# Vela Technologies

> Vela Technologies is a VC fund in London backing Mining and Travel. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vela-technologies
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/velatechplc
- Website: http://www.velatechplc.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/velatechplc

Vela Technologies is a VC fund in London focused on Mining and Travel. Vela Technologies was established with a view to seeking out a range of investments within the technology field, focusing on companies that have identified areas of business or sectors which could be disrupted by either the development of new or use of existing technologies.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mining | 1 | 25% |
| Travel | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |
| Delivery | 1 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |
| Post-IPO Debt | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 50% |
| Liberia | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Antony Laiker | Executive Director | 0 | — |
| Nigel Brent Fitzpatrick | Non-Executive Chairman | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VibePay | VibePay is an online payment platform that allows users to send and receive money without incurring fees. It provides tools for generating payment links, buttons, and QR codes, enabling quick and easy transactions for businesses and customers. The platform simplifies financial management by consolidating payment requests and streamlining thepayment process. VibePay caters to various business needs, ensuring that sales teams can efficiently handle transactions and improve cash flow. By offering a user-friendly interface, VibePay enhances the overall payment experience for both sellers and buyers. | $6.5M |  | Nov 01, 2024 |  |
| Hamak Strategy | Hamak Strategy is a mining exploration and development company. | $390.3K | Post-IPO Debt | Jul 17, 2024 |  |
| VibePay | VibePay is an online payment platform that allows users to send and receive money without incurring fees. It provides tools for generating payment links, buttons, and QR codes, enabling quick and easy transactions for businesses and customers. The platform simplifies financial management by consolidating payment requests and streamlining thepayment process. VibePay caters to various business needs, ensuring that sales teams can efficiently handle transactions and improve cash flow. By offering a user-friendly interface, VibePay enhances the overall payment experience for both sellers and buyers. | $1.6M | Seed | Apr 16, 2020 |  |
| AirPortr | AirPortr is a London-based technology company that works closely with the airline industry to develop and deliver innovative services that help passengers and their luggage travel to and through airports more freely. Our vision is to make global air travel simpler and easier.In late 2016, the company launched a world first airline integrated homebag check-in and delivery service with British Airways. The digital service moved the bag drop desk online and has done away with traditional check-in at the airport. Having booked via a partner airline channel, it allows air passengers to check-in their bags with a vetted delivery driver, powered by AirPortr's technology. Leaving passengers free to travel to, and through, the airport at their leisure – only needing to collect their bags from baggage reclaim when they land. The product delivers operating benefits to airlines and airports, introducing baggage to the system early, reducing queues at peak times, and enabling bags to bypass expensive to operate landside terminal areas. AirPortr is starting to be recognised as a positive disrupter to traditional thinking and design of airports - with the potential to improve capacity at scale with its distributed network of baggage input points. The service has been identified as being totally aligned to IATA and ACI's NEXTT strategy and vision for the future of air travel. AirPortr now works with 7 leading airline brands including Virgin Atlantic and easyJet, across 3 large UK airports - and is growing rapidly, with more airlines and airports in the pipeline for 2019. | $8.6M | Series A | Aug 16, 2019 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Candy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/candy-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Force Over Mass Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/force-over-mass-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hargreave Hale Aim VCT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hargreave-hale-aim-vcts) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [JamJar Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jamjar-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Esken — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Vela Technologies invest in?

Vela Technologies invests primarily in Mining, Travel and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 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 Vela Technologies?

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### Who are the partners at Vela Technologies?

The team at Vela Technologies includes Antony Laiker (Executive Director) and Nigel Brent Fitzpatrick (Non-Executive Chairman). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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