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Top 50 Recruiting Angel Investors in United Kingdom (October 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in United Kingdom Recruiting startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Stefan Ciecierski
Angel
4 United Kingdom Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed SaaS, Video, Software
Paul Forster
Angel
4 United Kingdom, Germany, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, FinTech, Financial Services $1M–$26M
Keith MacDonald
Angel
3 United Kingdom Seed SaaS, Video, Software $694k–$2M
Lord David Young
Angel
2 United Kingdom Seed, Series A Software, FinTech, Recruiting $1.2M–$3.5M
Steven Bartlett
Angel
2 United Kingdom, United States, Sweden Angel, Seed Health Care, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce $25k–$60M
Rajan Navani
Angel
2 India, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Angel, Series A Mobile, Travel, Information Services $2.8M–$15M
Charlie Songhurst
Angel
2 United States, United Kingdom, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $500k–$24M
Stuart Marks
Angel
2 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Angel Software, SaaS, Legal $50k–$4M
Alex Macdonald
Angel
2 United Kingdom, United States, France Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $327k–$50M
Phillip Chambers
Angel
2 United Kingdom, Denmark, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $619k–$21M
Simon Murphy
Angel
2 United Kingdom, The Netherlands Seed, Series A Retail, Consumer Goods, Events $653k–$19M
Jimmy Braimah
Angel
2 United Kingdom Pre-Seed FinTech, Software, Recruiting $16k–$40k
Sir Terry Leahy
Angel
2 United Kingdom, Israel Series A, Seed Software, SaaS, Mobile $1.3M–$16M
Tom Stafford
Angel
2 United Kingdom, Germany, France Series A, Series B, Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Finance $1.7M–$150M
Mark Horrocks
Angel
2 United Kingdom Seed, Series A iOS, SaaS, Mobile
Mandeep Singh
Angel
2 United Kingdom, United States, Sweden Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $500k–$100M
David Haye
Angel
2 United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Apps, Hotel $2.3M–$3.5M
Peter Preston
Angel
2 United Kingdom Angel, Pre-Seed SaaS, Video, Software
Steve Perry
Angel
2 United Kingdom Seed, Angel SaaS, Video, Software
Harmeet Rehal
Angel
1 United Kingdom Seed Internet, Software, Recruiting
Thomas Regier
Angel
1 United Kingdom Pre-Seed Recruiting, Human Resources, Information Technology
Keverne Watt
Angel
1 United Kingdom Seed Logistics, Employment, Recruiting
Richard Flint
Angel
1 United Kingdom Seed, Series A Music, Events, Mobile $1.6M–$5.5M
Vivek Kumar
Angel
1 United Kingdom Seed Mobile, Employment, Recruiting
Stephen Warrington
Angel
1 United Kingdom Angel Events, Recruiting, Advertising
Neha Tanna
Angel
1 United Kingdom Seed Internet, Software, Recruiting
Jonathan Lenson
Angel
1 United Kingdom, Israel Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, Internet
Giles Phelps
Angel
1 United Kingdom Seed Internet, Education, Recruiting
Richard Fearn
Angel
1 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Advertising, Advertising Platforms
Kevin Beales
Angel
1 United Kingdom Seed, Angel Software, SaaS, Drones
Ben Westwood
Angel
1 United Kingdom Pre-Seed Recruiting, Hospitality, Staffing Agency
Richard Ng
Angel
1 United Kingdom Pre-Seed Recruiting, Hospitality, Staffing Agency
Rudy Kadoch
Angel
1 United Kingdom Pre-Seed Recruiting, Staffing Agency
Kıvanc Semen
Angel
1 Turkey, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Recruiting, Health Care, Mental Health
Kingsley Duffy
Angel
1 United Kingdom Angel Events, Recruiting, Advertising
Eric French
Angel
1 United Kingdom Pre-Seed Software, Recruiting, Artificial Intelligence
Matthew Bell
Angel
1 Canada, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Internet, Recruiting
Andrew Gale
Angel
1 United Kingdom Pre-Seed Recruiting, Hospitality, Real Estate
Yoann Turpin
Angel
1 Switzerland, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Blockchain, SaaS, Web3
Bashar Hamood
Angel
1 United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Ference Brose
Angel
1 United Kingdom Pre-Seed Recruiting, Human Resources, Information Technology
Catherine Lenson
Angel
1 United Kingdom, Israel Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant Software, Information Technology, Internet
Hesham Zreik
Angel
1 United States, India, Nigeria Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
Drew Austin
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency $1M–$5M
Pip Wilson
Angel
1 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Angel, Convertible Note SaaS, Software, Information Technology $12k–$1.7M
Dan Cobley
Angel
1 United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed FinTech, Software, Financial Services
Rod Leefe
Angel
1 United Kingdom Seed Mobile, Employment, Recruiting
Mike Kershaw
Angel
1 United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Software, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
Ian Hogarth
Angel
1 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $698k–$43M
Kamil Mieczakowski
Angel
1 United Kingdom, Germany, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, SaaS
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Stefan Ciecierski
Angel · 4 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Stefan Ciecierski

