Top 50 Travel Angel Investors in United Kingdom in October 2023
Top 50 Travel Angel Investors in United Kingdom in October 2023
| Investor | Travel United Kingdom investments |
|---|---|
| Melih Odemis | 5 |
| Oliver Slipper | 4 |
| Erdem Yurdanur | 4 |
| Jorg Mohaupt | 4 |
| David Murray-Hundley | 3 |
| John Ayton | 2 |
| Will Brooks | 2 |
| Errol Damelin | 2 |
| Jeremy Yap | 2 |
| James Gibson | 2 |
| Andy Phillipps | 2 |
| John Fontein | 2 |
| Will Martin | 2 |
| Michael Liebreich | 2 |
| Brent Hoberman | 2 |
| Theo Osborne | 2 |
| Thomas Glocer | 2 |
| Christopher Spray | 2 |
| Santiago Fernández López | 1 |
| Stuart Marks | 1 |
| Jonathan Eilian | 1 |
| Henry Catchpole | 1 |
| Alex Macdonald | 1 |
| David Magliano | 1 |
| Chris Hitchen | 1 |
| Paul Mears | 1 |
| Jacques-Antoine Granjon | 1 |
| Daniel King | 1 |
| Tom Singh | 1 |
| Peter Davies | 1 |
| Lawrence Leuschner | 1 |
| Andrew Weisz | 1 |
| Robin Skinmore | 1 |
| Piyush Shah | 1 |
| Gerry Samuels | 1 |
| Sir Peter Thompson | 1 |
| Eddie Jordan | 1 |
| Niels Gron | 1 |
| Robin Batchelor | 1 |
| Mark Aldridge | 1 |
| Bastian Lehmann | 1 |
| Landry Holi | 1 |
| Alex Saint | 1 |
| Michael Zeisser | 1 |
| Pippa Lamb | 1 |
| Sameer Singh | 1 |
| Rob Dobson | 1 |
| Matus Maar | 1 |
| Paul Forster | 1 |
| Daniel McPherson | 1 |
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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.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Deplike — Everyone can make music!
- UP School — UP School fills in the gap of female participation in society’s most important technology roles by offering free educational programs for women through technical education programs that train them in a specific area of technology. UP School launched two pilot programs in Robotic Process Automation and in Data Science, and have two activecorporate-sponsored programs in Data Analytics and Android Development in partnership with Ford Motor Company, and Akbank.Students who graduated from the program have been recruited by globally lead companies such as Ford Motor Company, Unilever, Siemens and Coca Cola Company.
- HotelRunner — HotelRunner is a cloud based hotel online sales and channel manager tool with an online marketing suite. Power your online sales now!
Building Sports & Tech Companies
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- Art, B2B, B2C
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Split — Split will let you know each time someone you’re avoiding is around & suggest an escape route. Split will display ‘hot zone’ map pointers on any location that the people you avoid tend to frequent. Know who the people you avoid are hanging out with (the ‘two birds, one stone’ feature).
- PickGuru — Pickguru is a social gaming platform where friends and fans may participate in a range of fun sports prediction games.
- Aura - Museum Genius — MEET AURA - THE MUSEUM GENIUS With Aura, you can explore Britain's leading museums and galleries, design your own journey, and listen to professionally produced audio stories of artworks and exhibits. THEMED ROUTES: For those with limited time You can personalise your way through the museums with cover with our themed routes. Whether you areshort on time, or you are interested in a specific theme, our themed routes will help find the must-see exhibits in your favourite museums. AUDIO STORIES WITH OFFLINE PLAYBACK We are partnering with high-profile museum curators, academics and skilled storytellers with distinct areas of expertise to create short and detailed audio stories of the must-see highlights of the museums. As Aura allows you to download audio content, you don't need an internet connection to listen during your visit. INTERACTIVE FLOOR PLANS Through our innovative technology, we provide interactive floor plans of the museums so you can enjoy your visit with time-efficiency, practicality, and ease. Simply search for a destination point and our indoor navigation system will help you get there easily. KEYPAD FOR EASY ACCESS If the museum is offering a traditional audio guide system, you will see signs next to exhibits with numbers on them. You can use our keypad at these museums. Simply use the keypad function to dial the number of the exhibit and we will take you directly to that exhibit's page on Aura.
