# Top 50 Social Media Angel Investors in United Kingdom in June 2026

## Michael Birch
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Internet, Social Media

Michael Birch is the Co-founder of Bebo. He previously worked at Blab as a Co-Founder. Michael Birch attended Imperial College London.

## Claire Valoti
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Apps

Claire Valoti is General Manager UK Sales of Snapchat, Inc. and chair of Mobile Marketing Association. Claire became Head of Agency Relations at Facebook and Media Director at Weve. She also joined O2 Media Telefónica UK as Managing Director and MindShare as Head of Digital Display & Mobile and Business Director.Claire studied BA Hons,Politics at University of Nottingham.

## Stefan Glänzer
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Social Media

Stefan is an entrepreneur and investor from Germany who enjoys living in London. He is the co-founder of companions.de, companionsTV, ricardo.de and myblog.de. He is the founding investor and executive Chairman of Mendeley.com and RjDj.me and has been and in the same role at Last.fm. Stefan is a firm believer in European entrepreneurship andan active angel. He holds a PhD in foreign exchange risk management and was a professional DJ for 15 years.

## Richard Brennan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Mobile, Software, Social Media

Richard Brennan is a seasoned Senior Executive in the Telecommunications industry with significant strengths in Global Marketing and Branding. He joined Hutchison Whampoa in 1993 in the UK as part of the Founding Executive Management Team for Orange plc. He has held Board positions with Mobistar, GSMA CEO Board, and was Chairman of the Board forWildfire, Inc. He now works around the globe with innovative, energetic, and fast moving companies. He also serves as an Executive Consultant for HTC, specifically assisting them break into the competitive world of consumer branded smartphones. Richard is a keen cyclist and runner, and fundamentally believes the intelligence being built into smartphones will revolutionise the way mobiles are used for recreational outdoor activities.

## Will Martin
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech

Will Martin - Founder and Director @ Portfolio Ventures

## Rajan Navani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Art, Coffee, Mobile

Rajan Navani - CEO & Founder @ JetSynthesys

## Nick Mason
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Social Media, Information Technology, B2B

Nicholas Berkeley Mason, CBE is an English drummer and founder member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd.

## James Farnhill
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Apps, Events

James Farnhill

## Stefano Martinetto
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fashion, Mobile Apps, Social Media

Stefano Martinetto is CEO at tomorrow ltd.

## Chris Underhill
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bristol, Bristol, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Analytics, Marketing

Chris Underhill - Non Executive Chairman @ Hive Marketing Cloud

## Pablo Morenes
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, Events

Pablo Morenes is a founding Partner at Boost, working closely with founders in their product, go-to-market and sales strategies. Previously held roles Algebris Investments. Blackstone and Credit Suisse.

## Graham Paterson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Events, Software

Graham Paterson

## James Phipps
- Type: Angel
- Location: Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Events, Software

James Phipps

## Desigan Chinniah
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Communities, Apps

Tech Advisor | Startup Mentor | Angel Investor | Board MemberDesigan Chinniah, aka Dees, provides seasoned startup, dot-com hardened, functional, strategic, creative and zero-bullshit executive advice. Dees possesses a unique set of Swiss-Army-Knife like talents and experiences - at the intersection of Product, Engineering, Business Development,Marketing, Fundraising and Developer Relations.A self-confessed geek — this sneakerhead lives in London with his wife, Sanne and their two kids, Summer Skye & Kiran Quinn.You’ve come this far… Why not say hello?
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## Simon Murphy
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Retail, Consumer Goods, Events

Simon Murphy Entrepreneur & Investor

## Brent Hoberman
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Brent Hoberman is the Co-Founder and Executive Chair of Founders Forum. He previously worked at Royal Academy of Arts as a Corporate Advisory Board. Brent Hoberman attended the University of Oxford.

## Peter Gabriel
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Music, TV, Video

Peter is clearly way more than a global music legend. He divides his time and energy between his music, humanitarian projects, business investments and his family.He became an investor and advisor to The Filter in 2006 and brings with him a clear vision of a need for smart filters to help us make sense of a world with too many choices. Workingwith Peter is inspiring – his passion and creativity help drive and motivate the team.

