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Top 50 Sports Angel Investors in United Kingdom (July 2026)

The most active angel investors investing in United Kingdom Sports startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in United Kingdom Sports startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Sam Enrico Williams
Angel
19 United Kingdom Pre-Seed Blockchain, Web Apps, Sports $10k–$100k
Stefan Glänzer
Angel
5 United Kingdom, Germany, United States Seed, Angel, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Social Media $197k–$14M
Mandeep Singh
Angel
4 United Kingdom, United States, Sweden Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $500k–$100M
Stephanie Davis
Angel
3 United Kingdom Seed Sports, Fitness, Training $3M–$6.3M
Reece Chowdhry
Angel
3 United Kingdom, United States, Canada Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence $131k–$26M
Tom Hulme
Angel
3 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech $520k–$70M
Gregory O’Shea
Angel
3 United Kingdom Seed Sports, Fitness, Training $3M–$6.3M
Michael Carrick
Angel
3 United Kingdom Seed Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
Josh Patterson
Angel
3 United Kingdom Seed Sports, Fitness, Training $3M–$6.3M
Alexander Chesterman
Angel
3 United Kingdom, France Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services $470k–$23M
Peter Roberts
Angel
2 United Kingdom Seed, Angel Fitness, Training, Wellness
Steve Brown
Angel
2 United States, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Series A Apps, Fitness, Robotics $59k–$79k
Finn Russell
Angel
2 United Kingdom Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Fitness, Medical, Wellness
Taavet Hinrikus
Angel
2 United Kingdom, United States, Estonia Seed, Series A, Series B FinTech, Software, Financial Services $1M–$50M
Will Brooks
Angel
2 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series A FinTech, Financial Services, Software $524k–$30M
Harry Hurst
Angel
2 United States, United Kingdom, India Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Software, FinTech, Logistics $2.5M–$20M
Matt Isaacs
Angel
2 United Kingdom, Germany Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, AgTech $373k–$3.7M
Curt Hopkins
Angel
2 United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed SaaS, Fitness, Payments $183k–$799k
Errol Damelin
Angel
2 United Kingdom, United States, Israel Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed FinTech, Financial Services, Finance $535k–$47M
James Hardy
Angel
2 United Kingdom Pre-Seed Fitness, Wellness, Apps $201k–$336k
Peter Smedvig
Angel
2 United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Series A SaaS, eSports, Blockchain
Tania Boler
Angel
2 United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Fitness, Chemical, Wellness
David Kasper
Angel
2 United Kingdom Pre-Seed B2C, Apps, Sports $236k–$851k
Michalis Petrondas
Angel
2 United Kingdom Seed SaaS, Fitness, Payments $373k–$799k
Patrick Bamford
Angel
2 United Kingdom Seed, Angel, Series A B2B, B2C, Apps
Sir Terry Leahy
Angel
2 United Kingdom Series A, Seed Software, SaaS, Mobile $1.3M–$16M
Jean Nehme
Angel
2 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed Health Care, Fitness, Hospital $3.8M–$7M
George Godula
Angel
2 United States, China, Algeria Seed, Series A, Series B Health Care, Information Technology, Mobile $970k–$150M
Beth Potter
Angel
2 United Kingdom Sports, Fitness, Training
Will Martin
Angel
2 United Kingdom, Japan, United States Seed, Series A Software, Financial Services, FinTech $655k–$11M
Alex Zubillaga
Angel
2 United States, United Kingdom, Israel Seed, Series B, Series A E-Commerce, Apps, Music $745k–$100M
Alex Yee
Angel
2 United Kingdom Seed Sports, Fitness, Training
Martin Lau
Angel
2 China, India, United Kingdom Post-IPO Equity, Corporate Round Internet, Social Media, E-Commerce
Andy Phillipps
Angel
2 United Kingdom, Finland, Germany Seed, Series A Software, Travel, E-Commerce
Jeremy Darroch
Angel
2 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Series B Video, Advertising, Internet of Things
Alistair Brownlee
Angel
2 United Kingdom, United States Seed, Pre-Seed Fitness, Wellness, Health Care $1.8M–$2.5M
Michele Attisani
Angel
2 United Kingdom, United States, Italy Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel Financial Services, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence $939k–$6M
Sachin Duggal
Angel
2 Portugal, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Pre-Seed Fitness, Database, Wellness $250k–$5.3M
Michael Birch
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom, Denmark Seed, Series A, Angel Apps, Internet, Social Media $465k–$10M
Sinan Güler
Angel
1 United States, Turkey, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Apps, Fitness, Wellness
Nelson Peltz
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom Series A, Post-IPO Equity Food Processing, Food and Beverage, TV
Mark Hyman
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom Series A, Seed Health Care, Fitness, Wellness
Andrei Dunca
Angel
1 United States, United Kingdom Pre-Seed, Series A B2C, Apps, Sports
Conor Sharpe
Angel
1 Ireland, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Seed, Angel Software, Machine Learning, Health Care
Malek Meslemani
Angel
1 United Kingdom, Tunisia, United States Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, SaaS
Nick Jonas
Angel
1 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Series B, Seed Health Care, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce
Christian Edler
Angel
1 United States, Germany, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Financial Services, Information Technology, Software
Jacques De Bruin
Angel
1 United Kingdom Angel Fitness, Training, Wellness
Amit Sharma
Angel
1 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Angel E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Retail
Mark Blandford
Angel
1 United Kingdom Angel, Series A Information Technology, Software, Mobile
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Sam Enrico Williams
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 19 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Sam Enrico Williams is a CEO & Founder at Zloadr. Having built intelligent systems for the past 10 years, that have been implemented into corporate structures and organisations, Sam Enrico Williams brings a deep level and understanding of System Architecture. Sam has strong experience in Cryptocurrency, blockchain technology and economymarkets; needed to drive DocTailor to unprecedented levels.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Web Apps, Sports
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 28
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $10k–$100k
  • Lead/follow: 71% lead, 29% follow

