Top 50 Retail Angel Investors in United Kingdom (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Tom Singh
Angel
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6 | United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | $393k–$5.9M |
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Paul Forster
Angel
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5 | United Kingdom, Germany, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $1.1M–$18M |
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Anna Sweeting
Angel
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4 | United Kingdom, United States, France | Series A, Grant, Seed | E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion | $10k–$11M |
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Simon Murdoch
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Ireland | Series A, Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Finance | $712k–$16M |
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Will Brooks
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A | Financial Services, FinTech, Software | $524k–$30M |
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Deborah Meaden
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom | Angel, Seed | Manufacturing, Retail, Toys | $25k–$158k |
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Giles Brook
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Food and Beverage, Retail, E-Commerce | $552k–$2.5M |
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Richard Fearn
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Advertising, Internet | $550k–$13M |
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Will Martin
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Japan | Seed, Series A | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $856k–$11M |
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Guy Westlake
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | Logistics, E-Commerce, GPS | $144k–$1.5M |
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Alan Barratt
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed | Energy, Retail, Food and Beverage | $3.7M–$6M |
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Dan Martell
Angel
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2 | United States, Canada, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Series A | Apps, Software, SaaS | $168k–$6M |
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James Fong
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Retail, Marketing, Advertising | |
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Will Neale
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, Spain, Italy | Pre-Seed, Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $121k–$6.3M |
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Kevin Taylor
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed | NFC, PaaS, Retail | $672k–$904k |
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Matt Cooper
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence | $556k–$4M |
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Jeroen Sibia
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Angel | Retail, Shopping, Social Shopping | $2M–$2.2M |
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Codie Sanchez
Angel
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2 | United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Apps, FinTech, Software | $1M–$70M |
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Nigel Wray
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Software, E-Commerce | $999k–$10M |
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Martin McCourt
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, EdTech, Events | $196k–$2M |
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Paul Birch
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Series A | Marketplace, FinTech, Software | $637k–$1.1M |
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Dimiter Tschawow
Angel
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2 | Germany, India, Mexico | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Retail, Internet | $4.6M–$50M |
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Adam Balon
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Food and Beverage, CRM, Video | $1.5M–$13M |
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Haluk Can Hür
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Mobile, Retail, Shopping | $64k–$520k |
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Marc Hazan
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Series A | Marketplace, Video, Retail | $1.9M–$4.2M |
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Tjaart van der Waalt
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, The Netherlands | Seed, Pre-Seed | Retail, Marketing, Advertising | $964k–$4M |
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Denis Yedin
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Pre-Seed | Retail, FinTech, Payments | $75k–$86k |
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Mitch Foreman
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed | Retail, Software, Consumer Goods | |
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Philip Green
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Mobile, Retail | $120k–$11M |
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Melih Odemis
Angel
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2 | Turkey, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Mobile | $170k–$1.9M |
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Sir Terry Leahy
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, Israel | Series A, Seed | Software, SaaS, Mobile | $1.3M–$16M |
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Faik Ulutaş
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Marketplace | $29k–$2M |
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Justin King
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom | Series A | Retail, Grocery, Shopping | |
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Ramesh Haridas
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Internet, Software, Information Technology | $500k–$1.5M |
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Philipp Moehring
Angel
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1 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $538k–$28M |
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Christopher North
Angel
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1 | United States, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, B2B | $1.7M–$117M |
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Stefan Smalla
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom | Series A | Retail, Grocery, Delivery | |
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Alex Roetter
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom | Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Sales, Retail | $1.8M–$5M |
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Anu Adedoyin Adasolum
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom | Pre-Seed | Retail, Fashion, Brand Marketing | |
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Joe Middleton
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom | Retail, Shopping, Social Shopping | ||
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Robin Knox
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, Canada, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed | Software, SaaS, Social Network | |
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Paul Walton
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, United States | Pre-Seed, Seed | Software, SaaS, Social Network | |
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Lee Harlow
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom | Series A | Retail, Fashion, Consumer Goods | |
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Jonathan Wright
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series B, Series A | CRM, Video, Mobile | $1.5M–$19M |
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Andy Phillipps
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, Finland, Germany | Seed, Series A | Software, Travel, E-Commerce | $680k–$11M |
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Guy Hands
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom | Series A, Series B | TV, DRM, Apps | $10M–$11M |
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Knut Frängsmyr
Angel
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1 | Sweden, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Financial Services, Banking, Retail | |
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Ricardo Schaefer
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, Germany, Nigeria | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Real Estate | |
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June Angelides
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, Nigeria | Seed, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Rental, Food Delivery | |
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Dinika Mahtani
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Rental, Retail, Fashion | |
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Tom Singh OBE is the Founder of New Look, a leading UK entrepreneur and active private investor with family interests spanning: retail, technology, real estate, renewable energy sectors and private equity. He currently holds the position of Non-Executive Board Member for New Look with over 900 stores worldwide which he founded in 1969.Inaddition to his responsibilities at New Look, Tom is a founding member of: the Social Investment Task Force, the Chairman of the UK Advisory Council for the British Asian Trust, and is a Trustee of the Pakhar Foundation. Tom is an active philanthropist and social investor and in recent years, has taken an increasing interest in the world of technology.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $393k–$5.9M; Series A $1.6M–$4.1M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Heights — We provide the daily nutrients, knowledge and network you need to elevate your cognitive potential and brain health. Learn more!
- Tonic Health — Tonic Health is leading a nutrition movement. The 1 million strong community that subscribes to all-natural, high-impact vitamin drinks and gummies to fuel your energy, mood and immunity without the junk. Try our tonic effervescent vitamins drinks, no added sugar gummies, or max strength drinks.
