# Trevor Hope > Trevor Hope is a funding round investor at Mobeus Equity Partners backing Software. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Mobeus Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mobeus-equity-partners) - Total investments: 12 - Last investment: May 2024 - Lead investor: 75% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/trevor-hope/0/173/17a Trevor Hope is a funding round investor at Mobeus Equity Partners focused on Software and Information Technology. As Chief Investment Officer, Trevor heads the UK investment team and sits on the investment committees for all of the firm’s UK funds. He has over 15 years’ investment experience and has particular expertise in digital media, software and business services.Trevor is a non-executive director for Celebrus, Think, SPC International, SkillsMatter andMatsSoft and is chairman of InSkin Media. Previous transactions with Beringea include Fjord, ILG, Gyro, Nectar and Notability Solutions.Prior to joining Beringea in 2003, Trevor spent six years at 3i plc and worked in corporate finance for both Barclays and The Royal Bank of Scotland.Trevor has worked in both the US and the UK. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and has an MBA from Exeter University. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Software | 5 | 42% | | Information Technology | 3 | 25% | | SaaS | 2 | 17% | | Big Data | 2 | 17% | | Consulting | 2 | 17% | 28 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Funding Round | 5 | 42% | | Series A | 2 | 17% | | Series B | 2 | 17% | | Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 17% | | Series C | 1 | 8% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | United Kingdom | 6 | 50% | | United States | 2 | 17% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ActiveNav | ActiveNav is the data privacy and governance software provider and innovator of DMaaS (Data Mapping as a Service.) With ActiveNav, enterprises, federal agencies, and public sector entities can map, clean, classify, quarantine, and delete sensitive, redundant, obsolete, and trivial data. Hundreds of leading companies and government agencies trustActiveNav to help them control sensitive data and support compliance with various data privacy regulations such as the CCPA and GDPR. ActiveNav is headquartered in the DC metro area and has offices in Europe and Australia. For more information, please visit ActiveNav.com or follow the company on Twitter and LinkedIn. | $8M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 23, 2024 | | | Vet’s Klinic | Vet’s Klinic offers high-quality pet care at flexible prices. | | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 30, 2021 | | | MyOptique Group | The MyOptique Group is revolutionising the £20bn European optical industry by cutting out the high street middle man – and providing its customers a superior service and significant savings. The group is the clear European leader in the growing online optical segment with a full offering covering all three major segments in the eyewear market -prescription glasses, sunglasses and contact lenses via its online retail brands Glasses Direct, Sunglasses Shop, MyOptique.com, LensOn, Netzoptiker, Eyewearbrands and Lensbest.de. More than two-thirds of sales are outside of the UK market. It carries over 150 brands and 7,000 styles. | $26.2M | | Aug 17, 2015 | | | MyOptique Group | The MyOptique Group is revolutionising the £20bn European optical industry by cutting out the high street middle man – and providing its customers a superior service and significant savings. The group is the clear European leader in the growing online optical segment with a full offering covering all three major segments in the eyewear market -prescription glasses, sunglasses and contact lenses via its online retail brands Glasses Direct, Sunglasses Shop, MyOptique.com, LensOn, Netzoptiker, Eyewearbrands and Lensbest.de. More than two-thirds of sales are outside of the UK market. It carries over 150 brands and 7,000 styles. | $20.9M | Series C | Jun 23, 2014 | | | InSkin Media | InSkin Media is an advertising technology business, which develops and trades high-impact, non-intrusive brand advertising formats.InSkin specialises in multi-screen, rich-media display advertising, partners with 190 publishers, works with over 1,000 blue-chip brand clients and delivers campaigns to more than 1,000 premium websites, globally.Since its launch in the UK in 2009, InSkin has grown from start-up into profitable, international business, employing 110 staff across its London, Hamburg, Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai offices.The company’s expansion across Europe, APAC and MENA has been recognised by multiple high-growth awards. InSkin was named as a National Champion in the European Business Awards 2016/17, and has featured in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100, the Media Momentum Awards, and the Deloitte Technology Fast 500. InSkin's commercial success is built on our focus on technology, creativity, and superior quality in display advertising. | $2.6M | | Oct 22, 2012 | | | MatsSoft | MatsSoft is a software company specialising in developing hosted SaaS business process management, workflow and customer and communications solutions, complete with comprehensive suite of management information and configuration tools. | $3.5M | | Mar 17, 2011 | | | ActiveNav | ActiveNav is the data privacy and governance software provider and innovator of DMaaS (Data Mapping as a Service.) With ActiveNav, enterprises, federal agencies, and public sector entities can map, clean, classify, quarantine, and delete sensitive, redundant, obsolete, and trivial data. Hundreds of leading companies and government agencies trustActiveNav to help them control sensitive data and support compliance with various