# Top 15 Construction Angel Investors in United Kingdom in May 2026

## Lorenzo Franzi
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SEM, Apps, Software

Lorenzo is Co-Founder & Managing Director of ZipJet. ZipJet is an urban pick-up & delivery service for laundry & dry cleaning in London and Berlin. Previously, Lorenzo worked with McKinsey & Company as a consultant. Prior to McKinsey, he worked with Voice.ee a micro polling start up. Lorenzo started-off his professional career at JPMorgan in London. Lorenzo holds an MBA from INSEAD and Msc in Finance from the University of Maastricht.

## Ben Naftzger
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SEM, SaaS, Software

WAS: First Atlassian biz hire, scaling ops, sales & marketing from $1M > $1B
NOW: Investor. Advisor. Marketer. Scaler. Mentor. Dad. Husband
STILL: Student. Country-kid. Environmentalist. NerdI love investing in and advising high potential, high growth startups, helping with category design, product market fit, marketing, scaling, tractionand growth, sharing my lessons learned from 1.5 decades at Atlassian.Previously spent 15 years at Atlassian, coming in as first Atlassian business hire and one of two ‘lieutenants’ to founders where I was focused on all GTM (website, inside sales, product marketing, promotion, channel program) & scaling operations (customer support, ecommerce, process automation, knowledge base, scaling technical support, NYC office expansion, EULA & pricing) to $10m. Lead sales & marketing (commerce, sales operations, customer service, renewals/success, pre-sales, acquisition integration, SF office expansion, exec team member) to $50m in Sydney. Headed Demand Generation in San Francisco to $100m. Moved to Amsterdam to run EMEA Sales & Marketing through to $300m. Returned to San Francisco to run International Marketing through to $1b.Previous experience in Management Consulting (Cambridge Technology Partners & Novell), Investment Banking (Malaysian/Chinese Family Office), Digital Production & Management (ninemsn & Village Roadshow), Web Development & Entrepreneurship (multiple projects during DotCom).

## Alexander Ross
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: SEM, FinTech, Blockchain

Alexander Ross - Partner @ Illuminate Financial

## Andrew Weisz
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Education, Apps

Andrew Weisz - Partner @ Weisz Investments

## Robert Bennett
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Real Estate, Construction, Interior Design

Robert Bennett has served as Managing Director of Hilltop Investments, LLC, a private investment company, since 2005. Previously, Robert served as President of Discovery Holding Company, a media and entertainment company, from 2005 to September 2008. Robert also previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty MediaCorporation (now Liberty Interactive Corporation), a video and on‑line commerce company. Prior to his tenure at Liberty Media, Robert worked with Tele‑Communications, Inc. and The Bank of New York. Robert currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at Discovery Communications, Inc., Liberty Media Corporation and Sprint Corporation. Robert has previously served as a Member of the Board of Directors at Demand Media, Inc., Discovery Holding Company, Liberty Interactive Corporation and Sprint Nextel Corporation.

## Simon Franks
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Payments, Health Care

Simon Franks is the founder of Redbus Group. Simon serves on the board of (or advisor to), a number of early stage companies. Simon has won a number of awards for business, including the Sunday Times Fast Track award. In 2013 Simon was selected as one of the world's 100 top innovators by British Airways and was part of the "BAUngrounded" flight for the 2013 G8 summit. Simon is also philanthropically and politically engaged, with a particular interest in issues pertaining to international development and separately, economic policy. Simon was an advisor to Ed Balls and the Labour Party on business, entrepreneurialism and innovation. Simon serves on the advisory board of the Labour campaign for International Development, the advisory board of Campaign Bootcamp, is International Chairman of the Lake Clinic in Cambodia and advisor to Tilganga Hospital in Kathmandu.

## Eamon Jubbawy
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Payments, Software, Apps

Eamon Jubbawy is the co-founder of Onfido.
In 2016, Eamon was named as one of Forbes' ‘30 Under 30’, and as the Digital Entrepreneur Awards' 'Young Digital Entrepreneur of the Year'. Eamon is Deputy Chair of Tech Nation's Fintech Delivery Panel.

## James Hind
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Apps, Health Care

James is the big boss of carwow, so it's hardly a surprise that cars are one of his biggest passions.He studied Finance but was put off a city career after just 2 months of trying one.
He's very competitive, especially when it comes to ping pong at the office. He invented the rule that if anyone loses a game 11-0 they have to buy donutsfor the entire team!

## Demetrios Zoppos
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet of Things, E-Commerce, Financial Services

Zoppos is a London-based Cypriot entrepreneur and early stage tech business leader. Before founding onefinestay in 2009,he was founding CEO of GradFutures, a web community site and co-founder of GF-X, the leading airfreight trading platform, which raised £50m and was acquired by Descartes. Previously, Zoppos was a consultant at McKinsey & Co.where he specialised in e-commerce, and was an associate at the World Bank. He earned his MA with First Class Honours in Economics from Robinson College, Cambridge, and his MPA from Harvard Kennedy School, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. Zoppos is currently launching Klevio, a start-up in the “Internet of Things” area and will walk us through the path of turning an idea into a business.

## Ian Davis
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Scheduling, Construction, Machine Learning

Chairman of the Nominations and Governance Committee.Appointed to the Board in March 2013 and as Chairman in May 2013.Ian spent his early career at Bowater, moving to McKinsey & Company in 1979. He was managing partner of McKinsey’s practice in the UK and Ireland from 1996 to 2003. In 2003, he was appointed as Chairman and WorldwideManaging Director of McKinsey, serving in this capacity until 2009. During his career with McKinsey, Ian served as a consultant to a range of global organisations across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. He retired as senior partner of McKinsey & Company on 30 July 2010.Ian serves, as a non-executive director, on the Boards of Johnson & Johnson Inc, BP p.l.c and is a non-executive member of the Cabinet Office Board. He is also senior adviser to Apax Partners LLP.

## Jag Singh
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

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

## Stanley Fink
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, B2B

Lord Stanley Fink is a non-executive director and investor in British Pearl. He is a senior, well-known and accomplished financial services professional, with a long and diverse track record in, among others, the managed futures, brokerage and hedge fund industries.He was born in 1957 and educated at Manchester Grammar School and Trinity Hall,Cambridge graduating with a degree in Law. He then qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1982 and worked at Mars and Citibank NA before joining Man Group plc in 1987, stepping down as Deputy Chairman of the Group in July 2008 after an illustrious career spanning 21 years including a successful period as Group CEO.Currently he is Chairman of ISAM Europe LLP, a hedge fund with offices in London, Florida and Cayman. He also is a non-executive director of Marex Spectron and Chairman of Zenith Hygiene Group plc.Lord Fink is a committed philanthropist whose focus is health, education and the environment. His roles include being a Trustee of ARK (Absolute Return for Kids), a Trustee of the Mayor’s Fund for London and Co-Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies. He was Chairman of the highly successful campaign by the Evelina London Hospital's Appeal to raise £10 million to assist in equipping the new hospital in 2005. He is also Chair Emeritus of the Board of Governors of Burlington Danes Academy which he sponsored through ARK. He was raised to the Peerage in 2011.

## Stefan A Heitmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SEM, Construction

Dr. Stefan A. Heitmann is the CEO & Founder at MoneyPark AG. He attended University of Cologne.

## James Clinghan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing
- Focus: Construction, Manufacturing, Building Material

James Clinghan is a Managing Director at Trusted Business Partner Ltd.

## Greg Marsh
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Real Estate

Greg Marsh - Founder & CEO @ Nous

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