Erdem Yurdanur - Founder & Director @ Admost
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- Mobile, Advertising, Marketplace
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Turkey, United States, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Ulak — [ENG] ULAK is a mobile app, that helps you find nearby couriers and place a custom order. With ULAK, the nearest courier to your location is directed to you, serves with the shipment you choose, app displays the instant location information until your shipment is delivered, shares delivery details with you, securely collects your payment from yourcredit card and completes the transaction. If you wish, you can get service with cash payment as well...[TUR] ULAK akıllı telefonlar üzerinde çalışan, motorlu kuryeye ihtiyacı olanlarla, güvenilir motorlu kuryeleri buluşturan bir mobil uygulamadır. ULAK ile size en yakın kuryeyi çağırarak gönderinizi yapabilir veya özel sipariş verebilirsiniz. ULAK ile bulunduğunuz konuma en yakın kurye size yönlendirilir, seçeceğiniz gönderi şekli ile hizmet verir, gönderiniz teslim edilene kadar anlık konum bilgisini gösterir, teslimat detaylarını size iletir, ödemenizi güvenli bir şekilde kredi kartınızdan tahsil eder, işlemi tamamlar. Dilerseniz nakit ödeme seçeneği ile hizmet alabilirsiniz.
- Charmy — Charmy is a music social media site available online. Users can create playlists, share photos, and search for songs they prefer.
- Tiramisu — TIRAMISU MOBILE GAME STUDIO
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.
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- Music, Mobile Apps, Art
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- United Kingdom, United States, Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- Penfold — Our flexible, simple and powerful pension is designed to get you to your saving goals and stay with you for life, whichever direction it takes you.
- Tracklib — Tracklib is the only service where anyone can legally clear samples from real music. From Isaac Hayes to Mozart, we got it.
- Aura - Museum Genius — MEET AURA - THE MUSEUM GENIUS With Aura, you can explore Britain's leading museums and galleries, design your own journey, and listen to professionally produced audio stories of artworks and exhibits. THEMED ROUTES: For those with limited time You can personalise your way through the museums with cover with our themed routes. Whether you areshort on time, or you are interested in a specific theme, our themed routes will help find the must-see exhibits in your favourite museums. AUDIO STORIES WITH OFFLINE PLAYBACK We are partnering with high-profile museum curators, academics and skilled storytellers with distinct areas of expertise to create short and detailed audio stories of the must-see highlights of the museums. As Aura allows you to download audio content, you don't need an internet connection to listen during your visit. INTERACTIVE FLOOR PLANS Through our innovative technology, we provide interactive floor plans of the museums so you can enjoy your visit with time-efficiency, practicality, and ease. Simply search for a destination point and our indoor navigation system will help you get there easily. KEYPAD FOR EASY ACCESS If the museum is offering a traditional audio guide system, you will see signs next to exhibits with numbers on them. You can use our keypad at these museums. Simply use the keypad function to dial the number of the exhibit and we will take you directly to that exhibit's page on Aura.
David Murray-Hundley aka The Grumpy Entrepreneur™ is a technology geek and entrepreneur at heart.CEO and Co Founder of Pario Ventures. www.parioventures.com . I invest alongside the majority of Pario Ventures investments. David was inspired by the movie “War Games” at the age of 8 and commercially released his first game for the BBC Micro atjust 11 years old.David went on to study Artificial Intelligence when people thought it was just about Terminator and in his early 20s was part of the team that delivered the worlds first Web Ecommerce B2B platform with Barclays and Chase Manhatten.For the rest of his 20s David helped develop the first smart card readers for Credit Cards with Dione and was part of the founding team for Commerce One in Silicon Valley who became the top stock on Nasdaq (Ecommerce) during the dotcom boom at $22bn valuation.Also built the Internets first Automotive Market Place Exchange for General Motors forming part of Covisint. He was bankrupt by the time he was 30. “A good thing”, he says and later went on to build and be part of building a number of companies and has had a number of exits in recent years as well as Reid Hoffman awarding David Linkedin European Business Leader Of The Year.David is a company chairman, director, advisor and mentor. He invests in and works with a number of startups and scaling companies not just in technology. Technology key focus is Consumer Fintech, E-Commerce, Artificial Inteligence and Automotive and Motorsport Technology Also, following in the footsteps of his one of his inspirations, John Harvey-Jones, he spends a lot of time troubleshooting businesses.
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- FinTech, Automotive, Financial Services
- Equity Crowdfunding, Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- Yayzy — Your free carbon footprint calculator. Learn about your impact. Fund the best climate solutions. Plant trees. Fight climate change.
- LANDBAY — Your dedicated Landbay intermediary page for specialist buy-to-let mortgages. Partner with a lender who gives you direct decisions with a flexible approach and a full online application process.
