Top 50 Social Angel Investors in Europe in December 2024

Investor	Social Europe investments
Nicolas Julia	2
Ned Cranborne	2
Ian Hogarth	2
Richard Fearn	2
Soleio Soleio	2
Shan Drummond	2
Dmitry Tokarev	1
Paul Chiappe	1
Jonas Brogårdh	1
Mike Lobanov	1
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal	1
Stefan Magnusson	1
Philippe Marcel	1
Martin Ott	1
Alexandra Mathiolon	1
Sameer Singh	1
Judy Wilson	1
Roderick Banner	1
David Giampaolo	1
Robin Shenfield	1
Chris Rodman	1
kaushal kumar	1
Matt Robinson	1
Jeremy Darroch	1
Marc McCabe	1
Nicola Volpi	1
Ian Marchant	1
Ludvig Linge	1
Theo Osborne	1
Maria Palma	1
Jamie Swango	1
Richard Lewis	1
Lopo Champalimaud	1
Harald McPike	1
Sophia Bendz	1
Yannis Yahiaoui	1
Zac Bookman	1
Gustav Söderström	1
Paul Forster	1
Jim Mellon	1
Vinay Solanki	1
Amadeo Brenninkmeijer	1
Peter Read	1
Rob Dobson	1
Richard Scudamore	1
Claire Nooriala	1
Simon Franks	1
Pere Mayol	1
Don Hoang	1
Will Neale	1

Nicolas Julia is a Blockchain entrepreneur. He is the CEO at Sorare, the leading platform to collect and play with officially licensed football Crypto-goodsNicolas dedicated his career to Blockchain in 2015, and was previously running operations at Stratumn, a $8M VC-backed blockchain company.Nicolas hosts the meetup Crypto-goods Club, theplace of expression for all Crypto-goods enthusiasts.He believes Crypto-goods will pave the way for a new era of digital ownership and change the internet.

Investment focus

FinTech, Gaming, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
France, Israel, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

cubzh — Welcome to Cubzh, a universe of user-built avatars, hangouts and games.
Sekai Studio — Creating mind blowing official entertainment anime fans have been dreaming about
Tweed — Tweed provides a plug & play white-label wallet solution that includes compliant self-custodial key management, comprehensive wallet features and payment infrastructure all in one SDK. With Tweed, platforms and brands can onboard mainstream users seamlessly and create frictionless web3 experiences which increase the overall activity and saleson platform. Tweed’s architecture is built as a true self-custodial solution, and passes regular legal audits to ensure your platform can offload the regulatory burden and offer a fully compliant web3 experience.The company is still currently in stealth mode.

Ned Cranborne is a partner at Samos Investments, based in London, UK.

Investment focus

SaaS, Social, Analytics
Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Ometria — Create unforgettable customer experiences on every channel, powered by AI. Meet Ometria: the CDXP tailor-made for retail brands.
Car Throttle — The internet's car community

Ian got a master's in machine learning at Cambridge and loves dystopian robot takeover narratives. Seven years ago, Ian realized being a choirboy came with no street cred, so he started DJing hip-hop, funk, drum & bass, and grime. Ian quit his job at Bain & Company, Singapore to start Songkick.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Claimer — Claimer is a self-service application that gets credit claims done easily of money spent on research and development. Its platform empowers company owners and advisors to prepare their claims, without any specialist knowledge, no matter how big or small the claim. It also prepares and submits the amended tax return for free.Claimer was founded in2019 by Adam McCann and is headquartered in Croydon, United Kingdom.
Unitary — We detect harmful content with context-aware AI to keep brands and platforms safe online.
Fabric — One home for everything. A file explorer and workspace for the internet age. All your drives, clouds, notes, screenshots, links, and files automatically gathered into one self-organizing home. Never forget anything again.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Advertising, Advertising Platforms
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Darabase — Darabase is a unique platform enabling the creation, management and monetisation of location-based digital content in the real world and virtual metaverses.
Roleshare — Roleshare matches freelancers, part-time and fractional workers to job share; helping companies retain and attract coveted skills and talent. Join us!
Unlock — Unlock is a video-based platform packed with unique experiences your team will love.

Software designer turned investor 👨‍💻 Design: Facebook, Messenger, Dropbox 🌱 Capital: Figma, Vercel, Vanta, Framer, Perplexity and more

Investment focus

Software, Product Design, Collaboration
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Bezi — Bezi is a collaborative 3D design tool.
Bezi — Bezi is a collaborative 3D design tool.
Lapse — The new social camera for friends, not followers

Shan Drummond is a partner at Samos Investments, based in London, UK.

Investment focus

SaaS, Social, Analytics
Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Ometria — Create unforgettable customer experiences on every channel, powered by AI. Meet Ometria: the CDXP tailor-made for retail brands.
Car Throttle — The internet's car community

Dmitry T. is a CEO at Copper. He attended Imperial College Londo.

