efficient.We believe in a future where healthcare conversations are not only efficient but alsoempathetic. Puppeteer is your gateway to creating AI-driven healthcare dialogues that feel human, streamlining workflows, and improving patient experiences. | $570K | Pre-Seed | Jun 13, 2024 | https://getpuppeteer.ai/ |
| Slip | Slip aims to create an omnichannel and frictionless experience for Retailers and their customers. | $3.2M | Seed | Jun 06, 2024 | https://www.tryslip.com/ |
| Triffecta | Triffecta is a media platform that helps brands advertise on many sites at once using AI. |  | Pre-Seed | May 20, 2024 | https://triffecta.com/ |
| GigPig | GigPig is a music and live entertainment marketplace. It supports venues and artists by providing venues to host and artists to play, more gigs every day. | $1.6M | Seed | May 09, 2024 | https://www.gigpig.uk |
| One Tribe Global | One Tribe Global offers environmental conservation services. |  | Seed | Apr 04, 2024 | https://onetribeglobal.com |
| Leafr | Leafr specializes in connecting organizations with freelance sustainability consultants, climate experts, and ESG specialists. It operates as a platform where companies can find and hire professionals for sustainability consultancy and climate-related projects. Leafr aims to facilitate meaningful engagements in the sustainability sector by offeringa network for top-tier professionals to find freelancing roles that impact climate change positively. The platform caters to a diverse range of industries looking to integrate sustainable practices into their operations, providing a bridge between companies seeking specialized knowledge and experts in the field. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 28, 2024 | https://www.leafr.com |

10 of 128 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Act Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/act-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Playfair Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/playfair-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Portfolio Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portfolio-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Sure Valley Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/suir-valley-venture) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Ascension](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascension-ventures-limited) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Avonmore Developments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avonmore-developments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Haatch

VC Fund · Stamford, United Kingdom

We accelerate Pre-seed B2B SaaS companies to their first £1m ARR and build the infrastructure to get to £10m+. We’re experts in Founder-led-sales and building early sales teams. We operate both SEIS & EIS Funds which invest in B2B SaaS companies solving deep pains in the present and/or creating massive impact for organisations.

5 contacts available at Haatch.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Simon Penson | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-penson |
| Charlie Weavers-Wright | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charlie-weavers-wright-d4f0 |
| Elaine Weavers-Wright | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elaine-weavers-wright |
| Frederick Soneya | Co-Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fred-soneya |
| Gauri Kanodia | Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gauri-kanodia |

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## FAQ

### What does Simon Penson invest in?

Simon Penson invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Financial Services startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 128 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Simon Penson?

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### When did Simon Penson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Simon Penson closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 128 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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