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Stefan Glänzer
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 5 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Social Media
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Seed $573k–$3.2M; Angel $197k–$828k; Series A $2M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Minitap — Minitap is an AI-driven mobile development company that assists with monitoring mobile devices.
  • HEY HOLY — We’re transforming pet care — with a breed-specific health concept instead of one-size-fits-all, with longevity at its core
  • Mozart AI — Artho has revealed its first product, Mozart AI, a groundbreaking AI-powered Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) that aims to accelerate and magnify human creativity. This hybrid musician will have complete control over their musical vision with no creative friction. They will create, engineer, and perform at the speed of their imagination. They willoutperform and innovate the best pure human artists by combining human artistry with AI co-creation. We are a team of musicians, technologists, and creative visionaries.
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Mandeep Singh
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 4 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups, 10 in the past 12 months

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 84
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$13M; Pre-Seed $500k–$5.1M; Series A $3M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zalos — Automate repetitive Finance workflows without changing your Finance systems. AI agents that connect, act, and audit across ERPs, banks, and invoicing platforms.
  • Zaro — Zaro is a workspace platform that brings AI agents and apps together in one place to automate repetitive business tasks and accelerate important work. The company deploys AI agents that handle real tasks while connecting the apps teams already rely on, enabling operations to scale without scaling headcount. Everything runs on a simple credit-basedmodel where customers only pay for what they use, and users can start free. Zaro enables modern teams to automate busywork, automate the repetitive, and focus on work that moves the business forward. The platform turns AI from a buzzword into something teams use daily for running their business operations.
  • Newly — Newly is the easiest way to build and ship cross-platform mobile apps — no senior engineering team required.Our mission is to empower a new generation of builders to launch high-quality native mobile apps without getting blocked by code, complexity, or cost.We’re building the first truly accessible mobile app development tool — combining thespeed of no-code with the power of real code when you need it — and opening the door for the estimated 99.5% of people who currently can’t build mobile apps on their own.Newly is used by early-stage founders, junior developers, designers, and product teams who want to ship faster and smarter.
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Stephanie Davis
Angel · Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom · 3 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Stephanie Davis

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Fitness, Training
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$6.3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Runna — Runna is your personalized running coach. With tailored training plans, world-class coaching and an in-app community to help you achieve your goals, whether you're training for a faster 5k or your first marathon. Download Runna today.
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Reece Chowdhry
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 3 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Reece Lal Chowdhry is based out of London, England and is the Founding Partner of Concept Ventures. Reece previously worked at Ernst & Young as a Management Consultant and Technology Advisory. Reece Lal Chowdhry attended the Durham University. Reece Lal Chowdhry has been awarded as the Seed VC of the Year and Asian Tech Pioneer in their career.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 78
  • Round size: Seed $131k–$3.9M; Pre-Seed $500k–$3.4M; Equity Crowdfunding $754k–$26M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • zymtrace — AI Infrastructure optimization platform. Zymtrace profiles GPU & CPU workloads with zero instrumentation to cut costs and boost performance
  • Forithmus — Forithmus develops large-scale data infrastructures and foundation model-based artificial intelligence.
  • Reachdesk — Reachdesk enables B2B companies to deliver the moments that matter at scale through data-driven direct mail and gifting. Through Reachdesk companies can deliver gifts and direct mail that build deeper connections with customers, prospects and employees at the click of a button. Our integrations to your tech stack power a clear and quantifiableROI; the direct channel is no longer a guessing game.
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Tom Hulme
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 3 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Tom Hulme is based out of London, Greater London and is the Managing Partner & Head of Europe of Google Ventures. Tom previously worked at IDEO as a Founder, Board Director, and Senior Advisor. Tom Hulme attended the Harvard Business School. Tom Hulme has been recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, Wired UK’s Top 100Digital Power Brokers, and the Evening Standard’s list of London’s 1000 Most Influential People and received the Baker Scholar Award.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 61
  • Round size: Seed $520k–$6.5M; Series A $10M–$45M; Series B $16M–$70M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Xempus AG — XEMPUS makes pension and life insurance easy for everyone
  • MileIQ — MileIQ provides automatic mileage tracking for deductions and expenses. Whether you're a self-employed worker looking for a mileage deduction or a large company that wants to get a handle on mileage expenses reports, MileIQ is automatic, easy and accurate. MileIQ is mileage tracking the way you need it to work. MileIQ is a Microsoft-ownedcompany.
  • Double Crown Gaming Co. — We are on a mission to deepen connections among friends and family through play - we build games and activities that celebrate shared interests and affinities.
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Gregory O’Shea
Angel · 3 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Gregory O’Shea is an Irish rugby union player.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Fitness, Training
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$6.3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Runna — Runna is your personalized running coach. With tailored training plans, world-class coaching and an in-app community to help you achieve your goals, whether you're training for a faster 5k or your first marathon. Download Runna today.
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Michael Carrick
Angel · 3 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Michael Carrick is an English professional football coach.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GoJoe — Ditch the step challenge apps and employee engagement platforms and boost inclusivity and engagement with GoJoe.The employee engagement and wellbeing app that people actually use.
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Josh Patterson
Angel · 3 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Josh Patterson