Investment focus

Trading Platform, Cryptocurrency, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Lapse — The new social camera for friends, not followers
3Commas — 3Commas develops a crypto-asset management tool for tracking investments and exchanges in a unified platform. It provides access to a unified dashboard as the central hub for trading and portfolio management execution.
Rho Protocol — Rho Protocol is a next-generation decentralized exchange for interest rate swaps, offering institutions a secure and transparent solution to harness the potential of interest rates in Web3

Paul Chiappe

Investment focus

Apps, Social, Mobile Apps
Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Sup app — Sup app is a free mobile app that makes chance encounters and serendipitous moments with friends happen more often without the creep factor as they don’t use maps.Get notified when friends are around you. They have all been there when they check their social feeds and see that a friend they haven’t seen in ages was just round the corner;attending the same festival or event. Before you kick yourself for missing out on the chance to see them well with Sup app you can see your friends more.Sup app lets you see your friends more with notifications when friends are nearby. Interact and stay in touch with friends. Send a Sup to a friend to see if they’re free and want to meet up. It can turn a dull day into a good old catch up.

Jonas Brogårdh

Investment focus

SaaS, Social, Internet
Seed
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Life Inside — Collect and share videos that engage and convert your website and career site visitors. Try Life Inside for free today!

At Target Global Mike is focused on investments in the Fintech and E-commerce spaces, as well as overall management of the firm. He also manages the relationships with co-investors who join deals alongside Target Global.Before joining Target Global, Mike worked at one of the largest Russian asset manageres, Alfa Capital, where he wasresponsible for managing $200+ million in assets for Alfa Capital’s 15 largest private clients.Mike holds a bachelor’s degree from the London School of Economics and twice won Russian state competitions in economics and entrepreneurship.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency
Series A, Series B, Seed
Russian Federation, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Lapse — The new social camera for friends, not followers
3Commas — 3Commas develops a crypto-asset management tool for tracking investments and exchanges in a unified platform. It provides access to a unified dashboard as the central hub for trading and portfolio management execution.
Hedgehog Protocol — Hedgehog Protocol operates as a cryptocurrency trading fee hedging protocol.

Thomas Madsen-Mygdal is a Danish designer, entrepreneur and activist behind companies like Mondo, 23, Podio and the reboot festival.

Investment focus

Computer, Collaboration, Software
Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
Denmark, United States, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Clue — Track your menstrual cycle with Clue, the #1 doctor-recommended free period tracker app built in collaboration with top health researchers.
Corti — Corti offers a digital assistant, augmenting medics in improving patient outcomes and internal performance.
Somewhere — Somewhere, formerly Support Shepherd. We find you amazing employees who cost 80% less than US equivalents, backed by our 6-month Perfect Hire Guarantee.

Stefan Magnusson is a Co-Founder of Taurus Technologies Electric.

Investment focus

SaaS, Social, Internet
Seed
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Life Inside — Collect and share videos that engage and convert your website and career site visitors. Try Life Inside for free today!

Philippe Marcel is the President of PBM.

Investment focus

Social, Sustainability, Information Technology
Pre-Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Auxo — Auxo Dynamics assists businesses in transitioning to a more sustainable business strategy. The technological platform automates data collecting from information systems and provides environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reports in accordance with requirements. Auxo Dynamics also allows stakeholders to share reports, facilitating access tolong-term financing.

Martin Ott - CEO @ Taxfix

Investment focus

Legal, Information Technology, Internet
Seed, Angel, Series A
Germany, Ireland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Unu motors — unu wants to create the mobility solution that fully connects people to the city. They believe in cities in which all people are enabled to embrace the full potential of urban life. Their first product, electric scooter unu, was launched in summer 2014. unu is stylish, emission-free, quiet and super-easy to charge thanks to portable batteries.
IDnow — Your customers deserve seamless 24/7 identity verification and KYC experiences. Compliant with regulations (e.g. AML, eIDAS). Available in 195 countries.
Mobius Labs — Multimodal AI for the world's scale. Fast, secure, and affordable technology for visual, audio, and text applications.

Alexandra Mathiolon (Chief Executive Officer of SERFIM).

Investment focus

Social, Sustainability, Information Technology
Pre-Seed
France

Portfolio highlights

Auxo — Auxo Dynamics assists businesses in transitioning to a more sustainable business strategy. The technological platform automates data collecting from information systems and provides environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reports in accordance with requirements. Auxo Dynamics also allows stakeholders to share reports, facilitating access tolong-term financing.

Network Effects Investor, Venture Partner @ Speedinvest, Instructor @ Reforge, Atomico Angel

Investment focus

Apps, Software, Mobile
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Homefans — Discover top-rated sports tours and activities at your destination with Homefans. Go beyond the game and explore with locals for a unique sports travel experience.
Konfetti — konfetti is building the leading platform for local workshops and events by empowering workshop providers with customized SaaS solutions
HomeCooks — HomeCooks delivers chef-crafted meals from the UK's top independent cooks right to your door. Browse our weekly menus of authentic global cuisines, from spicy Asian delights to comforting home-cooked classics. With quick reheating, you can enjoy restaurant-quality meals anytime at home.

Judy Wilson - Seed Haus Partner @ Seed Haus

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Machine Learning
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, United States

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.
Prodsight — Automatically tag support tickets, reviews, surveys and NPS and get actionable customer insights with Prodsight.
Stampede — The complete ecosystem online and in person, connecting marketing and operations.

