# Top 50 Photography Angel Investors in Europe in October 2023

## Joachim Bernecker
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

Joachim Bernecker

## Friedrich Georg Hoepfner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Video

Friedrich Georg Hoepfner - Managing Director @ Hoepfner Brau

## Jeremy Yap
- Type: Angel
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

Jeremy is a full time angel from Singapore who invests in the Europe, North America, and Israel.

## Christian Vollmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Internet, SaaS

Christian Vollmann is the Chairman Of The Board at nebenan.de.

## Florian Heinemann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services

Florian Heinemann is a Founding Partner at Project A Ventures, where he is responsible for the areas of marketing, CRM, and business intelligence. Before co-founding Project A, he was Managing Director at Rocket Internet with the same areas of responsibility (2007-2012). During his time at Rocket, he was mainly involved at Zalando, Global FashionGroup, and Spark Networks (aka eDarling/Affinitas).Prior to Rocket, Florian was Co-Founder and Managing Director of JustBooks/AbeBooks being in charge of marketing and product (1999-2002, exit to Amazon in 2008). Then, he was co-heading the online marketing department of Jamba! and the online dating portal iLove (2003-2005, exit to Verisign). In 2006, he was Co-Founder of the online marketplace antibodies-online.com (exit to Broadoak).Moreover, he has been an investor/business angel in more than 80 startups including Trivago (seed investor), Zalando (founding investor), Audibene (seed investor), Home24 (founding investor), CityDeal/Groupon (founding investor), Betreut.de/Care (seed investor), ClassPass (early stage investor), Mimi Hearing (early stage investor), Bitbond (seed investor), Lillydoo (early stage investor), and the Code University (seed stage investor).Apart from his Project A-related board activities he sits on the board of Koerber AG and About You and the digital advisory boards of Henkel and Oetker.Florian holds a doctorate’s degree in innovation management/entrepreneurship from RWTH Aachen University. He was a visiting scholar at the Wharton School. His research has been published in leading international journals, such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Journal of International Marketing, and Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft. Furthermore, Florian holds a masters degree in business administration from WHU Koblenz. During his studies, he was a fellow of "Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes" (German National Academic Foundation).

## Chris Bouwer
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Apps, Photography

Chris Bouwer

## Max Jennings
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Marketplace, Photography

Max Jennings is the Co-Founder at Console.

## Jonathan Beddoes
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Photography, Film, Video

Jonathan began his entrepreneurial career at school aged 17 when he founded a web-hosting company which sold within its first year of trading. After developing an early taste of business success, whilst at university Jonathan co-developed a popular music software application that was downloaded by over 30,000,000 people. For his post-graduatestudies, Jonathan was the youngest person ever to complete a Masterclass in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School in Belgium. Following academia, Jonathan joined Zugo in 2008 (a leading search solutions platform and aggregator) that became a cornerstone of distribution for major search engines (most notably Microsoft Bing). In late 2012, Jonathan exited from Zugo and subsequently co-founded Techtopia, a technology incubator located in the heart of 'silicon village' in North West London. Today, Jonathan remains a director of Techtopia, a product visionary, angel investor and an ambassador for the Internet industry.

## Des Traynor
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

Des is the Co-Founder of Intercom, the platform for all customer interaction needs from marketing to support to product development. Previously he worked as User Experience Lead at web app development agency Contrast, and he was a Co-Founder of popular social networking search engine Bigulo.

## Cédric Delorme
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, CRM

Business angel investing with impact in Foodtech, Winetech, Insuretech and Fintech

## Magnus Kjoller
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Mobile, Fitness, Genetics

Magnus Kjoller

## Jørgen Bardenfleth
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Photography, Photo Editing

Jørgen Bardenfleth is Board Member at Nordic Power Convertors.

## Alex Vratskides
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Software, Publishing

Alex Vratskides is the CEO of Persado, which he co-founded in 2012. Previously, Alex co-founded Upstream in 2001 and served as the company’s CEO between 2004 and 2012. During his tenure, the company grew to become a global leader in mobile marketing, with mobile operator clients in more than 40 countries. Alex was responsible for setting Upstream’sstrategic direction and spearheading its international sales expansion and product innovation.Prior to founding Upstream, Alex worked as a management consultant at OC&C/McKenna Group, based out of Boston. He is the first angel investor for Luluvise, where he is also a board member, and serves on the board of advisors of Seyyer. Alex holds a BS in Applied Mathematics from Columbia University and a Masters of Engineering in Operations Research from Cornell University.