- Riversimple — Riversimple is a new kind of business, designed from scratch to pursue our purpose: the systematic elimination of the environmental impact of personal transport. Our aim is mobility at zero cost to the planet. We’ve designed a radically new car (the Rasa) which emits nothing but a tiny amount of water and will do the equivalent of c250 mpg.Charging takes 3 minutes, and the range is 300 miles. We’re building a fundamentally new form of business system that aligns our interests with our customers’ and the environment’s. There’s no trade off between profit and purpose. We love what we’re doing and we hope you will too. We’re actively seeking commercial partners and employees. We’re always interested to hear from like-minded pioneering people and companies. We are excited to be coming to our first pilot market in the UK this year.
John Ayton
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- Travel, FinTech, Marketplace
- Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Wevat — Wevat makes it easy for tourists to get tax back on shopping in Europe.
- Togather — Create your event on Togather, the UK's most trusted events booking platform, choose from our roster of over 1,500 of the best and most passionate creators...
- Subdial Watches — Whether you're buying or selling we've got you covered. Sell smarter with Subdial. Quick, simple & transparent.
Will Brooks - Founder & Director @ Portfolio Ventures
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Bequest — We're building a better way to protect you and your family, starting with personalised pay-as-you-go life insurance. Backed by Aviva.
- Disputed — FinLegal is legaltech for the business of disputes. Our solutions allow you to fund and insure your litigation through litigation funding and after-the-event insurance, automate volume and class actions and get more clients through working with marketing service providers.
- Robin AI — Robin AI is a legal tech company based in London, made up of engineers, lawyers, scientists and operations specialists.
Errol Damelin is the Founder, CEO, chairman, or original investor and backer of over 75 digital and tech companies around the world, including in the US, the UK, most of Europe, Israel, Indonesia, Brazil, Turkey, South Africa, and Nigeria. He concentrates his efforts on SaaS, fintech, crypto, marketplaces and data analytics as well as on health andwellness. He is also a technologist and has three granted patents to his name with another four pending.Among the companies co-founded by Damelin are groundbreaking fintech company Wonga, and SME banking startup Tide. His early investments include Wise, Cazoo, Purplebricks, K Health, YuLife, Sure, Demyst, Zoe, Farewill, CityMapper, Modifi, UnBabel, Thimble, HiBob, Modifi, Elliptic, Lendingkart, and VivaReal. Using his own personal equity, Damelin continues to invest early on in the next generation of entrepreneurs so that he can help them succeed. He is not an institutional VC fund and does not maximize the assets under his management. He best describes his approach as Riding Shotgun.Damelin's success as a founder has been recognized by The Guardian, which named him Digital Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011; by Ernst and Young, which named him the UK's Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011 as well; and by TechCrunch, which named him Founder of the Year in 2010.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Finance
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, United States, Israel
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- Zelt — Manage everything from HRIS, payroll, pension, devices, apps and more seamlessly in one central hub, for all processes and applications, third-party included. Improve productivity through enhanced employee experience.
- Claimer — Claimer is a self-service application that gets credit claims done easily of money spent on research and development. Its platform empowers company owners and advisors to prepare their claims, without any specialist knowledge, no matter how big or small the claim. It also prepares and submits the amended tax return for free.Claimer was founded in2019 by Adam McCann and is headquartered in Croydon, United Kingdom.
- Ritual — Couple Goals Made Possible. Relationship Support For Busy People, Practical Tools & Expert Feedback
Jeremy is a full time angel from Singapore who invests in the Europe, North America, and Israel.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Paebbl — The modular technology from Paebbl may be included in any carbon capture system and is industrially scalable. As a result, Paebbl provides a raw material stream that is carbon-negative, radically altering the economics of preventing carbon from entering our environment.
- Snaplet — Snaplet gives developers production-accurate data and preview databases they can code against, so they can focus on shipping. Ditch the seed script forever!
- Metatheory — Metatheory Inc. is an interactive technology and entertainment company building Web3 games, interactive content, social experiences, and other community-driven adventures. Metatheory’s mission is to inspire imagination by connecting people worldwide through immersive worlds built on cross-generational IP.
CEO Big Yellow Group PLC
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- Travel, Leisure, Tourism
- Seed
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Stasher — Stasher services a major travel need connecting short-term visitors with a network of local hotels and shops who have space to securely store luggage. The Stasher platform allows its customers to book online. The storage can be booked in advance or on the day. Stasher was founded on September 2015 and is headquartered in London, England.
Andy Phillipps is the Advisor, IC and Venture Partner at IQ Capital.
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- E-Commerce, Communities, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United Kingdom, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- 5Mins — 5Mins is the new microlearning platform that helps your employees build in-demand skills fast with AI-powered personalisation and advanced gamification.
- Wevat — Wevat makes it easy for tourists to get tax back on shopping in Europe.