Rod founded the technology marketing group, Banner Corporation in 1984 and left it in 2009. It had grown to become the largest Business to Business agency in Europe and boasted the best of the world's blue chip tech firms as its clients.Since selling Banner to WPP, Rod became an angel investor - specialising in marketing technologyplayers. Investments include: The Sound Agency, Appinions, EngageSciences, The Filter, EveryOneCounts and Shopa. This sector has proved to be exciting, dynamic and rewarding.Rod has several day jobs, one of which is Forgather - a fresh, new business proposition. Its mission is to build and develop event properties that enhance people’s lives.Rod believes that the power of ‘real life’ experience is often underestimated in an online world. Most social content relates to human interaction and engagement. So Forgather creates events packed with exuberance, intelligence and fun so that participants (both on stage and in the audience) want to be there and want to come back. To complete the offer, the company builds audiences and communities around live events to maximise returns on any investment.Rod is also working on a new proposition - 3LA.com. This business offers digital planning services to help big brand CMOs (and their agencies) grapple with the complex, cluttered landscape of marketing automation technologies, social media platforms and increasing mobile priorities. The company leverages the diverse experience of a global group of highly experienced technologists and marketers and focuses on very pragmatic business outcomes.Specialties: Social media, mobile and marketing automation. 25 plus years in creating tangible, marketing-driven success for technology companies located in EMEA. Architecting brands. Having as much fun as possible - within the law and a good moral compass. Writing Linkedin testimonials.

Investment focus

TV, Music, Video
Angel, Series B
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Shopa — Shopa (www.shopa.com) is where shopping gets social, enabling online customers to quickly discover relevant brands and products through other like-minded customers’ recommendation.Pivotal in the evolution of ecommerce, the UK and US-based business is focused on unlocking the opportunities that social commerce brings and monetising the power ofpersonal recommendation through its next-generation social shopping site. Customers who sign up to Shopa create a personal profile where they customise their own product feed for the items and brands they like. They effectively curate their ultimate personalised shopping basket. Making online buying even easier, customers can then make all of their purchases directly on the Shopa site. With the ability to also follow and like other customers, as well as specific brands and products, Shopa provides constantly evolving shopping inspiration. Customers who then share this inspiration even further through their social media channels are rewarded by Shopa each time one of their friends purchase one of their recommended products. Founded in November 2012, Shopa is backed by investment from Notion Capital and Octopus Ventures. The company was named European Start-up of the Year 2013 by IBM.
The Filter — Our personalization platform harnesses AI & data science to drive content engagement. 24iQ is available as pre-integrated packages or with additional managed services.

David Giampaolo is founder and CEO of Pi Capital.Giampaolo previously founded, built and sold several businesses and health club chains in the U.S. and Europe. He has financial interests in several other businesses and industries, working as an investor, advisor, and board member of some of the largest and most successful health and fitnesscompanies in the world, including Fitness First, 24 Hour Fitness, Zumba Fitness, and Zorba India.He is on the board of Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism, chairman of Gousto, and senior advisor to AMG (Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.) and BC Partners. Giampaolo is a member of YPO and CEO global business organizations and a trustee of Speakers4Schools.org and Pro Bono Economics.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Apps, Marketplace
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, India, United States

Portfolio highlights

Oga — Fun Dance App.
WILD.AI — Train with your female physiology - not against it! Track your menstrual cycle to sync workouts, nutrition, and recovery with your body's unique needs.
Vinehealth — Best ePRO data collection tool | Digital patient support programmes for cancer patients | Remote PROMs data collection | Real-world studies | Oncology clinical research | Cancer support app | Cancer companion app for patients self-management | Self-reporting tool f

Robin Shenfield - CEO @ The Mill

Investment focus

Gaming, Social, Sports
Series A
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Monterosa Productions — Monterosa is the global leader in audience interaction technology and commerce, providing the platform powering the world’s biggest entertainment and sports properties.We work with BBC, ITV, Sky, CBS, IMG Arena, EA Sports & The English Premier League, World Rugby, Viacom, and many others to provide audiences with better ways to participate intheir favourite TV shows and sports. TV hits include Love Island, X Factor, The Voice and Britain’s Got Talent, where Monterosa tech lies at the heart of the official show apps and interactive experiences across all screens.We help our clients provide game-changing real-time interactivity that grows active, loyal audiences directly. We monetise their attention with commerce and first party data.Our technology is trusted by the world's biggest media organisations and brands to deliver at extreme volumes and securely. Audience experiences include mobile apps, web apps, social media, messaging, and augmented reality.Our creative and delivery teams are award-winning experts in interactivity with TV and sport, and we provide round the clock support to ensure creativity and innovation is matched with reliability and peace of mind.

Chris Rodman is a Head of International & Rights Acquisition at Candy Digital.

Investment focus

Gaming, Social, Sports
Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Monterosa Productions — Monterosa is the global leader in audience interaction technology and commerce, providing the platform powering the world’s biggest entertainment and sports properties.We work with BBC, ITV, Sky, CBS, IMG Arena, EA Sports & The English Premier League, World Rugby, Viacom, and many others to provide audiences with better ways to participate intheir favourite TV shows and sports. TV hits include Love Island, X Factor, The Voice and Britain’s Got Talent, where Monterosa tech lies at the heart of the official show apps and interactive experiences across all screens.We help our clients provide game-changing real-time interactivity that grows active, loyal audiences directly. We monetise their attention with commerce and first party data.Our technology is trusted by the world's biggest media organisations and brands to deliver at extreme volumes and securely. Audience experiences include mobile apps, web apps, social media, messaging, and augmented reality.Our creative and delivery teams are award-winning experts in interactivity with TV and sport, and we provide round the clock support to ensure creativity and innovation is matched with reliability and peace of mind.

kaushal kumar

Investment focus

Social, Fashion, Internet
Pre-Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Little Black Door — Little Black Door, LBD - The Social Wardrobe A free wardrobe sharing application that enables its users to upload their wardrobe, interact with their fashion items & share them on social networks We’re out to disrupt the way in which we engage with our fashion assets.