## Jag Singh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence

Jag is one of Europe's most active angel investors, and is a Managing Partner at Angel Invest Ventures in Berlin. He's founded several companies (including two exits and a spectacular failure), and invested in over 100 startups over the last six years, including Spire (SPAC), Nutmeg (exit to JPM), Disperse, Eversend, Restack, and Anytype.He’s an ad-man at heart, and spent over a decade as a political strategist advising high-profile politicians, campaigns and corporations across the US and Europe. Jag is fluent in six languages, and can be found on Twitter via @JagSingh

## Stephen Bullock
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Stephen Bullock - Exec Chairman @ Autologyx

## Mandeep Singh
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology

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

## Husayn Kassai
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: E-Learning, Social Media, Artificial Intelligence

Husayn Kassai is the CEO and Founder of Quench.ai. He previously worked at Onfido as a CEO and Co-Founder. Husayn Kassai attended the University of Oxford.

## Amir Nooriala
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, E-Commerce

Amir is the COO of OakNorth, Europe’s highest-valued fintech firm focused on unlocking the potential in customised lending to SMEs globally. Prior to joining OakNorth, he was an Ops and Tech MD at BGC, he has also worked at Barclays Investment Bank, Accenture and Cisco Systems.

## Ken Olisa
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Software, Social Media, Machine Learning

Ken is Founder and Chairman of Restoration Partners, a boutique technology merchant bank advising and investing in IT companies. He joined the board of Reuters in 2004. From 1992 to 2006, Ken was Chair and CEO of Interregnum PLC, a public technology merchant bank. Prior to that, he was a senior executive for over 20 years at Wang Labs andIBM. From 1998 to 2008, he was a director of OpenText Corporation, and of Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation from 2007 until 2011. He is Chairman of London-listed Outsourcery PLC and serves on the boards of several UK not-for-profit organizations. Effective May 2015, Olisa has been appointed as Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London.Ken has an MA from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.

## Will Brooks
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

Will Brooks - Founder & Director @ Portfolio Ventures

## Bill Liao
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

Bill Liao joined Founders Pledge as Pledger in 2020. Bill Liao is the European Investment Partner at SOSV, investing in, supporting and mentoring companies and startups at all stages of growth. Bill Founded SOSV’s biotech practice and runs IndieBio in Europe. Bill comes to SOSV with a wealth of experiences, both in the public and private sectors. Aco-founder of CoderDojo, a free global network formed to assist young people with learning computer programming, Bill also co-founded XING, a pioneering enterprise social networking platform. Prior to these endeavors, Bill served as COO of Davnet, a telecommunications carrier. Bill has also distinguished himself as a diplomat, serving as a special diplomatic envoy for St Kitt’s and Nevis, with an emphasis on sustainable development and the environment. Author of three books, he is a regular speaker at many events and venues such as The London School of Economics, The World Economic Forum, The Globe Forum in Sweden, The House of Commons and TED as well as TEDx. He is Founder of WeForest that has planted over 9 million trees globally.

## Simon Ramery
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mobile, Employment, Recruiting

Simon has worked in investment banking and corporate finance for nearly 20 years and from this has a strong insight into opportunities and challenges currently facing the market participants in wealth management. Simon started his career in leveraged finance and moved into corporate finance advisory where he helped companies raise debt and equitycapital as well as provided strategic advice for fast-growing businesses and start-ups. Simon has helped a number of innovative new businesses launch and grow and has seen first-hand the disruption to the financial services sector as established players are impacted by legacy costs, increased regulation, new entrants and better technologies.

## Virat Kohli
- Type: Angel
- Location: Delhi, Delhi, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, Social Media, Network Security

Virat Kohli is the captain of the Indian cricket team. He is considered to be among the best batsmen in the present era, he also doubles up as an occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. He is known for his dependable and powerful batting style and has single-handedly won several matches for India.

## Andy Phillipps
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Travel, E-Commerce

Andy Phillipps is the Advisor, IC and Venture Partner at IQ Capital.

## Connie Chan
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Marketplace

Connie Chan is the current General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz. She previously worked at HP as a Head of webOS China. Connie Chan attended Stanford University.

## Paul Forster
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Paul Forster

## Balaji Srinivasan
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software

Balaji S. Srinivasan is the Co-Founder and Board Member of Coin Center. He was the CTO of Coinbase and cofounder of Counsyl, Earn, Teleport, and Coin Center. He was previously CEO at Earn.com, which was recently sold to Coinbase. Prior to taking the CEO role at Earn.com, Dr. Srinivasan was a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to joininga16z, he was the co-founder and CTO of Founders Fund-backed Counsyl, where he won the Wall Street Journal Innovation Award for Medicine and was named to the MIT TR35. Dr. Srinivasan holds a BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. He also teaches the occasional class at Stanford, including an online MOOC in 2013 which reached 250,000+ students worldwide.