- Nous — Find out exactly how your household finances will be affected by the cost-of-living crisis with Nous on your side.
John Fontein is Co-Founder and President at Sesame. Previously, he was the VP of Business Development at GoEuro where he oversaw all revenue functions including sales, marketing and partnerships. John began his career at Goldman Sachs where he worked in both the Investment Banking and Investment Management Divisions of the firm. John is amulti-platinum song-writer, producer, and sound designer. He is the recipient of numerous awards including an MTV Video Music Award, a Berklee Jazz Festival Award and a FringeNYC Award.John attended Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn and graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University with a B.A. in Music and a certificate in Computer Science.
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- Information Technology, Cryptocurrency, Health Care
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Vivvi — Vivvi provides child care and early learning for today’s families. We partner with employers of all sizes to make exceptional full-time and backup care more accessible and affordable. With beautiful campuses, flexible offerings and trained, passionate teachers, we provide parents with peace of mind while offering employers a powerful tool forrecruitment, retention, and productivity.It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
- Delfina — Intelligent pregnancy care for healthier moms and babies.
- Legion Health — Legion Health is building the infrastructure for health care organizations to scale their virtual mental health offerings.
Will Martin - Founder and Director @ Portfolio Ventures
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Bequest — We're building a better way to protect you and your family, starting with personalised pay-as-you-go life insurance. Backed by Aviva.
- Disputed — FinLegal is legaltech for the business of disputes. Our solutions allow you to fund and insure your litigation through litigation funding and after-the-event insurance, automate volume and class actions and get more clients through working with marketing service providers.
- Robin AI — Robin AI is a legal tech company based in London, made up of engineers, lawyers, scientists and operations specialists.
Michael Liebreich is Founder and Chair of the Advisory Board of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the world’s leading provider of research on clean energy, energy technology and advanced transportation. Michael founded New Energy Finance in 2004 and acted as Chair and Chief Executive before selling it to Bloomberg LP in 2009. Bloomberg New EnergyFinance is headquartered in London and now has over 200 staff in 13 offices around the world.
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- SaaS, Mining, Travel
- Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States
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- Zeelo — Travel to major events, festivals, cities and many more in comfy coaches with Zeelo. Book your seat now.
- Cypher Coders — Coding lessons for children aged 6-12 years, taught live online or in-person in London. Interactive lessons, camps and clubs that develop skills in STEM, computing, communication, collaboration and creativity.
- Magrathea — Magrathea Metals is a mining company that unlocks centuries of growth in human civilization by reducing the socioenvironmental impacts.
Brent Hoberman is chairman and co-founder of Founders Factory, an ambitious corporate backed incubator/accelerator based in London, and also of Founders Forum, a series of intimate annual global events for the leading entrepreneurs of today and the rising stars of tomorrow. Brent is a co-founder and was founding chairman of Smartup, Grip &made.com, a leading European direct-from-factory consumer homewares retailer. Most recently, Brent co-founded Firstminute Capital, a London-based pan-European seed fund, backed by some of the world's top entrepreneurs. Brent co-founded lastminute.comin April 1998, was CEO from its inception and sold it in 2005 to Sabre for $1.1bn. Technology businesses he has co-founded have raised over $500m. Brent sits on the Advisory board for LetterOne Technology (a $16bn investment fund), the Oxford Foundry and the UK Government Digital Advisory Board. He is a board member of The Economist, a YGL and one of the Prime Minister's Business Trade Ambassadors. Brent was awarded a CBE for services to entrepreneurship in the 2015 New Year's Honour's List.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United Kingdom, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- Bardeen — Bardeen is an automation app to replace your repetitive tasks with a single shortcut and control your web apps from anywhere. Explore our integrations with your favorite apps and hundreds of pre-built playbooks that help you stay in the flow.
- Nous — Find out exactly how your household finances will be affected by the cost-of-living crisis with Nous on your side.
- Framework — Framework is the world’s first on-demand business school, radically reimagined for them. Born out of Founders Forum, a private network of the world's top tech entrepreneurs, we’ve worked with over 100+ operators—across product, growth, ops, people, data, engineering & design, from some of the world's most innovative companiesincluding Monzo, Babylon, Bulb & Depop—to pioneer a new model of lifelong learning.
Theo Osborne is a Managing Partner at 9Yards Capital.
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- Software, Apps, E-Commerce
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
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- The Dots — Professional networking for the new world of work. Get advice. Meet collaborators. Find jobs. Upskill at events.
- Nova Credit — Nova Credit is a consumer credit bureau that connects consumers and lenders with trusted data and analytics to expand access to credit.
- Platform Science — Experience the power to choose what drives your fleet. Platform Science delivers telematics and fleet management tools on a platform built for transportation.