Matt Robinson is the CEO and a co-founder at Nested, a property technology company. Prior to this, he founded GoCardless in 2010 and remains on the board of the recurring payment company.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Malga — Malga is an online payment platform that offers fraud protection and payment split services.
Kaedim — Kaedim’s product creates 3D content as easily as you can take a photo, 2D content, with your smartphone today.
Feather — Feather gives you insurance advice for expats in Germany. Our digital insurance agent will help you get the right insurance policies for your need.

Jeremy joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in 2004 and was appointed CEO in December 2007. He has extensive experience in the retailing and fast-moving consumer goods sectors. Prior to joining the Company, Jeremy was Group Finance Director of DSG International plc (DSG), formerly Dixons Group plc and prior to DSG, he spent 12 yearsat Procter & Gamble in a variety of roles in the UK and Europe. Jeremy is a Non-Executive Director of Burberry Group plc and a Council Member of the National Centre for Universities and Business. He was previously a Non-Executive Director and the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Marks and Spencer Group plc.

Investment focus

Video, Advertising, Internet of Things
Funding Round, Seed, Series B
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

MindLabs — Live sleep and meditation classes for your mind. Led by experts. Backed by neuroscience. Now available to download on the App Store.
Multiverse — We provide equitable access to economic opportunity, for everyone.
Monterosa Productions — Monterosa is the global leader in audience interaction technology and commerce, providing the platform powering the world’s biggest entertainment and sports properties.We work with BBC, ITV, Sky, CBS, IMG Arena, EA Sports & The English Premier League, World Rugby, Viacom, and many others to provide audiences with better ways to participate intheir favourite TV shows and sports. TV hits include Love Island, X Factor, The Voice and Britain’s Got Talent, where Monterosa tech lies at the heart of the official show apps and interactive experiences across all screens.We help our clients provide game-changing real-time interactivity that grows active, loyal audiences directly. We monetise their attention with commerce and first party data.Our technology is trusted by the world's biggest media organisations and brands to deliver at extreme volumes and securely. Audience experiences include mobile apps, web apps, social media, messaging, and augmented reality.Our creative and delivery teams are award-winning experts in interactivity with TV and sport, and we provide round the clock support to ensure creativity and innovation is matched with reliability and peace of mind.

Marc McCabe is a Scout at Sequoia Capital and General Partner at Nomad Capital. Prior to this role, Marc was a Business Development Lead and before that, a Team Member of Business and Corporate Development. Previously, Marc was a Partner at SV Angel and an Online Media Associate at Google.

Investment focus

Software, Big Data, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed
United States, Canada, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Noloco — Noloco is a no-code platform for teams to instantly create apps powered by their business data. Easily turn Airtable bases and spreadsheets into customer portals or internal tools without code.
Outverse — A community platform that's easier to use, better organised and designed for real interaction.
Practice — Sell your expertise online, and manage your business, all in one place.

Nicola Volpi (born in 1961 in Milan) is an Italian entrepreneur and manager with a deep knowledge of financial matters and more than 25 years of experience in Private Equity. He has been Member of the Board of Directors of several companies. After graduating in Business Administration at Luigi Bocconi University in Milan, he earned a Master inFinance at SDA Bocconi. His professional career started as a Financial Analyst at Sefimeta S.p.A. (Financial Services Department of Montedison Group). In 1987 he joined Sanpaolo Finance, the Investment Bank of San Paolo Group (now Banca Intesa). As Head of Leverage Finance until 1995, he structured the first buyouts ever in Italy. In 1997, Nicola Volpi was a founding Partner of Permira– one of the leading and most successful Private Equity firm in Europe and worldwide with over 40 billion euros under management. In 2005 he was appointed CEO of the Italian branch, Permira Associati SpA, and then Member of Permira Executive Committee which run operations worldwide. Under his leadership, Permira successfully executed several acquisitions and disposals of Italian sector-leading companies, such as Ferretti Yacht, Marazzi, Valentino, Sisal, TFL, and Veneta Cucine. His professional experience at Permira lasted until 2013, when he joined the luxury sports cars manufacturer Pagani Automobili Group as a direct Investor and Member of the Board, a position he is currently holding. In 2014 he was appointed by Erick Thohir, the President of FC Internazionale S.p.A., as Member of the Board of Directors: Nicola Volpi held this position until 2018, with a focus in the area of finance and strategic planning.

Investment focus

Social, Internet, Media and Entertainment
Angel
Italy

Portfolio highlights

The Hundred — The Hundred is an holding company which invests in entertainers.

