# Top 50 Art Startup Investors in United Kingdom in May 2026 ## Erdem Yurdanur - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Mobile, Advertising, Marketplace Erdem Yurdanur - Founder & Director @ Admost ## Jorg Mohaupt - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Music, Mobile Apps, Art Jörg was appointed to the Board when Access Industries acquired the Company in 2007. Jörg is responsible for the media/online and telecom businesses at Access Industries, which he joined in May 2007. He was previously a Managing Director of Providence Equity Partners. Jörg has been active in the media and communications space since 1992. Hehas, as an investor, been involved with several businesses dealing with sports rights (RGE Group, Digiturk), internet services (Bibit NV, Adyen, Speedera Networks) and content delivery (Casema NV, Comhem AB). Jörg’s current board positions include Tory Burch LLC, Rebate Networks GmbH, AINMT Holdings AB, RGE Group Limited, Icon UK Distribution Holdings Limited and Mendeley Research Networks. Prior board positions include Digiturk, Casema NV, Comhem AB, Bibit BV, VersaTel Telecom NV and Speedera Networks Inc. ## Oliver Slipper - Type: Angel - Location: Cobham, Surrey, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Art, B2B, B2C Building Sports & Tech Companies ## Melih Odemis - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Melih is one of the pioneer Internet entrepreneurs in Turkey. Born in Istanbul, he studied Computer Engineering and MBA at Bogazici University. After one year of professional experience in Citibank, Melih founded yemeksepeti.com with his partners in 2000. Yemeksepeti.com became the online food delivery giant first in Turkey, and then in Middle Eastand Eastern Europe. As a co-founder, Melih has acted as CTO of the company until 2013 and as Board Member until May 2015, when the company was acquired by Delivery Hero writing one of the biggest Internet exit stories in the region. Melih has been selected an Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2007. Since 2011 he has been an active angel investor in internet and technology companies with more than 30 investments. He is one of the cofounders of Galata Business Angels, which is one of the first business angel networks in Turkey. He is a founding member of EO Turkey. Melih lives in London now with his family and continues to invest in tech start-ups globally. ## Sinai Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech Sinai Ventures invests in internet and software founders at all stages ## QVentures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence QVentures sources, screens, and invests in top-tier start-ups from Seed to Series B. Our investors consist of Family Offices, Institutional Investors, UHNWIs, and Cashed-out Entrepreneurs. We look for disruptive companies with a proven product-market fit, set to scale from Seed to Series B. We focus on Enterprise SaaS, Marketplaces, Consumer Tech,FinTech, AdTech, EdTech, InsurTech and HealthTech and more. We look for quality management teams, large addressable markets, proven traction, sustainable business models, route to scale and quality investors.To apply for investment, please fill out this short form to be reviewed: https://qventures.typeform.com/to/zZPOWf ## Pembroke VCT - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage Pembroke VCT PLC is a venture capital trust specializing in investments in any stage of business development. Their focus is on companies in the health and fitness, hospitality, apparel, and accessories, and media and technology sectors. ## Louis d'Origny - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Art, Auctions, Education Louis d'Origny ## Con Gornell - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Art, News, Travel Con is an investor, advisor and consultant for a broad portfolio of entertainment, tech and cultural organisations. He was Executive Vice President, Marketing (EMEA) at Warner Bros. Pictures until 2018 and has previously worked for BBH, Grey and Mediacom. ## Ignition Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Los Altos, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS Ignition is a venture capital firm dedicated to helping the best entrepreneurs seize opportunity. With over $2B under management, Ignition invests in emerging and future leaders in enterprise software.Ignition brings together an unparalleled combination of domain focus, technical expertise, and global operational experience. Ignition'spartners are proven business leaders who have built some of the world's most successful businesses of the last two decades, including Microsoft Windows and Office, McCaw Cellular Communications, AT&T Wireless and Starbucks.Ignition helps entrepreneurs by turning their early idea into a business, to hiring the right team, providing the right industry and functional insight and connections, to growing the business strategically, globally, financially, to realizing the best ultimate outcome, Ignition is ready to go the distance. ## Cozomo De’Medici - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Art, Apps Cozomo De’Medici ## Pantera Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services Pantera Capital is an investment firm focused exclusively on Bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the space. The company believes that Bitcoin has the potential to transform the way people use money and that it will do