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Fitness, Training
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $3M–$6.3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Runna — Runna is your personalized running coach. With tailored training plans, world-class coaching and an in-app community to help you achieve your goals, whether you're training for a faster 5k or your first marathon. Download Runna today.
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Alexander Chesterman
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 3 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Alex Chesterman is the Co-Founder of Houseful. Alex Chesterman attended the University College London.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $524k–$4.8M; Pre-Seed $470k–$3M; Series A $2.3M–$23M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Atheni AI — Atheni focused on embedding AI guidance directly into day-to-day workflows rather than relying on standalone training sessions or workshops.
  • Zefir — Zefir aims to expand the realm of possibilities for millions of European homeowners. We make home-selling simpler, faster and more certain by buying the property directly from you. Selling a home is now just a few clicks away.
  • 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
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Peter Roberts
Angel · Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Peter is a serial entrepreneur with a distinguished career in the leisure industry. Earlier ventures include the formation of Langdale Group Plc which sold for £29m in 1989 to Scottish & Newcastle. He set up nightclub company Luminar, which completed a successful IPO in 1998, food/pub chain Countrystyle Inns which sold in 1995 for an IRRof 35% and a Venture Capital Fund with Lazard Ventures. In 2000 Peter founded Golden Tulip Hotels, a budget hotel group, sold to Whitbread in 2008. In 2015 Peter was named a winner in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards and overall winner for the North of England.Peter is now involved with helping young entrepreneurs to develop their businesses.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Training, Wellness
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 67% lead, 33% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Another Round — Achieve your fitness goals with Another Round remote personal training. Train anywhere, anytime. In-app personalised workouts. First 14 days free.
  • Narwhal Media Group — Narwhal Media Group provides complete digital services specializing in branding, marketing, and designing. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Bristol, UK.
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Steve Brown
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Steve Brown - Advisor @ ctrlio

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Fitness, Robotics
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $59k–$79k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Solo60 — Solo60 is changing the way you work as a fitness professional and work out as an individual. By creating a private micro-gym network run by technology, we change the identity of a gym and the possibilities for those who use them.
  • Vicarious — Vicarious is an artificial intelligence company that uses the computational principles of the brain to develop general intelligence for robots. The company was founded in 2010 by Dr. Dileep George and D. Scott Phoenix.
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Finn Russell
Angel · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Finn Russell is a Scottish rugby union player.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Medical, Wellness
  • Stage:Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Puresport — Puresport was created to craft the finest, premium-quality natural products to support every element of wellbeing, from pain & recovery, to sleep, focus, mood, stress, and balance.
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Taavet Hinrikus
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Taavet Hinrikus is based out of London, England and is the Partner of Plural Platform and Board Member of CoMind. Taavet previously worked at Wise as a Chairman and Co-founder. Taavet Hinrikus attended INSEAD.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Software, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Estonia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 127
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$7.9M; Series A $7M–$47M; Series B $23M–$50M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 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.
  • Habito — We're the Treating Customers Fairly Champion of 2023 as voted for in the British Bank Awards. We're here to make mortgages easier - no paperwork, no stress and no fees.
  • Entrepreneurs First — We turn exceptional individuals into funded founders. We back you first, then give you a bridge to Silicon Valley.
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Will Brooks
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Will Brooks - Founder & Director @ Portfolio Ventures