- VenueScanner — VenueScanner is a two-sided marketplace. A venue search and booking platform for event organisers looking for space for anything from a meeting to a yoga session or party. A digital marketing tool for Venue Hosts to market their under-utilised space. they are solving the pain event organisers experience in discovering and booking venues online andthe high costs involved in hiring space when >50% venue space sits unused. Venues can list themselves in 5 minutes and organisers can discover new venues (14k on the platform) favourite, enquire and book. An Airbnb style messaging hub allows members to communicate directly. No intermediaries. Benjy & Rebecca have 20 yrs experience in e-commerce & digital marketing and are applying this mindset to matching supply and demand and making the events industry more consumer centric and digital.
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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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 81
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$3.5M; Series A $3.9M–$18M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Oraion — Your single source of truth for enterprise data
- Capsa AI — Providing next-generation investors with a competitive edge.
- Habito — We're the Treating Customers Fairly Champion of 2023 as voted for in the British Bank Awards. We're here to make mortgages easier - no paperwork, no stress and no fees.
Seasoned entrepreneur and investor, who has dedicated the last decade to investing in and partnering category-defining consumer brands
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion
- Stage:Series A, Grant, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 21
- Round size: Seed $4.9M–$11M; Grant $10k–$10k
- Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Galvan London — Designed by women for women, Galvan creates a new kind of occasion wear. Discover luxury designer clothing & bridal styles. Express delivery available.
- Aurelia Probiotic Skincare — Reveal your radiant self with Aurelia Cellular Beauty. Science-backed beauty designed for you, with a commitment to lasting results and a healthy planet.
- DeMellier London — Award-Winning British Handbags. Timeless styles with unique designs and signature details produced in limited quantities. Designed in London, handcrafted in Spain.
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.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Finance
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 126
- Round size: Seed $796k–$3M; Series A $712k–$16M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sylvi — Meet Sylvi, your AI language tutor. She tracks your mistakes as you chat to build custom lessons. The more she knows, the better you get. Ready to speak?
- Realla — Search the entire commercial property market for offices, serviced office space, retail, industrial for sale and to rent
- Round Treasury — Put your startup cash on autopilot. Maximise your runway with smart deposits and withdrawals from your account, safeguarded and administered by regulated brokers.
Will Brooks - Founder & Director @ Portfolio Ventures
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- Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 69
- Round size: Seed $524k–$3.1M; Series A $2.2M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bequest — Digital estate planning made easy for professionals and individuals. Securely protect online accounts, cryptocurrencies, emails, media, documents and more.
- Disputed — FinLegal is legaltech for the business of disputes. Our solutions allow you to fund and insure your litigation through litigation funding and after-the-event insurance, automate volume and class actions and get more clients through working with marketing service providers.
- Robin — Robin AI is a legal tech company based in London, made up of engineers, lawyers, scientists and operations specialists.
Deborah Meaden
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Retail, Toys
- Stage:Angel, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $25k–$93k; Angel $40k–$158k
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Omni — Omni provides Healthy Vegan Dog Food in the UK, made by vets to be a nutritionally complete meal for your dog. Feed your dog all the goodness of plants backed by science.
- Seep — Discover Seep's plastic free and biodegradable household green cleaning range. Easy to use, easy on the planet, easy on the eye. Shop sponges, bin liners, cloths and more.
- Brainspark Games — Brainspark Games creates educational games and revision apps for kids of all ages. Find out more about our products, services and mission for revolutionising education.
Giles Brook
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Retail, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $552k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CUDONI — Buy and sell preloved designer clothing, bags, shoes & accessories at Sign of the Times. Current season authentic pre-owned luxury fashion at sale prices.
- BEPPS Snacks — BEPPS Snacks are chickpea snacks with black-eyed pea inclusions that pack a flavourful punch.
- Masaj — Modern bodywork in our beautiful studios across London. We offer 8 different treatment types, all of which are totally bespoke to you and your needs. Drop in today.
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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- Industry: Software, Advertising, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $550k–$2M; Pre-Seed $585k–$2M; Series A $1.7M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Darabase — Turn every billboard and screen into a measurable, interactive AR experience for the smart glasses era.
- Roleshare — Roleshare matches freelancers, part-time and fractional workers to job share; helping companies retain and attract coveted skills and talent. Join us!
- Unlock — End-to-end platform for corporate events, intuitively designed for non-event planners
Will Martin - Founder and Director @ Portfolio Ventures
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 104
- Round size: Seed $856k–$5.5M; Series A $2.2M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bequest — Digital estate planning made easy for professionals and individuals. Securely protect online accounts, cryptocurrencies, emails, media, documents and more.
- Disputed — FinLegal is legaltech for the business of disputes. Our solutions allow you to fund and insure your litigation through litigation funding and after-the-event insurance, automate volume and class actions and get more clients through working with marketing service providers.
- Robin — Robin AI is a legal tech company based in London, made up of engineers, lawyers, scientists and operations specialists.
Guy is an entrepreneur and investor who’s experienced online/technology businesses at pretty much every level – from 1-man startup to global multinational. He is Co-founder & CEO at Lavanda in London. Guy knows what it means to roll your sleeves up and get your hands dirty, whilst understanding the need to establish scalable processes thatcan support rapid growth. He is passionate about culture and working with exceptional people to build innovative businesses that create meaningful value. He speaks Spanish, French and Italian. Studied at the ESCP Europe and University of Bristol. His interests are UX, e-commerce, web 2.0, social media, cloud computing, analytics, ECM, Business process management, web content management, software, business solutions, strategic marketing, consultancy, innovations, cinema, music, literature, current affairs, entrepreneurship, start-ups.
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- Industry: Logistics, E-Commerce, GPS
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $144k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Shutl — Shutl is a technology startup that offers convenient fulfillment services by connecting online retailers with local same-day couriers.The company solves fulfillment for retailers and shoppers by enabling immediate or convenient delivery of online purchases. Its platform creates a marketplace from the capacity of local courier firms and usesretail partners’ local stocks to fulfill purchases. It integrates with all major dispatch software and retailers’ existing technologies.Shutl operates in more than 50 towns across the United Kingdom with a virtual fleet of thousands of couriers who complete 10,000 deliveries every day.Shutl was founded in December 2009 by
- Ometria — The customer data and experience platform for retail
- what3words — Every 3 metre square has a unique 3 word address.