Tom Glocer joined BlueVoyant as Executive Chairman and Founder in 2017.
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- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series C
- United States, United Kingdom, Israel
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- GPTZero — Covered by >100 media outlets, GPTZero is the most advanced AI detector for ChatGPT, GPT-4, Bard. Check up to 50000 characters for AI plagiarism in seconds.
- Hive — Hive is a distributed data storage and computing platform, enabling users to rent their computing resources and co-localized storing and processing.
- Hive — Hive is a decentralized cloud platform based on the peer-to-peer exchange of the available capacities of users' computers.
Christopher Spray served as a Venture Partner at Atlas Venture L.P. Mr. Spray worked in the technology group of Atlas Venture and invested in software and services and Internet related businesses. Mr. Spray established firm’s Boston office in 1986 and was responsible for United States operations until 1998 when he moved to London office. Mr. Sprayhad moved to United States in 1985 as an Investment Director at CIN Investment Company. He started his venture capital career in 1983 with CINVen. Mr. Spray serves as Director of DoveBid, GoIndustry, Kalido, NTRglobal, Zinwave, picoChip, KDS, and MOO Print Ltd. He served as a Director at Kalido, Inc., Koodos, Corizon Ltd., and 3V Transaction Services Limited. He has been an investor and Board Member in number of successful companies, including OnDisplay and RightPoint Software. Mr. Spray also served on the Board of Business Objects from 1992 to 1994. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and a BA in English Literature from Oxford University.
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- Mobile, Software, Video
- Seed, Series B, Series A
- United Kingdom, Switzerland, United States
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- Peak — Challenge your brain with Peak, the No.1 app for your mind. Push your cognitive skills to their limits and use your time better with fun, challenging games and workouts that test your Focus, Memory, Problem Solving, Mental Agility and more.
- The Faction Collective — The Faction Collective - manufacturers of high performance freeride and freestyle skis since 2006.Skis are more than just pieces of wood, steel & fibreglass. They are tools of escape. A medium for personal expression. A way to challenge fears, push limits & share incredible experiences with friends.The Faction Collective was formedin 2006 by a group of friends with the aim of creating the best designed & built freeride & freestyle skis you can buy, with a world-class manufacturing base in heart of the European Alps and a strong commitment to social and environmental sustainability. Every year new ideas and products expand our range - but the manifesto remains the same.In 2010 we partnered with Swiss helmet manufacturer TSG to produce a new line of lightweight, high performance protection, and in 2012 we are working with acclaimed French skier Candide Thovex to create a range of revolutionary superlight park and freeride skis using recycled PET cores and minimalist graphics that support our ethos of uncompromised performance.From our bases in Verbier, Switzerland and Breckenridge, USA we still ski over 100 days a year, refining our products and keeping the stoke alive. We hope you are too.
- Plum Guide — Plum Guide handpicks the world's best vacation rentals, holiday homes, short term lets and Airbnbs from over 25 different sites
Focused on the achievement of happiness, considering all the meanings of the word for the stake holders in a business project, which are: a) Satisfaction for Clients and Providers, b)Profits for Shareholders, c)Motivation for the Team, d) Innovation, social welfare and sustainability for the Community and e) Happiness for my Family.
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- Travel, Content, Publishing
- Funding Round
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Niume Limited — Niume is a collaborative blogging platform that enables bloggers to create distribute, and monetize their content.The platform enables bloggers to create and distribute content on their range of spheres, consisting of art, photography, fashion, culture, food, and travel. Furthermore, they are able to monetize their content through PayPal andtrack their revenue per post through its dashboard.Niume was launched in 2012 by Alex Hughes, Daniel Gennaoui, and Francesco Facca and is based in London.
Stuart Marks is a successful entrepreneur who has built and sold four businesses over the past 25 years. They have spanned several sectors including CRM, location-based services and digital media. Every company applied innovation to challenge existing business models.Stuart has worked with a diverse and international customer-base includingSainsbury’s, British Airways, Unilever, Vodafone, BMW and various government agencies across the world. His previous company, ITIS Holdings plc, was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was Europe’s leading provider of real-time traffic information and connected car technology.The first company to commercialize crowdsourced data from GPS devices and mobile phone networks, Stuart sold the firm in 2011 to Washington-based INRIX before going on to establish L Marks to invest in the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.
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- Software, Information Services, Information Technology
- Seed, Angel
- United Kingdom, United States
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- Urbix — Urbix is producing a management dashboard for municipalities to manage their data and processes to ensure that decisions are made based on hard evidence which is readily available in an easy to understand format.
