Top 50 Retail Angel Investors in United Kingdom (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Tom Singh
Angel
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5 | 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–$15M |
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Nigel Wray
Angel
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4 | United Kingdom, Singapore, United States | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, FinTech, Fitness | $916k–$10M |
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Simon Murdoch
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, United States, Ireland | Series A, Seed | E-Commerce, Software, Finance | $637k–$15M |
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Will Martin
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, Japan, United States | Seed, Series A | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $524k–$30M |
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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 Brooks
Angel
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3 | United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $524k–$30M |
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Kevin Taylor
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed | NFC, PaaS, Retail | $672k–$904k |
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Philip Green
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Internet, Software, Information Technology | $120k–$13M |
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Tjaart van der Waalt
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, The Netherlands | Seed, Pre-Seed | Retail, Marketing, Advertising | $962k–$3M |
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Martin McCourt
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, EdTech, Events | $196k–$2.1M |
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James Fong
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Retail, Marketing, Advertising | |
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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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Paul Birch
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Series A | E-Commerce, Marketplace, SaaS | $828k–$955k |
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Matt Cooper
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, E-Commerce | $556k–$4.2M |
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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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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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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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Alan Barratt
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed | Energy, Retail, Food and Beverage | $3.7M–$6M |
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Dimiter Tschawow
Angel
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2 | India, Mexico, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Retail, Internet | $4.6M–$50M |
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Sir Terry Leahy
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Series A, Seed | Software, SaaS, Mobile | $1.3M–$16M |
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Giles Brook
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Food and Beverage, Snack Food, Retail | $524k–$2.6M |
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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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Thomas Teichman
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | E-Commerce, CRM, SaaS | |
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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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Jeroen Sibia
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom | Angel | Retail, Shopping, Social Shopping | $2M–$2.2M |
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Jon Wright
Angel
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2 | United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series B, Series A | CRM, Video, Mobile | $1.5M–$19M |
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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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Justin King
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom | Series A | Retail, Grocery, Shopping | |
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Richard Reed
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A | Mobile, Content, Medical | $1.2M–$17M |
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Faik Ulutaş
Angel
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1 | Turkey, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Mobile Apps, Mobile | $29k–$1.3M |
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Will Neale
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, Italy, Japan | Seed, Pre-Seed | FinTech, Financial Services, Software | $121k–$6.2M |
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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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Justas Janauskas
Angel
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1 | Lithuania, Germany, United Kingdom | Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed | Pet, Apps, EdTech | $85k–$4.5M |
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Richard Goulding
Angel
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1 | Jersey, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Retail, Fitness, Wellness | |
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Nathalie Gaveau
Angel
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1 | United States, France, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed | Retail, Genetics, Internet | |
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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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Glenn Elliott
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Angel, Series A | Mobile, Credit, Retail | |
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Jay Radia
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Retail, Marketing | |
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Jonathan Quin
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom | Angel, Seed | E-Commerce, CRM, Apps | |
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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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John Egan
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom | Series A | Retail, Fashion, Consumer Goods | |
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Lord Mervyn Davies
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom | Seed, Angel | Retail, Fashion, Internet | |
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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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Andrus Purde
Angel
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1 | Estonia, United Kingdom, Cyprus | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Public Transportation, Internet | |
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Sandra Lyness
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, Denmark, Portugal | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | SaaS, Software, B2B | |
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Sara Davies
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom | Angel | Home and Garden | |
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Riccardo Pozzoli
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom | Seed | Rental, Retail, Fashion | |
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Leonardo DiCaprio
Angel
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1 | United States, Israel, Switzerland | Series A, Seed | Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Manufacturing | |
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Frederik Fleck
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom | Angel | Credit, Retail, Shopping | |
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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: 17
- Round size: Seed $393k–$5.9M; Series A $1.6M–$4.1M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fabacus — We are a leading data and technology business with a unique data service designed to digitally-transform the licensing industry. Contact us today.
- Finboot — Finboot is the dynamic SaaS company behind MARCO, the enterprise-grade suite of blockchain applications and middleware solutions for value and supply chains
- 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.
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: 78
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $1.1M–$3.5M; Series A $3.9M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Oraion — Your single source of truth for enterprise data
- Stackfix — Stackfix operates as a software comparison platform.