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 69
  • Round size: Seed $524k–$3.1M; Series A $2.2M–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bequest — Digital estate planning made easy for professionals and individuals. Securely protect online accounts, cryptocurrencies, emails, media, documents and more.
  • Disputed — FinLegal is legaltech for the business of disputes. Our solutions allow you to fund and insure your litigation through litigation funding and after-the-event insurance, automate volume and class actions and get more clients through working with marketing service providers.
  • Robin — Robin AI is a legal tech company based in London, made up of engineers, lawyers, scientists and operations specialists.
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Harry Hurst
Angel · Los Angeles, California, United States · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Harry Hurst is the Vice Chairman of Pipe. He previously worked at Skurt as a Founder. Harry Hurst attended JFS School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, FinTech, Logistics
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $2.5M–$5.6M; Pre-Seed $4M–$4M; Series A $12M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Roboflow — With just a few dozen example images, you can train a working, state-of-the-art computer vision model in less than 24 hours
  • Goodcall AI Inc — Goodcall is an AI that answers phone calls to automate common sales and customer service tasks. This GPT for local business sets up in minutes to increase revenue, service level and productivity with a reliable and trusted AI assistant.
  • WONE (Walking on Earth) — WONE is the resilience coach that empowers teams to perform at their peak potential through data led measurement, AI coaching and micro moments when you need it most.
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Matt Isaacs
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Matt Isaacs is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Counteract. As one of the founding partners, Matt helped shape Essence into the company it is today. That agency is now the world’s largest independent buyer of digital media with billings in excess of $650MM USD, is 480 people strong, and has offices in London, New York, San Francisco, Seattle,Singapore and Tokyo. Current clients include Google, eBay, Financial Times and Barclays. Matt served as Global CEO of the agency until spring of this year. During his last four years in that role, both billings and headcount doubled every year. Today, as Executive Chairman, Matt oversees the Board, supports the execution of corporate strategy and helps to ensure the legacy of Essence exists well beyond the agency and the industry. Before co-founding Essence Matt was Chief Marketing Officer at Create Services & Goldfish Bank, a subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group that handled all of the bank’s non LloydsTSB branded retail banking business across 15 brands and with £2B in assets. Matt’s ‘first career’ was in strategy consulting at McKinsey spin-off MMG, where he was part of the core team that built MMG Europe from 14 consultants to 400 across 13 offices. Matt lives on a small farm with his wife, 4 children, 5 hens, lots of sheep and bees in the depths of East Sussex, UK.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, AgTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $373k–$3.7M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HeadBox — HeadBox connects corporate event planners with 100,000+ unique, inspiring, iconic, and creative spaces worldwide for meetings and events.
  • Keia Ltd — Keia is the online destination that connects practitioners and consumers of wellness services, spanning 27 areas and growing, with a mission to make wellness services accessible and affordable for all. Using technology, Keia supports healthcare professionals to reach new heights with its best-in-class suite of cloud-based business managementsoftware which is designed to make it easy for them to manage and grow their businesses.
  • Crowd Connected — Indoor positioning, wayfinding, asset tracking, and occupancy counting in a single platform. Self-calibrating technology that deploys in hours with no fingerprinting. Trusted by Informa, Live Nation, and Coachella.
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Curt Hopkins
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Tech CEO, Chairman and venture builder in sustainable tech, fintech and the future of work.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Fitness, Payments
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $183k–$799k
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Keia Ltd — Keia is the online destination that connects practitioners and consumers of wellness services, spanning 27 areas and growing, with a mission to make wellness services accessible and affordable for all. Using technology, Keia supports healthcare professionals to reach new heights with its best-in-class suite of cloud-based business managementsoftware which is designed to make it easy for them to manage and grow their businesses.
  • Epic Impact — Epic is the app that rewards you for buying ethical products that are better for the planet, and empowers you to do more good, from offsetting your carbon footprint to donating to good causes.
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Errol Damelin
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Errol Damelin is the founder of Dust Road Ventures, a seed-stage investment firm investing in fintech, AI, health-tech, and enterprise software. He has made over 75 investments since 2011, almost all as first or second cheques. Before investing full-time he built three companies — Supply Chain Connect, Wonga, and Tide. Portfolio includes Wise(invested pre-revenue), Purplebricks (first investor), HiBob, K Health, Cleo AI, Earnin, Elliptic, Cazoo, Citymapper, YuLife, and Zoe. TechCrunch Founder of the Year (2010). Based in London. Originally from Klerksdorp, South Africa.Among the companies co-founded by Damelin are groundbreaking fintech company Wonga, and SME banking startup Tide. His early investments include Wise, Cazoo, Purplebricks, K Health, YuLife, Sure, Demyst, Zoe, Farewill, CityMapper, Modifi, UnBabel, Thimble, HiBob, Modifi, Elliptic, Lendingkart, and VivaReal. Using his own personal equity, Damelin continues to invest early on in the next generation of entrepreneurs so that he can help them succeed. He is not an institutional VC fund and does not maximize the assets under his management. He best describes his approach as Riding Shotgun.Damelin's success as a founder has been recognized by The Guardian, which named him Digital Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011; by Ernst and Young, which named him the UK's Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011 as well; and by TechCrunch, which named him Founder of the Year in 2010.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 48
  • Round size: Seed $535k–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $668k–$3.8M; Series A $3.7M–$47M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

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.
  • Aurora — The Operating System for High Performance Living
  • OurRitual — Couple Goals Made Possible. Relationship Support For Busy People, Practical Tools & Expert Feedback
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James Hardy
Angel · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

James Hardy is the COO & Co-Founder at bioniq.com.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Apps
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $201k–$336k
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sportl — SPORTL restores control. Studios control availability, set their own prices, and profit from a more equitable business model that helps fill vacant classrooms and increase income.
  • Incentifi — Incentifi combines wellness, prizes, and travel. Where little everyday victories lead to real-world benefits such as travel, time, and significant experiences.
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Peter Smedvig
Angel · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Peter Smedvig

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, eSports, Blockchain
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • GEEIQ — GEEIQ is the intelligence platform brands use to plan, activate and measure marketing in virtual worlds like Roblox, Fortnite and ZEPETO.
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Tania Boler
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Tania is an internationally recognized women’s health expert and has held leadership positions for various global NGOs and the United Nations. Passionate about challenging taboo women’s issues, Tania founded Elvie in 2013, partnering with Alexander Asseily to create a global hub of connected health and lifestyle products for women.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Chemical, Wellness
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • FabricNano — Powered by DNA nanotechnology, FabricNano has the expertise to fine-tune enzyme performance and produce biochemicals.
  • WONE (Walking on Earth) — WONE is the resilience coach that empowers teams to perform at their peak potential through data led measurement, AI coaching and micro moments when you need it most.
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David Kasper
Angel · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

David Kasper is a Czech-born investor, active in the fintech space yet also an avid tennis player with a passion for sport and technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2C, Apps, Sports
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Pre-Seed $236k–$851k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RacketPal — Find local racket sports partners in minutes. Install the app for Free today
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Michalis Petrondas
Angel · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Michalis Petrondas

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Investment focus

  • Industry: SaaS, Fitness, Payments
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $373k–$799k
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Keia Ltd — Keia is the online destination that connects practitioners and consumers of wellness services, spanning 27 areas and growing, with a mission to make wellness services accessible and affordable for all. Using technology, Keia supports healthcare professionals to reach new heights with its best-in-class suite of cloud-based business managementsoftware which is designed to make it easy for them to manage and grow their businesses.
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Patrick Bamford
Angel · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Patrick Bamford