- WeFiFo — WeFiFo launched in 2016 and is a multi-award-winning platform that enables enthusiastic home cooks, Supper Club hosts and professional chefs to share their food with paying guests. WeFiFo is Airbnb for the kitchen table but offers much more than just a marketplace. Designed to encourage and empower talented cooks to monetise their kitchen skills,WeFiFo offers a sophisticated infrastructure allowing hosts to up-skill and earn a transformative income with flexible working hours and rewards. WeFiFo also supports professional chefs who don't want the risk of a bricks and mortar restaurant but want to feed a new audience. Anyone can sign up and join in, hosts are not pre-screened or curated, but ratings and reviews help guests choose between the multitude of events on offer – from novice cooks to award winning chefs at the top of their game. They are the online destination to discover exciting experiential dining near you and their platform promotes, insures and inspires cooks and chefs of all abilities to take the next step on their food journey while keeping hosts and guests safe every step of the way.
- Orbital Witness — Instant property insight - Liberation for everyone involved in property transactions.
Jonathan Eilian is a founding investor in Starwood Hotels.
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- Travel, E-Commerce, Hospitality
- Series A
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- onefinestay — onefinestay pioneers of handmade hospitality, for stays in the finest homes. They offer homeowners (their hosts) a way to earn additional income from guests while they’re away, handling everything from marketing to managing their home. Their guests get a new way to experience a city. They seek out the finest homes, help them book, and meet themwhen they arrive. Then they’re available 24/7 during their stay, so everyone has peace of mind. Founded in London in 2009, they're a fast-growing business with offices in Paris, New York and LA. They have an ambition – to bring their new category of accommodation to the world, creating a new era of hospitality. And they’re looking for people to help get us there. People who understand what it takes to build a business from the ground up. Remind you of anyone? Apply within.
Henry is the Founder and CEO of Inform Direct - an online tool that helps business owners and their accountants manage the records of 1,000s of companies.Prior to that Henry ran Suffolk Life for over a decade before it was acquired by Legal & General. Henry built Suffolk Life Group from an 8 employee team with £3 million in assets undermanagement to a 200 person team with £3.5 Billion under management.
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- SaaS, Travel, Software
- Angel
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Inn Style PMS — Inn Style is the slick and simple web-based alternative to endless spreadsheets, diaries and clunky card machines – perfect for accommodation owners who love taking bookings but loathe the repetitive admin.
Alex MacDonald is Co-Founder of Velocity Mobile Limited and serves as its Co-Chief Executive Officer. Alex MacDonald was a Turnaround Chief Executive Officer in his previous career at a privately owned industrial group. He managed the acquisition, optimisation and growth of multinational manufacturing companies, ranging in size from $50 - $150m insales. He also has front-line experience managing restaurants and bars in France and is passionate about creating the perfect dining experience.
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- Software, Mobile, Travel
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom
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- Goodloans — Our AI-powered embedded lending platform de-risks lending to your customers and helps you to grow your business.
- Roleshare — Roleshare matches freelancers, part-time and fractional workers to job share; helping companies retain and attract coveted skills and talent. Join us!
- NuBreed Hotels — Pushing accommodation for the events industry forward.
David Magliano
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- Travel, E-Commerce, Hospitality
- Series A
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- onefinestay — onefinestay pioneers of handmade hospitality, for stays in the finest homes. They offer homeowners (their hosts) a way to earn additional income from guests while they’re away, handling everything from marketing to managing their home. Their guests get a new way to experience a city. They seek out the finest homes, help them book, and meet themwhen they arrive. Then they’re available 24/7 during their stay, so everyone has peace of mind. Founded in London in 2009, they're a fast-growing business with offices in Paris, New York and LA. They have an ambition – to bring their new category of accommodation to the world, creating a new era of hospitality. And they’re looking for people to help get us there. People who understand what it takes to build a business from the ground up. Remind you of anyone? Apply within.
Chris is an Australian entrepreneur and investor based in Munich, Germany. He co-founded Australia's largest comparison shopping site Getprice.com.au in 2005 and sold it to News Corp in 2010. He became News Corp's Executive Director of Commerce before leading a management buyout of Getprice in 2012, then repositioned the business asNext Commerce, including acquiring south east Asian price comparison Pricepanda and securing investment from Rocket Internet, Tengelmann Ventures, PLDT and Kinnevik, before selling the group to UK-listed Future plc in 2016.Chris also co-founded programmatic video business Audience TV, native ecommerce advertising company Hynt.com and the autonomous vehicle software company Unleash Aerial.Chris is also the founding investor and chairman of Munich-based vacation rentals business Holidu and an industrial advisor to Swedish private equity group EQT.
