Sir Stuart Rose
Director @ Woolworths Holdings Ltd.
Gosport, United Kingdom
Sir Stuart Rose is a seed investor at Woolworths Holdings Ltd. in Gosport focused on Software and B2C. Rose first joined Marks & Spencer in 1972, as a management trainee. Rose remained with Marks & Spencer until 1989, when he joined the Burton Group as Chief Executive in 1994. The Burton Group demerged, forming the Arcadia and Debenhams businesses.In 1997, he joined Argos as Chief Executive, where he was charged with defending thecompany against a takeover bid from the home shopping giant, Great Universal Stores (GUS). Ultimately, GUS did succeed in taking control of Argos, although Rose was widely praised for negotiating an increased price for the retailer.In a turbulent time in its history, Rose became the Chief Executive of Booker plc, where he oversaw the merger of the company with Iceland to form the Big Food Group.Rose joined the Arcadia Group in 2000 as Chief Executive and left in 2002 following its acquisition. Rose turned around the fortunes of the Arcadia Group, and sold the group for over £800m, netting himself around £25m as part of the deal.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
Last updated:
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Industries Sir Stuart Rose invests in
Stages Sir Stuart Rose invests in
Countries Sir Stuart Rose invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $2.1M–$6.8M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (33%)
- B2C 1 (17%)
- Energy 1 (17%)
- FinTech 1 (17%)
- Finance 1 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (33%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (17%)
- Series A 1 (17%)
- Series B 1 (17%)
- Funding Round 1 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Sunsave
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Sunsave is a subscription-based platform that helps households to save solar battery system. | $17.5M / Series A / Jul 21, 2025 | |
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Sunsave
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Sunsave is a subscription-based platform that helps households to save solar battery system. | $6.8M / Seed / Dec 05, 2023 | |
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Sunsave
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Sunsave is a subscription-based platform that helps households to save solar battery system. | $5.1M / Pre-Seed / Feb 01, 2022 | |
Netwealth
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Netwealth is an online wealth management service that brings together a highly qualified team, a powerful online service, and a robust investment framework. It can be accessed online via financial technology or with one of the company's financial advisers. The Netwealth service is provided at a substantially lower cost than traditional wealthmanagers.Netwealth was founded on 2015 and is based in London. | $15.6M / Mar 29, 2021 | |
Glasswall
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Glasswall is a cyber security software company. Its technology is designed to regenerate files and documents to a standard of 'known good' and deliver proactive protection. The company's software remediates file structures back into line with their published specification, removes risky Active Content, and regenerates files inmilliseconds in their original file format with visual content completely untouched, thereby, enabling companies to eliminate cyber threats and deliver safe, usable documents in their native format. | $24M / Series B / Dec 30, 2020 | |
Taggstar
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There’s nothing stronger than recommendations, ratings and real sales from others to influence how we shop and buy. We deliver real-time, social proof messages for eCommerce sites, showing online shopping trends as useful, actionable information to improve customer engagement and increase sales. Our real-time messages give consumers the confidenceto make better-informed buying decisions. Taggstar's A/B tests statistically prove that customers are up to 12% more likely to buy when their confidence is boosted with product trends and good product reviews.Our real-time product messages are used by Very.co.uk, Littlewoods.com, Jacamo.co.uk, SimpleBe.co.uk, JDWilliams.co.uk, Missguided.co.uk, In The Style, Matalan, TUI UK & Ireland, Hotter, TeletextHolidays.co.uk, Victorian Plumbing and more international eCommerce brands. Taggstar is based in London, and was founded by Fraser Robinson who was formerly Managing Director, Commercial & Media, at lastminute.com. | $2.1M / Seed / Sep 25, 2012 |
Co-Investors
About Woolworths Holdings Ltd.
Woolworths Holdings Ltd. operates as a retail company.
Woolworths Holdings Ltd. Contacts
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Roy Bagattini
Group Chief Executive Officer
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Sir Stuart Rose
Director
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FAQ
What does Sir Stuart Rose invest in?
Sir Stuart Rose invests primarily in Software, B2C and Energy startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Sir Stuart Rose's check size?
Sir Stuart Rose typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$6.8M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sir Stuart Rose participates in.
When did Sir Stuart Rose last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Sir Stuart Rose closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 6 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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