Ian was Chief Executive of SSE, one of the UK’s leading utility companies and Scotland’s largest industrial company for over ten years. He stepped down from that position in the summer of 2013. Ian is now Chairman of Infinis Energy plc, a renewable energy company; Independent Chairman of the oil services company, the John Wood group and NovaInnovation; as well as holding various advisory and non-executive positions in other organisations. Ian is a renowned and innovative leader in the energy industry, and was welcomed to Synaptec’s advisory board in July 2016.

Investment focus

Energy, Information Technology, Information Services
Seed, Series A, Angel
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Piclo — Piclo develop software to make our electricity grids smart, flexible and sustainable.
Interpac — Interpac has developed a new packaging production system the corrugator which does not use steam in the manufacturing process. The Interpac system is a revolutionary process that enables on-demand production which significantly reduces packaging costs and emits 90% less greenhouse gases than conventional processes.
Labrador — Get paid cash to use less energy. Be notified of when you can switch energy suppliers and save. Automatically be on the cheapest deal available to you, always and for free. Plus, we will match your use to net zero sources for free.

Ludvig has a background as a co-founder of the company The Astonishing Tribe, TAT, and is an active angel investor. He is passionate about helping strong teams that want to combine design and technology to create innovative companies that really make a difference.TAT became during the beginning of the 2000s, the world leader in user interfacesfor mobile phones and delivered design and software for brands like Samsung, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and Google. In late 2010, TAT was sold to Canadian Research in Motion, RIM, which makes BlackBerry handsets.

Investment focus

Software, Apps, Mobile Apps
Funding Round, Seed, Angel
Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Apprl — Performance-based influencer marketing, made for e-commerce brands, and an invitation-only service for digital content creators.
Welcome App — Welcome App is a mobile app that connects refugees and locals.
MIND Music Labs — When it comes to musical instruments, “Smart” experiences are today still very limited. Musicians need truly wireless, portable, upgradable and cloud-based solutions. 250M users (pro and amateurs musicians) spending about $17B a year and their audience are waiting for a revolution. We develop ELK MusicOS (the “Android” of musical instruments)enabling musical instruments vendors to make a new generation of “Smart Instruments” and we build around it an ecosystem of cloud services.

Theo Osborne is a Managing Partner at 9Yards Capital.

Investment focus

Software, Apps, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

The Dots — Professional networking for the new world of work. Get advice. Meet collaborators. Find jobs. Upskill at events.
Nova Credit — Nova Credit is a credit infrastructure and analytics company that enables businesses to grow responsibly by harnessing alternative credit data.
Platform Science — Experience the power to choose what drives your fleet. Platform Science delivers telematics and fleet management tools on a platform built for transportation.

Maria Palma is the General Partner at Freestyle. Previously, she was a general partner at Kindred Capital VC.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Lapse — The new social camera for friends, not followers
Dash Bio — A modern, automated platform engineered from the ground up to deliver high-quality and dramatically accelerated clinical bioanalysis.
Fung Payments — The regulated Payments Platform unifying crypto and fiat rails. Fung has launched early beta. Sign up to secure your spot.

Jamie Swango is the Partner at The Craftory. She attended Columbia Business School.

Investment focus

Health Care, Apps, Mobile
Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Lapse — The new social camera for friends, not followers
Needed — Prenatal vitamins leave most women depleted, so we redesigned the Prenatal Multi from the ground-up, and paired it with the Omega-3 (DHA and EPA), Collagen Protein, and Pre/Probiotic that mamas need. Take them before, during, and after pregnancy (and while breastfeeding) for optimal prenatal and postpartum nourishment.
SPOKE — Music and lyricism-led mindfulness, aimed at helping the world's most creative minds feel at ease.

Richard Lewis is a Chairman at Earth Blox. Attended University of Glasgow.

Investment focus

Social, Travel, Software
Seed, Angel
United States, United Kingdom

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.
Make it Social — Make it Social is a social-first creative agency founded by two former Universal Pictures creatives. Specialising in creating and adapting content for social media.

Lopo is currently the CEO of Wahanda (http://www.wahanda.com), a London based health, beauty and wellness community & marketplace that connects consumers, wellness businesses and professionals through content, ratings & reviews and commerce. Lopo co-founded Wahanda with Salim Mitha in February 2008.Prior to Wahanda, Lopo wasthe Managing Director of European Lifestyle for lastminute.com. In this role he was responsible for developing all aspects of the non-travel business across Europe at lastminute.com which included Theatre ticketing, concert ticketing, restaurant bookings, days out, experiences and spas. Lopo joined lastminute.com in January 2004 and when he left to found Wahanda, lifestyle respresented more than 40% of all the sales by volume at the company.From 1994 to 2004, Lopo was the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Fulcrum Analytics (http://www.fulcrumanalytics.com). Fulcrum is today one of the leading database marketing firms in North America but was initially known as Cyber Dialogue and was the world's first online market research firm. Cyber Dialogue is credited with having created the online survey, the online focus group while providing industry leading insight on the internet consumer.