for payments what the Internet has done for communications and commerce.Until 2014, Pantera focused on globalmacro hedge fund investments. The firm was founded in 2003 by Dan Morehead, who was a chief financial officer and head of Macro Trading at Tiger Management. The firm has since shifted its investment advisory services to focus exclusively on Bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the space.Shareholders include Benchmark, Fortress Investment Group, and Ribbit Capital. ## Bernard Kantor - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Art, Music, Coworking Bernard Kantor ## Harald McPike - Type: Angel - Location: Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series D - Focus: Software, Analytics, Information Technology Harald McPike is a successful quantitative trader and global private investor. ## Lorenz Bogaert - Type: Angel - Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence Lorenz Bogaert is the Founder and Director of FixForm. ## Angels Den - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Software Angels Den is an angel-led investment platform that connects fast-growing companies with experienced investors. ## Antler - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now! ## Start Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Mobile, Enterprise Software Start Fund, created in January 2011, is a joint venture between Yuri Milner and SV Angel. The fund was created to invest in Y Combinator startups and made its first set of investments in January 2011. ## KDB Infrastructure Investments Asset Management - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Art, Rental, Food and Beverage KIAMCO is an asset management company that invests in power plant and international projects. Its portfolio consists of both BTO projects including Gangnam Beltway, Shinbundang Railway, and Yongin Expressway. It was established in 2013 and is headquartered in Seoul, Korea. ## Daniel Recanati - Type: Angel - Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A - Focus: Internet, Analytics, Advertising Daniel Recanati is the Founder & CEO of Rhodium. a private investment firm whose mission is to identify the most promising entrepreneurs and help them build thriving companies. focusing on Impact, digital, climate tech and space via Earth & beyond ventures. . ## Sam Enrico Williams - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Web Apps, Fantasy Sports 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. ## Andrew Rosener - Type: Angel - Location: Panama City, Panama, Panama - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Art, Auctions, Internet Andrew Rosener currently works as the Founder and CEO for Media Options. He Previously worked at Spearfishing.com as the Chief Spearo. Andrew Rosener attended the University of Rhode Island - College of Business in 1999. ## Legziel Family - Type: VC Fund - Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology Legziel Famliy ## Cultur3 Capital - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Initial Coin Offering - Focus: Blockchain, Software, Art Cultur3 Capital is a crypto-focused venture capital firm. We invest in people accelerating culture at the speed of Web3. Our vision: drive culture not just money, tokens supercharge people, and DAOs are the future of business. ## William Tunstall-Pedoe - Type: Angel - Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software William Tunstall-Pedoe FREng is a British entrepreneur focused on world-changing products powered with Artificial Intelligence and other deep technology. He is based in Cambridge and London UK. He founded the British company Evi (formerly True Knowledge), the AI platform acquired by Amazon and where William, the team and the technology developed byEvi was used to create Alexa. He left in 2016. William is an active angel investor with investments in more than 100 startups. He is a fellow of the Creative Destruction Lab and a full member of Cambridge Angels. ## Oxford Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Mobile, Health Care Helping individuals and institutions invest in Venture Capital, Infrastructure and Media companies since 1999. ## Sherry Coutu - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Human Resources Sherry Coutu is an angel investor and serves on the boards of companies, charities and universities.As an entrepreneur, Sherry established and successfully sold two businesses in the financial services industry. The first (acquired by Euromoney plc) has operations in more than 70 countries. The second was floated in 2000 on London and Nasdaqand the company was valued at more than $1 billion before being acquired (by AMP plc). Sherry is active in early stage investing and has raised several rounds of venture capital and public equity totaling more than $200 million.Sherry has decades of experience serving companies which range from fast growth private early stage to public and boards with turnover of more than £ 1 bn.She is a frequent public speaker, a national judge of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards, and presents regularly at the top business schools. She specialises in consumer, internet, information services and clean energy.Current university affiliations include Cambridge University and Harvard Business School. Charitable / Government affiliations include the Prince's Trust, Cancer Research UK and NESTA. ## Cambridge Angels