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Video, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Willo — Interview anyone, anywhere for free. GDPR compliant one-way video interviews that can be set up in minutes. Trusted in over 100 countries - free to start.
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Paul Forster
Angel · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · 4 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups, 10 in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 83
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$6.9M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$3.5M; Series A $3.7M–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Wassist — Launch your AI sales agent on WhatsApp for Shopify in under 60 seconds. Recover 30-50% of abandoned carts and increase conversions by 3x.
  • Capsa AI — Providing next-generation investors with a competitive edge.
  • Applied Protein Labs — Applied Protein Labs is a biotech company based in the London, UK. The company specialises in the development of next-generation proteins for industry and agriculture.
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Keith MacDonald
Angel · 3 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Keith MacDonald

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Video, Software
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $694k–$2M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • docStribute — Secure document distribution and digital signature solutions for your business no matter the size and market you're in.
  • Willo — Interview anyone, anywhere for free. GDPR compliant one-way video interviews that can be set up in minutes. Trusted in over 100 countries - free to start.
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Lord David Young
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Lord David Young of Graffham is the Chairman at Young Associates Ltd. He founded the firm in 1996. He serves as the Chairman of SSE Neosnetworks Limited. He was the Chairman at Cable & Wireless PLC from 1990 to 1995. He also served as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party of the United Kingdom (1989-90), Secretary of State for Trade andIndustry and President of the Board of Trade (1987-89), and Member, National Economic Development Council (1982-89). Lord Young is a Chairman at Pixology. He served as Chairman of CDT Holdings plc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Recruiting
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$3.5M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tussell — Understand the government marketplace as never before. Gain new insight into the public sector with Tussell, the trusted source for contract data and spend analysis.
  • Syft — Choose the fastest way to find temporary work that fits your lifestyle. Your life. Your work. Your choice.
  • acasa — acasa is a web, iOS and Android app helping the world’s growing population of young renters renters live better together. acasa allows you to set-up, manage, split and pay your bills.Founded in the Open Data Institute in 2014, acasa (originally Splittable) is backed by some of the leading technology investors Europe. The company is run by youngproperty enthusiasts with a collective passion for improving the lives of householders. Find out more about the company at www.helloacasa.com
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Steven Bartlett
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 2 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups, 10 in the past 12 months

Steven Bartlett is based out of Los Angeles, California and is the Founder and CEO of Steven.com. Steven previously worked at atai Life Sciences as an investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Angel, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $25k–$3M; Angel $60k–$60M
  • Lead/follow: 54% lead, 46% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Plotpackers — Plotpackers designs and sells curated group travel packages that combine accommodation, transport within destinations, guided activities and excursions, and selected meals and entry fees. The company focuses on small-group itineraries that include experiences such as city exploration, national parks, trekking, safaris, and beach stays. It operatesan online platform where customers can browse packages by budget and style, manage bookings, and access tools like an AI travel quiz, budget calculator, interactive map, and resources. Plotpackers also supports trips organised by creators on its platform and runs an ambassador program that rewards referrals with travel credits. Its itineraries are planned around responsible travel practices, local partners, and carbon-emission tracking for each tour.
  • RAISE Snacks — RAISE is designed for true foodies who are tired of the boring selections in the snacking section and were inspired by Chester's mother's handmade granola recipes. Enhance your on-the-go munchies with absolutely delicious, organically nourishing nuts and seeds. RAISE provides a delectable burst of fiber, protein, and healthy fats to poweryour day.
  • SmartyPlants — SmartyPlants is an IT and Internet firm developing a plant sensory tool for the monitoring.
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Rajan Navani
Angel · Pune, Maharashtra, India · 2 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Rajan Navani is based out of Pune, Maharashtra and is the Founder, Chairman, Managing Director & CEO of JetSynthesys. Rajan previously worked at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as an Imaging Engineer. Rajan Navani attended the Purdue University. Rajan Navani has received the BMW Herbert Quandt Foundation Young World Leader award.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Travel, Information Services
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: India, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Round size: Seed $2.8M–$6.1M; Series A $5.5M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Peepul Tree — Peepul Tree is a platform for the hand-made artisanal works. Peepul Tree celebrates the rich and varied legacy that these artisans carry.
  • Punt Partners — Punt Partners is a company that provides marketing technology services. It provides results through the use of proprietary data, technology, and services.
  • Assiduus Global — Scale your brand worldwide with Assiduus Global, a Cross-Border E-Commerce accelerator offering AI-driven growth and brand protection.
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Charlie Songhurst
Angel · Greater Seattle Area, Washington, United States · 2 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups, 25 in the past 12 months