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- Industry: Energy, Retail, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $3.7M–$6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Neutonic — Shop the official Neutonic site for research-backed nootropic supplements, including focus supplements, energy drinks and creatine, scientifically formulated to support cognitive health, mental clarity and productivity.
Dan Martell is the Founder and CEO of Saas Academy. He previously worked at Flowtown as a CMO and Co-Founder. Dan Martell attended Microsoft Certified Professional.
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- Industry: Apps, Software, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $168k–$6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Neutonic — Shop the official Neutonic site for research-backed nootropic supplements, including focus supplements, energy drinks and creatine, scientifically formulated to support cognitive health, mental clarity and productivity.
- Founderpath — Founderpath helps founders get capital without having to raise equity. Founders connect their bank accounts, customer information, and other data to get a credit score. Based on this credit score, Founderpath lends the company money. Better credit scores get better rates, cheaper capital. Founderpath has a debt fund so it invests directly incompanies.
- BuddyPro — BuddyPro is the first platform that transforms your unique knowledge into a strategic AI partner that works and earns for you 24/7.
James Fong has been the CEO of Oriental Dreamworks. James joined Amazon in 2012 and is responsible for leading its Merchant Services and Advertising businesses, including “Selling on Amazon”, “Fulfillment by Amazon”, “Global Selling” and “Advertise on Amazon”.Prior to joining Amazon, James was a Managing Director of China Tongyin, a boutiquemerchant bank in Greater China, responsible for its TMT practice; a Managing Director of Strategic Investments at NBA China, responsible for its arena, internet and league investments and business development efforts; a General Manager at Microsoft China, responsible for sales and marketing for 17 provinces and 32 cities; and the Managing Director of Microsoft’s $165 million China equity investment fund.James holds an undergraduate degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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- Industry: Retail, Marketing, Advertising
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Darabase — Turn every billboard and screen into a measurable, interactive AR experience for the smart glasses era.
Founder (Grabyo, Fonix). Investor.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Spain, Italy
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $121k–$6.3M; Pre-Seed $650k–$3.7M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- qomodo — Qomodo: La piattaforma BNPL innovativa. Rate a tasso zero, approvazioni veloci, transazioni sicure. Rivoluzionaria nell'acquisto per aziende e consumatori.
- Verisian — Verisian accelerates drug time to market with the industry's first platform offering real study traceability (CDISC, SDTM, ADaM, TFLs)
- SAPI — SAPI builds credit products for payment companies to facilitate payment flows, engage and retain merchants, and generate new revenue.
Kevin Taylor is a coder turned entrepreneur who lives in the Chicagoland area, where he makes things out of words, bytes or flour, depending on his mood.Kevin has suffered from a lifelong obsession with entrepreneurship and is an angel investor and advisor for early-stage start-ups. He has a current interest in brick-and-mortar or otherold-school business models that are ripe to receive exponential boosts by leveraging technology.He consults on how to start up and successfully grow professional services businesses, such as software development, web design, headhunting and recruiting, etc. He also works as CTO-for-Hire to help startups without technical co-founders successfully get their product development off the ground.Career highlights:Former Co-Owner of EventWax, LLC, an online event registration company.Former Lecturer in Technology Entrepreneurship at DePaul University, where he designed and taught courses for both undergraduate and graduate students.Former Director of Engineering at Groupon.Former President and Founder of Obtiva Corporation, an Agile and Ruby on Rails development shop acquired by Groupon in 2011. Co-Founder of the Software Craftsmanship North America conference.Early promoter and adherent to Software Craftsmanship values and practices and practitioner, trainer, and coach in the areas of Agile Project Management, Extreme Programming, and software development.
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- Industry: NFC, PaaS, Retail
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $672k–$904k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ensygnia — Ensygnia's solutions sit at the heart of shopper interaction. The Ensygnia platform delivers integration Platform as a Service for large payment companies and corporations who value speed and simplicity for customer journeys as much as regulatory compliance and security. This provides the simplest, fastest and most secure omnichannelinteraction and purchasing experience. The platform enables market leading companies to rapidly deliver Value Added Services for omnichannel. This is a full-service, integrated suite of best of breed third-party services. It includes integration with over 350 different payment providers and methods global. But capabilities extend well beyond payments into: identity validation, KYC, AML, Authentication, Biometrics, PSD2, SCA, GDPR, Data Validation, Data Enrichment, POS, PED, eCommerce and other systems.Ensygnia's flagship product Onescan enables any call-to-action to become an instant action. This delivers beautiful simplicity, allowing consumers to interact securely online, in-store, or on-the-go. Whatever you need to do, you can with Onescan.All flows, automations and CX / UX are fully customisable and dynamically brandable in real-time. The company holds a globally granted patent portfolio forming the definitive standard for secure QR code payment & login. This includes two patents granted in China.
Matt Cooper is Chairman of Octopus. Before joining Octopus, Matt was Principal Managing Director of Capital One Bank (Europe) where he led the team guiding strategy and operations. He helped the UK arm grow from a start-up to a business employing more than 2,000 people and generating over £275 million in revenue.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $556k–$2.3M; Angel $1.8M–$4M; Pre-Seed $1.9M–$2.9M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
Portfolio highlights
- CUDONI — Buy and sell preloved designer clothing, bags, shoes & accessories at Sign of the Times. Current season authentic pre-owned luxury fashion at sale prices.
- Syd Life AI — Predictive population analytics for enterprise & AI virtual companion for employees
- Juniper — Juniper is a reproductive healthcare insurance provider.
