# Top 50 Publishing Angel Investors in United Kingdom in June 2026 ## Alexander Chesterman - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services Alex Chesterman is the Co-Founder of Houseful. Alex Chesterman attended the University College London. ## Simon Franks - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Health Care, Payments Simon Franks is the founder and managing partner of Redbus Ventures and Chairman of the Franks Family Foundation. (www.thefff.org) ## Paul Forster - Type: Angel - Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services Paul Forster is an early-stage investor in the tech sector. He previously worked at Indeed as a Senior Advisor. Paul attended INSEAD, where he earned an MBA. ## Nicolas Julia - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Gaming, Cryptocurrency Nicolas Julia is a Blockchain entrepreneur. He is the CEO at Sorare, the leading platform to collect and play with officially licensed football Crypto-goodsNicolas dedicated his career to Blockchain in 2015, and was previously running operations at Stratumn, a $8M VC-backed blockchain company.Nicolas hosts the meetup Crypto-goods Club, theplace of expression for all Crypto-goods enthusiasts.He believes Crypto-goods will pave the way for a new era of digital ownership and change the internet. ## Peter Hinssen - Type: Angel - Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Apps, SaaS, EBooks Peter Hinssen is the Co-Founder and Partner at Nexxworks. ## Raghav Gupta - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet Entrepreneur, operator, investor and author of the bestselling One to Ten. Currently, Rags is President of Butlr.io and venture partner at Hyperplane. Prior to Butlr, Rags was COO at Humatics, GM EMEA at Ooyala, CCO at Videoplaza (sold to Telstra/Ooyala) and part of the founding management team at Brightcove (IPO). ## Chris Davis - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series C, Seed - Focus: Publishing, EBooks, EdTech Mr. Davis has over 13 years of professional experience in the investment banking, private equity and venture capital industries. He began his career as a systems analyst in the Zurich and Singapore offices of Credit Suisse First Boston working on the development, implementation and maintenance of global accounting, credit risk management and tradesettlement information systems. Mr. Davis then transitioned into a financial advisory roll serving in the High Yield Origination Group of TD Securities’ New York office where he worked on various leveraged finance transactions in the energy, auto parts, media and paper sectors. Since March 2003, Mr. Davis has worked in the private equity and venture capital operations of the Gefinor Group.Mr. Davis received his MBA in the Financial Engineering track of the Sloan School of Management at M.I.T. and Bachelor of Commerce with a major in Information Systems from Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. ## Santiago Fernández López - Type: Angel - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Travel, Content, Publishing Focused on the achievement of happiness, considering all the meanings of the word for the stake holders in a business project, which are: a) Satisfaction for Clients and Providers, b)Profits for Shareholders, c)Motivation for the Team, d) Innovation, social welfare and sustainability for the Community and e) Happiness for my Family. ## Cesc Fabregas - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Video, Sports, Publishing Francesc "Cesc" Fàbregas Soler is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for English club Chelsea and the Spain national team. ## Rene Rechtman - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Series A - Focus: Social Media, Events, Guides René Rechtman has been a successful part of the media, entertainment and tech environment since 1998 both as an entrepreneur and investor. René has completed three significant exits. Most recently, selling Maker Studios to The Walt Disney Company, prior Goviral to AOL and in 2005 leading Tradedoubler to IPO. René has been listed in Wired Europe’sTop 100 most influential list several times. ## Will Neale - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Founder (Grabyo, Fonix). Investor. ## Charlie Songhurst - Type: Angel - Location: Greater Seattle Area, Washington, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics. ## Federico Pirzio-Biroli - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Non Profit, Venture Capital Fede started out as an angel investor in 2010. His portfolio quickly grew, so he built a team around him and thus Playfair Capital was born. We have since gone on to become one of Europe’s most active and well-known early-stage VC funds. Before becoming a technology investor Fede worked for several NGOs in Africa, with a particular focus on aidtransparency. He recently renewed his focus on Africa by relocating to Kenya and becoming an angel investor in East Africa’s burgeoning startup ecosystem. He maintains an active role at Playfair and continues to lead our investment team. ## Sven Fund - Type: Angel - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Publishing, Digital