Charlie Songhurst is a private investor in technology companies. He previously worked at Microsoft as Head of Corporate Strategy. Charlie attended the University of Oxford.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 260
  • Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8M; Pre-Seed $500k–$5.1M; Series A $2.9M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zeit AI — Zeit AI, founded by former Palantir engineers, generates a structured data base atop your tabular data files which you can query using natural language. For example, you suspect an efficiency in your organisation and you have a bunch of data files, instead of reading through all of them one by one in excel, you explore them in Zeit AI. Theycurrently offer a two-week pilot program where their engineers develop tailored solutions for data challenges involving CSV, Excel, or PDF files.
  • Mantic — Mantic is a world-class technical team on a mission to solve the next AI grand challenge: predicting global events with superhuman accuracy, and deploying this capability to power radically improved decision-making in business and government.
  • Pilgrim — Pioneering a biologically enhanced future for humanity.
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Stuart Marks
Angel · Hale, Cheshire, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Stuart Marks is a successful entrepreneur who has built and sold four businesses over the past 25 years. They have spanned several sectors including CRM, location-based services and digital media. Every company applied innovation to challenge existing business models.Stuart has worked with a diverse and international customer-base includingSainsbury’s, British Airways, Unilever, Vodafone, BMW and various government agencies across the world. His previous company, ITIS Holdings plc, was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was Europe’s leading provider of real-time traffic information and connected car technology.The first company to commercialize crowdsourced data from GPS devices and mobile phone networks, Stuart sold the firm in 2011 to Washington-based INRIX before going on to establish L Marks to invest in the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Legal
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $135k–$4M; Angel $50k–$525k
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Urbix — Urbix is producing a management dashboard for municipalities to manage their data and processes to ensure that decisions are made based on hard evidence which is readily available in an easy to understand format.
  • WeFiFo — WeFiFo launched in 2016 and is a multi-award-winning platform that enables enthusiastic home cooks, Supper Club hosts and professional chefs to share their food with paying guests. WeFiFo is Airbnb for the kitchen table but offers much more than just a marketplace. Designed to encourage and empower talented cooks to monetise their kitchen skills,WeFiFo offers a sophisticated infrastructure allowing hosts to up-skill and earn a transformative income with flexible working hours and rewards. WeFiFo also supports professional chefs who don't want the risk of a bricks and mortar restaurant but want to feed a new audience. Anyone can sign up and join in, hosts are not pre-screened or curated, but ratings and reviews help guests choose between the multitude of events on offer – from novice cooks to award winning chefs at the top of their game. They are the online destination to discover exciting experiential dining near you and their platform promotes, insures and inspires cooks and chefs of all abilities to take the next step on their food journey while keeping hosts and guests safe every step of the way.
  • Orbital Witness — Instant property insight - Liberation for everyone involved in property transactions.
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Alex Macdonald
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Alex Macdonald is based out of London & LA and is the CEO and Co-Founder of Sequel. Alex previously founded Velocity Black and exited the company to Capital one. Alex attended the University of Manchester.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8.5M; Pre-Seed $327k–$2.5M; Series B $11M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kalder — Kalder is a unified web3 brand loyalty platform for brands and creators to drive meaningful engagement, onboard new users, and reward superfan communities.
  • Stelia — Stelia builds distributed AI platforms that scale globally. Research-driven intelligent systems for healthcare, education, and enterprise operations worldwide
  • Aurora — Aurora is the luxury lifestyle manager for the world's highest-performing individuals. Members rely on Aurora daily to inspire, book, and manage their global lifestyles across dining, travel, wellness, experiences, and luxury goods.
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Phillip Chambers
Angel · Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark · 2 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Phillip Chambers is based out of Islington, Islington, and is the Partner of Balderton Capital. Bahar previously worked at Orbex as Chief Executive Officer. Phillip Chambers attended The University of Manchester.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Denmark, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$7M; Pre-Seed $619k–$15M; Series A $10M–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Marts — Marts is the simple, more sustainable way to buy, manage, and reuse hardware at scale.
  • Subsets — Subsets make it simple to understand, engage and retain subscribers by enabling personalized and proven retention initiatives based on AI.
  • Flagright — AI-powered AML compliance & fraud prevention platform for fintechs & banks to monitor, screen, investigate, and report.
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Simon Murphy
Angel · 2 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Simon Murphy Entrepreneur & Investor

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Retail, Consumer Goods, Events
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $653k–$5.5M; Series A $5.5M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pieter Pot — Verpakkingsvrij boodschappen doen bij online supermarkt Pieter Pot. Makkelijk aan huis geleverd in herbruikbare statiegeldpotten. Pot leeg? Dan vullen we hem opnieuw. Met onze verpakkingsvrije bezorgdienst verminderen we de hoeveelheid afval en CO2. Waarom zou je nog verpakkingen kopen?
  • Seat Unique — Seat Unique is an online marketplace to buy official hospitality packages and VIP tickets to live sports, music, and cultural events.
  • The Smart Container Company — The Smart Container Company is the team behind KegTracker and BeverEDGE, a first-to-market IoT device and platform that instantly turns kegs into SMART containers. Our technology tracks real-time location, volume, temperature, and motion for each keg and delivers actionable insights that enable transparency and zero.
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Jimmy Braimah
Angel · 2 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Jimmy Braimah