Jeroen Sibia
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- Industry: Retail, Shopping, Social Shopping
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Angel $2M–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Codie is the founder and CEO of Contrarian Thinking, a fast-growing media company that helps people free minds and bank accounts, the founder of Contrarian Thinking Capital VC Fund investing in the infrastructure tech of small business. She also co-founded Unconventional Acquisitions, a firm focused on small business acquisition in the micro-PEspace. She also owns the Main Street Hold Co, a portfolio of small businesses across the US. She is a former partner and Board Member at a cannabis private equity firm and micro-PE firm, built a $1 billion+ AUM Latin America business, and held leadership positions at Goldman Sachs, State Street, and Vanguard. She started as a journalist where she won the JFK award and Howard Buffett Foundation grant for border conflict. Sanchez is a pundit on CNBC, Fox, Forbes, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, People en Español, Business Wire. She was listed as a 25 Most Innovative Leader in Cannabis, The Cannabis Disruptor by MG Retailer, and a Top Cannabis Investor by Forbes. She has an M.B.A. from Georgetown University, a master’s from ESADE and Fundação Getúlio Vargas, and a B.A. from Arizona State University. She sits on the board of the Arcview Group, Permian Capital Hedge Fund, Magma Partners Chilean Venture Fund, and is actively involved in AEI and YEC.
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- Industry: Apps, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7M; Series A $7.7M–$70M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Neutonic — Shop the official Neutonic site for research-backed nootropic supplements, including focus supplements, energy drinks and creatine, scientifically formulated to support cognitive health, mental clarity and productivity.
- Figure — Figure is the first-of-its-kind AI robotics company bringing a general purpose humanoid to life.
- Release — Release is a provider of financing services for finance and banking.
Nigel Wray is a highly successful entrepreneur, and has been a shareholder in several companies amongst others, Domino's Pizza, Carlton Communications and Singer & Friedlander. He also has a strong commercial background built in a range of business sectors.Saracens does a lot of excellent work in its local, north London community.Nigel still calls the area home, too - having attended Mill Hill School, he now lives in Totteridge.
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- Industry: FinTech, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 28
- Round size: Seed $999k–$5.9M; Series A $1.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Vizzy — Vizzy lets you showcase your wins, passions, ideas and personality to employers. Build a free profile and get discovered by companies that want to know the real you.
- Implement AI — Implement AI provides managed AI agents to organisations that want to put AI to work.
- Tonic Health — Tonic Health is leading a nutrition movement. The 1 million strong community that subscribes to all-natural, high-impact vitamin drinks and gummies to fuel your energy, mood and immunity without the junk. Try our tonic effervescent vitamins drinks, no added sugar gummies, or max strength drinks.
Martin McCourt is Leader in High Tech Growth & Transformation
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- Industry: E-Commerce, EdTech, Events
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $196k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- HeadBox — HeadBox connects corporate event planners with 100,000+ unique, inspiring, iconic, and creative spaces worldwide for meetings and events.
- reboxed — Buy refurbished iPhones, Samsungs, Airpods & Eco-cases from Reboxed! We can save you 40% on refurbished Apply iPhones & Reconditioned Samsung phones.
- Technology Will Save Us — They are on a mission to spark the creative imagination of young people using hands on technology. Their award winning make-it-yourself kits and digital tools help kids (and the adults that love them) to make, play, code and invent using technology.They started small, around their kitchen table, and have now built a company of 28 passionatedesigners, educators, engineers and problems solvers – obsessed with inspiring kids and empowering parents to become creators of technology. They have 6 different make it yourself kits and hundreds of digital tools and projects to support kids in learning through play.They have sparked the imaginations of kids in over 87 countries around the world. They work closely with children to design their kits, engaging in large scale research projects before beginning on design & manufacture.
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Browse database — It's Free!Paul Birch resides in central London, England. He graduated from University (Imperial College) many years ago - but now believes the University of Life has much more to offer than traditional education.Paul's background is systems analysis. He has loved the Internet since the first day he went online back in 1996. He's been surfingthe Internet ever since and has applied many surfing discoveries to BirthdayAlarm. He also enjoy's travelling and helps run Adventura Singles Holidays.Paul has fun everyday, by helping bring a little extra joy to people's lives through the Birthday Alarm service. Formerly himself a 'bad boy' at remembering birthdays - he is of course now excellent!
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- Industry: Marketplace, FinTech, Software
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 11
- Round size: Seed $828k–$955k; Angel $637k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ONBORD — Risk Expert (Credit, Fraud, Regulatory) & Techno-Optimist Founder https://t.co/r2J8DYbWYk - AI Compliance Agent https://t.co/qAyKyGrO63 - AI Scam Detection Agent
- Finxone — Build production-ready banking, payments, and fintech apps without code. Pre-integrated with ClearBank, Modulr, SaaScada, Equals Money & more. Launch in weeks, not months.
- MyBuilder — MyBuilder is an online marketplace that brings together consumers, builders and tradesmen, offering an open and transparent platform that promotes and supports high-quality work. Posting a job on the site is free, and there is no cost for builders and tradesmen to join - it operates by charging a small fee to a builder or tradesman only once aquote has been accepted by the homeowner.Working on a principle of accountability through feedback, tradesmen are rated on their workmanship by those who hire them, making it easier to find high quality builders and for builders to find good quality jobs.MyBuilder participated in
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, India, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $4.6M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- UpScalio — We will partner with you to invest, grow and scale your e-commerce business to new heights. For and by Indian entrepreneurs and innovators.
- eaze — We're helping people sleep better by offering a long-term, cheaper and healthier (digital) alternative to sleep supplements like Melatonin and sleeping pills. Our approach is based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and in our app, users are in close contact with their own, personal sleep coach, who will help them establish routines andbuild long-term, healthy sleep habits.