## Jiong Ma
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Hardware, Lighting

Jiong is a partner at Braemar Energy Ventures. She has worked in various high-technology industries since 1995, holding positions in research, operations and finance including senior technology and business positions with Lucent Technologies and Bell Labs.She also was a member of the venture capital group at 3i, where her responsibilities includedinvestments in information technology and cleantech.Currently, she serves on the board of directors for several companies.Jiong is a Kauffman Fellow with a B.S. in physics from Lanzhou University in China, a M.S. in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado at Bolder.

## Klaas Kersting
- Type: Angel
- Location: Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Gaming, Mobile, E-Commerce

Klaas Kersting is a serial entrepreneur (Gameforge / flaregames / Phoenix Games) and Seed-/Early-stage investor in startups in games and e-commerce. He served and serves as board member and advisor to several of his investments.Most recently, in 2019, Klaas founded Phoenix Games, a company aiming to help game founders to achievemore - both financially as well as commercially. In 2008 Klaas Kersting was named 'Entrepreneur of the Year'. Gameforge was awarded 'Red Herring 100 Europe', and 'Technology Fast 50 Rising Stars'. Furthermore, he was selected 'Technology Pioneer 2009' by the World Economic Forum.

## Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile, Internet, Software

Eric Wahlforss is the Co-Founder and CEO of Dance. He co-Founded SoundCloud Limited in 2007 and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. Eric Wahlforss has been working with the web since 1995 and served as the Interaction Designer for Gate5 (acquired by Nokia in 2007). Under the artist name Forss, he has released electronic music on Berlin basedlabel Sonar Kollektiv and toured across the world. He holds an M.Sc. degree in Industrial Economics from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and has studied three years at the Stockholm School of Economics.

## Christophe Maire
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services

Christophe F. Maire is the Founding Partner and CEO of Atlantic Labs, a Berlin-based seed investor dedicated to identifying and investing in innovative digital startup companies. In the last 20+ years, Christophe has built an international track record both as a founder; including gate5 (sold first to Nokia and later developed into HERE and sold tothe German automotive industry) and Plazes.com (also sold to Nokia); and as a farsighted investor named best “European Seed Investor” by Techcrunch two years running. Exited investments include Brands4Friends (eBay), Readmill (Dropbox); StudiVZ, Fyber and Plista. Recent investments led by Atlantic Labs include Medigo, Clue, Jodel, and Campanda, amongst others. Christophe remains actively involved in all his investments, including as a board member of Soundcloud, EyeEm, and Monoqi, and an active promoter of the Berlin startup ecosystem.

## Jeff Bezos
- Type: Angel
- Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Series B, Series A
- Focus: Non Profit, Software, Communities

Jeffrey Preston Bezos is the Founder of Bezos Academy. He Previously worked at Cashican People LLC as an Investor. Jeff Bezos attended Princeton University.

## Mark Hirschfield
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Video, Mobile, Photography

Mark Hirschfield - CEO & Director @ A.H.Field Properties

## Gerard Pique
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Gaming, Apps, Video

Gerard Piqué Bernabéu is the President & Founder of Kosmos.He Previously worked at eFootball.Pro as the President & Co-Founder.

## Alexander Ljung
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

Alexander Ljung is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Dance. He co-founded SoundCloud Limited in 2007 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director. Alexander Ljung serves at interactive installations. He has a background as a post-production sound designer and motion film music producer. He holds an M.Sc. degree within MediaTechnology from The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and also studied Marketing & Business Development at the Stockholm School of Economics.

## Eduardo Ronzano
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

Eduardo Ronzano is the Founder of KelDoc.

## Kirill Makharinsky
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Health Care, Apps, Mobile

Kirill is the CEO and Founder of Enki, a tech-enabled skills training company.Previously, Kirill cofounded Emerging Travel, a leading online travel agency; and Quid, an intelligence tool for strategy teams. Both companies have over $40M annual net revenue each.Kirill is an Oxford University alum where he graduated with a double first inMathematics and as the #1 UK Graduate of the Year.