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, Recruiting
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $16k–$40k
  • Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Workskuad — Workskuad helps global companies hiring across emerging markets by providing flexible solutions to onboard employees and contractors at scale
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Sir Terry Leahy
Angel · , , United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Sir Terry Leahy joined Cheshunt, England-based Tesco in 1979 and held marketing positions at the retailer before becoming commercial director of fresh foods in 1986 and a member of the board in 1990. Leahy was appointed Chief Executive of Tesco plc in March 1997. Leahy received a Knighthood for services to food retailing in the 2002 New Year Honours. He was voted as Britain’s Most Admired Leader (2005 and 2006) by Management Today, recognized by the Wall Street Journal and CNBC as European Business Leader of the Year (2005), and named European Businessman of the Year by Fortune (2004). A Guardian Unlimited Politics panel found him to be the most influential non-elected person in Britain in 2007. Leahy is a Director on the Liverpool Vision Regeneration Board and a member of the Prime Minister’s Business Council. In 2010 he received the Daily Telegraph’s Award for a Decade of Excellence in Business, a Lifetime Achievement award from Director Magazine, and was voted Business Person of the Year by the Sunday Times. Sir Terry Leahy retired from Tesco in March 2011.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Mobile
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 15
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$16M; Series A $2M–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Perlego — Perlego is an online library subscription service for textbooks and non-fiction titles. Having partnered with over 3,000 publishers, it gives its users unlimited access to over 650,000 eBooks and publications via an affordable monthly subscription. It aims to make learning accessible to all. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in London,England.
  • BrandShield — Your brand protection tool should do more than detect counterfeits. BrandShield will detect and takedown all manner of frauds, protecting your company.
  • Roots Allotments — Pre-prepared no-dig allotments across the UK, and THE YIMBY raised bed for growing at home. Seeds, lessons and a Patch Manager included.
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Tom Stafford
Angel · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong · 2 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Tom is a Co-Founder at DST Global, an internet-focused investment firm with a global focus.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 75
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$22M; Series A $8M–$79M; Series B $15M–$150M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Noah — API-first stablecoin payments, enterprise-grade compliance and real-time settlements, powered by stablecoin technology.
  • Tern Group — Tern Group is an AI Platform to hire and relocate top healthcare talents globally, faster and cheaper. TERN is a full-stack solution to source and relocate top-tier medical and engineering talent from India, North Africa, South Africa, and Central Asia and the approach ensures a seamless, ethical, and transparent migration process, drasticallycutting complexity and shaving costs for healthcare systems.
  • Red Bull KTM Tech3 — Red Bull KTM Tech3 is a motorcycle racing team that competes in the MotoGP and Moto3 World Championships. The team fields riders on KTM machinery across the premier and lightweight Grand Prix classes. It participates in the full world championship calendar, racing at circuits such as Sachsenring, Assen, Silverstone, MotorLand Aragón, Misano, andothers. Red Bull KTM Tech3 manages rider development, technical preparation, and race operations for each Grand Prix round.
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Mark Horrocks
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Mark Horrocks

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Investment focus

  • Industry: iOS, SaaS, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sirenum — Sirenum is a cloud-based platform for managing the staff lifecycle for agencies, recruiters and organisations who rely on staff for operational purposes.Sirenum is built on a highly agile technology platform, which allows us to connect with other service providers for functions not yet in the system. This trick allows us to deliver features thatthey would not otherwise have, if a client requires these features up front. Once significant demand for a particular feature becomes apparent, they may decide develop that feature in house, replacing the outside vendor and retaining additional profits.Sirenum is geared towards employers who operate complex workforces of shift workers. Sirenum is particularly suited to the Staffing, Railway, Aviation, Construction, Hospitality, Healthcare, Home care, Deliveries, Logistics and Transportation. Operators in these sectors typically have hundreds or thousands of employees.
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Mandeep Singh
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Mandeep Singh is an Angel investor at multiple firms. He previously was the founding CEO at Trouva. Mandeep Singh studied Physics at the University of Cambridge.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 87
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$9M; Pre-Seed $500k–$5.1M; Series A $3.1M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zalos — Automate repetitive Finance workflows without changing your Finance systems. AI agents that connect, act, and audit across ERPs, banks, and invoicing platforms.
  • Zaro — One current, attributable account of how your business actually runs, rewritten by the work itself as the business changes.
  • Newly — Newly AI (newly.app) helps you build native iOS and Android apps with AI. Describe your app idea, generate React Native code, preview it, and ship.
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David Haye
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

