Top 50 Social Angel Investors in Europe in July 2025

Investor	Social Europe investments
Richard Fearn	2
Ned Cranborne	2
Ian Hogarth	2
Soleio Soleio	2
Shan Drummond	2
Nicolas Julia	2
Andre Hoffmann	1
Timo Soininen	1
Riccardo Zacconi	1
Mikko Kodisoja	1
Philippe Marcel	1
Soleio ‎‏‏‎ ‎‎ ‎	1
Ian Marchant	1
Ludvig Linge	1
Jamie Swango	1
Harald McPike	1
Jim Mellon	1
Simon Franks	1
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal	1
Mike Lobanov	1
Alexandra Mathiolon	1
Amadeo Brenninkmeijer	1
kaushal kumar	1
Vinay Solanki	1
Dmitry Tokarev	1
David Giampaolo	1
Robin Shenfield	1
Chris Rodman	1
Marc McCabe	1
Nicola Volpi	1
Theo Osborne	1
Maria Palma	1
Lopo Champalimaud	1
Paul Forster	1
Peter Read	1
Rob Dobson	1
Richard Scudamore	1
Paul Chiappe	1
Martin Ott	1
Pere Mayol	1
Don Hoang	1
Judy Wilson	1
Jeremy Darroch	1
Matt Robinson	1
Richard Lewis	1
Houman Ashrafzadeh	1
Zac Bookman	1
Stefan Magnusson	1
Philippe Bossanne	1
Jonas Brogårdh	1

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.

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 your digital world. Your second brain. A file explorer and workspace for the internet age. All your drives, clouds, notes, screenshots, links, and files in one calm, minimal app. No organizing required. Never forget anything again.

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 — Your game development assistant with real-time project context. Streamline Unity development to spend more time on the creative parts of building a game.
Bezi — Your game development assistant with real-time project context. Streamline Unity development to spend more time on the creative parts of building a game.
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

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

Portfolio highlights

cubzh — cubzh is a new free-to-play video game that is all about user-generated content through a cube system.
Altertable — We're building an AI-driven, proactive, unified platform that redefines how modern companies leverage their data.
Sekai Studio — Creating mind blowing official entertainment anime fans have been dreaming about

Andre Hoffmann serves as the President of FIBA (Fondation Internationale du Banc d'Arguin) at Nouakchott, Mauritanie. Hoffmann serves as an Honorary Treasurer at World Wide Fund for Nature, Gland, Switzerland. He serves as Treasurer of Fondation les Corbillettes pour l'Aide aux enfants handicapés mentaux, Geneva, Switzerland. Hoffmannserves as Treasurer at SGIPA. (Societe Genevoise pour l'Intégration Professionnelle d'Adolescents et d'Adultes) Geneva. He served as an Acting Administrator of a field research station of Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, Camargue, France. from 1983 to 1985. He served as a Manager of European Mergers & Acquisitions for James Capel and Co., London from 1985 to 1989. Hoffmann served as a Special Project Manager of Food division of Nestlé UK Ltd. from 1991 to 1993. He has been in Private Investment Activities since 1993. In 1985, Hoffmann joined James Capel and Co. Corporate Finance Ltd., London as an Associate at the Continental Desk. In 1999, he established Massellaz SA. He serves as the Chairman of Nemadi Investment Advisors Ltd., Living Planet Fund Management Co. SA, and Massellaz SA. He serves as a Vice Chairman of Roche Holding AG and Givaudan AG. Hoffman has been a Director of Roche Holding AG since 1996 and Inovalon, Inc. since September 2008. He has been a Director of Givaudan AG since 2000, Vernier (Geneva) of Whole Earth Foods Ltd. since 2000 and serves as a Member of Nemadi Advisors Ltd. and Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. He serves as a Director of Brunswick Leasing Ltd., Genentech, Inc., Brunswick Capital Ltd. and Amazentis SA. He serves as a Board Member at IRP, (Institut International de Recherche en Paraplégie) Geneva, Switzerland. He serves as a Board Member of Stiftung Patronatskomitee Kunstmuseum, Basel. He serves as a Board Member of Roche Research Foundation, Basel. He serves as an International Council Member of Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom. He is a Founding Patron at Birdlife International, Cambridge, United Kingdom and President of Executive Committee at Fondation Tour du Valat, Arles, France. He serves as a Board Member at Fondation Sansouire, Arles, and Takh, Association pour le Cheval de Przewalski. He serves as a Member of International Advisory Council at Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Hoffmann studied at Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerl and from 1977 to 1978, at St. Gallen School of Economics, St. Gallen, Switzerland from 1979 to 1982 and has an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau in the year 1990.

Investment focus

B2B, E-Commerce, Waste Management
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Kingdom, India, Germany

Portfolio highlights

natcap — We support the world's leading companies to prioritise, measure and act on nature impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities.
Basecamp Research — Novel proteins from nature. We sample the most extreme and exciting places on the planet to build the world's largest knowledge graph of natural biodiversity.
The Landbanking Group — Invest in a new asset class for regeneration: Nature Equity. The Landbanking Group provides a market infrastructure to transform nature positive outcomes into tradable assets. Support the preservation and restoration of Nature at scale.