Media, Information Technology Sven Fund - Managing Director @ Fullstopp ## Volker Hirsch - Type: Angel - Location: Macclesfield, Cheshire East, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Apps, EdTech Volker Hirsch is the Co-Founder and Director of Blue Beck Limited. He previously worked at Bibblio as a Chairman & Investor. Volker Hirsch attended the University of Hamburg. ## Paul Field - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Art, Women's, Internet CEO EMEA, TouchCast. Partner, bMuse. Director, Higgaboom. Advisor, Dugout. Advisor to Amaliah and Lead Investor. Board Member and Investor, Inn Style Ltd. Investor, The Memo. Ignite Accelerator Investor and Mentor. Free Word Board Member. Consultant. Ex Daily Mail executive ## Fritz Demopoulos - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Travel, Tourism, Hospitality Fritz Demopoulos has been an entrepreneur and investor within the media and internet industries for over 10 years. He co-founded Qunar.com, China's largest travel internet company; and Shawei.com, China's largest sports internet company. Fritz also had senior positions at Netease and The News Corporation. ## Simon Murdoch - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Finance Simon set up online bookstore Bookpages in 1996 and sold it to Amazon in 1998. As VP Europe for Amazon, he managed huge growth from start-up through to multimillion turnover and hundreds of staff. As an Angel investor, he has invested in Shazam, been chairman of VideoIsland (now merged with and renamed LoveFilm, and purchased in Feb 2011 byAmazon.com), Zoopla! and Shutl (currently chairman).Simon founded and funded FriendsAbroad.com, a social network for developing language skills and contacts abroad which was successfully sold to Lesson Nine GmbH, operators of language learning site Babbel.com. Simon is currently CEO of StormForward, an e-commerce conversion consultancy which helpsonline retailers to increase their online salesand profits. ## Thomas Leysen - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: EBooks, EdTech, Education Mr. Thomas Leysen served as the Managing Director of Umicore NV. Mr. Leysen joined Umicore in 1993. Mr. Leysen served as an Executive Vice President of Umicore SA from 1998 to 2000. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Umicore SA from May 10, 2000 to November 2008. He transformed the former Union Minière, a non-ferrous company in aninternational materials-technology group called Umicore. He started his career in the maritime business in Hamburg, London and Tokyo. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Transcor Group from 1983 to 1988. In 1989, he managed the restructuration of the General Trading Cy, a subsidiary of the Société Générale de Belgique. He has been the Chairman of Umicore SA since November 19, 2008. He has been the Chairman of the Board at KBC Group NV, KBC Bank NV and KBC Insurance since October 1, 2011. He serves as Chairman of Corelio NV, Eurometaux, Corelio Media , and European Association of Metals, Eurométaux. He serves as President and Chairman of the BJA. ## Luc De Vos - Type: Angel - Location: Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Private Equity - Focus: Analytics, Consulting, B2B Luc De Vos is the non-executive director at Hybrid Software Group PLC. Luc De Vos attended KU Leuven. ## Peter Read - Type: Angel - Location: Berkeley, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Toys, Content, E-Commerce Peter is a partner of Read Investments, specializing in commercial real estate acquisitions and development. He is the former Co-Owner of Grocery Outlet Inc., a family-owned retail grocery business with 140 stores located throughout the western states.Mr. Read’s strong affinity with the SF SPCA stems from its progressive and humane commitment tothe lives of dogs and cats, and the example it demonstrates to other animal hospitals and shelters. His animal volunteer background follows in the footsteps of his dear departed wife, Carol Ann Read, through her longtime involvement with the Lindsey Wildlife Museum and the Marine Mammal Center. He is now joined by his two daughters in serving these wonderful causes.Mr. Read has an economics degree from the University of San Francisco. He joined the Board of Directors in 2000. ## Andrin Bachmann - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series C - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace Andrin brings his entrepreneurial spirit and investment experience to Piton. He was a co-founder of Glocalnet, which became Sweden's 3rd largest consumer telecom service provider and was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange before being acquired by Telenor. Following this, he was a partner at M/C Venture Partners - one of the leadingprivate equity investors in the US telecom services space. He was also one of two principals establishing an investment company that became QXL Ricardo PLC's largest shareholder in 2005, and was instrumental in the transformation of QXL leading to its sale to Naspers for around $1.9 billion. ## Joachim Behrendt - Type: Angel - Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: SaaS, Software, Social Media Joachim Behrendt is the Head of the Advisory Board at Vali Berlin. ## Edward Suh - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Mobile Apps, FinTech, Financial Services Edward Suh ## Konstantin Stiskin - Type: Angel - Location: Limassol, Limassol, Cyprus - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Analytics, Apps Konstantin Stiskin is the Co-Founder and Supervisory Board member at Finom. ## Nick Mason - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Social Media, Information Technology, B2B Nicholas Berkeley Mason, CBE is an English drummer and founder member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. ## Dave McClure - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software Dave McClure is the founder of Practical Venture Capital and has been an investor and entrepreneur in Silicon Valley for over twenty-five years. Previously he was the founding partner of 500 Startups, a global VC firm and startup accelerator with over $500M in assets under management. Dave has invested in hundreds of companies around the world,including more than 15 unicorns and 5 IPOs. He was named by Forbes as one of the top VCs in the world in 2016 and 2017 (Forbes Midas List). Before 500 Startups, Dave worked at Founders Fund and PayPal, and he graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in 1988 with a BS in engineering and applied mathematics. ## Christian Faes - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance Christian Faes was previously co-founder and CEO of LendInvest, which is a technology driven mortgage lender and a leading Fintech company. The company has over £3.5 billion of Funds Under Management, and is one of the largest non-bank mortgage lenders in the UK. Now building Faes & Co. ## Will Brooks - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Will Brooks - Founder & Director @ Portfolio Ventures ## Daniel Waterhouse - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Daniel David Waterhouse is based out of London, England and is the General Partner of Balderton Capital. Daniel previously worked at Wellington Partners as a General Partner. Daniel David Waterhouse attended the University of Oxford. ## Antoine Nussenbaum - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage Antoine is a Partner and member of the founding team of Felix Capital. He currently sits on the boards of TravelPerk, Papier, Frichti, Heetch and Urban Massage.He previously was a Partner at Atlas Global, a private equity fund originally part of GLG Partners. Prior to Felix Capital he has worked closely with various early-stage digital startupsincluding Mirakl, Reedsy, 31Dover, Pave.com and actively helped them launch their businesses. He has also been involved since inception with Huckletree, a fast growing coworking operator dedicated to the European digital community which was started by his wife. Antoine moved to London in 2006 when he joined ABN AMRO as an M&A investment banker. Prior to this he was based in Paris and was part of the founding team of NT Valley, a software business aim at retailers. He started his career as a brand and intangible asset valuation consultant at Sorgem Evaluation.A graduate of ESCP European Business School and University Paris Dauphine, Antoine is fluent in English, French and Spanish. ## Andrew Grahame - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Apps, Beauty Andrew Grahame is a Founder at The Cook & The Thief.He attended St Austell College. ## Adeo Ressi - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: News, AgTech, Aerospace Adeo Ressi is CEO of the Founder Institute (http://FI.co), a pre-seed startup accelerator that operates in nearly 200 cities worldwide. Adeo has founded or run ten technology businesses, and he has developed a number of innovations that help startup companies. He is passionate about mentoring Founders, space exploration and inspiringpeople to achieve their greatness. ## Nenad Marovac - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, SaaS Nenad Joseph Marovac is based out of London, England and is the Founder, Managing Partner of DN Capital. Nenad previously worked at AUTO1 as a Board Member. Nenad Joseph Marovac attended the Harvard Business School. ## Bill Holroyd - Type: Angel - Location: Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Rental, Retail, Fashion Charles William Holroyd CBE DL is a British investor and philanthropist. ## Nicole Junkermann - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series C - Focus: E-Commerce, Music, FinTech Nicole Junkermann is the Founder at NJF Capital. ## Darren Reiss - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: EBooks, EdTech, Education Darren Reiss ## Marc Hazan - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Marketplace, Video, Retail Marc Hazan is the Vice President Of Premium Business Development at Spotify (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/spotify#/entity), a commercial music streaming service that provides digital content from a range of record labels and artists. ## Ward Van Rompay - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: EBooks, EdTech, Education Ward Van Rompay ## Oliviero Muzi Falconi - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: EBooks, EdTech, Education Oliviero Muzi Falconi is VP of Strategy at Perlego. ## Stefano Rosso - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Video, Beauty Stefano was born on June 1st, 1979 in Marostica (Vicenza) in North East Italy. After high school in Bassano del Grappa, he left Italy to pursue his studies at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, where he completed a BA in International Trade and Marketing. He began his work experience outside the family company, collaborating with brandslike ZooYork, part of the Ecko Unlimited group. Stefano returned to Italy in 2005 with a new challenge: he began his professional experience at Diesel, working in different areas of the company (from production to marketing), to become eventually Strategic Brand Alliances Director, planning and managing the brand’s collaborations in diverse fields. His latest projects were a limited edition sneakers series with adidas Originals, and the partnership with Ducati.In July 2011, Stefano Rosso has left Diesel for a new position challenge: he is currently Director of Corporate Development for OTB (Only the Brave) Group, the holding which incorporates Diesel, Maison Martin Margiela, Viktor & Rolf, and Staff International (an Italian company manufacturing and distributing licensed prêt-à-porter brands DSquared2, Just Cavalli, Vivienne Westwood and Marc Jacobs Menswear, as well as the group’s own brands Maison Martin Margiela and Viktor&Rolf). Stefano Rosso loves and plays soccer, and he is president of the Bassano soccer team. He loves snowboarding and motorcycling, and he is into contemporary and street art and the whole digital world. ## David Rosenberg - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: News, Gaming, Mobile Director of Strategy at Snap ## Will Martin - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Will Martin - Founder and Director @ Portfolio Ventures ## Turi Munthe - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, News, Computer Turi manages a significant proportion of NBM’s dealflow, with a particular focus on EMEA. He sits on the boards of NBM portfolio companies in the US, Europe, the Middle East and India.Before joining NBM, Turi advised multiple early and later stage media and media tech companies. In 2012, Turi exited his company Demotix to Bill Gates’ CorbisImages. Demotix, which he founded in 2007, had become the world’s largest network of photojournalists. ## Zaid Al-Aifari - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mobile Apps, Education, Audio Zaid Al-Aifari ## Ian Hogarth - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet Ian got a master's in machine learning at Cambridge and loves dystopian robot takeover narratives. Seven years ago, Ian realized being a choirboy came with no street cred, so he started DJing hip-hop, funk, drum & bass, and grime. Ian quit his job at Bain & Company, Singapore to start Songkick. ## Karen Hanton - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Events, E-Commerce, Music Karen Hanton MBE, was the founder and Chairman of Toptable, a restaurant booking company. In 2010, Toptable was sold to OpenTable for $55m.Karen has also founded the IT staffing firm Mortimer Spinks. After selling Mortimer Spinks, she bought and staffed a restaurant business in Fulham, which in 1998 inspired her to found Toptable. Karen wasappointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours. ## Tom Hulme - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence Tom Hulme is a General Partner and Head of Europe at GV and was a CEO and Founder at Magnom Corporation. Tom attended Harvard Business School and Bristol University. ## Don Hoang - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Analytics, B2B Don Hoang is the Partner of Atomico. He previously worked at Revolut as a Vice President of Global Business. Don Hoang attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business. ## Carlos Espinal - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Wellness Carlos is Managing Partner at Seedcamp, Europe's seed fund, investing early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology. Carlos hails originally from Latin America and joined Seedcamp in '09 following stints as an Associate at Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures and as an engineer forthe Advanced Communications Technologies group of The New York Stock Exchange (SIAC). Carlos runs Seedcamp alongside Reshma Sohoni and is passionate about working closely with founders from their earliest stage, supporting them across everything from finding product-market-fit to setting fundraising milestones - he wrote a successful book on that very topic, The Fundraising Fieldguide. Carlos is frequently listed as one of the most influential voices in tech and VC. You can find Carlos podcasting at 'This Much I Know' where he interviews leading tech voices, innovators, entrepreneurs, investors and operators as they share their stories with Seedcamp's global audience.