David Haye is a British professional boxer.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Apps, Hotel
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $2.3M–$3.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Syft — Choose the fastest way to find temporary work that fits your lifestyle. Your life. Your work. Your choice.
  • NuBreed Hotels — Pushing accommodation for the events industry forward.
  • Snap It Limited — On demand deliveries for tradespeople
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Peter Preston
Angel · 2 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Peter Preston

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Video, Software
  • Stage:Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Willo — Interview anyone, anywhere for free. GDPR compliant one-way video interviews that can be set up in minutes. Trusted in over 100 countries - free to start.
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Steve Perry
Angel · 2 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Steve is an Economist by training with a Ph.D. in econometrics. After 3 years at the TSB Bank, ultimately as Group Economist, Steve joined Visa Europe where he held several Executive positions: Head of Strategy, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Commercial Officer, Chief Digital Officer and finally, Founder & CEO Visa Europe Collab (Visa’sInnovation Centre). Steve is an experienced Executive and Non-Executive Director & Chairman, particularly in fintech and Data Analytics.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Video, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Willo — Interview anyone, anywhere for free. GDPR compliant one-way video interviews that can be set up in minutes. Trusted in over 100 countries - free to start.
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Harmeet Rehal
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Harmeet Rehal - Commercial Director @ Storekit

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Recruiting
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Roleshare — Roleshare matches freelancers, part-time and fractional workers to job share; helping companies retain and attract coveted skills and talent. Join us!
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Thomas Regier
Angel · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Thomas Regier is based out of Munich, Bayern, and is the Co-Founder & Co-CEO of DataGuard. Thomas previously worked at InGeneron as a Director Finance. Thomas Regier attended the University of St.Gallen.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Recruiting, Human Resources, Information Technology
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • TalentGrid — Building a community of developers from under-tapped markets and developing its own matching algorithms, Grid scales the headhunting effort of companies. TalentGrid supports the companies throughout the hiring process, maintaining the needed human touch with candidates. Ultimately TalentGrid makes hiring fast, seamless and borderless.
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Keverne Watt
Angel · Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Keverne Watt

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Logistics, Employment, Recruiting
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Avail Technologies — Avail is the UK's largest HGV driver recruitment app. Avail has over 17,000 fully scanned and vetted drivers across the UK.
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Richard Flint
Angel · Bristol, Bristol, City of, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Richard Flint is based out of Bristol, Bristol, and is the CEO of Hargreaves Lansdown. Richard previously worked at LADbible Group as a Non Executive Director. Richard Flint attended the Harvard Kennedy School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Events, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $1.6M–$5.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SonicJobs — Apply to your dream position with just one click, with the magic of AI. Sign up with SonicJobs today!
  • GigPig — Book gigs. Get Gigs. No messing. Supporting venues and artists all the way with live music management.
  • Seat Unique — Seat Unique is an online marketplace to buy official hospitality packages and VIP tickets to live sports, music, and cultural events.
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Vivek Kumar
Angel · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Vivek Kumar

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Employment, Recruiting
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SonicJobs — Apply to your dream position with just one click, with the magic of AI. Sign up with SonicJobs today!
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Stephen Warrington
Angel · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

In 2006 Stephen joined Carbon as Non-Executive Chairman. He has a wide knowledge of the financial services industry and extensive experience leading professional services businesses and consulting to top management in various multinationals. He is a Partner of a leading consulting firm and previously held the role of director of group strategy ata major UK international bank. Stephen holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in Banking and International Finance from City University Business School (now Cass) in London. Stephen is a keen amateur actor and enjoys tennis.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Events, Recruiting, Advertising
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • TalentPool — TalentPool is a Talent Matching Platform connecting talented recent graduates with up to 5 years’ experience with great opportunities at start-ups and SMEs. They specialise in 4 key sectors: Graduate, Marketing, Operations and Sales. Their innovative matching engine takes the pain out of hiring and being hired. They know about the stress for jobseekers of applying to countless employers. And they also know about the challenges faced by employers wanting to speak to the right candidates.
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Neha Tanna
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Neha is a medical doctor in London. Neha spent years as a General Practitioner before transitioning to the Life Sciences industry, where she held various roles in pharmaceutical companies. She holds an MBA from London Business School, where she fell in love working with entrepreneurs and startups. She has since worked with a startup med-techcompany, as well as several accelerators and VCs in the healthcare space, most recently with a global venture builder with a focus on early-stage tech companies. Neha is an angel investor, loves tennis and dance, and is a strong advocate for personal fitness and nutrition. She also has a soft spot for wildlife and conservation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Recruiting
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Roleshare — Roleshare matches freelancers, part-time and fractional workers to job share; helping companies retain and attract coveted skills and talent. Join us!
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Jonathan Lenson
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Jonathan Lenson

