# Thomas Teichman

> Thomas Teichman is a seed investor at Spark Ventures (London) backing E-Commerce and CRM. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Spark Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spark-ventures)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-teichman-b00673161/

Thomas Teichman is a seed investor at Spark Ventures in London focused on E-Commerce and CRM. Tom is the Chairman of SPARK Venture Management and has a long track record in backing, chairing and developing some of Europe’s most successful internet, technology, music, games and software businesses. Additionally, he has 20 years’ prior investment banking experience acquired at Credit Suisse, Bank of Montreal Nesbitt and Mitsubishi Bank,where he held various positions including Head of Corporate Finance, Trading and Syndicate. Tom was Executive Chairman of SPARK Ventures plc for 10 years until 2011 and now chairs SPARK Venture Management, which manages the SPARK Ventures plc portfolio and other significant technology and life sciences portfolios including funds from major institutions and 27 Oxford University colleges and the UK Government. Tom has operated hands-on after his City days in many small and fast growing businesses from start up to IPO or trade sale. Thus, unusually, he combines awareness of the capital markets and the M&A environments with that of entrepreneurial, rapid growth companies with mould-breaking ideas.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 33% |
| CRM | 1 | 17% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| Mobile | 1 | 17% |
| Retail | 1 | 17% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Angel | 1 | 17% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Doctify | Doctify is a high-growth HeathTech company revolutionizing the global healthcare market. Having expanded into 4 markets with an ambitious growth plan over the coming year. Doctify has developed a first-of-its-kind healthcare-specific patient feedback and review product allowing healthcare providers to drive improvements in patient care on a dailybasis. Our technology allows healthcare providers to collect and digitize patient feedback and publish it through multiple channels (both externally and internally). The SaaS tool provides insights and analytics into the care they provide. It means for the first time patients can read real-time verified feedback for a hospital, clinic, or doctor for a specific condition or procedure. | $7.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 13, 2021 |  |
| Popsa | Popsa sits at the intersection of AI, photos and B2C. According to Deloitte, it is one of the UK’s fastest-growing tech startups, and in both 2022 and 2023 the Financial Times ranked Popsa in the Top 20 fastest-growing software companies in the whole of Europe. Popsa is developing generative AI technology and AI agents that generate personalisedproducts for consumers based on the data contained in their own photos, therefore removing countless anxieties and manual tasks usually associated with personalisation, and empowering everyday people with professional storytelling techniques for the first time.Its award-winning app has made printing memories so easy and accessible that anyone can do it. As a result, the company receives 18,000 orders every week, increasing to 80,000 during Q4.Popsa's native iOS and Android apps are available in 12 languages – attracting more than 8 million users to date – and they ship to 50 countries around the world. Only 15% of Popsa’s revenue comes from the UK (France is their top market whilst the US is the fastest growing).People come to Popsa to create photobooks and other products, but what Popsa really does is help them process their lives and relationships through reflection on their photos. The company's longer term ambition is to become a global destination; a space to explore all of life’s moments and the emotions that come with them – not just the highlights. So holidays, but also lazy days and sad days too. Popsa believes the more you reflect, the better you understand yourself and your connections with others. | $1.1M | Seed | May 01, 2017 |  |
| Popsa | Popsa sits at the intersection of AI, photos and B2C. According to Deloitte, it is one of the UK’s fastest-growing tech startups, and in both 2022 and 2023 the Financial Times ranked Popsa in the Top 20 fastest-growing software companies in the whole of Europe. Popsa is developing generative AI technology and AI agents that generate personalisedproducts for consumers based on the data contained in their own photos, therefore removing countless anxieties and manual tasks usually associated with personalisation, and empowering everyday people with professional storytelling techniques for the first time.Its award-winning app has made printing memories so easy and accessible that anyone can do it. As a result, the company receives 18,000 orders every week, increasing to 80,000 during Q4.Popsa's native iOS and Android apps are available in 12 languages – attracting more than 8 million users to date – and they ship to 50 countries around the world. Only 15% of Popsa’s revenue comes from the UK (France is their top market whilst the US is the fastest growing).People come to Popsa to create photobooks and other products, but what Popsa really does is help them process their lives and relationships through reflection on their photos. The company's longer term ambition is to become a global destination; a space to explore all of life’s moments and the emotions that come with them – not just the highlights. So holidays, but also lazy days and sad days too. Popsa believes the more you reflect, the better you understand yourself and your connections with others. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | May 01, 2017 |  |
| Simba Sleep | Simba Sleep is an e-commerce company that offers a variety of mattresses. It brings together thousands of super-light comfort springs and support from precision-engineered foam in perfect harmony.The company is driven by a mission is to bring the importance of sleep back into focus, and help everyone wake up winning. Simba Sleep was founded in2015 and is headquartered in London, England. | $6.5M |  | Oct 13, 2016 |  |
| Simba Sleep | Simba Sleep is an e-commerce company that offers a variety of mattresses. It brings together thousands of super-light comfort springs and support from precision-engineered foam in perfect harmony.The company is driven by a mission is to bring the importance of sleep back into focus, and help everyone wake up winning. Simba Sleep was founded in2015 and is headquartered in London, England. | $1.5M | Series A | Feb 10, 2016 |  |
| Squawka | Squawka is a web based second screen platform for viewers of live televised sport that provides consumers with both real time statistics on the matches/players they are watching alongside social chat, allowing interaction with others while expressing feelings and informed opinion on the game. After extensive analysis of over 200 matches,Squawka has developed its own unique player performance index, which analyses over 2,500,000 on-ball actions in real time to display the performance of each player. Since launching into public beta on the 11th June 2012, Squawka has received critical acclaim from the sports press (Football365.com, TEAMtalk, Shoot Magazine), consumer national press (The People), technology/web press (Stuff Magazine, Web User, PocketLint) as well as digital advertising agencies (MediaCom, Arena Media, BBDO), multinational brands (Dominos, Red Bull, Paddy Power) and most importantly of all, users. | $3M | Angel | Apr 17, 2014 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Amadeus Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amadeus-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Forward Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forward-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Guinness Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guinness-asset-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Guinness Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guinness-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JamJar Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jamjar-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Keen Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keen-venture-partners-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Spark Ventures

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

SPARK Ventures, formerly NewMediaSpark, is an early-stage venture capital investor in Europe, providing equity investment to high growth technology, media and healthcare companies in the UK and Europe. SPARK Ventures has been investing in early-stage businesses for 12 years and has a wealth of expertise in backing and developing companiesfrom start-up through to eventual trade sale or IPO.

5 contacts available at Spark Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kiko Duffy | Founder and Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiko-duffy |
| Thomas Teichman | Chairman and Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-teichman |
| Andy Betton | Financial Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-betton |
| Jonathan Gee | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-gee |
| Martin Williams | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-williams-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Thomas Teichman invest in?

Thomas Teichman invests primarily in E-Commerce, CRM and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Angel 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.

### When did Thomas Teichman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Thomas Teichman closed in Apr 2021. 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?

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