# Top 50 Photography Startup Investors in United Kingdom in May 2026

## Scottish Investment Bank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology

Our Entrepreneurship team (formerly the Scottish Investment Bank) helps you find sources of finance, engage with funders and secure investment to grow your business.

## HOWZAT Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Travel, E-Commerce, SaaS

Howzat Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation, seed, start up, growth capital, early stage, and mid venture investments. The firm seeks to invest in digital businesses with a focus on internet, digital media, e-commerce companies. It invests globally. It acts as as sounding board. The firm also makes co-investments. HowzatPartners was founded in 2006 and is based in Luxembourg and London.

## Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Debt Financing, Seed
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Health Care

Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) is an initiative launched by the government-owned British Business Bank.It is a key part of the government’s ‘Northern Powerhouse’ vision, which aims to end the historic North / South divide and create economic prosperity in the North of England on par with London and the South East.Thegovernment firmly believes that SMEs form the foundation of the region’s future growth. NPIF therefore aims to nurture regional entrepreneurship by providing investment and support for small and medium businesses between 2016 and 2021. NPIF's funding will support new and growing SMEs, create jobs and encourage and attract additional private sector investment.

## Accomplice
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, SaaS

Accomplice is a venture firm and contemporary family office. We have been part of the origin story of AngelList, Carbon Black, Coinlist, Currencycloud, DraftKings, FalconX, FLOW, Freshbooks, Integral Ad Science, Hopper, HQO, Luna, Near, Orchard, Patreon, PillPack, Plastiq, Recorded Future, SecurityScorecard, Skillz, Veracode, Work Human, WHOOP, Zoopla, and more. We are also founders behind Accomplice Blockchain and the Spearhead operator-angel movement.

## Index Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.

## Venrex
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## 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.

## Force Over Mass Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, FinTech

Force Over mass are reinventing Venture Capital. With over a decade of experience in investing in innovation we are at the forefront of innovation.  Introducing FOM 2.0, an unprecedented fund that combines unparalleled liquidity with uncompromised privacy. This unique initiative emphasizes complete transparency and aims to empower our entrepreneurs for success. With expertise in both technology and finance, we comprehensively grasp the complexities of the private markets, enabling us to innovate collaboratively. FOM 2.0 is poised to deliver on its promises of transparency, liquidity, and control.

## Newable Private Investing
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

Newable helps businesses thrive through funding, professional support and premises. Unleashing potential, building resilience & championing growth.

## Barclays Corporate Banking
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Debt Financing, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

Barclays PLC is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide. It is engaged in retail banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, and wealth management with an extensive international presence in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia.The company offers current accounts, savingsproducts, Woolwich-branded mortgages, unsecured loans, general insurance, and banking and money transmission services to small- and medium-sized businesses; investment and insurance products; business lending services; bank assurance solutions; and retail, credit and debit card, and corporate services. It also offers international payments services for consumer and business customers, including credit cards and consumer lending services; investment banking services comprising strategic advisory, financing, and risk management services to large corporate, government, and institutional clients; integrated corporate banking solutions, including cash management, lending, and trade financing services to corporate and financial institutions as well as multinationals; and a range of wealth and investment management services such as international and private banking, investment management, fiduciary, and brokerage services.With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs more than 147,500 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests, and protects money of more than 48 million customers and clients worldwide.The company was formerly known as Barclays Bank Limited and changed its name to Barclays PLC in January 1985. It was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

## 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.

## 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

## Apollo Informal Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Marketing

Apollo is an angel syndicate based in Edinburgh. We invest in companies on a one-off basis, and seek to provide early stage financing which is critical to getting off the ground whilst building a diverse portfolio for our members. We are passionate about growing yo

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## 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.

## 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.

## 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.

## 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.

## The Accelerator Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mclean, Virginia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, Finance

Based in London, The Accelerator Group (TAG) has been an advisor and investor in early stage and start-up companies since 1995. They focus on the Internet services, eCommerce and multi-channel retail sectors, investing primarily in the US and Europe.

## Atlas Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics

Atlas Venture is an early-stage venture capital firm that creates and invests in biotech startup companies led by promising entrepreneurs focusing on life sciences innovation. Its seed-led venture creation strategy rigorously selects and focuses investment on compelling opportunities to build scalable businesses and realize value.