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Fertifa — Fertifa is an innovative employer benefit solution making fertility care more accessible and affordable.The company works with employers to offer a valuable employee benefit which bridges the gap between an employer and their employees when dealing with the sensitivity and privacy of employees’ reproductive issues. It also offers guidance andadvice, next-generation fertility treatment, and access to a range of holistic services for the best chance of success. The company was founded in 2019 and based in London, United Kingdom.
  • Roleshare — Roleshare matches freelancers, part-time and fractional workers to job share; helping companies retain and attract coveted skills and talent. Join us!
  • Surfboard — Get Dialpad Workforce Management (WFM) software for accurate forecasting, demand-driven scheduling, fair shift planning, and more.
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Giles Phelps
Angel · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Giles Phelps

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Education, Recruiting
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Digital Profile — Our vision is to establish the world’s best community for tech & devs to share, learn, and build their skills & careers. Built on our values of control, privacy & transparency
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Richard Fearn
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Richard started in his career in advertising but has since shifted his attention to start-ups. As an investor/advisor to over 50 early stage companies, including Sofar Sounds, Blaze, Dojo & What3Words, Richard has learnt a lot about what it takes to launch & grow a start-up. He also the co-founder of the ‘Friday Club London,’ a‘non-profit’ events company aimed at providing start-ups free access to senior marketing expertise. Since launching, over 250 start-ups have benefitted from the programme. And in exchange for their advice, industry mentors have had access to the UK’s brightest founders. In 2013 & 2014 Richard was named in BIMA’s ‘Hot 100’ list and in 2016 and 2017 short-listed for the Europas ‘Investor of the Year’ award.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Advertising, Advertising Platforms
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 33
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Darabase — Darabase is a unique platform enabling the creation, management and monetisation of location-based digital content in the real world and virtual metaverses.
  • Roleshare — Roleshare matches freelancers, part-time and fractional workers to job share; helping companies retain and attract coveted skills and talent. Join us!
  • Unlock — Unlock is a video-based platform packed with unique experiences your team will love.
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Kevin Beales
Angel · Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Kevin Beales - Founder & CEO @ Refract

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Drones
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Fuuse — Fuuse is an electric vehicle charge point management system that enables your chargers to deliver more for you and your drivers.
  • Fuuse — Creating efficiencies, reducing costs and striving for lower emissions in transport, logistics and supply chain through innovation.
  • Altitude Angel — Altitude Angel delivers solutions which enable the safe integration and use of drones and UAVs into international airspace.
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Ben Westwood
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Ben Westwood is the Founding Partner & CEO of Hoxton Circle. He previously worked at Argyll Scott as a Director London & UK.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Recruiting, Hospitality, Staffing Agency
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Slinger — Slinger is a hospitality recruitment tool that connects vetted hospitality workers with some of London's best food and drink businesses. Sign up today!
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Richard Ng
Angel · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Richard Ng is a co-founder and CTO of Greenworkx.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Recruiting, Hospitality, Staffing Agency
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Slinger — Slinger is a hospitality recruitment tool that connects vetted hospitality workers with some of London's best food and drink businesses. Sign up today!
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Rudy Kadoch
Angel · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Rudy Kadoch

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Recruiting, Staffing Agency
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Job Protocol — By incentivizing anyone to refer top talent, Web3 companies hire faster through Job Protocol. Attach referral bounties to your open roles and unclock the open recruiting economy.
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Kıvanc Semen
Angel · Munich, Bayern, Germany · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Kivanc Semen is a Founder and CEO at DataGuard. He is a former CEO in the technology sector (since 2009), programmer, and IT / process consultant for SMEs and corporations (2005-2009) with a focus on data protection and IT security.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Recruiting, Health Care, Mental Health
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Salus — Salus provides online counseling services for mental health conditions. Their services include mental health programs, therapies, science-backed self-help resources, and consultations for mental health.
  • TalentGrid.io — Hire senior developers from Turkey with TalentGrid, the biggest developer and tech talent network with 40,000+ pre-vetted members.
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Kingsley Duffy
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Kingsley Duffy is the Owner and CEO at SLovar. He previously worked as the Founder and CEO of HostelBookers. Mr. Duffy is a British-national entrepreneur. He was also the reason why HostelBookers merged with Web Reservations International (WRI) in 2013 because Mr. Duffy is sitting on the Board of Directors of WRI.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Events, Recruiting, Advertising
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • TalentPool — TalentPool is a Talent Matching Platform connecting talented recent graduates with up to 5 years’ experience with great opportunities at start-ups and SMEs. They specialise in 4 key sectors: Graduate, Marketing, Operations and Sales. Their innovative matching engine takes the pain out of hiring and being hired. They know about the stress for jobseekers of applying to countless employers. And they also know about the challenges faced by employers wanting to speak to the right candidates.
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Eric French
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Eric French Chief Operating Officer at Deliveroo.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Recruiting, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Dex — Dex is a SaaS company that offers an AI assistant to act as user's personal talent agent and scan the tech market for next opportunity.
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Matthew Bell
Angel · Detroit, Michigan, United States · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Matthew Bell - Director, SC Launch Program @ South Carolina Research Authority

