# Will Hobhouse

> Will Hobhouse is a seed investor in Watford backing Baby and Retail. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Watford, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-hobhouse-5a109b10

Will Hobhouse is a well known UK retail entrepreneur who has led many household brands from start-up phase through rapid expansion to international markets and in some cases to IPO. These include Whittards, Jack Wills, TieRack, and Explore Learning.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Baby | 1 | 33% |
| Retail | 1 | 33% |
| Shopping | 1 | 33% |
| Education | 1 | 33% |
| E-Learning | 1 | 33% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Angel | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mamamade | Mamamade is a community-driven organic, plant-based infant meal company. | $400K | Seed | Sep 04, 2020 |  |
| Cornerstone | Cornerstone is a regular delivery service of razor blades and shaving supplies for men. Its service include German-engineered razors and British-blended skincare products. Cornerstone was founded in January 2013 and is based in London, United Kingdom. |  |  | Aug 06, 2017 |  |
| Third Space Learning | TSL has built an online learning platform that recruits and trains a global community of online teachers from across emerging markets to make online one-to-one learning accessible to children around the world. Central to TSL's model is the creation of intelligent tutor training programmes to manage performance at scale. In parallel, the TSLplatform hosts learning programmes that integrate the best of digital resources and assessment with one-to-one tuition, designed to target specific student markets by subject, age or curricula. Tuition is a $200bn global industry that tends to serve the wealthy minority. TSL's goal is to serve the under-served majority, aligning a social mission with the greatest market opportunity. |  | Angel |  |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Calculus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/calculus-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Will Hobhouse invest in?

Will Hobhouse invests primarily in Baby, Retail and Shopping startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 3 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 Will Hobhouse?

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### When did Will Hobhouse last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Will Hobhouse closed in Sep 2020. Shizune tracks 3 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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