## Chris Mairs
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Chris Mairs - Venture Partner @ Entrepreneur First

## Heiko Rauch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Art

Co-Founder of UFOstart

## Anthony Eskinazi
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Video, Marketplace, Photography

Anthony Eskinazi - Founder & CEO @ JustPark

## Robin Knox
- Type: Angel
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Social Network

Robin Knox is the Founder and CEO at Boundary.

## Dr. Cornelius Boersch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, FinTech

Dr. Cornelius (“Conny”) Boersch is an entrepreneur, business angel and founder of numerous technology companies. Conny is considered one of the bestconnected networkers in the tech and start-up scene. He is the founder of the global company builder Mountain Partners as well as the global co-investment company Conny & Co. Conny initiated theEntrepreneurs Day at the Tegernsee, one of the most exclusive conferences in Europe and regularly holds speeches at universities or tech events all over the world. As a business angel, he has invested in more than 300 companies since 1995 and was voted “European Business Angel of the Year” in 2009. He is a European Investment Fund (EIF) - certified super angel, which means that, subject to certain restrictions, the EIF matches all of his startup investments 1 to 1.As an entrepreneur, Conny previously founded the stock-listed RFID-based companies ACG, Smartrac and Identiv as well as the cashless payment systems provider Sandpiper. For his activities he was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2000. Politically, Conny acted as advisor to Dr. Guido Westerwelle, former president of the German Liberal Party, FDP, Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Germany from 2009 to 2012.He studied at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Essen with a thesis on venture capital and investing. He later also acted as honorary professor and held lectures at the University of Essen.

## Niklas Ostberg
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: SaaS, E-Commerce, Health Care

Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Östberg is the Co-Founder and CEO of Delivery Hero. He holds a Master of Industrial Engineering & Management from Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm & ETH Zurich.Following five years as a management consultant at Oliver Wyman, Niklas co-founded Pizza.nu (later OnlinePizza.se) where he served as afull-time chairman. After winning the Swedish market he was responsible for building up market leading companies in online food ordering in Poland, Finland and Austria. In late 2010, Niklas convinced Team Europe to develop the concept to the German market under the name of Lieferheld (Lieferheld.de) and got the license to use the technology and know-how from the original Swedish company.After a successful market entry into the competitive German market, Niklas Östberg and his team decided to launch the business model internationally under the name of Delivery Hero in May 2011. The company has since then expanded the concept organically and through acquisitions into 34 international markets, and is today the largest global platform for online food ordering with 200,000+ local restaurants in its network, processing more than 10m orders monthly.What initially was a small vision narrowed to the Swedish market has today expanded into a global vision to provide a platform of choice, convenience, reliability and quality. Or, in essence, an entire food court in your pocket.Niklas’ vision is to transform the industry. Therefore services of Delivery Hero will reflect changing eating habits just as new opportunities in technology and logistics.

## Duncan Jennings
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Marketplace, Software, Internet

Duncan Jennings is the Investor and Board Member at Motorway.

## Pascal Cagni
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Internet

Pascal Cagni was born on October 28, 1961 and is a specialist in the European digital economy. He advises and invests in startups and contributes to their international development and expansion.Recruited by Steve Jobs in the early 2000s as General Manager and Vice President of Apple Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA), he led a regionof 130 countries for 12 years in which revenues grew from $1.2 billion to over $37 billion. After starting his career as a consultant at Booz & Co, he joined Compaq Computers, established Software Publishing France (SPC), and then led Packard Bell NEC as the number one home PC manufacturer in Europe.Pascal Cagni holds a Master’s Degree in Business Law and is a graduate of the Institut d’Études Politiques (IEP) in Paris. He also holds an MBA from the HEC Group and is a graduate of the Executive Program of Stanford University (EPGC).