Timo Soininen is the co-founder at Small Giant Games. Timo Soininen is the CEO and co-founder of Small Giant Games, maker of the hit game Empires & Puzzles. Small Giant joined Zynga, Inc (ZNGA) in December 2018, when Zynga acquired 80% of Small Giant at $700M valuation. Prior to Small Giant he was the longtime CEO of Habbo Hotel and is also anactive angel investor in several technology startups ranging from biomaterials and digital health to games (Spinnova, Aiforia, Critical Force). Timo holds a M.Sc. degree in Marketing from Helsinki School of Economics/Aalto University and just loves tennis.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Finland, Sweden, United States

Portfolio highlights

Vuo AI — Building blocks for advanced AI-based applications
MyGamez — With over 600 million mobile gamers, China is the biggest growth opportunity for global game companies.
Studio 555 — Studio 555 operates as a tech company, that creates a category where interior design meets gaming and social apps.

Previously, Riccardo served as vice president of European Sales and Marketing at uDate.com Ltd., an online dating service, and was involved in driving market penetration and partnerships until the company was acquired by InterActive Corporation in 2002. Before that, he was managing director for Spray Network GmbH an online portal based inHamburg with a presence in Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. In this role, Riccardo demonstrated his understanding for developing solid company strategy, intelligent plans for sustainable growth and strategic partnerships, which supported the successful sale of Spray Network to Lycos for $764 million. In addition, Riccardo has been an entrepreneur-in-residence at Benchmark Capital Partners, a Qualified Case Leader at The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. and a consultant at LEK Consulting LLP. He holds a B.A. in Economics from LUISS University, Italy. Riccardo’s favourite King game used to be Jungle Bubble. He’s currently deciding on his new favourite King game.

Investment focus

Gaming, Apps, Online Games
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Sweden, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

Layer AI — The Collaborative MLOps platform
Studio 555 — Studio 555 operates as a tech company, that creates a category where interior design meets gaming and social apps.
Take Take Take — Fantasy Chess is a platform that allows users to pick teams of real-world chess players, track their performance in tournaments, and receive points based on their achievement.

Mikko Kodisoja

Investment focus

Gaming, Video Games, Mobile
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Finland, Sweden, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Bob W — Book the smartest alternative to hotels and random rentals. Climate-neutral and locally designed apartments in handpicked districts. Stay days, weeks or months.
MyGamez — With over 600 million mobile gamers, China is the biggest growth opportunity for global game companies.
Studio 555 — Studio 555 operates as a tech company, that creates a category where interior design meets gaming and social apps.

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.

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

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Antimetal — Making cloud savings automated, effortless, and risk-free. Start saving in 2 minutes, no code or engineering required.
Linear — Linear allows the user to manage software development and track bugs. Built for speed and efficiency.The founders started Linear from their own frustrations building software projects in successful high-growth companies like Airbnb, Coinbase and Uber. The founders wanted to create the tools that focus us and its team in making progress, not getin the way. Tools that are fast and efficient. Speed and performance were the main things Linear focuses on early on and keep focusing on that.
Yutori — Yutori is part of a slew of AI startups creating autonomous agents, or systems that use AI to perform actions on their own.

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.

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.

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 — Transformative healthcare data analytics and predictive tools designed to enhance patient care and optimize resource allocation.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Labs — 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

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.

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.

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

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

Portfolio highlights

Lapse — The new social camera for friends, not followers
Staris — AI powered white box application penetration testing. Identify, exploit and remediate security vulnerabilities.
Infinity Constellation — Infinity Constellation is an AI-focused startup holding company and incubator that builds and launches service-based businesses leveraging artificial intelligence. Their mission is to empower visionary founders to create the next generation of impactful, tech-enabled companies, emphasizing long-term growth and sustainable value creation.

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.

Paul Forster

Investment focus

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

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

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.

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.

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 — IDnow provides advanced machine-learning technology for its Identity-as-a-Service platform that can verify identities in real time. The company's solutions guarantee legal security throughout Europe and the highest level of data security. The company provides a legally secure solution without additional hardware in the area of videoidentification of customers and electronic signatures.The company's offer is directed at all business customers who would like to provide customer identification and contract conclusion online, such as banks, telecommunications companies, Fintechs, etc. Its customer portfolio includes renowned firms such as Commerzbank, UBS, Sixt neuwagen, Telefónica, and N26.IDnow was founded on 2014 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.
Mobius Labs — Multimodal AI for the world's scale. Fast, secure, and affordable technology for visual, audio, and text applications.

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 — Condukt helps companies onboard businesses at scale. Cut costs, simplify onboarding, and convert more customers.
consola.finance — 100% accurate crypto accounting: Import, Categorize, and Sync your crypto and fiat transactions with QuickBooks, Xero, Netsuite, Banana, and more!

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 — Prodsight helps companies make data-driven product development decisions. Our software analyses customer support conversations and extracts actionable insights about customer issues and needs. This helps product teams identify usability and user education issues, bugs, feature requests, new use cases and more.
Stampede — CRM, Wi-Fi, reservations, reviews, loyalty and more - all in one unified platform for hospitality teams who want growth without the hassle.

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 — Multiverse is a tech startup that seeks to provide an alternative to university training. Multiverse ensures young people have access to the best career-focused apprenticeships on offer.Multiverse empowers and supports people to create their own realities as they journey through a fulfilling career. Multiverse is a true alternative to a one-trackuniversity route and often uninspiring corporate training.
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.

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, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Malga — Malga is an online payment platform that offers fraud protection and payment split services.
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.
Malga — Instant access to multiple payment providers with a single integration

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.

Houman Ashrafzadeh

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!

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.
BeWith.io (Superc AI) — Connect residents and foster engagement with a centralized community calendar that brings all city events into one easy-to-access platform

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 Bossanne (co-founder and president of Huttopia)

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.

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!