group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology The Cambridge Angels are a group of high-net worth investors who have proven experience as successful entrepreneurs in internet, software, technology and bio-technology. Members invest in and mentor high quality start-up and early-stage companies in these sectors in the Cambridge (UK) area and throughout the UK.Typical funding requirements thatthe Cambridge Angels meet are in the range of £50,000 to £500,000 - although it is worth noting that several of their portfolio companies have received more than £1m in funding from their Members over several funding rounds.Their Members have been responsible for a large number of the “Cambridge Phenomenon” success stories over recent years. Therefore, in addition to providing funding for early-stage companies, the Cambridge Angels also offer start-ups the considerable benefit of a wide range of expertise, contacts and directly relevant experience in establishing and growing entrepreneurial businesses successfully. ## LAUNCHub Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Sofia, Grad Sofiya, Bulgaria - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software LAUNCHUB is a leading early-stage venture capital fund focused on investing in startups in South-Eastern (SEE) and Central-Eastern (CEE) Europe. ## Naver - Type: VC Fund - Location: Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series C, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology Naver operates as a search engine and e-commerce platform providing fintech, digital content, and cloud services.The company introduces innovative search services such as ‘Comprehensive Search,’ ‘Knowledge iN,’ and ‘Real-time Rising Keyword.' It also offers UGC services such as Blog and Cafe; Junior Naver, a children’s portal; Happybean, anonline donation portal. NAVER launched its Webtoon service in June 2004 and has pioneered the distribution and consumption of webtoons, also known as digital comics. In addition, NAVER also offers services for the global market, including the mobile messenger LINE through LINE Corporation, NAVER’s subsidiary; the video messenger Snow; and the group communication service BAND.NAVER is also involved in software development and distribution; performances and exhibitions business; mobile content development and distribution; search advertising; internet commerce and customer service business; the operation and security services of IT infrastructure; operating online shopping services, and mobile applications marketing.Lee Hae-Jin and Lee Joon-ho headquartered the company in Seongnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea in 1999. ## Big Brain Holdings - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming Big Brain Holdings is Focused on Investing in Solana projects that have strong potential. ## Distill Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Food and Beverage, Wine And Spirits, Winery Distill Ventures provide investment and support for spirits entrepreneurs who want to create the global drinks brands of the future. They are an independent venture built by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs – because they believe the most exciting innovation in the drinks industry is coming from founder-led brands.They created Distill Ventures tobe the perfect partner for ambitious entrepreneurs who are creating the global brands of the future. Between them, they have years of experience working with businesses of all types and they have a deep understanding of, and passion for, drinks. They know the challenges facing founder-led businesses and they are committed to using this experience to support your founding team and grow your brand. ## Relay Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Mobile, Apps We view founders as partners. We bring capital, networks, and experience, and our founders bring expertise, teams, and dreams. ## SVA - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, Mobile SV Angel is a San Francisco-based venture fund. Their experience spans helping companies like Airbnb, Coinbase, Databricks, DoorDash, Faire, Flexport, GitHub, Notion, Pinterest, Snap, Square, and Stripe Scale. Over the last 30 years of investing, their core values of trust, loyalty, and integrity along with a founder-first approach have driven ourstrategy. They are a service organization, investing in founders who share these values. They support entrepreneurs in building lasting companies by assisting at key inflection points and leveraging networks to help them propel their businesses forward. ## LB Investment - Type: VC Fund - Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Mobile, Health Care LB Investment is one of the top VCs in Korea. LB invests in diverse industries ranging from Technology and Contents to Bio and healthcare ## AEI Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Art, Music, Coworking AEI is an independent music community that nurtures emerging talent. We provide infrastructure and an environment that enables growth and success ## Green Angel Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Renewable Energy, Energy, Construction Green Angel Syndicate is the only UK angel investment syndicate specialising in the fight against Climate Change and Global Warming. ## Galaxy Interactive - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Gaming, Blockchain, Video Games Play the Future. Galaxy Interactive is a leading sector-focused VC