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2B, B2C, Apps
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hexis — Hexis optimises your daily energy needs to the unique demands of your workouts, lifestyle and goals. The only system to personalise, periodic and plan, your daily carbohydrate and calorie needs.
  • Emerald — Take control of your long-term health with Emerald. Get continuous GP support, in-depth screenings, wearable data integration, and a personalised plan to prevent disease and boost longevity.
  • Hylo Athletics — Hylo Athletics manufactures Athletic Footwear.
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Sir Terry Leahy
Angel · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Sir Terry Leahy joined Cheshunt, England-based Tesco in 1979 and held marketing positions at the retailer before becoming commercial director of fresh foods in 1986 and a member of the board in 1990. Leahy was appointed Chief Executive of Tesco plc in March 1997.Leahy received a Knighthood for services to food retailing in the 2002 New YearHonours. He was voted as Britain’s Most Admired Leader (2005 and 2006) by Management Today, recognized by the Wall Street Journal and CNBC as European Business Leader of the Year (2005), and named European Businessman of the Year by Fortune (2004). A Guardian Unlimited Politics panel found him to be the most influential non-elected person in Britain in 2007.Leahy is a Director on the Liverpool Vision Regeneration Board and a member of the Prime Minister’s Business Council.In 2010 he received the Daily Telegraph’s Award for a Decade of Excellence in Business, a Lifetime Achievement award from Director Magazine, and was voted Business Person of the Year by the Sunday Times.Sir Terry Leahy retired from Tesco in March 2011.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Mobile
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$16M; Series A $2M–$5M
  • Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Perlego — Perlego is an online library subscription service for textbooks and non-fiction titles. Having partnered with over 3,000 of the world's best publishers, it gives its users unlimited access to over 650,000 eBooks and publications via an affordable monthly subscription. It aims to make learning accessible to all. It was founded in 2016 and isheadquartered in London, England.
  • SYNALOGiK — Synalogik helps organisations improve efficiency and slash costs through automated data aggregation when multiple data sources are required.
  • BrandShield — Your brand protection tool should do more than detect counterfeits. BrandShield will detect and takedown all manner of frauds, protecting your company.
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Jean Nehme
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Jean is a Plastic Surgeon with an honours degree in Surgical Simulation from Imperial College London.When not in the lab he can usually be found running along the Thames, or at one of many technology Meetups around London.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Fitness, Hospital
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $3.8M–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ufonia — Dora is a clinical AI agent that calls and supports your cataract patients, empowering your ophthalmology practice to scale without compromise on care.
  • Uncovr — Uncovr is an AI-powered surgical intelligence and documentation platform that automatically transforms operating room videos into structured clinical reports and billing codes.
  • WONE (Walking on Earth) — WONE is the resilience coach that empowers teams to perform at their peak potential through data led measurement, AI coaching and micro moments when you need it most.
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George Godula
Angel · Shanghai, Shanghai, China · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Cross-border angel / early stage investor with portfolio of 40+ startup companies and as of currently 4 exits, 4 unicorns & counting.George invests in companies helping people lead a longer, healthier and happier life - keywords sustainability, ESG, impact investing. In addition to investing he likes to be hands-on in hisportfoliocompanies, either helping China / SEA based teams to internationalize or global teams to break into China / SEA or support them in outsourcing, sourcing and manufacturing. Typically angel, seed and occasional Series A stage investments. Industry focus and selected startups in his portfolio: - E-Commerce e.g. Web2Asia, Grana, Mercato - SaaS e.g. Jimdo, Blush, Anduin Transactions - Marketplaces / crowdfunding Republic.co - Education / Training e.g. Vantage Point, Dexter, - IoT e.g. Mila, Cafe-X, Lyte charging, The Light Phone, Density.io - Fitness e.g. FitXR, Trainersvault, Overhand Fitness, Salut, Guavapass (exit via sale to ClassPass) - Health / Nutrition e.g. NutriSense, Blue Mesa Health (exit via sale to Virgin), Compass Therapeutics (exit via IPO) - Insurtech e.g. The Care Voice - Medtech / Biotech e.g. Life Biosciences, Sequencing.com, MycoWorks - Sustainability / Infrastructure e.g. Blokable, U.S. Bitcoin Corp, Hardt Hyperloop - Deep tech / frontier tech e.g. Rain Neuromorphics, ZaiNar, Massive, Protocol Labs (Filecoin) - On-demand / sharing economy e.g. Yassir, Truck it in, misterbnb, Delivery Hero Austria & China (exit via sale / IPO)

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Information Technology, Mobile
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: United States, China, Algeria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $970k–$13M; Series A $6.3M–$49M; Series B $12M–$150M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mila Cares — Mila is the best smart air purifier for home use. Award-winning design, quieter performance, and powerful clean air for every room.
  • Yassir — Access on-demand daily services like ride-hailing, food and grocery delivery, and payments with Yassir, your super app.
  • Truck It In — is a platform tech company focused on simplifying road freight for 3.3M+ businesses in Pakistan to unlock 1 Billion dollars in resource potential
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Beth Potter
Angel · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Beth Potter is a individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Fitness, Training
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Runna — Runna is your personalized running coach. With tailored training plans, world-class coaching and an in-app community to help you achieve your goals, whether you're training for a faster 5k or your first marathon. Download Runna today.
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Will Martin
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Will Martin - Founder and Director @ Portfolio Ventures