- Una Brands — Ready to sell your e-commerce business? We'll make the process fair, fast, and fuss-free. Continue to profit as we grow your brand.
Mr. Commercial. Was the innocent co-CEO & sales director who led the international expansion to exit. Ex McKinsey UK & Jo'burg and former Virgin marketing manager. St John's college, Cambridge- economics.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, CRM, Video
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scoota — Scoota is an online advertising technology company that enables advertisers to create, activate, measure and optimise brilliant brand campaigns at scale.We offer a single programmatic platform for the creation and delivery of rich, high-impact formats via open real-time bidding and private marketplaces, without compromising creative executionor brand safety.Our technology includes a unique campaign delivery system that pre-reads an ad space in real-time so that the right creative is delivered into the right ad unit without the need for pre-testing and independent site integration.We care about and invest in an open and long-term approach, enabling partners to work with us through integration with their own systems of choice, or via our platform whether as a self-serve solution, or a fully managed service.Scoota was founded in London in 2008 and employs more than 40 people. In 2015, we won best overall programmatic technology at The Drum Digital Trading Awards and Silver for Best Ad Tech Provider at the 2015 British Media Awards.
- Lucky Saint — Heritage Brewing. Modern Drinking. Try Lucky Saint's award-winning alcohol-free beer. Finally rewarding those not drinking with the beer they deserve.
- Simba Sleep — One Mattress. Five Layers of Comfort. Tailored to Suit All. Bringing together experience & technology so that your mattress gives you the best night's sleep.
Haluk Can Hür
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- Industry: Mobile, Retail, Shopping
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $64k–$520k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fazla Gıda — Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
- Shopi — All-in-One Store Platform for Omnichannel Retailing
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.
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- Industry: Marketplace, Video, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$4.2M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Grabyo — A modern, powerful cloud-based managed service with all the tools needed for live production, distribution and video monetization.
- Motorway — Motorway started in 2017 with a vision to build a better car market for everyone, harnessing the power of technology to deliver an amazing experience.We help everyone to quickly and easily sell their car for the best price from the comfort of home, using only a phone.Transparent and straightforward in all that we do, our smart tech matches ourcustomers’ cars with a nationwide network of verified dealers. This enables those dealers to buy vehicles direct from private sellers using our fully-online sales platform, with hundreds of cars successfully sold every day.Reducing time and effort on all sides, we help everyone get the right deal quickly. It all, just, works.With over 1m car owners using our site and apps every month, we've grown by over 100% year-on-year and the journey's just begun.
- Appear Here — Appear Here is an online marketplace for retail space. Since the company was founded in 2012, it has facilitated the opening of over 10,000 stores in the UK, US, and France. Appear Here has raised a total of $21.4 million in VC funding from the previous backers of Spotify, Pinterest, Hailo and Trivago.
Tjaart van der Walt is based out of Johannesburg and is the Director & Co-founder of Tyme. Tjaart previously worked at CSense Systems as a Director. Tjaart van der Walt attended the Stellenbosch University. Tjaart van der Walt has received Honorary Doctorate of Engineering award in their career.
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- Industry: Retail, Marketing, Advertising
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $964k–$4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Talk360 — Talk360 is an easy-to-use calling app that helps people make affordable international calls to any mobile and landline number. They believe that reliable communication and digital services must be affordable and accessible to everyone, regardless of someone's background. Especially people in emerging countries in Africa, who often need theseservices the most, do not always have the necessary banking possibilities. To bridge this distance, Talk360 will launch the world's first single checkout platform for Africa. This platform will combine all locally available payment methods and currencies across Africa, together with over 1.25 million cash points of sales, and will eventually be available to other companies as well. This means that 500 million Africans will be able to purchase digital services they never had access to before.
- Darabase — Turn every billboard and screen into a measurable, interactive AR experience for the smart glasses era.
Denis Yedin is the Founder and Director of Magnetto.
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- Industry: Retail, FinTech, Payments
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Pre-Seed $75k–$86k
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Magnetto — Magnetto develops digital solutions for retail. We make cashless payments smart, convenient and secure with real-time data analytics.
Mitch Foreman
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- Industry: Retail, Software, Consumer Goods
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fabacus — Fabacus is a global technology business and creator of proprietary technology platform, Xelacore, designed to digitally-transform businesses within the licensing & retail industries. Driven by first-hand experience within retail, licensing and manufacturing, Fabacus are standardising product information, allowing businesses to create robust andretail standards-compliant product catalogues to sit at the core of all their business initiatives. Xelacore is a modular, cloud-based platform, built to meet bespoke business needs and integrate with existing systems, including multifaceted data validations and governance checks. It enables licensors, licensees and brands to improve business agility and ability - driving sales, combatting counterfeit, increasing efficiency and ultimately achieving full visibility of their consumer product licensing programs, with to-the-minute data authenticated by all stakeholders. Fabacus was founded in 2016 with headquarters in London. The company's mission is to transform brand licensing through the power of data, with their industry-wide solution.
Phil studied finance and accounting at Salford University and went on to qualify as a management accountant shortly after. He has worked for various retail, FMCG and tech companies over the last 20 years, with 8 years spent working for Amazon, where he held various finance roles and learned about scaling a business. His most recent role wasleading finance for Amazon’s European Operations, before joining Deliveroo in 2016 as CFO, helping scale the organization rapidly. Although his favorite job ever was investing in bars in Germany and Austria. Outside work Phil has 4 children, is engaged with a number of European based Start-ups and small enterprises covering various industries such as VR/AR, Media, Security, Software, and e-commerce.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Mobile, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$3.1M; Pre-Seed $120k–$3.7M; Series A $5.5M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kouo — Kouo is an analytics platform intended to help clients to leverage data and deliver more immersive experiences. The company gives insights into customers' emotional responses that can be used to improve their KPIs, and speed up troubleshooting. it develops the applications, and needs of the individual, and provides them support, helpingcompanies support users with deep personalizations, emotion-responsive content, and better habit formation.