investing in interactive entertainment, at the intersection of content, social, finance and technology. ## Güimar Vaca Sittic - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Marketplace Güimar is a tech entrepreneur and angel investor as well as Venture Partner at FJ Labs. ## Venrex - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet Venrex Investment Management is a UK-based venture capital firm that backs creative Founders to launch and build innovative businesses. ## Big Issue Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing, Grant - Focus: Charity, Non Profit, Communities Big Issue Invest empowers sustainable business solutions to deliver real social change. ## CMEA Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series C, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software CMEA closed in April of 2015 and has unveiled its new corporate identity as have a vision. As a result, CMEA typically invests in companies that have cutting edge and highly differentiated technology at their core and founding teams of the highest caliber still in place. These are companies that have the potential to transform their industries.CMEA Capital was founded in 1989 and maintains offices in San Francisco and Menlo Park. We invest in both early and late stage science-focused ventures, and leverage a strong network of corporate, investment, and entrepreneurial relationships on behalf of portfolio companies. Our partners and associates have extensive science, engineering, and operational backgrounds, providing us the confidence to look beyond today's technology. We apply our focus on science and teams to our collaborations with entrepreneurs and venture investment partners who are changing the world, one great company at a time. ## Christian Faes - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance Christian Faes is the co-founder and Exec Chair of LendInvest, which is marketplace platform for property finance, and one of the leading Fintech businesses in the UK. The business has raised well over £1 billion in debt and equity, from institutions such as Atomico, the European Investment Fund, Citibank, HSBC, and the National Australia Bank.Christian comes from a legal background having practised as a real estate lawyer in Australia (Allens Arthur Robinson), and then in the UK with Clifford Chance and Deutsche Bank.  In 2008, Christian co-founded the business with Ian Thomas, initially seeing an opportunity in the short term mortgage market.Christian is a keen advocate for the Fintech sector, and sits on the Government’s Fintech Delivery Panel; and founded and chairs the Digital Finance Forum. He is an active supporter and early investor in several startups, including Seedrs, Crowdcube and Onfido. ## Bart Swanson - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, FinTech Bart helps companies scale globally and has been active in the technology sector for more than fifteen years as an entrepreneur, mentor, and executive. Previously he was the Chairman of Summly (sold to Yahoo), COO at Badoo, an MD International at GSI Commerce (sold to eBay), a GM at Amazon.com (helping lead the international expansion from1998-2001), and was an MD at EMI Music Europe. Bart received an MBA from The Wharton School, an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, was a Fellow at the Lauder Institute, and has a BA in History from the University of Southern California. ## Ben Lin - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Mobile, SaaS, E-Commerce Ben Lin is the Co-Founder of Coral. ## Downing Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology The opportunity for institutional investors to access leading UK early stage healthtech businesses ## XG Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Mobile, Apps XG Ventures was founded by ex-Googlers, who were early hires in strategic roles at Google. This group is now dedicated to advising and investing in supremely talented early stage teams. One of XG's strengths is sharing their early experiences at Google, including how its unique culture shaped a dynamic and fun enterprise. The primary goalis to use their complementary expertise to help successfully guide the start-up teams to the next stage. XG's core assets include operational and strategic expertise, mentorship, global networking contacts, and access to seed capital and beyond.XG Ventures is focused primarily on the consumer internet, including the mobile, video, gaming, social media, and online media sectors. ## Social Tech Trust - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Grant - Focus: Health Care, Software, Education Social Tech Trust is a UK's leading dedicated investor of socially motivated tech. ## Tim Jackson - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, E-Commerce Tim Jackson is the Founder, CEO, General Partner & Partner of Walking Ventures & he attended University of Oxford in in 1983. ## Keith Willey - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Media and Entertainment, Gaming Keith is an associate professor of strategic and international management and entrepreneurship at London Business School as well as a senior lecturer at University College London. He also holds various non-executive directorships and advisory roles. His career has spanned academia, consulting, investing and hands-on operational roles withinindustry and the venture capital world. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co