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- Software, SaaS, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Germany, Australia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Holidu — Holidu is a search engine for vacation rentals. Search and compare more than 15 million vacation homes and save up to 55% on identical accommodations.
- Classcamp — Classcamp is building the next generation of online learning. Our unique group-learning format is 10x more engaging than conventional online courses, by leveraging community and human-to-human interaction. We're building the tooling required to run a next-gen online teaching business, as well a consumer-facing marketplace for discoveringnext-gen programs.
- Knowunity — Knowunity is the digital learning platform with summaries, study notes, presentations, answers, and more in one app.
Advocate of the token economy, blockchain use and crypto currencies with a focus on health, communications, social media and entertainment sectors. UK qualified CPA with 30 years of experience working in a wide range of finance and operational finance roles in UK, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Vancouver, Long Island and Monaco in the Telco, Construction,Asset Management and Payments sectors. Portfolio of angel equity of UK, Skandinavian and French companies including stem cells, medical devices, social applications, data storage solutions, peptide manufacturing processes and others. Become a crypto convert and have worked with Humaniq, Howdoo, Modex, Jointogo, Virtual Rehab, SID and am co-founder of Meridian DLT and Travalian. #blockchain #cryptocurrency #tokens #initialcoinofferings #communication #connectivity
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- E-Commerce, Mobile, SaaS
- Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Angel
- United Kingdom, United States
Jacques-Antoine Granjon was born in Marseille on 9th August 1962 and studied at the prestigious European Business School (EBS). A born entrepreneur, he founded overstock distributer Cofotex S.A. with EBS friend Julien Sorbac in 1985. In 1996, Jacques-Antoine bought and renovated the former print works of national French newspaper Le Monde in LaPlaine Saint-Denis (93), just outside of Paris, setting up Oredis group HQ.In 2000, he and his business partners realised that the Internet was “an opportunity to welcome the world in a virtual store with digital catalogues”. This realization led to the creation of a revolutionary concept: an online platform entirely dedicated to flash sales for brands.In January 2001, Jacques-Antoine and his seven business partners launched vente-privee.com in France, before e-commerce had barely started in Europe. He then applied his extensive experience to the Internet, selling excess stock for important fashion and home brands, relying on two main strategies: events and exclusivity, all the while focusing on customer satisfaction. In 2012, he went on to win the “Customer Service Award” for the fourth year in a row, presented to him by the Institute BVA-Viséo Conseil, France’s fourth market research company.It was not until 2004 that the website’s success became apparent. In 2005, its turnover grew a staggering 500% from the previous year. The website is now available in 8 European countries (France, Germany, Spain, Italy, UK, Belgium and Austria, and the Netherlands) and the United States, in partnership with American Express. In 12 years, vente-privee.com has become an event-creating media, bringing together over 18 million members and 2.5 million unique users per day. This solid foundation allows the site to offer its 2,000 partner brands an innovative distribution channel.Jacques-Antoine Granjon’s professional success has been recognized with many awards. He was named ‘2011 Communication Personality of the Year’ by the Grand Prix des Agences de l’Année, ‘Personality of the Year’ by the Trophées LSA de l’Innovation 2011, ‘Innovator of the Year’ at the 2011 Technologies Numériques awards, ‘2011 Man of the Year’ by the Enseignes d’Or panel and ‘2010 Businessman of the Year’ by French GQ readers. Jacques-Antoine was also crowned ‘E-commerce Man of the Year’ by a panel of internet users at the E-commerce Magazine awards in 2007 then ‘Businessman of the Year’ at the BFM Awards in 2008. He also then went on to collect the European prize for ‘Chief Marketing Office of the year’, sponsored by Booz & Company, in 2009.
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- E-Commerce, Advertising, Software
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- France, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Side — Side's mission is simple but ambitious: create the smoothest work experience, matching company's temporary needs with qualified profiles within seconds. Each month, thousands of Siders and companies - e.g. HelloFresh, Deliveroo, Urban Massage, Soundcloud, Uber, Stripe - are using Side on a regular basis, from missions of a few hours toseveral months.Since the launch in 2015, Side has been growing fast and is now managing thousands of tasks every month in France and in the UK. Side is based in Paris and London and plan to expand into new cities, industries and job categories. After a new funding round that brings to a total of $7.2M in funding, Side is supported by Xavier Niel, Jacques-Antoine Granjon, Bernard Arnault (Aglaé Ventures), Connect Ventures (Citymapper, Typeform investor), Fly Ventures, Kima Ventures, The Family and many A-level Business Angels.
- Agricool — I found a great domain name for sale on Dan.com. Check it out!