data privacy regulations such as the CCPA and GDPR. ActiveNav is headquartered in the DC metro area and has offices in Europe and Australia. For more information, please visit ActiveNav.com or follow the company on Twitter and LinkedIn. | $11M | Series A | | | | Preservica | Preservica enables organisations to protect and future-proof critical digital information - driving innovation, confidently meeting compliance and legal requirements, and safeguarding digital content of unique cultural and brand importance. Available in the cloud or on premise, their digital preservation and access software tackles the uniquechallenges of ensuring digital information remains accessible and trustworthy over decades. | $3.9M | | | | | Big Data Partnership | Big Data Partnership helps organisations across all industries become more data driven through data science and the adoption of new generation big data technologies rapidly and at low risk.Companies are generating data at a faster rate than ever before and are continuing to outpace the growth of storage capacity. A significant proportion of thedriving force behind this explosive growth is in form of unstructured data which has been created from relatively new sources including social networks, mobile content, and machine data, all of which create massive complex data sets. In an information society where data is now the new currency, we firmly believe that making sense of this data in an economically viable way will drive new revenue streams and give our clients competitive advantage that were never before possible using traditional data warehouse and business intelligence solutions. We help you Discover why and how to become data driven; we work with you to Develop and prove the value of this approach; we Deliver cost effective solutions which exploit faster and more scalable technology. We reduce risk by Training your staff in the necessary new skills and by providing Support.Their consultants are fully certified industry experts, and have worked extensively with Big Data technologies and toolsets including Hadoop and its ecosystem, Cassandra, Couchbase, Storm, Spark, Elasticsearch and others to provide scalable and reliable data solutions. | $4.1M | Series B | | | | Big Data Partnership | Big Data Partnership helps organisations across all industries become more data driven through data science and the adoption of new generation big data technologies rapidly and at low risk.Companies are generating data at a faster rate than ever before and are continuing to outpace the growth of storage capacity. A significant proportion of thedriving force behind this explosive growth is in form of unstructured data which has been created from relatively new sources including social networks, mobile content, and machine data, all of which create massive complex data sets. In an information society where data is now the new currency, we firmly believe that making sense of this data in an economically viable way will drive new revenue streams and give our clients competitive advantage that were never before possible using traditional data warehouse and business intelligence solutions. We help you Discover why and how to become data driven; we work with you to Develop and prove the value of this approach; we Deliver cost effective solutions which exploit faster and more scalable technology. We reduce risk by Training your staff in the necessary new skills and by providing Support.Their consultants are fully certified industry experts, and have worked extensively with Big Data technologies and toolsets including Hadoop and its ecosystem, Cassandra, Couchbase, Storm, Spark, Elasticsearch and others to provide scalable and reliable data solutions. | $1.7M | Series A | | | 10 of 12 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Korys](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korys) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Acton Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acton-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Cipio Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cipio-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Mobeus Equity Partners VC Fund · London, United Kingdom Mobeus Equity Partners is a provider of finance to SMEs. They invest up to £15 million into UK based companies across all sectors.They provide attractive and flexible funding packages that include equity and loan finance. They are very experienced investors who have a strong reputation for delivering on their promises and they know what it takesto get a deal done. 5 contacts available at Mobeus Equity Partners. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Ashley Broomberg | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashley-broomberg | | Christopher Price | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-price-f45a | | Dominic Draysey | Investment Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dominic-draysey | | Jane Reoch | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jane-reoch | | Trevor Hope | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trevor-hope | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund - [SFC Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-funding-club) — VC Fund - [HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-tech-gr%C3%BCnderfonds) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Trevor Hope invest in? Trevor Hope invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Funding Round and Series A stage. Most of the 12 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 Trevor Hope last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Trevor Hope closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 12 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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