## Johann "Hansi" Hansmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Fitness

Dr. Johann ‘Hansi’ Hansmann was born in Austria and studied economics in Vienna. He spent the major part of his professional life working as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry in Austria, Germany, UK and Spain. He gathered several years of entrepreneurial experience running successfully his own pharmaceutical company in Spain afterconducting a management buy-out of a big pharmaceutical plant, making an exit in 2003. Since this time he is active as investor and business angel. He currently holds investments with a geographical focus on Austria, Germany, UK and Spain both internet and in the health industry. He led Runtastic, shpock, mysugr and just recently durchblicker and Busuu to extraordinary exits. He was president of the ‘Austrian Angels Investors Association’ until 2021, was awarded 'Best European Early Stage Investor' in 2016 by eban.org and is now based in Vienna and tries to find spare time to ride his mountain bike.

## Laurent Philonenko
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Analytics

Laurent Philonenko is Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Development and CTO at Avaya, a leading provider of solutions that enable customer and team engagement. In this role, Laurent is responsible for the development and execution of Avaya’s short- and long-term growth and engagement strategies. As part of his focus on Avaya growthstrategies, Laurent has oversight of M&A, Avaya Labs, architecture and consulting groups, as well as the Avaya DevConnect developer program and technology partnerships. Laurent is a recognized leader and proven visionary in the enterprise collaboration and communications space. Prior to his current role, Laurent served as Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development for Avaya. Before joining Avaya, Laurent served successively as Vice-President and General Manager of several business units and as Chief Technology Officer for Cisco’s Collaboration Technology Group and before joining Cisco as CEO for Genesys. Laurent is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and earned a master’s degree in Management Science from Paris University. He holds nine U.S. patents. In his spare time, Laurent is an avid sportsman who enjoys running and biking. His other hobbies include practicing his culinary skills, flying airplanes and reading on a variety of topics.

## Uday Kumar Bangalore Shivaraman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce

Angel / Sophisticated Investor and Trader (Ex London Stock Exchange(LSE), Deutsche Bank, London Clearing House(LCH) ) , Invested in 60+ Startups / 4 successful exits (with Avg 20x) and counting more. (Web3 -> udaybs.ETH )Invested in following asset classes from past 2 decades across UK / India / US / Europe /
-Private Equity (Seed / Growth / VC/ Acquisition / Merger)
- Equity Markets
- Real Estate
- FX
- Commodity
- Bonds
- Fintech, Blockchain, Crypto Market, Web3 , DeFi, NFT
- Derivative Markets / Hedging / F&O / CFDGrowing Wealth in bumpy economic rides - There is no secret formula. Investment is an art. Being vigilant, dynamic, connecting dots, evaluating risk with constant change, loads of patience and visualising medium to long term.Private Equity Investments across globe in following domains / categories:
- Energy - EV / Carbon Footprint
- Blockchain / FinTech / AI / ML / Web3 / DeFi
- D2C / B2C
- Food & Beverages
- Pharma
- Media & Entertainment

## Sameer Singh
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, Internet

Network Effects Investor, Venture Partner @ Speedinvest, part of the Atomico Angel Program

## Jeffrey Thomas
- Type: Angel
- Location: Corsham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Charity, Crowdfunding, Social Media

Jeffrey Thomas is a Co-Founder of Digital Reef. He attended University of East London.

## Alvaro Alvarez del Rio
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Food and Beverage, Pet

Alvaro Alvarez del Rio - Founder @ Boost Capital Partners

## Marc Weinstein
- Type: Angel
- Location: Greater Los Angeles Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Information Technology