Investment focus

Mobile Apps, Apps, Social
Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Sup app — Sup app is a free mobile app that makes chance encounters and serendipitous moments with friends happen more often without the creep factor as they don’t use maps.Get notified when friends are around you. They have all been there when they check their social feeds and see that a friend they haven’t seen in ages was just round the corner;attending the same festival or event. Before you kick yourself for missing out on the chance to see them well with Sup app you can see your friends more.Sup app lets you see your friends more with notifications when friends are nearby. Interact and stay in touch with friends. Send a Sup to a friend to see if they’re free and want to meet up. It can turn a dull day into a good old catch up.
ClickMechanic — ClickMechanic is the UK's market leading platform that connects car owners who need repairs, servicing and inspections to the UK's best mechanics. They match thousands of customers every month with trusted professional mechanics in cities across the UK. Their instant quoting functionality, fast booking and secure payment makes them thesimplest and most convenient way to book a car mechanic.ClickMechanic was founded in 2012 as a simple solution to the age-old problem of getting an honest, trustworthy and transparent mechanic for your car. While running a previous car parts aggregator business, Andrew found there was a problem with many customers not trusting their mechanics. After further investigation and a chat with his mechanic brother he realised there was just no easy way to book a trusted mechanic. He then decided to study a research masters in Manchester where he devoted himself to understanding these problems better. After writing an 85,000 word thesis on the space he moved to London to join accelerator EF where he met Felix who had identified these same problems. The pair decided to then team up and develop ClickMechanic with the goal of building the easiest and most transparent way for car owners to book trusted mechanics.

Harald McPike is a successful quantitative trader and global private investor.

Investment focus

Software, Analytics, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series D
United States, New Zealand, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Imagr — We have built the first vision-only, white-label autonomous checkout solution that retailers can own, operate and scale themselves. Imagr is designed to layer into any supermarket, with no store fit-outs required.The Imagr system is an end-to-end autonomous checkout solution that enables retailers to automate the checkout in their supermarket.The system consists of a mobile Imaging Station - this utilizes our machine learning platform to image products and load them into our system so they are ready to be recognised when put into the trolley. Shopping trolleys fitted with the Halo (home to the lights and cameras that drive our AI platform) recognise items as they go in and out of the trolley without the need for barcodes. A retailers app, retailers can track shopping sessions and manage trolleys. And a shoppers app, for customers to pair with the trolleys, track shopping sessions and checkout. All parts of the Imagr system are designed and built in house by Imagr.
Starling Bank — Transform the way you manage your money with Starling Bank. Enjoy personal and business banking online and at your fingertips, always. Apply in minutes.
Health Data Analytics Institute — HDAI specializes in transformative healthcare data analytics and predictive tools designed for hospital systems and ACOs to enhance patient care and optimize resource allocation.

Sophia Bendz - Partner @ Cherry Ventures

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

mayk — Mayk sounds. Mayk music. Mayk noise. Mayk it... In an app.
Medoma — Medoma is a Swedish virtual ward company that offer patients acute hospital care in their home instead of in the hospital.
Wikifarmer — A free online knowledge library where professional or amateur farmers can find best practices on growing their fields more effectively and an online marketplace where farmers can sell their products to buyers directly. Our vision is to create a fair, transparent and profitable environment for all the farming world. Farmers are dedicating theirlives in cultivating their fields, but get the lowest value of all the sales cycle, so we believe they need to receive a more fair share. Buyers have the right to have more options and buy at better prices, so we want to be the ones to solve this inequality in both sides.

Yannis Yahiaoui is the Co-Founder of Xpln.ai. He previously worked at Regattas as an Investor. Yannis Yahiaoui attended Emlyon Business School.

Investment focus

Social, Social Network, Recreational Vehicles
Seed, Funding Round
France, United States

Portfolio highlights

Eden AI — Eden AI meets your business needs with a unified AI API and powerful Workflow builder, enabling efficient deployment of AI models!
Lita.co — LITA.co is the first impact investing platform that connects individuals and social entrepreneurs. In order to manage your finances in a more ethical way, LITA.co allows you to invest online in companies seeking social, environmental or other positive impacts.
Monk.ai — Monk is an AI company delivering state of the art AI Powered Vehicle Inspection solutions for the automotive, insurance and mobility markets.

Zac is the CEO of OpenGov, the "GovTech" cloud software leader. OpenGov has raised $200 million in capital from Andreessen Horowitz and other venture funds and powers more than 1000 cities, counties, and state agencies across the United States. Before co-founding OpenGov, Zac served as Advisor to U.S. Army General H.R. McMaster on theAnti‑Corruption Task Force at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. He previously practiced trial litigation at Keker, Van Nest & Peters in San Francisco, and served as law clerk to the Honorable Sandra S. Ikuta on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Zac studied corruption in Mexico as a Fulbright Fellow and has taught American Government at San Quentin Prison. He holds a JD from the Yale Law School, an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, and graduated valedictorian from the University of Maryland. Zac serves on the board of and as advisor to various technology companies and funds, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the YPO. He has been named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, a Goldman Sachs 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs, and San Francisco and Silicon Valley Business Journal 40 under 40.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Israel, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Grupago — Grupago is pioneering digital microcredit for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in Latin America, leveraging artificial intelligence, group collateral and community distribution to extend credit to micro-SMBs across the region who have been shut out of traditional SMB lending avenues.
Sewer AI — SewerAI develops the leading software for infrastructure defect detection and labeling. We deploy cost-effective AI solutions and Cloud software that find cracks in the wastewater system. Our SaaS systems are used by utilities and sewer inspection contractors every day.
With (Coing) — An holistic solution focusing on those who put their people first. Save time, make data-based decisions, boost engagement.