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 88
  • Round size: Seed $655k–$5.5M; Series A $2.2M–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Bequest — Digital estate planning made easy for professionals and individuals. Securely protect online accounts, cryptocurrencies, emails, media, documents and more.
  • Disputed — FinLegal is legaltech for the business of disputes. Our solutions allow you to fund and insure your litigation through litigation funding and after-the-event insurance, automate volume and class actions and get more clients through working with marketing service providers.
  • Robin — Robin AI is a legal tech company based in London, made up of engineers, lawyers, scientists and operations specialists.
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Alex Zubillaga
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Alex Zubillaga is the founder of 14W, a New York-based, venture capital firm focused on consumer Mobile, Web, E-commerce, CPG, and Media.Previously, Alex was Executive Vice President, Digital Strategy and Business Development at Warner Music Group (WMG). Prior to WMG, Alex founded Net Uno, a leading Venezuelan cable television and broadbandoperator where he served as CEO and Chairman.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Apps, Music
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $745k–$8M; Series A $2M–$12M; Series B $12M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Reby — Reby is a European multinational company involved in the design, construction, financing, operation (DBFO) and maintenance of public sharing transport infrastructure. Today, Reby is the Southern Europe leader in the micromobility field, with over 15 agreements with public administrations. The company was founded by four entrepreneurs (Pep Gómez,Kiran Thomas, Cristina Castillo, and Guillem Pagès) in 2018 as a micromobility operator, winning the first public tender in Europe for kickscooters, in the city of Zaragoza (Spain). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company increased its R&D efforts, expanding into the MaaS (mobility-as-a-service) economy and the investment banking/franchising business for public administrations (through PPPs), public utility companies, as well as SMEs.
  • Refurbed — Refurbed operates as an online marketplace for refurbished products in the german-speaking world. It sells renewed phones, laptops and tablets which are up to 40% cheaper and 100% more environmentally friendly than their brand-new, store-bought counterparts. Refurbed devices are renewed through a 40-step process, making them look like new andfunction like new. On top of that, each device comes with at least a 12-month guarantee.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
  • Opal — Protect your focus time. Schedule your days, block distracting apps and focus fully, on your iPhone, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari browser. Try Opal for Free!
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Alex Yee
Angel · Lewisham, Lewisham, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Alex Yee is a Olympic Triathlete.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sports, Fitness, Training
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Runna — Runna is your personalized running coach. With tailored training plans, world-class coaching and an in-app community to help you achieve your goals, whether you're training for a faster 5k or your first marathon. Download Runna today.
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Martin Lau
Angel · Shenzhen, Guangdong, China · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Martin Lau is an Executive Director and President at Tencent Holdings since 2007. Martin joined Tencent Holdings in 2005 as the Chief Strategy and Investment Officer and was responsible for corporate strategies, investments, merger and acquisitions and investor relations. In 2006, Martin was promoted as President of the Company to manage theday-to-day operation of the Company. In 2007, Martin was appointed as an Executive Director of Tencent Holdings. Prior to joining the Tencent Holdings Martin was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.’s investment banking division and the Chief Operating Officer of its Telecom, Media and Technology Group. Prior to that, Martin worked at Mckinsey & Company, Inc. as a Management Consultant. Martin received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA degree from Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. On 28 July 2011, Martin was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Kingsoft Corporation Limited, an Internet based software developer, distributor and software service provider listed in Hong Kong. On 10 March 2014, Martin was appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors at JD.com, Inc., an online direct sales company in China, which has been listed on NASDAQ since May 2014. On 31 March 2014, Martin was appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors at Leju Holdings Limited, an online-to-offline real estate services provider in China, which has been listed on New York Stock Exchange since April 2014.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Social Media, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Post-IPO Equity, Corporate Round
  • Geography: China, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Gaana — Gaana.com- Listen & Download latest MP3 songs online. Download new or old Hindi songs, Bollywood songs, English songs* & more on Gaana+ and play offline. Create, share and listen to streaming music playlists.
  • Second Home — Second Home creates extraordinary workspaces and cultural venues, designed to support creativity and entrepreneurship.
  • Astrocade AI — Astrocade AI is an AI-powered social gaming platform that allows anybody to create games and interactive experiences.
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Andy Phillipps
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Travel, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Finland, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • 5Mins — 5Mins is the new microlearning platform that helps your employees build in-demand skills fast with AI-powered personalisation and advanced gamification.
  • Layla — The world's best ai travel planner, now in your pocket. Plan tailored itineraries, find epic road trips, book flights & hotels. Previously Roam Around.
  • Civic Marketplace — Civic Marketplace is a platform that simplifies purchasing decisions, helps agencies make efficient, informed choices, and boosts local economic growth by providing access and opportunities to historically underutilized businesses.
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Jeremy Darroch
Angel · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

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.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Video, Advertising, Internet of Things
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: no public data

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.
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Alistair Brownlee
Angel · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Alistair Edward Brownlee is a British triathlete.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Zygo — Patented technology for underwater streaming audio and live coaching, with an app of guided workouts for swimming, triathlon training, and more.
  • Treepoints — Treepoints helps you understand your carbon footprint and take action. Plant trees, offset carbon, recycle plastic and showcase your impact.
  • STOCKED — Award winning dishes. Delivered to your door. Pack to Plate in 4 minutes. Choose from our wide range of British meat, Plant Based and Family Favourites. Revolutionary meals, ready in minutes, delivered to your door.
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Michele Attisani
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Michele Attisani - General Partner @ Insiders Ventures