- Ordo — The Complete Omni - Channel Retail solution, helping independents be better than ever.
- Reach Industries — Reach Industries focuses on developing cutting-edge products for companies. Reach Industries was founded in 2020 and was headquartered in Bristol, UK.
Melih is one of the pioneer Internet entrepreneurs in Turkey. Born in Istanbul, he studied Computer Engineering and MBA at Bogazici University. After one year of professional experience in Citibank, Melih founded yemeksepeti.com with his partners in 2000. Yemeksepeti.com became the online food delivery giant first in Turkey, and then in Middle Eastand Eastern Europe. As a co-founder, Melih has acted as CTO of the company until 2013 and as Board Member until May 2015, when the company was acquired by Delivery Hero writing one of the biggest Internet exit stories in the region. Melih has been selected an Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2007. Since 2011 he has been an active angel investor in internet and technology companies with more than 30 investments. He is one of the cofounders of Galata Business Angels, which is one of the first business angel networks in Turkey. He is a founding member of EO Turkey. Melih lives in London now with his family and continues to invest in tech start-ups globally.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $170k–$1.9M; Angel $275k–$1.4M; Pre-Seed $200k–$510k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LIOM — Pioneering in non-invasive glucose monitoring technology, seamlessly integrated with health metrics for a revolutionary wearable experience.
- Deplike — Everyone can make music!
- Makswin Real Estate Technologies, Inc. — Cutting-edge technological solutions aimed at data inconsistency and inefficiencies in the real estate industry.
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Browse database — It's Free!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 YearHonours. 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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- 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 — Roots Allotments is building the future of local food growing through a nationwide network of chemical-free allotment communities. Founded in 2022, Roots gives people everything they need to grow their own food — land, tools, seeds, workshops, and expert help — all managed through a seamless digital platform.With over 20 UK locations and 4,000+active growers, Roots partners with landowners to regenerate underused land, increase biodiversity, and reconnect people with nature. The company’s mission is to get 250,000 people growing their own food by 2033, tackling loneliness, food security, child education, and soil health along the way.Roots has raised over £6M from investors including JamJar Ventures, Active Partners, Sir Terry Leahy, and Red Bus Ventures. Each Roots community generates recurring revenue through membership fees and product sales, making the model both impactful and profitable.
Faik Ulutaş is a General Manager at Mensa Sinai Ticaret Ve Mali Yatirimlar AS (MEMSA).
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Marketplace
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $29k–$2M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bartme — Bartme is a c2c Barter Platform. Our mission is to put barter back in our daily life to maximise lifespan of any book today and any product tomorrow. Globally. Innovatively.We see a very strong tech-driven hype in 2nd hand (i.e. pre-owned) market. However, there is immense untapped potential in traditional barter. We have examined prominentproblems in barter concept and developed a unique, brand new mobile app to make barter a favorable option in 2nd hand trade.Happy Barter,Bartme Team
- Shippn — International package forwarding service. Shop from Amazon, Shein, Macy's worldwide. Fast shipping with DHL & FedEx. Trusted by 50,000+ customers.
- MYTH AI — Myth AI provides artificial intelligence-based "state of the art" pattern design tools that brings together designers and businesses.
Justin Matthew King is based out of London and is the Chair Board Member of New Enterprise Associates. Justin previously worked at Terra Firma as a Vice Chairman & Senior Adviser. Justin Matthew King attended the University of Bath. Justin Matthew King received a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 2011 and was named MostAdmired Business Leader by Management Today in 2013.
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- Industry: Retail, Grocery, Shopping
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Snappy Shopper — Order your favourite products from your local convenience store, for delivery from as little as 30 minutes with Snappy Shopper. Your every day essentials are only a click away - order your grocery delivery online or through our app.
Ramesh Haridas is an Angel Investor since June 2006. Ramesh has been an entrepreneur and an investor in early stage internet companies for the last 10 years. He has started and sold two internet companies. Ramesh was Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Parakweet from March 2010 to February 2016. Parakweet is Ramesh's third startup.Ramesh has started and successfully sold two internet companies before - PrivacyBank.com, an online information bank; and Chintano -- an internet ad network that built proprietary contextual and behavioral targeting technology. Ramesh is also an active angel investor and was the first angel investor in 8tracks, nRelate (sold to IAC), and Esaya (sold to Linkedin); and an early investor in Mashery, AVG and Rapportive. In his free time, he enjoys playing squash and discovering good fiction. Ramesh holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $500k–$1.5M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ryde — Ryders is a last-mile delivery business that puts people and planet first.
- Sano Genetics — Sano Genetics is a health technology company that focuses on personalized medicine and genetics. They aim to empower individuals to contribute their genetic and health data for research purposes, with the goal of advancing scientific understanding and personalized approaches to healthcare. Sano Genetics often operates within the context of geneticresearch studies and projects, allowing participants to share their genetic information to contribute to the broader field of medical research
- Carv — Improve your skiing technique with real-time audio coaching. Carv uses pressure and motion analysis to score your technique and help you improve.
Philipp is an earliest stage technology investor in Berlin. He invested in more than 100 companies across various sectors, including open source software, ML/AI enabled SaaS, and deep tech from synthetic biology to materials science.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Round size: Seed $1M–$8M; Pre-Seed $538k–$2.5M; Series A $2.9M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Levity — Train your own AI on documents, images, or text data to perform daily, repetitive tasks so your team can reach the next level of productivity. No code required.
- consalio — consalio enables customers to gain transparency over ongoing consulting activities and costs in the company.