## 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.

## Barclays Investment Bank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

Barclays Corporate and Investment Bank provides corporate, government and institutional clients with a full spectrum of strategic advisory, financing and risk management solutions.

## 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.

## Avlar BioVentures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madingley, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

Avlar was founded in 1999 by Alan Goodman and Daniel Roach and manages Avlar Fund II (£43m) and the First Cambridge Gateway Fund (£35m). Avlar has invested in eighteen companies across a range of sub-sectors of the bioscience industries. Ten are still private, two have been merged, three have been bought by public companies, two have been sold forcash and two listed on the public markets. Prior to the formation of Avlar Messrs Roach and Goodman co-founded or seed financed nine life science companies. Seven of these were listed on recognized Stock Exchanges producing highly profitable realizations. These included Acambis, Chiroscience, Core, Salix and Oxford Biomedica.

## Qualcomm
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Diego, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Software, Wireless

Qualcomm is an American fabless semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services. It produces processors and connectivity solutions, displays, software, and charging products.The company is focused on various industries: automotive, education, healthcare, Internet ofEverything, mobile computing, networking, smart cities, smart homes, and wearables.Qualcomm’s products include Gobi, Hy-Fi, IPQ, IZat, Powerline, Snapdragon, Small Cells, VIVE, Wi-Fi platforms, Mirasol, Pixtronix, AllPlay, 2net, Brew, HealthyCircles, QChat, QLearn, RaptorQ, Vuforia, Halo, and WiPower.SnapTrack, Trigenix Ltd, Elata, Berkana Wireless, Qualphone and Airgo Networks are some of the companies that Qualcomm has so far acquired.Qualcomm was co-founded by Irwin M. Jacobs, Andrew Viterbi, Harvey White, Adelia Coffman, Andrew Cohen, Klein Gilhousen, and Franklin Antonio in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, California with worldwide presence. It has offices in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, U.A.E, United Kingdom, and Vietnam.

## Mustard Seed
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Software, Medical

Mustard Seed enables the creation and evolution of world-class businesses that generate positive and sustainable outcomes. They believe that solving big social and environmental problems drives commercial success in the long run. They seek scalable solutions to gaps currently left unfilled by government and industry in the areas of economicinclusion, education, environmental sustainability, health, and family and community.Mustard Seed invests in and incubates socially and environmentally impactful start-ups. They connect a dynamic and influential network of global members with exceptional entrepreneurial talent across the world. They also develop bespoke impact measurement frameworks and support established companies to align profit and impact through tailored strategies and effective deployment of their resources.Mustard Seed was co-founded by Alex Pitt and Henry Wigan, first classmates at the London School of Economics and later colleagues at Goldman Sachs. In 2013 Henry and Alex observed a rising appetite for socially-minded entrepreneurship among the world’s most talented graduates. They also observed a critical lack of capital to adequately meet this need. They started Mustard Seed to bridge the gap.

## 7percent Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

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## Braveheart Investment Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dodworth, Barnsley, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series C
- Focus: Manufacturing, ISP, Medical

Braveheart Ventures Ltd was formed in 1997 by four Scottish businessmen as an informal investment syndicate. In 2003, Braveheart Investment Group plc was incorporated, and subsequently acquired Braveheart Ventures. The transition towards becoming a recognised investment management company was completed in 2004 when Braveheart Ventures becameauthorised by the Financial Services Authority. In March 2007 Braveheart Investment Group plc became a listed company when its shares began trading on AIM.The organisation has grown steadily year on year and now comprises a management team of twelve and a client base of around 100. Braveheart currently has over 30 companies in its diverse portfolio and enjoys close relationships with several universities and science parks. The Groupâ€:tm:s headquarters are in Perth and there is a regional office in central London.

## Balderton Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

In the two decades since our founding, we have worked with hundreds of extraordinary European founders, and have raised eight funds totalling more than $3bn.

## Creative England
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bristol, Bristol, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Mobile, SaaS

We are here for those who dare to imagine: imagine a fairer, more prosperous world, achieved through the power of creativity.

## Midven
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Manufacturing, Information Technology

Midven is a specialist venture capital company providing investment to fast growing small and medium sized enterprises ("SMEs"), run by an energetic, experienced and hands-on team of investment managers.