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Recruiting
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Canada, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Pixlmob — The right editor for the job is ready, waiting and verified.
  • Roleshare — Roleshare matches freelancers, part-time and fractional workers to job share; helping companies retain and attract coveted skills and talent. Join us!
  • New Forge — Replace your legacy MES with ForgeOS. Deploy in 4 weeks, not 2 years.
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Andrew Gale
Angel · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Andrew Gale is the founder of Longbrook Ventures.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Recruiting, Hospitality, Real Estate
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Just Move In — Just Move In makes home moving easy. We help you save time, hassle & money on your move by allowing you to easily manage the admin. You can set up utilities, find great deals on broadband, arrange removals & insurance and more.
  • Slinger — Slinger is a hospitality recruitment tool that connects vetted hospitality workers with some of London's best food and drink businesses. Sign up today!
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Yoann Turpin
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Yoann Turpin is the Co-Founder & Head of BD at Wintermute. Yoann Turpin attended at EDHEC Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, SaaS, Web3
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Switzerland, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Notchup — CodeMonk is your one stop solution to find pre-vetted tech talent, hire them as individual contractors or on permanent basis, and pay them from a single dashboard.
  • Turtle Club — Turtle aligns incentives between protocols and LPs to offer the best curated incentives in DeFi.
  • Altitude — Actively managed collateralised loans
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Bashar Hamood
Angel · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups, 13 in the past 12 months

Bashar Hamood is a Venture Partner at FasterCapital. He previously worked as an Associate Director at Logica. He attended Heriot-Watt University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 323
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • EcoBites — EcoBites is a subscription service that delivers sustainably sourced and eco-friendly packaged snacks and meals to consumers doorsteps.
  • Lawyeree — A platform offering AI legal advice to clients and allowing clients to be connected with the best lawyers.
  • SafeNest — SafeNest offers a comprehensive home security system integrating smart technology with professional monitoring services.
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Ference Brose
Angel · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Ference Brose is the Chief Technology Officer at DataGuard. He is the owner and CEO at buzzjective, CTO, and Co-Founder of Takhfifan / Netbarg. Previously he was a co-founder of idvos (acquired by identity TM, now IDnow) and Albus White (acquired). He also worked as a tech management consultant at Planet Sports, Scarosso, Monoqi.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Recruiting, Human Resources, Information Technology
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • TalentGrid.io — Hire senior developers from Turkey with TalentGrid, the biggest developer and tech talent network with 40,000+ pre-vetted members.
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Catherine Lenson
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Catherine is an investor, board director and executive coach. She is based in London and works globally.She is an experienced international C-suite executive with a strong track record in the People, DE&I and ESG fields. Together with Jonathan Lenson. she invests in exceptional early-stage tech companies across the UK, US and Israel, andbrings in-depth previous board experience as both an executive and non-executive director.She writes and speaks on topics including the future of work, corporate culture and purpose, diversity and inclusion, and work/life integration.As part of her coaching practice, she is the first UK-based facilitator to be certified in the Fair Play method. Catherine was the first female Managing Partner appointed at SoftBank Investment Advisers, the world’s largest technology investment firm with $175 billion under management in the two SoftBank Vision Funds and SoftBank Latin America Funds. As the founding Chief People Officer for five years (2017-2022), she led the HR, ESG and Real Estate teams globally.An experienced and trusted executive coach at C-suite level, she worked with companies within the Vision Fund portfolio on leadership, talent, DE&I, ESG, and operating challenges, including as a Board Director.Catherine built SBIA’s ESG practice and designed its strategy for Social Impact. She led SoftBank’s early stage venture funds focused on diverse founders, including the $100m+ SB Opportunity Fund (US) and Emerge (EMEA), including as an Investment Committee member.Catherine is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum (Class of 2021) and a founding member of Sustainability30 (which brings together Chief Sustainability Officers from 30 of the world’s leading companies).She spent the formative years of her career at UBS AG, Switzerland’s leading financial services firm, and is proud to have progressed from intern to Managing Director in the same firm. In her final role there, she led Reward for UBS across the UK and EMEA region.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Grant
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • The Lowdown — 39K Followers, 1,214 Following, 723 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from The Lowdown (@get.the.lowdown)
  • Tangent — Tangent: Your bridge from diverse backgrounds to tech sales roles via referrals, coaching, and unique video pitches. Create a free account today!
  • Surfboard — Get Dialpad Workforce Management (WFM) software for accurate forecasting, demand-driven scheduling, fair shift planning, and more.
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Hesham Zreik
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups, 46 in the past 12 months