## Richard Fearn
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Advertising, Advertising Platforms

Richard started in his career in advertising but has since shifted his attention to start-ups. As an investor/advisor to over 50 early stage companies, including Sofar Sounds, Blaze, Dojo & What3Words, Richard has learnt a lot about what it takes to launch & grow a start-up. He also the co-founder of the ‘Friday Club London,’ a‘non-profit’ events company aimed at providing start-ups free access to senior marketing expertise. Since launching, over 250 start-ups have benefitted from the programme. And in exchange for their advice, industry mentors have had access to the UK’s brightest founders. In 2013 & 2014 Richard was named in BIMA’s ‘Hot 100’ list and in 2016 and 2017 short-listed for the Europas ‘Investor of the Year’ award.

## Sercan Alici
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Pet, Hospitality, Photography

Sercan Alici

## David Heinemeier Hansson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Photography, Photo Editing

David Heinemeier Hansson is the creator of Ruby on Rails, cofounder of Basecamp & HEY, best-selling author, Le Mans class-winning racing driver, antitrust advocate, frequent podcast guest, and family man.

## David Soskin
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Travel, E-Commerce, Reputation

David Soskin is on the boards of mySupermarket.com and Cortexica Vision Systems where he is Chairman. He was a non-executive director of the Momondo Group (formerly Cheapflights) until October 2014 when Great Hill Partners acquired a majority stake in the business. Priceline Inc acquired Momondo in 2017 for $550 million.​He served as ChiefExecutive Officer of Cheapflights - which he joined in March 2000 upon the management buy-in - until April 2008. Under his leadership, Cheapflights grew from an attic-based operation into an international leader in online travel search reaching 8.4 million users in January 2008. During this period, Cheapflights won many industry awards and was included in the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track of the UK's 100 fastest growing privately-owned technology companies for five years in a row. David was a Finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2006.

## Vincent Rosso
- Type: Angel
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Internet

Vincent Rosso is founder of BlabBlaCar Spain, SeedPop Capital and Consentio. As a business angel, he opts for marketplace-type digital startups with a scalable model and a powerful team with two minimum co-founders. His investments include BlaBlaCar, TheBrubaker, Monkimum, LetsGoi, SocialCar, PeopleITrust, MicoCar, LeasePilo and Startupxplore. Youhave made two partial exits in BlaBlaCar and OnTruck.

## Emilia Poret
- Type: Angel
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel

Emilia de Poret is a Swedish singer.

## Markus Kern
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Video, Mobile, Photography

Markus Kern

## Andy McLoughlin
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Apps

Andy McLoughlin OBE is a Managing Partner at Uncork Capital, a seed-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco.

## Carl Silbersky
- Type: Angel
- Location: Malmö, Skane Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mobile, Geospatial, Photography

Carl Silbersky - Chief Executive Officer @ BIMobject

## Jordan Rednor
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Video, Mobile

Jordan Rednor is the COO & Director of Decoded Advertising.

## Howard Love
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Social Media, Mobile, Apps

Howard Love is aFounder and CEO of LoveToKnow, Angel Investor and Author.

## Jeff Zucker
- Type: Angel
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mobile, Software, Messaging

Zucker is the former president and CEO of NBC Universal. He spent more than two decades at NBC, assuming the top position in February 2007. He headed up the $16 billion global media and entertainment content company, which includes the NBC broadcast network, its news division and all of its cable entities, including MSNBC, CNBC, USA, Bravo, Oxygenand Syfy.Earlier, he had been president of the NBC Universal Television Group from May 2004, rising to chief executive officer of the NBC Universal Television Group in December 2005. Prior to that, he was president of the Entertainment, News & Cable Group since December 2003, and president of NBC Entertainment since December 2000.Zucker’s meteoric ascent at NBC began during his nearly eight-year tenure as the executive producer of NBC News’ Today. Under his leadership, the morning show propelled to the No. 1 position, which it consistently held throughout his term.Zucker was named executive producer of Today in January 1992 at age 26, which made him the youngest executive producer in the program’s history. Concurrent with his role at Today, he served as executive producer of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw in February and March 1993.Zucker joined NBC in 1986 as a researcher for NBC Sports’ coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. From 1986 to 1988, he traveled the world, compiling and writing background information for NBC Sports commentators and producers. In January 1989, he joined NBC News as a field producer for Today.Prior to joining CNN, Zucker co-created and executive produced "Katie," the syndicated daytime show starring Katie Couric.A five-time Emmy Award winner, Zucker graduated from Harvard College in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in American history. He served as president of The Harvard Crimson from 1985 to 1986.Born and raised in Miami, Zucker and his wife have four children and reside in New York.