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 45
  • Round size: Seed $1.8M–$6M; Pre-Seed $939k–$1.8M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Ciridae — Ciridae provides AI consulting and product development services that help enterprises incorporate machine learning into core operations. The company advises executive teams on AI strategy, use‑case selection, and organizational readiness, then translates those plans into technical roadmaps. Engagements often include evaluating data assets, choosingmodel architectures, and defining integration patterns with existing software systems. Ciridae also offers hands‑on engineering support, such as building prototypes, productionizing models, and setting up experimentation workflows. The firm focuses on practical applications like process automation, decision support, and predictive analytics that align with measurable business outcomes. Ciridae’s approach emphasizes collaboration with internal teams so that knowledge transfer, governance practices, and long‑term maintainability are built into AI initiatives from the start.
  • TextYess — Increase your eCommerce Retention with a Frictionless Experience.
  • XO Market — XO Market is a decentralized finance platform that enables users to create, trade, and share prediction-based markets on future events using blockchain technology. The platform operates as a non-custodial interface, allowing participants to interact directly with smart contracts while retaining control of their own crypto assets. XO Marketfacilitates “conviction markets,” where users can establish and trade outcomes on various topics, with prices reflecting collective market sentiment. It uses an automated market maker model to provide liquidity and incorporates a hybrid system combining artificial intelligence and human input to resolve market outcomes. The platform supports permissionless market creation, enabling users to define events, set parameters, and participate in trading without centralized oversight.
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Sachin Duggal
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 2 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Sachin Dev Duggal is based out of London, England. Sachin Dev Duggal served as a CEO of Builder.ai . Sachin previously worked as Co-founder & Chief Wizard at Shoto. Sachin Dev Duggal attended the Imperial College London.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Database, Wellness
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Portugal, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$5.3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Shoto — Shoto is an app available for iOS and Android that lets you find the unseen photos that you and your friends have collected from the moments you shared together.Shoto automatically finds all the photos that you and your friends have taken together at the same time and place, and privately organizes them together into meaningful albums withoutany of the nagging or chasing that takes place today when you try to collect photos from your “smartphone” friends.
  • CASAFARI — CASAFARI brings transparency to chaotic property markets by building a clean and complete real estate database. The company's proprietary technology allows agents to collect, clean, match duplicates, and evaluate every property coming to the market and to source the best investment opportunities in real-time.
  • WONE (Walking on Earth) — WONE is the resilience coach that empowers teams to perform at their peak potential through data led measurement, AI coaching and micro moments when you need it most.
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Michael Birch
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

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

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Internet, Social Media
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Denmark

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 50
  • Round size: Seed $465k–$5M; Angel $500k–$750k; Series A $4.5M–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Keyo — Keyo is an end-to-end solution that offers apartment rentals. Now, Keyo has blossomed into a full-scale software-as-a-service for landlords, targeting small-to-medium-sized renters with 20 to 5,000 units. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.
  • HolidayFox — Discover amazing camping and glamping sites across the UK. Family-friendly accommodation, surfing spots, and outdoor adventures. Book your perfect holiday today!
  • Whatifi — Whatifi provides a new way to make and consume interactive experiences on your phone with friends. Whatifi unlocks the ability to discuss, debate and decide what happens next in the movies you watch with friends and family, offering dozens of plotlines, character arcs, and endings.
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Sinan Güler
Angel · Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Sinan Güler is a Co-Founder at Guler Legacy. He attended Carroll College.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Apps, Fitness, Wellness
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Turkey, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 11
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Insumo — Insumo is a personalized productivity & habit building assistant that works with other productivity tools.
  • Sporzy — Sporzy a booking, payment & progress tracking platform and a SaaS-backed marketplace for sports, bringing together trainers and studios who wish to benefit from digitalization with sports enthusiasts who seek habit-forming sports experiences, through online live, outdoor and in-person activities.
  • Digime3D — Whether you're a fitness professional, doctor, or even a life coach, Digime3D softwares enables you to extract key body shape and measurements relevant to your industry.
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Nelson Peltz
Angel · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Nelson Peltz is the Chief Executive Officer & Founding Partner at Trian Partners.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food Processing, Food and Beverage, TV
  • Stage:Series A, Post-IPO Equity
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Comcast — Comcast NBCUniversal creates incredible technology and entertainment that connects millions of people to the moments and experiences that matter most.
  • Hu Kitchen — Hu snacks are paleo, dairy-free, gluten-free and soy-free. Simple ingredients, unbeatable taste.
  • Two Robbers Hard Seltzer — TWO ROBBERS SPIRITS CO. IS A BEVERAGE COMPANY BASED OUT OF PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK CITY. WE STRIVE TO DEVELOP AND DISTRIBUTE EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY 'READY TO DRINK' CANNED COCKTAILS AND BOTTLED SPIRITS.
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Mark Hyman
Angel · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Mark Hyman

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Fitness, Wellness
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Hu Kitchen — Hu snacks are paleo, dairy-free, gluten-free and soy-free. Simple ingredients, unbeatable taste.
  • HumanCo — HumanCo is a mission-driven private holding company that invests in and builds brands focused on healthier living and sustainability.
  • Truemed — Qualified customers can save an average of 30% on eligible health purchases with Truemed.
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Andrei Dunca
Angel · San Francisco, California, United States · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Andrei Dunca is a technical advisor and co-founder of several startups. In 2007, Dunca co-founded two startups: Trilulilu.ro, a user-generated content (UGC) website where users can view, upload and share videos, images and audio file, and Liverail.com, a San Francisco-based publisher monetization platform for online video.In 2009, Dunca andhis team launched TetaTet.ro, a leading Romanian business social network.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: B2C, Apps, Sports
  • Stage:Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Ezra AI — Ezra provides full-body MRI screening for potential early cancer and abnormalities in up to 13 organs. Book a scan today.
  • RacketPal — Find local racket sports partners in minutes. Install the app for Free today
  • Classify — Contextual Intelligence for the agentic web
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Conor Sharpe
Angel · Dublin, Dublin, Ireland · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Co-Founder and Partner at CircleRock Capital. Angel Investor of the Year & Exit of the Year, Finalist @ UKBAA Awards 2019Conor has extensive experience in the Venture Capital ecosystem, with his returns and impact recognised with nominations for both Angel Investor of the Year and Exit of the Year at the UKBAA Awards (representing 18,000angel investors) in 2019. He has personally backed multiple companies from pre-revenue to $100m+ valuations, and his portfolio includes investments in Europe, North America and South America.Conor started his career in the City of London, spending 13 years in the derivative markets, including 10 years building a market-leading global commodity business. Most recently, Conor was Chief Investment Officer at venture-backed fundraising platform Swoop. He is also a Venture Scout at €200m VC fund Backed.Conor is based in our Dublin office.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Machine Learning, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Angel
  • Geography: Ireland, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • FitXR — Enjoy your workout, not just the results. Try FitXR for 7 days free.
  • Bidstack
  • Levels — Levels helps you see how food affects your health with data from biosensors like continuous glucose monitors (CGMs)
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Malek Meslemani
Angel · London, England, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Malek Meslemani is the Chief Executive at Ancora Investment Limited. Malek Meslemani attended CentraleSupélec.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United Kingdom, Tunisia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • GoMyCode — GoMyCode is changing the education market by training talents in a dynamic belnded environement on digital skills and connects them with tech opportunities around the world. Based on 4 Main Aspects: - Data based Assessment - Data based matching - Business Analytics - Learning Platform - Content EditorGoMyCode provides digital Skills Training forthe Future of Work. In 4 Different fields: - DATA - DEVELOPMENT - DESIGN - DIGITAL MARKETING
  • Isla Health — Scale clinical capacity with Isla Health. The digital pathway & remote patient monitoring platform trusted by 30+ NHS Trusts.
  • Wise Systems — Wise Systems provides the best in fleet management software for last-mile delivery optimization. Schedule a demo of our software today.
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Nick Jonas
Angel · Dallas, Texas, United States · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Nicholas Jerry "Nick" Jonas is an American singer, songwriter and actor, best known as one of the Jonas Brothers, a pop rock band he formed with his brothers Kevin and Joe