Hesham Zreik is the CEO of FasterCapital. He previously worked at DreamApps as a Project Manager. Hesham attended the University of Westminster.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, India, Nigeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 326
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • TEQUILA SUPREMO — A premium tequila brand crafted in the heart of Jalisco, Mexico, using the finest Agave tequilana Weber Azul.
  • LocationBit — it is a community-driven global location encyclopedia designed to tackle the fragmented and inaccessible nature of local knowledge in 2025.
  • Ethnic Youth Development Organization (EYDO-SL) — it is a Sierra Leone–based agribusiness established to transform the way smallholder farmers engage with markets.
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Drew Austin
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Drew Austin is a Chief Operating Officer of Augamte. He attended Syracuse University - Martin J. Whitman School of Management.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 6
  • Round size: Seed $2.8M–$5M; Pre-Seed $1M–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Veremark — A leading online background checking platform that is scalable, secure and fast. Featured Checks - Criminal Record Check, Reference Check, Employment Check.
  • Truflation — Independent real-time inflation and economic data from 100+ sources, updated daily. Explore CPI, macro indicators, and 500+ indexes.
  • Blockade Games — Blockade Games is a leading blockchain video game development studio. Using industry expertise, we are developing blockchain layer two infrastructure and gaming applications.
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Pip Wilson
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

A successful entrepreneur, director, angel investor and start-up mentor, Pip is passionate about empowering women in tech and disrupting traditional business models.Pip Wilson is co-founder and CEO of amicable apps: the faster, fairer, fixed-price way to an amicable divorce. In 2002 Pip co-founded Bluefin Solutions, a SAP consultancy and a fullSAP Services Partner, which she exited last year to Mindtree.Pip is also a trustee and board member of The Girls’ Network, a foundation that matches girls from low socio-economic backgrounds with inspirational female mentors.She believes in the power of teams, the importance of diversity, and that the best businesses help employees balance life with work. In her view, successful start-ups of the future will combine a sustainable business model with a clear social purpose and diverse teams. This view drives her investment decisions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $707k–$1.7M; Convertible Note $12k–$375k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Makerble — CRM + Surveys + Insights for organisations whose programmes support participants to change their attitudes and behaviours. Measure outcomes. Report impact.
  • Juggle Jobs — Find your dream remote job from the best companies in the UK, hand-picked by our trusted experts at WFH Jobs.
  • Earlybird — Our platform provides personalised participant insights to advisors and integrates with your case management system to support AI-powered delivery of citizen services like employability, housing, social care and more.
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Dan Cobley
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Dan Cobley is the Managing Partner of Blenheim Chalcot. He previously worked at Santander UK as a Strategic Advisor to the Board. Dan Cobley attended the University of Cambridge.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Pockla — Securely share your AI generated creations with Pockla. The platform built for creators, developers, and innovators.
  • Yavrio — Yavrio links your bank accounts to your finance system using Open Banking. Gain centralized access, real-time insights, and secure transactions with 14,000+ banks in 20 countries.
  • Jove Insurance — Jove provides business and protection insurance to contractors, freelancers and SMEs, powered by tech and driven by social good.
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Rod Leefe
Angel · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Rod Leefe

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Mobile, Employment, Recruiting
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • SonicJobs — Apply to your dream position with just one click, with the magic of AI. Sign up with SonicJobs today!
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Mike Kershaw
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Mike Kershaw - SVP of Sales & Marketing @ Renegade Tool Company

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ryde — Ryders is a last-mile delivery business that puts people and planet first.
  • Syft — Choose the fastest way to find temporary work that fits your lifestyle. Your life. Your work. Your choice.
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Ian Hogarth
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Ian Hogarth is based out of London, England, and is the Chairman of Phasecraft. Ian previously worked at Songkick as a Chairman. Ian Hogarth attended the University of Cambridge.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 62
  • Round size: Seed $1.7M–$14M; Pre-Seed $698k–$7.5M; Series A $11M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Unitary — We detect harmful content with context-aware AI to keep brands and platforms safe online.
  • Cordless — Bridging the gap between voice and text
  • Fabric — Fabric is an AI-powered workspace and file manager for people and groups.Fabric is a self-organizing multiplayer workspace.
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Kamil Mieczakowski
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Recruiting startups

Kamil Mieczakowski is the Principal at Notion Capital.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Dex — Dex is a SaaS company that offers an AI assistant to act as user's personal talent agent and scan the tech market for next opportunity.
  • GlassFlow — GlassFlow is a serverless and production-ready setup that empowers everyone in your data team to build and transform event-based pipelines in minutes.
  • Munch — Create anything from a captivating portfolio to a full-blown online store in minutes, with no subscription fee.
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Recruiting Angel investor funding in United Kingdom at a glance

Stats across 80 deals from 210 investors.

210
investors
in United Kingdom Recruiting startups
80
deals
in United Kingdom Recruiting startups
$589k
median round
in United Kingdom Recruiting startups
9%
lead investors
lead at least one round
44%
Seed
most common funding stage

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