## Jeroen Seghers
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Video, Gaming, Mobile

From the age of 15, Jeroen has co-founded over a dozen companies which released various products reaching over 100 million users around the globe. He was heavily involved with the product development and marketing of Zugo, Wyzo and a leading file-sharing client.Jeroen obtained his BCS from Hogeschool Gent, specializing in software engineering,followed by a Master Class in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School.When not flying from one continent to the next, he can be found in London where he serves as a director of TechTopia Ltd and chairman of FACEIT Ltd.Jeroen is also an active investor and sits on the board of various startups around the globe.Constantly on the look-out for new projects and building innovative marketing strategies.

## Nic Brisbourne
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Nic is the Managing Partner of Forward Partners, an "Applied VC" that backs early-stage companies from day one and provides them with a support team to supercharge their business.

## Chris Burke
- Type: Angel
- Location: Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Mobile, Software

EBlink board member Chris Burke’s career in telecommunications, IT and technology spans more than 30 years in both Europe and North America. He has held technical and management responsibilities at a telecom equipment supplier (Nortel), a fixed-line carrier (Energis), a wireless service provider (Vodafone), and a consumer device manufacturer(Research In Motion – RIM). His most recent public-company position, which he left in 2009, was RIM’s managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa. From 2001 to 2004, Chris was chief technology officer (CTO) at Vodafone UK. From 1997 to 2000, he was CTO and chief information officer at U.K.-based Energis, where he helped take the company public and onto the FTSE 40. Previously, he spent 15 years with Bell Northern Research and its parent company Northern Telecom in a variety of roles, including software development, operations and ultimately sales.Chris, who has extensive experience in helping guide companies through stock offerings and acquisitions, has served on several boards of directors. He was chairman of Ubiquity Software during that company’s initial public offering (IPO) in 2005 and its 2007 sale to Avaya. He was lead independent director of March Networks during its 2005 IPO, director at Oz Communications when it sold to Nokia in 2008, and a director and investor in Dialog Semiconductor when it completed a successful secondary offering in 2009. He currently serves on the boards of Dialog Semiconductor and Kontron (both listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange), as well as several venture and private equity-backed companies. Chris divides his time between board positions, numerous advisory roles and his investment and advisory business, Buster Burke Ltd. He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science degree from Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Can.

## Tom Hulme
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Tom Hulme is a General Partner and Head of Europe at GV and was a CEO and Founder at Magnom Corporation. Tom attended Harvard Business School and Bristol University.

## 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.

## Gerald Heydenreich
- Type: Angel
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Retail, Film Production, E-Commerce Platforms

Gerald has been an entrepreneur since 1998 when he founded at the age of 25 the first European provider for b2b reverse online auction and sourcing events, Portum. With a trading volume of more than 12 Bn. USD and offices throughout Europe and the US Portum became one of Europe’s leading providers for internet-based sourcing and supplier managementsolutions. The company was sold in 2006 to CapGemini / IBX.In 2006 he cofounded with Gustavo Garcia Brusilovsky BuyVIP, a European leading private sales club offering luxury brands at reduced prices in time limited campaigns. When the company was sold in 2010 to Amazon it had more than 8 Mio. members, 350 employees and revenues in excess of 150 Mio. USD.In 2011 he founded Pippa&Jean a social selling community with the vision to support 100.000 women to start their own business.Since 2007, Gerald also has been an active investor in multiple companies via OmnisMundi, an incubator which he created jointly with Alain Falys.Wirtschaftswoche and Financial Times voted Gerald as one of the Top 100 German masterminds on e-business. He was given the Budding Entrepreneur Award by GrowthPlus for demonstrating outstanding entrepreneurial skills at a young age and was twice finalist in the competition “Entrepreneur of the year”.He truely believes in entrepreneurship as a way of living and more important as a means to make the world a better place.

## Theo Osborne
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Apps, E-Commerce

Theo Osborne is a Managing Partner at 9Yards Capital.

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