I graduated from Wharton with a BSc in Economics and began my career as an investment banker. In 2012, I left my cushy job at Morgan Stanley to begin an entrepreneurial adventure. My first startup, TINCO, was a financial services business created to protect investors from the purchasing power destruction of then-unprecedented quantitative easing.Although TINCO failed, it led me to purchase my first Bitcoin in 2013.While building TINCO, I started an advisory business called Satya Management to serve start-ups in the consumer, media & entertainment, and wellness industries.Through a client, I fell in love with the live events industry and decided to start my 2nd company, 90sFest. 90sFest was a live events platform catered to millennials that pioneered the convergence of experiential marketing with mass social media distribution. We sold 90sFest to Scopus Media in 2017.It was at this time that I was hired to try to salvage the now infamous Fyre Festival. Many who saw the Emmy-nominated Netflix documentary, Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, have called me the “voice of reason.”After Fyre, I saw that my bitcoin investment returned 20x my principal and began deep research on the cryptocurrency industry. I later became Principal at a blockchain-focused venture fund called Wave Financial.
I left Wave Financial in 2019 to strike out on my own and continue to advise, coach, and invest in leading entrepreneurs.I once again fell in love with an industry – sustainable agriculture – and now lead business development at Steward.

## Joi Ito
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Mobile, Software, Internet

Joichi Ito is a Parttime Lecturer at Chiba Institute of Technology. he attended Keio University in 2018.

## Maxime Favier
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Dating, Internet, Mobile Apps

Maxime Favier, Co-founder at THE PHOTO ACADEMY & PICSMENTOR.

## Bill Wade
- Type: Angel
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Social Media, Lead Generation, Network Security

William Wade is the Founder and CEO at Company.com.William Wade attended University of New Hampshire.

## Alex Macdonald
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Financial Services

Alex Macdonald is the Co-Founder and CEO Sequel. He previously Co-Founded Velocity Black. He attended The University of Manchester.

## John Kelly
- Type: Angel
- Location: Winter Park, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Social Media, Food Delivery

John Kelly - Project Manager @ RQtwo

## Julian Weisser
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Internet, Software

Julian Weisser is a Co-Founder and Head of Recruiting at On Deck.

## Callum Illsley
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Events, Software

Callum Illsley

## Fiona Pathiraja
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Wellness

Fiona is Managing Partner at Crista Galli Ventures, an early stage healthtech VC fund based in London and Copenhagen.

## Robert (Rob) Reeg
- Type: Angel
- Location: St Louis, Missouri, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Payments, Software

Robert (Rob) Reeg

## Vivek Kumar
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mobile, Employment, Recruiting

Vivek Kumar

## Gerry Campbell
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Search Engine, Apps, Music

Gerry Campbell is an angel investor and advisor. His portfolio includes several notable early-stage companies, and he is actively investing in the mobile and local space. Recent investments include: VitalBriefing (Luxembourg), Refer.io & FastCall.Most recently, Gerry is the CEO/Founder of Frequency Group, which is “an advisory firmdedicated to the creation of high-functioning teams and achievement of extraordinary results." Campbell is currently an Angel Investor at Frequency Capital as well. Previously, Gerry was CEO of realtime search company Collecta, and raised $5MM as he guided that company through its development, launch and pivot. Before that, he was president and global head of Reuters Search and Content Technologies group, bringing deep domain expertise to existing Reuters products while driving breakthrough innovation in the delivery of relevant information and insight to customers. Prior to that, Mr. Campbell was SVP of AOL's Search and Directional Media group, where he managed the AOL Search, Local Search, Yellow Pages; Netscape Search; and eCommerce Search properties, including all search-based revenue and advertising initiatives. Earlier, Mr. Campbell led Product Strategy for AltaVista's commerce group, the original Shopping.com. He has also held marketing and management positions with Compaq and CompuServe, and co-founded Bounce Networks, a digital media startup. Mr. Campbell holds an MBA and a BA in Mass Media from The Ohio State University.His hobbies include family, running, motorsports and digital media.

## Jason Downes
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mobile, Social Media

Jason Downes is a Consultant of International Finance Corporation. Previously, Jason Downes served as an Senior Investment Officer at International Finance Corporation for seven years. Previously, he co-founded and served as General Director and Chief Investment Officer at ru-Net Holdings for five years. Prior to joining ru-Net, he held seniorpositions in the investment banking divisions of United Financial Group, Renaissance Capital and Credit Lyonnais. Jason Downes has nearly 20 years of dedicated technology, media and telecom industry experience in venture capital, private equity and capital markets banking, primarily in Russia/CIS, India, and Sub-Saharan Africa. He serves as an Advisory Board Member of Frontier Ventures. He served on the Boards of Yandex, Ozon, and Vested Development Inc. Jason Downes graduated in Actuarial Science from City University, London (1986-1989).

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