- bunch — Bunch is a financial technology company that provides software and operational infrastructure for private market fund management. Its platform supports the full fund lifecycle, including investor onboarding, fund administration, accounting, compliance, reporting, and transaction management for venture capital, private equity, and other alternativeinvestment structures. The company combines proprietary software with integrated operational services to help asset managers and investors manage funds and special purpose vehicles through a centralized system. Bunch also offers tools designed to improve data management and automate workflows across fund operations and regulatory processes. The platform is used by asset managers and investors across multiple European jurisdictions to manage investment structures and administrative activities.
Chris is a Managing Partner at L Catterton, the world's leading consumer growth investor with US$20B assets under management, where he co-leads the Growth Fund. He focuses on growth-stage consumer technology businesses in the US, Europe, and the UK. The L Catterton team previously scaled today's consumer tech leaders (Amazon, Shopify,Lazada, Shutterfly, Peloton, Vroom, Better Mortgage, ClassPass, and more) and brings their experience to support entrepreneurs building tomorrow's leading companies. He is also an active angel investor and serves on the boards of several non-profits in arts and education. Previously, Chris led Shutterfly, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFLY) as President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors from May 2016 through the sale to Apollo Global Management in 2019. Under his leadership, over the three years from 2015 to 2018, Shutterfly doubled revenues to $2 billion, doubled free cash flow, and increased operating income ten-fold.Prior to joining Shutterfly, Chris served as Managing Director of Amazon UK and co-led Amazon across Europe for six years, after leading Amazon’s UK Media businesses for four years. Amazon UK grew to almost $10 billion in GAAP revenue over this 10-year period, a 14-fold increase. Before joining Amazon, he worked in publishing as Global Managing Director of Phaidon Press, as Chief Operating Officer of HarperCollins Canada, and as Vice President & General Manager of Electronic Publishing for HarperCollins Publishers. He began his career as a management consultant with the media & entertainment practice of Booz Allen & Hamilton.In addition to his operating roles, Chris serves in leadership roles in several not-for-profit organizations. He is a director of Character Lab, a non-profit dedicated to advancing the science and practice of character development in order to help children thrive; a member of the Board of Visitors of Oxford's Ashmolean Museum; a member of the Collections Committee and Director's Circle of the Harvard University Art Museums; and President of the American Friends of the Royal Collection. He and his wife also actively support the Domaine de Chantilly, the Wallace Collection, and the Attingham Trust. Chris is an active angel investor, having made more than 40 investments in early-stage companies. He enjoys mentoring, working with a number of technology entrepreneurs and serving as a Strategic Advisor to Forto.Chris earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard College and a master’s degree in Philosophy from New York University. Chris and his wife have three young children and divide their time between London and France. Born and raised in New York, Chris is a dual US/British national.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $1.7M–$20M; Series A $4.3M–$100M; Series B $20M–$117M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ascendx Cloud — Supercharge Salesforce with connected apps that streamline sales, automate data, and drive enterprise-scale growth - Salesforce Solutions By Ascendx
- Graswald AI — Graswald engages in the creation of natural and digital 3D worlds for the entertainment industry.
- Floodlight — Track finances, make smarter decisions, and increase revenue. Think business accounts, cards, payments and cashback, all-in-one.
Stefan Smalla is the Founder and CEO at Westwing.Before founding Westwing, Stefan worked at Bain & Co. as a Senior Manager. In the early days of e-commerce he was a CTO and VP of E-Commerce at dooyoo, and he founded a social network.
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- Industry: Retail, Grocery, Delivery
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Zapp — Thousands of hand-picked products - delivered across London in minutes, 24/7.
Alex Roetter
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Sales, Retail
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Purple Dot — Sell More by Selling Earlier
- FINESSE — Welcome to the future of fashion: AI-driven, size inclusive, affordable and sustainable, FINESSE is the first fashion house that produces styles voted on by you & our AI - no overproduction, no waste!
- Candidate Labs — Candidate Labs is a modern talent agency, pairing seasoned recruiters with technology and data to make the hiring of sales and marketing professionals seamless and intelligent.
Anu Adedoyin Adasolum
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, Brand Marketing
- Stage:Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Jendaya — The next decade will be defined by its push toward greater diversity, inclusion and representation across every facet of fashion. Jendaya is an online luxury marketplace housing the next generation of international luxury labels & designers. Shop ready-to-wear, accessories, and luxury beauty products for men and women.
Joe Middleton is the CEO and Chairman of PlayerLayer as well as Dreamsport Ltd.
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- Industry: Retail, Shopping, Social Shopping
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Social Network
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Canada, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- DragonflAI — Phone-Based AI Moderation Moderate user-uploaded images and videos before they leave mobile devices and reach the internet. Keep your platform and servers free from indecent or illegal content.
- Handl — Handl is an online platform for vehicle & fleet servicing.
- My Probate Partner — Simplify the probate process in Scotland with expert support. Join our free webinar and book a consultation today.
Paul Walton is the Founder and CTO of Boundary.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Social Network
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- DragonflAI — Phone-Based AI Moderation Moderate user-uploaded images and videos before they leave mobile devices and reach the internet. Keep your platform and servers free from indecent or illegal content.
- Handl — Handl is an online platform for vehicle & fleet servicing.
- Just Venue — Just Venue is an online platform that aims to socialise event space booking, by connecting event hosts and organisers with space owners and managers. Just Venue aims to connect event hosts and organisers with venue owners and managers.The website has taken inspiration from other community platforms like AirBnB, Uber and TaskRabbit.
Lee Harlow (former MD, TFG London).
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, Consumer Goods
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- All Good Things — We wanted to create a place where beautiful fashion and great prices could live together. Brands you love. Always up to 65% off.
Jonathan Carlton Langley Wright is based out of Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea and is the Co-Founder and Partner of JamJar Investments. Jonathan previously worked at innocent drinks as a Co Founder, co-CEO, and COO. Jonathan Carlton Langley Wright attended the University of Cambridge.