- Kombo — One unified API for HRIS, Payroll & ATS
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: E-Commerce, FinTech, Fitness
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Singapore, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Round size: Seed $916k–$5.9M; Series A $1.5M–$10M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Get A Drip — Premium IV vitamin drips, booster shots, diagnostics and longevity treatments. Clinician-led wellness clinics helping you optimise energy, health and performance.
- Stubben Edge — We make it easy for anyone from a broker to a retailer to access the best products, earn better commissions, and grow their businesses.
- 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.
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: 125
- Round size: Seed $637k–$3M; Series A $712k–$15M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Narchie — Create a home that's uniquely yours with Narchie. Shop sustainably, minimize waste, and find one-of-a-kind homeware items.
- MoveWise — Best casino sites UK ranked by reliability, game variety, bonus terms, and payout performance to help players choose with confidence.
- Area4 Labs — Hearby is your gateway to local live events.
Will Martin - Founder and Director @ Portfolio Ventures
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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Japan, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 74
- Round size: Seed $524k–$3.5M; Series A $2.2M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Loadsure — Loadsure is a spot freight cargo insurance company.
- Marshmallow — Digital-first car insurance company with a mission to deliver great prices, service, and coverage.
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–$1.9M; Series A $1.7M–$13M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
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.
- MV.Health — MysteryVibe offers the most advanced & award winning smart sex toys for men, women & couples that elevates their sexual health and wellbeing.
- Unlock — Unlock is a video-based platform packed with unique experiences your team will love.
Will Brooks - Founder & Director @ Portfolio Ventures
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, 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
- 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.
- Marshmallow — Digital-first car insurance company with a mission to deliver great prices, service, and coverage.
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.
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: Internet, Software, Information Technology
- 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–$13M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kouo — Kouo is an emotional intelligence platform using neural imaging sensors to monitor emotional states.
- 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.
Tjaart van der Walt is the Co-founder & Director at Tyme. He attended Stellenbosch University.
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- Industry: Retail, Marketing, Advertising
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $962k–$3M
- 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 — Darabase is a unique platform enabling the creation, management and monetisation of location-based digital content in the real world and virtual metaverses.
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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–$2.1M
- 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.
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 — Darabase is a unique platform enabling the creation, management and monetisation of location-based digital content in the real world and virtual metaverses.
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 — With so many ways to sell your car, it can be overwhelming. At Motorway, we’re focused on building the best way. Our vision is to build a better car market for everyone.Transparent and straightforward in all that we do, our smart technology matches our customers’ cars with a nationwide network of verified dealers.This enables those dealers tobuy 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.In our first 4 years, we've helped over 2.5 million car owners value and sell their car. 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.
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: E-Commerce, Marketplace, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $828k–$955k
- Lead/follow: 11% lead, 89% 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
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- Housebites — Create tasty, inspiring and healthy meals at home. We'll send you all the ingredients, recipes and expert tips. Release your inner chef!
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: Artificial Intelligence, Analytics, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $556k–$2.8M; Angel $1.8M–$4.2M; Pre-Seed $2M–$2.9M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Prosper — Prosper's offering includes fee-free investments in public market index funds, including fund fees, as well as SIPP and ISA wrappers.
- Clerkenwell Health — Clerkenwell Health addresses the growing unmet demand for effective mental health treatments.
- Juniper — Juniper is a reproductive healthcare insurance provider.
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: 26
- Round size: Seed $170k–$1.9M; Angel $275k–$524k; Pre-Seed $200k–$510k
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Deplike — Everyone can make music!
- UP School — UP School fills in the gap of female participation in society’s most important technology roles by offering free educational programs for women through technical education programs that train them in a specific area of technology. UP School launched two pilot programs in Robotic Process Automation and in Data Science, and have two activecorporate-sponsored programs in Data Analytics and Android Development in partnership with Ford Motor Company, and Akbank.Students who graduated from the program have been recruited by globally lead companies such as Ford Motor Company, Unilever, Siemens and Coca Cola Company.
- HotelRunner — HotelRunner is a cloud based hotel online sales and channel manager tool with an online marketing suite. Power your online sales now!
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: 11
- Round size: Seed $168k–$6M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sprig — Sprig is a user insights platform that enables product teams to build better product experiences by going beyond basic analytics. Discover how you can improve your product with Sprig.
- Neutonic — Unlock your potential with our powerful nootropic blend designed to make you feel less stressed, less fatigued and genuinely more productive. Save up to 20% subscription and bundles.