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Food and Beverage, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • OLIPOP — 2-5g sugar. 9g fiber. 8 classic flavors. Discover the delicious new soda made with plant fiber and prebiotics for a happy, healthy you. Try it in Vintage Cola, Classic Root Beer, Strawberry Vanilla, Ginger Lemon and more. Non-GMO, gluten free, paleo, vegan, and just plain delicious.
  • Magic Spoon — Magic Spoon cereal is high-protein, low-sugar, keto-friendly, and gluten-free. Available in Cocoa, Frosted, Fruity, Blueberry, Peanut Butter, and Cinnamon.
  • Perfect Moment — Designed for fashion, form and function.
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Christian Edler
Angel · Berlin, Berlin, Germany · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Christian O. Edler is an investor and entrepreneur with a proven track record in sectors ahead of mainstream adoption. He invests opportunity-driven, sector- and business-model agnostic. Christian built a 10-year track record investing in early-stage ventures and securing exclusive deal flow in primary and secondary growth opportunites. He isco-investing with the best investors and VCs in the world – like Andreessen Horowitz, Peter Thiel, Christian Angermayer, Gsquared, Bitkraft, Bessemer Ventures, Coatue, Sony, FirstMark Capital, DN Capital, FJ Labs, Moore Capital, Alexis Ohanian (Seven Seven Six), Left Lane, Insight, Tencent, Hive and many others. Due to his track record, he has access to exclusive opportunities in the EU/US. Christian’s >75 angel startup investments returned over 20x including several unicorns. As an entrepreneur, Christian recruited, educated and led over 1,500 sales people with $500M in annual sales. His primary focus is on world-class entrepreneurs with new categories of ideas and a potential for massive scale. If you like to co-invest with him, follow his syndicate on AngelList: https://angel.co/s/edleredler/fCORTChristian is a Scout Partner of Sequoia Capital, Venture Partner of BITKRAFT VC, an alumnus of Harvard Business School, a former semi-pro alpine skier, and based in Berlin & Los Angeles.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Financial Services, Information Technology, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 73
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Cloover — Cloover provides a flexible financing solution that allows you to rent renewable technologies and make savings from day 1, completely risk and worry free!
  • Weflow — All-in-one workspace to manage your Salesforce pipeline, notes & to-dos. Designed for sales teams who like to move with speed.
  • Visual Layer — Visual Layer is a Tel Aviv based startup providing visual data management platform that scales to billion images and videos.
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Jacques De Bruin
Angel · Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Jacques De Bruin, Managing Director at Gymfinity Kids Ltd and Non Executive Director at ALVA TECH LTD.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Fitness, Training, Wellness
  • Stage:Angel
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Another Round — Achieve your fitness goals with Another Round remote personal training. Train anywhere, anytime. In-app personalised workouts. First 14 days free.
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Amit Sharma
Angel · New York, New York, United States · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Amit Sharma is the Founder and General Partner of Black Jays Investments. He attended London Business School.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Food and Beverage, Retail
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 21
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • OffLimits — Offensively delicious cereal. Nothing Artificial.
  • Package Free — At Package Free Shop we sell sustainable, green, eco friendly, plastic free products to help you live a zero waste, minimalist, and low impact lifestyle.
  • Penelope — Penelope | The retirement platform for small business
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Mark Blandford
Angel · 1 investments in United Kingdom Sports startups

Mark Blandford is the Founder of Sportingbet. He became a bookmaker on 4 July 1984 and successfully built up two betting shop chains in the following decade. However, the emergence of the internet triggered the venture that became Sportingbet. As a result of organic growth and strategic acquisitions, Sportingbet posted operating profit of £105m in2006. Blandford is now a venture capital investor and the Chairman of FSB Technology.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Mobile
  • Stage:Angel, Series A
  • Geography: United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • SYNALOGiK — Synalogik helps organisations improve efficiency and slash costs through automated data aggregation when multiple data sources are required.
  • FSB Technology — We offer everything you need to run an omnichannel betting & white label gaming business in a single scalable platform. Learn how we give you a competitive advantage
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Sports Angel investor funding in United Kingdom at a glance

Stats across 79 deals from 85 investors.

85
investors
in United Kingdom Sports startups
79
deals
in United Kingdom Sports startups
$1.6M
median round
in United Kingdom Sports startups
22%
lead investors
lead at least one round
32%
Pre-Seed
most common funding stage

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