Gustav Söderström is an investor and advisor at Before joining Spotify, Söderström was the director of product and business development at the chief executive officer of In 2006, Söderström was named Swedish IT entrepreneur of the year by Internet Magazine. In the following year, he was voted one of Sweden’s 50 most influential people under 40 by Shortcut, a career networking site.Söderström holds a master’s degree in electro engineering from

Investment focus

B2B, Internet, DIY
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Sweden, United States

Portfolio highlights

Digiexam — Lower cost of examination, fair and unbiased grading, and less administration, all possible with our robust and secure platform. Learn more on our website!
Left or Right — Left or Right is a social decision app that helps its users make everyday decisions with confidence and ease. Left or Right is a fashionable tool for instant feedback. Users can get advice from friends and the Left or Right community, by publishing images in a poll. Users can also give advice and discover trends.
Nordic Air Defence — Nordic Air Defence maintains democratic values, which are essential to both societal stability and human advancement in a world that is changing quickly.

Paul Forster

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, Germany, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Stackfix — Stackfix operates as a software comparison platform.
Singulate — The early Hopin team (#1, #4, #30 are cofounders) are back together to solve the biggest problem they saw in events and marketing at Hopin. They’re building a next gen AI marketing platform called Singulate. Singulate provides the easiest way to do audience segmentation and better relevance-personalization for marketing to individuals at scale —results of up to 10X higher CTRs and 5X response rates. They’re helping marketers (in demand gen, growth, community/events) nurture and convert more pipeline from their events and existing customers - it’s not an AI cold outreach sales tool (although it can do reactivations) but rather a lifecycle growth marketing tool. The best personalization is invisible - this is the future of large-scale communication. Get a demo to see the product.
Purple Dot — Sell More by Selling Earlier

Jim Mellon is an international investor with interests in several industries. After leaving Oxford, where he studied PPE, (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) he worked in Asia and the United States for two fund management companies, GT and Thornton, before establishing his own business in 1991. His business operations include two components, alisted fund management company called Charlemagne Capital, and an Asian mining group, Regent Pacific.In addition, Mr. Mellon is Co-Chairman of West African Minerals Corporation and Regent Pacific Group. He is on the board of a number of public quoted companies, including Brazilian Gold Corporation, Charlemagne Capital Limited, Manx Financial Group, Plethora Solutions, Polo Resources, Port Erin Biophara Investments Limited, and the Speymill plc. He is the life tenant of a trust which owns the Burnbrae Group, which has substantial assets in the biotechnology, financial services, property, mining and leisure sectors. Mr. Mellon spends most of his time working on startup ideas and investing. His book, “Wake Up!” was published in 2005; his second book "10 Investments for the Ten Years Ahead" was published in 2008. In 2012, he co-wrote "Cracking the Code" which focuses on the biotechnology sector and how to profit from it. Mr. Mellon lives in the Isle of Man, Brussels and Ibiza and is an honorary fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Health Care
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Voxia — Amy collects and analyzes information from all over the web and provides actionable insights about your leads, prospects and clients, all in one click.
Monaco Foundry — We are a team of Serial Entrepreneurs, former Senior Government Advisors and Fortune 500 Executives. A global venture accelerator that invests in early to mid-stage companies and their growth through a unique sweat equity model.
The Duppy Share — The Duppy Share Caribbean Rum is the best rum for cocktails, mixed drinks and rum gifts. Try all our rum recipes, from rum and ginger to dark rum punch.

Vinay Solanki is currently Head of Channel 4's Commercial Growth Fund responsible for their “media for equity” investment activity on disruptive digital consumer businesses. The model is focused on providing high quality TV airtime in return for passive equity stakes in typically growth phase companies. Since joining in the Summer of 2015,Vinay has led 10 deals in total, including 6 equity investments in consumer businesses alongside Series A VCs (such as DN Capital, Mangrove Partners, Felix Capital, Octopus Ventures & Accel Partners, amongst others). Vinay is actively seeking interesting and high growth consumer facing companies that might benefit from access to UK TV airtime, and has an active pipeline for 2017. Vinay is a highly experienced strategic advisor in media, digital and consumer businesses with over 15 years’ experience. Prior to Channel 4, Vinay held either M&A, strategy and/or commercial business development positions at Getty Images, Liberty Global, Ingenious Media and Ernst & Young.

Investment focus

Apps, Mobile, FinTech
Series B, Funding Round, Series A
United Kingdom, Sweden, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Lapse — The new social camera for friends, not followers
Airtasker — Access thousands of skilled people for your home & office tasks. From furniture assembly to data entry - hire a skilled Airtasker today.
Layered Reality — Combining the latest in performance technology with live actors and feature quality sets, Layered Reality experiences are "the future of entertainment" according to Culture Whisper.

Amadeo Brenninkmeijer - Senior Partner @ inPositiv

Investment focus

Information Technology, E-Commerce, Internet
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United States, Canada, Germany

Portfolio highlights

ProcessOut — Route transactions, analyze and report on your entire payment ecosystem and switch on providers in one click. Trusted by leading brands.
SkyWatch — SkyWatch makes it easy, fast, and affordable to buy commercial satellite imagery for your geospatial needs.
Little Black Door — Little Black Door, LBD - The Social Wardrobe A free wardrobe sharing application that enables its users to upload their wardrobe, interact with their fashion items & share them on social networks We’re out to disrupt the way in which we engage with our fashion assets.