- Founderpath — Over $200M deployed to 500+ founders with 200+ 5-star reviews. Get capital and use powerful agents to double revenue and save time.
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: 27
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7M; Series A $7.7M–$70M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Basket — Basket lets you keep track of things you want to buy, automatically finding the best prices, saving you time and money. Say hello to your new shopping companion.
- SkyFi® — SkyFi makes on-demand, high-resolution satellite images and videos available to anyone who has access to a smartphone, tablet or computer.
- Release — Release is a provider of financing services for finance and banking.
Alan Barratt - Founder & CEO @ Grenade
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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 — Unlock your potential with our powerful nootropic blend designed to make you feel less stressed, less fatigued and genuinely more productive. Save up to 20% subscription and bundles.
Dimiter Tschawow
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Retail, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: India, Mexico, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $4.6M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Valoreo — Valoreo acquires, operates, and scales outstanding e-commerce brands with superstar products. We focus on brands with excellent customer reviews and merchants that have proven success by being top-seller in niche categories with high-growth potential.
- 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.
- Zapp — Thousands of hand-picked products - delivered across London in minutes, 24/7.
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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
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$16M; Series A $2M–$5M
- Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Perlego — Perlego is an online library subscription service for textbooks and non-fiction titles. Having partnered with over 3,000 of the world's best 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 isheadquartered in London, England.
- SYNALOGiK — Synalogik helps organisations improve efficiency and slash costs through automated data aggregation when multiple data sources are required.
- BrandShield — Your brand protection tool should do more than detect counterfeits. BrandShield will detect and takedown all manner of frauds, protecting your company.
Giles Brook
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Snack Food, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Round size: Seed $524k–$2.6M
- Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bio&Me — Bio&Me Gut-Loving Prebiotic Granola from The Gut Health Doctor. Only granola with an EFSA health claim "Good for your gut". High in fibre. No added sugar. 15 different plant-based ingredients (Seeds, Legumes, Nuts, Vegetables, Fruit, Wholegrains). Prebiotic. Vegetarian. Vegan. Chicory Root Fibre. For good gut health.
- BEPPS Snacks — BEPPS Snacks are chickpea snacks with black-eyed pea inclusions that pack a flavourful punch.
- Fearne & Rosie — Hello! Berry nice to meet you. Our mum says it's really important that we eat the berry best food. So we squish together natural ingredients to make tasty, fruity jams, honeys and spreads. MORE FRUIT, LESS SUGAR Just for you! Love, Fearne and Rosie x
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
Tom is the Chairman of SPARK Venture Management and has a long track record in backing, chairing and developing some of Europe’s most successful internet, technology, music, games and software businesses. Additionally, he has 20 years’ prior investment banking experience acquired at Credit Suisse, Bank of Montreal Nesbitt and Mitsubishi Bank,where he held various positions including Head of Corporate Finance, Trading and Syndicate. Tom was Executive Chairman of SPARK Ventures plc for 10 years until 2011 and now chairs SPARK Venture Management, which manages the SPARK Ventures plc portfolio and other significant technology and life sciences portfolios including funds from major institutions and 27 Oxford University colleges and the UK Government. Tom has operated hands-on after his City days in many small and fast growing businesses from start up to IPO or trade sale. Thus, unusually, he combines awareness of the capital markets and the M&A environments with that of entrepreneurial, rapid growth companies with mould-breaking ideas.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, CRM, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Popsa — Popsa won the Software category and was placed 3rd overall in Deloitte’s list of the 50 fastest growing companies in the UK in 2020 (in-between Bulb and Revolut), and was also awarded a place as a "one to watch" in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100.In an increasingly digital world, it's all too easy to lose your photos to the cloudor to the depths of your camera roll, never to be seen again.So we decided to do something about it.Popsa launched in 2016 to bring your memories to life by printing them in beautiful, physical products that you can hold.However, instead of making you spend hours designing your product (like Snapfish or Photobox), we do the hard work for you in minutes.Our vision is to send you regular bundles of photos in the post without you having to think about it. Little presents to yourself. A monthly subscription to your memories.We're developing technology to make it happen:• Machine learning to curate your most sentimental photos. • Bespoke algorithms to automatically design beautiful layouts. • The fastest delivery from the best printers in the world.Customers will sign up and every month they'll unwrap a new collection of memories to keep for years to come.
- Doctify — Find and book the best healthcare providers on Doctify. Read verified patient reviews and book your appointments with confidence
- 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.