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

Anthony Eskinazi - Founder & CEO @ JustPark

## LEAF Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Education, Software, E-Learning

Leaf Investments is an early stage investor in learning technology businesses. Founded on the principle that emerging technologies present opportunities to create new learning solutions, they are looking to support entrepreneurs across the learning spectrum, both domestically and internationally.

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

Markus Kern

## 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

## GC Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

The Growth Company’s two Angel services, Co-Angel Investment Service and North West Business Angels have recently merged creating a more cohesive offer, enabling increased access to early stage equity funding. The service now known as GC Angels, supports businesses seeking access to angel investment, ranging from £25,000 up to £2m.
Developed by GCas the next evolution of its successful Co Angel Investment Service, GC Angels forms part of the GM Combined Authority's response to supporting the early stage investment market, and integrates with the range of wider GC business finance and business support services. It will incorporate the network offer (NWBA); the fee-bearing advisory service (Co Angel) alongside the new GM Co-Investment Fund, providing an innovative, single solution equity funding service.

## Mercia Asset Management PLC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Henley In Arden, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing

Mercia Asset Management provides equity and debt to UK businesses with growth ambition. We are your investment partners from scale-up to exit.

## 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.

## Highland Europe
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS

Highland Europe invests in rapidly growing European internet, mobile, and software companies that address large market opportunities and have over €10 million in annualized revenues. They can provide acquisition finance or lead secondary transactions as well as making primary investments. Their capital enables management teams to accelerate growthand build a lasting, valuable business.Highland Europe was launched in 2012 and closely collaborates with Highland Capital Partners, an independent global venture capital firm with a twenty-seven year investment experience and offices in Boston and Palo Alto.

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

Sercan Alici

## HSBC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance

HSBC, one of the largest banking and financial services institutions in the world, serves millions of customers through its three Global Businesses.

## Caribou Property
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Therapeutics, Genetics

Caribou Property is an investment firm.

## 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.

## Telefonica
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

Telefonica, S.A. operates as a diversified telecommunications group that provides fixed line and mobile telephony services.Telefonica wants to enhance people's lives and the performance of businesses as well as the progress of the communities where they operate by delivering innovative services based on information and communicationstechnologies.
The company operates in 24 countries and its total number of customers amounted to 315.7 million.Telefónica has one of the most international profiles in the sector with more than 77% of its business outside its home market and a reference point in the Spanish and Portuguese speaking market.The Group stands in seventh position in the sector Telco worldwide in terms of market capitalisation the 1st as an European integrated operator and in seventeenth position in the Eurostoxx 50 ranking, composed of the major companies in Europe (March 31st 2013).Telefónica is a listed company. It has more than 1.5 million direct shareholders. Its capital traded on the continuous market on the Spanish Stock Exchanges (Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia) and on those of London, New York, Lima and Buenos Aires.In Latin America, Telefónica gives service to more than 212.4 million customers as of the end of March 2013 becoming the leader operator in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru and has substantial operations in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela. In Europe, on top of the Spanish operations, the Company has operating companies in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Czech Republic and Slovakia, providing services to more than 102.7 million customers as of the end of March 2013.

## Northstar Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Northstar Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in innovative solutions to help solve the most pressing societal issues we have today.  Our ticket sizes range from £100k to £500k into early stage tech companies. We provide added value in leveraging our network of university partners, funders, non-executive directors and talent to supporteach investment.

## Wayra
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Wayra is a globally connected and technological open innovation hub in the world. We currently operate in 10 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela.Through Telefónica our global presence allows us to be at the helm of innovation, shoulder to shoulder with drivenentrepreneurs and in a position to engage the right partners and leaders of industries for business. Our mission is clear, to connect innovators with Telefónica and generate joint business opportunities. We are the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the globe because innovation makes good business sense.

## 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.

## 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.

## 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. 

## Point Nine
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Internet

Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focused exclusively on early-stage Internet investments in areas like Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), online marketplaces, and mobile.The fund and its managers, Pawel Chudzinski and Christoph Janz have backed a number of highly successful Internet companies such as Delivery Hero, Clio,Shiftplanning, Vend, Typeform, and Zendesk from their earliest stages.

## Miroma Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Advertising, Apps, Fashion

At Miroma Ventures we take a hands-on, operations-focused approach, leveraging our industry-leading marketing expertise to actively work alongside management

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