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- Industry: CRM, Video, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $3.7M–$5M; Series A $1.5M–$6.4M; Series B $12M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Scoota — Scoota is an online advertising technology company that enables advertisers to create, activate, measure and optimise brilliant brand campaigns at scale.We offer a single programmatic platform for the creation and delivery of rich, high-impact formats via open real-time bidding and private marketplaces, without compromising creative executionor brand safety.Our technology includes a unique campaign delivery system that pre-reads an ad space in real-time so that the right creative is delivered into the right ad unit without the need for pre-testing and independent site integration.We care about and invest in an open and long-term approach, enabling partners to work with us through integration with their own systems of choice, or via our platform whether as a self-serve solution, or a fully managed service.Scoota was founded in London in 2008 and employs more than 40 people. In 2015, we won best overall programmatic technology at The Drum Digital Trading Awards and Silver for Best Ad Tech Provider at the 2015 British Media Awards.
- XOXO Soda — XOXO Soda is a plant-based drink with prebiotic fiber that is low in sugar and calories.
- Simba Sleep — One Mattress. Five Layers of Comfort. Tailored to Suit All. Bringing together experience & technology so that your mattress gives you the best night's sleep.
Andy Phillipps is the Advisor, IC and Venture Partner at IQ Capital.
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- Industry: Software, Travel, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Finland, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 18
- Round size: Seed $680k–$6.5M; Series A $3.7M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 5Mins — 5Mins is the new microlearning platform that helps your employees build in-demand skills fast with AI-powered personalisation and advanced gamification.
- Layla AI — Layla operates as a travel discovery platform.
- Civic Marketplace — Civic Marketplace is a platform that simplifies purchasing decisions, helps agencies make efficient, informed choices, and boosts local economic growth by providing access and opportunities to historically underutilized businesses.
Guy is Terra Firma’s Chairman and Founder. He is the Chief Investment Officer and sits on the boards of the general partner of each of the Terra Firma funds.Guy started his career with Goldman Sachs International where he went on to become Head of Eurobond Trading and then Head of Goldman Sachs’ Global Asset Structuring Group. During this time,Guy was a leading pioneer in the development of securitisation, extending the practice beyond simple debt instruments to include assets such as shopping malls, mobile home parks and distressed loans.Guy left Goldman Sachs in 1994 for Nomura International plc, where he established the Principal Finance Group (‘PFG’). PFG went on to undertake ground-breaking deals involving trains, housing and pubs, among other areas, using securitised debt to finance acquisitions. In 2002, he led the spin-out of PFG to form Terra Firma.Since 1994, Guy has overseen the investment of more than €17 billion in 34 businesses with a total enterprise value of more than €48 billion.Guy has an MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Mansfield College, Oxford University. He was elected a Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 2000 in recognition of his achievements. In 2012, Guy was named the 20th most influential figure in Private Equity International’s ‘100 Most Influential of the Decade’.Guy is the President of ‘Access for Excellence’, a campaign based at Mansfield College, Oxford which promotes the broadest possible access to higher education in the UK. He is a Bancroft Fellow of Mansfield College and supports the college’s Annual Hands Lecture. He is also a member of the University of Oxford Chancellor’s Court of Benefactors. Additionally, Guy is a Fellow of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme.
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- Industry: TV, DRM, Apps
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Series A $10M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- OnBuy — OnBuy is an online marketplace that offers multi-category products. Its marketplace offers competitive fees for its sellers and helps to list all the products in its portal that enable users to purchase products without hassle. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Poole, Dorset.
- proSapient — proSapient is a tech-led expert network that enables professionals to share insights with our clients (typically consultancies and PE firms) through calls, surveys and long-term engagements
- Humanising Autonomy — Humanising Autonomy is building the global standard for human-machine interactions. They are a predictive AI company creating a global standard that improves the way vehicles and systems interact with people in any environment.
Knut Frängsmyr is the chief operating officer and deputy chief executive officer of Frängsmyr holds master’s degrees in law from Frängsmyr is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Banking, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Sweden, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Elvy — Geofy AI platform provides home owners control over their energy needs with subscription of solar, heat pump and battery system.
- OnBuy — OnBuy is an online marketplace that offers multi-category products. Its marketplace offers competitive fees for its sellers and helps to list all the products in its portal that enable users to purchase products without hassle. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Poole, Dorset.
- Maintract — Maintract is a new generation of financial contract management software. It also offers banking and financial services. They provide contract management automation solutions to banks for drafting, data verification, workflow automation, contract data monitoring, tracking workflow and documentation, compliance management, and more.
Ricardo Schaefer - Partner @ Target Global
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Real Estate
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Zepto — India's fastest grocery delivery service.
- TheGuarantors — TheGuarantors unlock opportunity and financial advantage for renters. Empowering renters with tools and resources to access the life you deserve.
- Housfy — Housfy develops a digital platform designed to sell flats and houses between private individuals. The company's digital platform eliminates intermediation in the sale of houses, offering all the necessary tools for sellers and buyers to connect directly online, enabling home buyers and sellers to avoid traditional agencies and save brokeragefees.
June Angelides currently works as an Investor for Samos Investments. She previously worked at the University of Oxford as an Oxford Foundry Mentor. June Angelides attended UCL.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Rental, Food Delivery
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Nigeria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Odin — Community and investment tools for people building the future.
- Bloom Money — Bloom Money is a savings club app designed to help growing communities in migrant communities and use technology to promote community, safety, and convenience.
- By Rotation — Rent over 25000+ designer fashion items online from our free app. Discover luxury designer dresses, clothing, bags and accessories from your trending favorite brands.
Dinika Mahtani
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- Industry: Rental, Retail, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Meander — Vektor is the career platform for Tech professionals.
- By Rotation — Rent over 25000+ designer fashion items online from our free app. Discover luxury designer dresses, clothing, bags and accessories from your trending favorite brands.
- Trace.Space — Engineers develop complex products 10x faster with Trace.Space. Requirements management for the next generation
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