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.
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.
Operations guru. Was the co-CEO and COO of innocent, behind much of the process and operations still in place there today. Ex Bain Consultancy. St John's College, Cambridge - Engineering.
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- Industry: CRM, Video, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Series A $1.5M–$6.4M; Series B $12M–$19M
- 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.
- Patch — Patch is your new neighbourhood space for work, community, and events.
- 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.
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.
Justin is Terra Firma’s Vice Chairman, having joined the firm in September 2015. In addition, Justin serves as Chairman of Wyevale Garden Centres and sits on the board of Annington.He was previously the CEO of Sainsbury’s between 2004 and 2014, where he led the business through a major turnaround which led to nine years of profit growth. Beforejoining Sainsbury’s, Justin was Head of Food at Marks & Spencer. He held prior roles at Asda, Haagen-Dazs, PepsiCo and Mars in a thirty-year career spanning consumer goods and grocery retailing.Justin is a member of the Public Interest Body of PwC. He has previously served as a director of Staples and a board member of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and was on the audit committee of both organisations. He was also a member of the Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Group.Justin is well known for his interest in motorsport. In early 2015, Justin played a key role in the recovery of the Marrusia Formula One team (now Manor Racing Formula One team) through a company voluntary arrangement and served as its interim chairman. His son, Jordan, races in the IndyCar Series, and previously competed in GP2 in addition to being a development driver for Manor Racing.In 2013, Justin was named Most Admired Business Leader by Management Today as well as Britain’s Most Impressive Businessman in the IPSOS-MORI Captains of Industry Report.Justin received an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Bath, and in 2009 the University of Bath awarded him with an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration. Justin was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 2011.
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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.
Richard is the founder of Innocent Drinks, UK's number 1 smoothie brand. In 2009 The Coca-Cola Company acquired a minority stake in Innocent Drinks and in 2013 the stake was increased to over 90%. Innocent Drinks gives 10% of its profits to charity. Richard is known to have implemented a google-like working atmosphere at InnocentDrinks' offices, where people feel like at home. He appeared in sereval high profile TV shows and documentaries, here is a documentary with Peter Jones from Drangon's Den (UK's equivalent of Shark Tank) He is now a successful investor through his company JamJar Investments, where they invest in strong teams with an idea that consumers love.
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- Industry: Mobile, Content, Medical
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$6.5M; Series A $1.5M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Beckley Psytech — Our mission is to help people suffering from neurological and psychiatric conditions by developing our pipeline of psychedelic compounds.
- Beckley Canopy Therapeutics — Beckley Canopy Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company designed to research cannabis health products.
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Browse database — It's Free!Faik Ulutaş is a General Manager at Mensa Sinai Ticaret Ve Mali Yatirimlar AS (MEMSA).
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- Industry: Software, Mobile Apps, Mobile
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Turkey, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $29k–$1.3M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Meloknows — Meloknows is a mobile application that provides a marketplace for beauticians and hairdressers to provide beauty services.
Founder (Grabyo, Fonix). Investor.
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- Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, Italy, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Seed $121k–$6.2M; Pre-Seed $650k–$4.3M
- 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.
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 user-centric genetic data marketplace that connects individuals directly to the research world. It act as ethical brokers to facilitate a direct connection between you and research institutions. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Cambridge.
- Carv — Improve your skiing technique with real-time audio coaching. Carv uses pressure and motion analysis to score your technique and help you improve.
Justas Janauskas is a CEO at Vinted, mobile social shopping platform for pre-loved fashion.
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- Industry: Pet, Apps, EdTech
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Lithuania, Germany, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$4.5M; Angel $85k–$287k; Pre-Seed $159k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dogo GmbH — Dogo app - dog trainer in your pocket. Strengthen your friendship with training
- Cocoli — Cocoli offers furniture & home decor solutions.
- Perfection42 — Perfection42 empowers creators to reach Unlimited Quality with custom Artificial intelligence tools without a single line of code.
Richard Goulding is the Co-founder and Chairman of Play.com.
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- Industry: Retail, Fitness, Wellness
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Jersey, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% 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.
- Nutrigums — Nutrigums - Vitamin Packed Gummies
Nathalie Gaveau is the Président of Tailwind International. She is a graduate of MIT Sloan School of Management and HEC Paris.
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- Industry: Retail, Genetics, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, France, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- 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.