Peter is a partner at Vitruvian; a venture partner at BlueYard and LocalGlobe; an advisor to Entrepreneur First, Future Positive Capital, and StrongMinds; and a Trustee of Frazzled Cafe, Doteveryone, and the Oxford Mindfulness Centre. He is an angel investor/advisor in over 100 tech startups

Investment focus

Software, Apps, E-Commerce
Seed, Series E, Series F
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Qapital — Qapital is an award-winning app designed to let you save, invest, and spend with any goal in mind.
Snap.hr — Sign up to Snap.hr now to get headhunted by 500+ other tech companies
Car Throttle — The internet's car community

Rob founded Actix (actix.com) in 1991 and as CEO (1991-2005) grew it to over $50m revenue by 2005. More than 90% of the world’s mobile phone customers have their networks optimized by Actix software and Rob has worked with many of the world’s leading mobile operators and infrastructure vendors. In 2005 he sold a majority stake in the company toPE firm Summit Partners at a $100+m valuation. He has invested in a further 30+ startups and has had five very successful exits (he's not counting failures as they come with the territory). Rob is chairman of Robotical (robotical.io) and DevicePilot.com. He's also the founding chairman of Singletrack.com and a supporter of the unique orchestra SouthbankSinfonia.co.uk. As an inveterate tinkerer in software and hardware, he's fascinated by IoT, 3D printing and the maker movement (as you can probably see from his personal website (robdobson.com). Rob is a Fellow of the IET and has a 1st class honours degree in Electronic Engineering.

Investment focus

Software, Business Intelligence, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States

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.
DevicePilot — DevicePilot Service Monitoring for connected devices provides a single pane of glass for Product, Operations and Customer Support teams, driving up customer satisfaction and growth, while reducing operational costs.
Connect4 — The client-centric platform for you and your team. Consistently deliver outstanding client meetings. Every single time.

Richard Scudamore is an English sports executive. He was the Executive Chairman of the English Premier League.

Investment focus

Gaming, Social, Sports
Funding Round
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Monterosa Productions — Monterosa is the global leader in audience interaction technology and commerce, providing the platform powering the world’s biggest entertainment and sports properties.We work with BBC, ITV, Sky, CBS, IMG Arena, EA Sports & The English Premier League, World Rugby, Viacom, and many others to provide audiences with better ways to participate intheir favourite TV shows and sports. TV hits include Love Island, X Factor, The Voice and Britain’s Got Talent, where Monterosa tech lies at the heart of the official show apps and interactive experiences across all screens.We help our clients provide game-changing real-time interactivity that grows active, loyal audiences directly. We monetise their attention with commerce and first party data.Our technology is trusted by the world's biggest media organisations and brands to deliver at extreme volumes and securely. Audience experiences include mobile apps, web apps, social media, messaging, and augmented reality.Our creative and delivery teams are award-winning experts in interactivity with TV and sport, and we provide round the clock support to ensure creativity and innovation is matched with reliability and peace of mind.

Claire Nooriala VP EMEA, Snap Inc.

Investment focus

Apps, Mobile, Social
Seed, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Lapse — The new social camera for friends, not followers
Quiver — Quiver is a retail tech company that delivers e-commerce orders. Quiver was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in London.

Simon Franks is the founder and managing partner of Redbus Ventures and Chairman of the Franks Family Foundation. (www.thefff.org)

Investment focus

FinTech, Payments, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, Australia, United States

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.
Oto Health — Take back control of your tinnitus with Oto, the app built by doctors that teaches you how to stop noticing the ringing using clinically proven techniques. Includes CBT, targeted mindfulness, and relaxation. 86% users experience benefits after just 1 month.
Pharmacierge — Pharmacierge is the digital e-prescribing service chosen by private clinicians to deliver medication to their patients throughout the UK and worldwide. Clinicians create and transfer e-prescriptions to our pharmacy near London's Harley Street, for free delivery to their patients either the same day or next weekday

Pere Mayol - co-Founder - co-CEO & COO @ Avatar Cognition

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Communities
Seed, Angel, Series A
Spain, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Roomonitor — Roomonitor is an IoT solution to control noise and parties in Short Term Rentals.
VacationsPal — VacationsPal is a Barcelona-based company that develops vacation booking software. The company serves property owners, holiday rentals, and holiday makers.
Quality Clouds — DevOps for Low-Code / No-Code

Don Hoang is the Partner of Atomico. He previously worked at Revolut as a Vice President of Global Business. Don Hoang attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Investment focus

Software, Analytics, B2B
Pre-Seed, Series A
United Kingdom, France, Austria

Portfolio highlights

Formance — Numary makes it easy to build complex money-moving software with its open-source ledger & Numscript programming language.
Condukt — Probably just another KYB provider. Solving Business Onboarding, for good.
consola.finance — 100% accurate crypto accounting: Import, Categorize, and Sync your crypto and fiat transactions with QuickBooks, Xero, Netsuite, Banana, and more!

Founder (Grabyo, Fonix). Investor.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Italy, Japan

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.