- 54gene — 54gene is a healthcare startup unlocking the African genome to fuel genetic research and development that may lead to new discoveries and benefit all populations.54gene was founded in 2019 by Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong to address the significant gap in the global genomics market: Nearly 90% of genetic material used in pharmaceutical research iscaucasian. Only 2% is African, despite the fact that Africans and people of African ancestry are more genetically diverse than all other world populations combined. As a result, pharmaceutical research and development is lacking the diverse data that may hold the key to medical discoveries and new healthcare solutions.
- Giskard — Deliver AI products, better & faster. Deploy automated tests to eliminate regression and biases. Collaborate faster with feedback from business stakeholders and more.
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 $1.1M–$8M; Pre-Seed $538k–$2.6M; Series A $2.9M–$28M
- Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Softr — Softr lets you develop custom web apps, client portals, or internal tools. Build your first app or tool in minutes, for free.
- Qatalog — Connect tools, resources and teams in one digital Work Hub. Find information quickly, collaborate effectively. Set up your Work Hub.
- Ahead App — Learn to control your emotions and influence others in fun, short sessions - so you and those around you become happier and better together.
Entrepreneur, author and expert on company culture, employee engagement and people. Founder at Reward Gateway where I was CEO for 11 years. Investor and growth / scale up advisor. Now Entrepreneur in Residence at Tenzing Private Equity. Based in Berlin, Germany.
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- Industry: Mobile, Credit, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Zeel — Zeel delivers Massage On Demand:registered: - top-quality massages from licensed, vetted massage therapists to homes, hotels, workplaces, and events in as little as an hour, or up to a month in advance. With Zeel, customers enjoy a massage in the comfort, convenience, safety, and privacy of the place and time of their choosing, 7 days a week, 365days a year, with start times as early as 8 am and as late as 10:30 pm. Services by app for iPhone or Android . Our first service offering is Massage On Demand:registered:. Zeel has been offering Massage On Demand since December 2012, launching the app on April 2, 2013. Massage On Demand:registered: is disrupting the $15B US and $80B global massage market.The Zeel app allows customers to get massage at their home, hotel, workplace or event in as little as an hour, or up to a month in advance. They choose between a soothing Swedish and invigorating deep tissue massage. Customers pay a set price (including tax & tip), charged to their credit card on file. All therapists are fully vetted in person, licensed in their state of practice, insured (minimum of $1M), background-checked and trained by the Zeel team to reach the highest levels of customer service and experience. In September 2013, Zeel launched Massage Zeelot, the first-ever same-day, on-demand massage subscription service. Customers receive at least one in-home, on-demand Zeel Massage per month at a preferred rate, along with a free professional-grade massage table, theirs to keep.
- CommuterClub — Based in London, United Kingdom, CommuterClub offers a software solution that enables businesses to manage season ticket schemes. The company was founded by Petko Plachkov in 2013.
- The Mothership — The Mothership brings the power of multichannel marketing and digital-first branding to the best consumer products.
Jay Radia Co-Founder & CEO Jay and his brother Meelan started Yieldify after realizing that eCommerce sites were lacking a simple, easy to integrate tool that allowed them to improve their customer experience. Prior to Yieldify, Jay had a promising career in Finance where he worked on the trading floors at Investment Banks such as Bank ofAmerica and BNP Paribas. He studied Economics as an undergraduate at UCL and always gravitated towards entrepreneurship from an early age. Jay was recognised by the FT in 2015 as one of the top 10 tech entrepreneurs under 30 in Europe.
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- Industry: Software, Retail, Marketing
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Skrap — Skrap is an on-demand mobile marketplace for skip hire and other waste collection services.
- Emperia — Create your own Virtual Space that will become a platform for new ideas and opportunities.
- Screenloop — Screenloop is the hiring intelligence platform that allows you to source candidates, analyse interviews, and automate the reference process.
Jonathan co-founded World First in January 2004. His career before this included two years as Head of Business Development within the Financial Markets division of RBS. Prior to that he was at Citibank, initially as a trader before moving to the bank's global corporate sales desk. He then looked after the European sales of Citibank'sonline FX trading products. Jonathan holds a law and accountancy degree from the University of Edinburgh.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, CRM, Apps
- Stage:Angel, Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Basket — Basket lets you keep track of things you want to buy, automatically finding the best prices, saving you time and money. Say hello to your new shopping companion.
- Hassle.com — Hassle is a free to the consumer, destination web site that puts together buyers and sellers of home based services such as cleaners, tutors, personal trainers, and driving instructors. It enables the consumer to search for a vetted provider, read ratings and reviews, and instantly book and pay for a service. They have started with domesticcleaners, providing real time order fulfilment for busy customers across London.
- The Mothership — The Mothership brings the power of multichannel marketing and digital-first branding to the best consumer products.
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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.
John Egan is a Non-Executive Director.
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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.
Lord Mervyn Davies
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- Industry: Retail, Fashion, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
- TapSimple — Cashless giving made simple
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.
Experienced startup marketer. Co-founder and CEO of Outfunnel. Skype and Pipedrive alumni. Angel investor.
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- Industry: Software, Public Transportation, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Estonia, United Kingdom, Cyprus
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Avrio — Capture and share data analysis, user research, and learnings directly in context, with your team.
- Klaus — Klaus is a conversation review tool that improves customer service quality by making internal feedback easy and systematic. It also integrates with your help desk, good for improving the quality of answers and on-boarding new agents. They also connect to your favorite help desk solution and saves time on fumbling around with spreadsheets and comingup with the review system.Klaus is based in Tallinn, Estonia.
- SegmentStream — SegmentStream is a data intelligence platform which helps collect and unify from different data sources into own data warehouse for advanced analytics and attribution. Our solution is trusted by leading brands such as Benetton, Nespresso, New Balance, myToys, Eventim Group, and others.
Sandra Lyness - Head Of Operations @ Passion Capital
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United Kingdom, Denmark, Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Purple Dot — Sell More by Selling Earlier
- Unlock — Unlock is a video-based platform packed with unique experiences your team will love.
- Cosmos Video — Cosmos Video is the virtual venue platform that allows people to work, hang out, and socialize together.
Sara Davies MBE is a Founder of Crafter's Companion.
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- Industry: Home and Garden
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Dig — Dig is here to help you create a beautiful outdoor space, discover the pleasure of gardening and increase urban biodiversity.
- Zebedee —
- Good Wash Day — Good Wash Day is a D2C haircare company, Good Wash Day uses organic jersey cotton to produce their towels.
Riccardo Pozzoli
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- Industry: Rental, Retail, Fashion
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor and film producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and nine Golden Globe Awards. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Aviator (2004), and has been nominated by the Screen Actors Guild, Satellite Awards, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Acommitted environmentalist, DiCaprio has received praise from environmental groups for his activism. At the 2007 Oscar ceremony, DiCaprio and former Vice President Al Gore announced that the Academy Awards had incorporated environmentally intelligent practices throughout the planning and production processes, and on July 7, 2007, DiCaprio presented at the American leg of Live Earth.
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- Industry: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Manufacturing
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: United States, Israel, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 34
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Exowatt — Modular full-stack renewable energy solutions for commercial and industrial customers.
- ID Genève — We make watches that reflect the values and principles of people who are committed to fight climate change and who wish to have a positive social and environmental impact. The materials used are circular and have a lower carbon footprint than the industry average.
- SolarMente — SolarMente is a software platform that provides solar hardware, installation, warranties, financing, insurance, and technical support. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Catalonia.
Frederik Fleck is a serial entrepreneur.In 2007 he started his own investment company. Richmond View Venture incubates businesses (Crowd Guru, expertcloud) and invests in early stage start-ups. His portfolio includes Reputation.com, Sipegood, Simfy, an online video advertising network, and a rapidly growing fashion rental site.In 2005 FrederikFleck founded Ostrich Media, an interactive quiz TV production company that he built into an international organization operating in five countries. London based Ostrich Media has been acquired in 2007 by Buongiorno. Previously Frederik Fleck was part of the senior management team of 9Live interactive TV, where he was responsible for the Sales and Marketing Division. In 2005, Germany’s largest TV group ProSiebenSat.1 acquired 9Live. Frederik Fleck began his career as part of a startup team that developed the Berlin-based expert advice platform Questico. He was responsible for business development and implemented Quetico’s TV strategy.
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- Industry: Credit, Retail, Shopping
- Stage:Angel
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
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- SwipeGood — SwipeGood allows users to enroll their credit or debit cards and automatically round up every purchase to the nearest dollar for charity. By aggregating your credit and debit card transactions, rounding up each purchase to the nearest dollar, and distributing the difference to your favorite charities, SwipeGood enables you to do a small amount ofgood every time you swipe your card.
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