- Memo Bank — Memo Bank is a new bank for small & medium-sized businesses.
Daniel King - Advisor @ HotelRunner
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- E-Commerce, Software, CRM
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- aisle 3® - Every Store. One Checkout. — aisle 3 - price compare and save today
- HotelRunner — HotelRunner is a cloud based hotel online sales and channel manager tool with an online marketing suite. Power your online sales now!
- Ecommark —
Tom Singh OBE is the Founder of New Look, a leading UK entrepreneur and active private investor with family interests spanning: retail, technology, real estate, renewable energy sectors and private equity. He currently holds the position of Non-Executive Board Member for New Look with over 900 stores worldwide which he founded in 1969.Inaddition to his responsibilities at New Look, Tom is a founding member of: the Social Investment Task Force, the Chairman of the UK Advisory Council for the British Asian Trust, and is a Trustee of the Pakhar Foundation. Tom is an active philanthropist and social investor and in recent years, has taken an increasing interest in the world of technology.
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- E-Commerce, Software, SaaS
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Fabacus — We are a leading data and technology business with a unique data service designed to digitally-transform the licensing industry. Contact us today.
- Finboot — Finboot is the dynamic SaaS company behind MARCO, the enterprise-grade suite of blockchain applications and middleware solutions for value and supply chains
- Heights — We provide the daily nutrients, knowledge and network you need to elevate your cognitive potential and brain health. Learn more!
Leads the YFM Bristol team, which invests the South West Ventures Fund.Experience: Nearly 15 years in venture capital. Peter was previously an Investment Director at Advent Venture Partners' VCT division and an Investment Manager at 3i plc. Peter has also spent several years in corporate finance and business development at Laporte plc, theinternational speciality chemicals group.
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- Events, Travel, Marketing
- Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Pollen — Interested in traveling outside the UK since travel restrictions have been loosened? Explore our luxury travel experiences from countries recently put on the green list.
- Oxford Quantum Circuits — Oxford Quantum Circuits developing technology using the power of quantum to do things which have never been achieved before, from enabling life-changing drug discoveries to developing new battery technologies.
Lawrence Leuschner is the CEO & Co-Founder at TIER Mobility.
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- Software, Environmental Consulting, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, United Kingdom, India
Portfolio highlights
- Cylib — The cylib process transfers waste from end of life batteries or production scrap into marketable products. Cylib covers all steps from the discharging of batteries up to hydrometallurgical extraction. Since the whole process is in one hand, also the processing of production scraps as well as black mass is possible.
- Bonnet — Bonnet is the easy way to charge your EV on the go. Access more than 3000 public chargers around the world. It's the must-have app for electric vehicle drivers everywhere.
- Bosque Foods — Kinoko Labs develops the next generation of meat substitutes, starting with whole-cut meat items made from fungal mycelium produced organically. Headquartered in New York.
Andrew Weisz - Partner @ Weisz Investments
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- Software, Education, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Sidequest — SideQuest is the early access layer for Virtual Reality. Get access to the latest Oculus Quest Games, Oculus App Lab games & lots of free apps on applab and sideload.
- Titan Academy — Titan Academy revolutionises how gamers improve through fully automated coaching.
- Guardian Angel — Death is tough enough. We're here to make it that little bit easier. By making planning for and through death simpler. So you can focus on what really matters.
Robin Skinmore
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- Travel, Tourism, Marketplace
- Series A
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Snaptrip — Choose from over 60,000 of the UK's finest holiday homes
Piyush Shah
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- Travel, Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- LuckyTrip — LuckyTrip is the easiest way to book your next adventure. Find a trip in one tap all within your set budget. All trips include COVID cover and ATOL protection.
Gerry Samuels is the Owner at Travel Capital.
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- SaaS, Travel, Tourism
- Series A
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- HotelRunner — HotelRunner is a cloud based hotel online sales and channel manager tool with an online marketing suite. Power your online sales now!
Sir Peter Thompson
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- Travel, Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- LuckyTrip — LuckyTrip is the easiest way to book your next adventure. Find a trip in one tap all within your set budget. All trips include COVID cover and ATOL protection.
Eddie Jordan is OBE, former Formula 1 team boss, and entrepreneur.
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- iOS, Apps, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Bryleos — Bryleos is a clinical-stage therapeutics company. It uses the strength of a systems approach to directly address the burden of expensive chronic illnesses. Bryleos has created an oral formulation of NAD+ that is patent-pending and has the ability to support each cell's optimal function using cutting-edge technology.
- Guestia — Guestia is a platform that helps organisers plan, manage and optimise the guest experience for travel & events.
- Apex Rides — 8,824 Followers, 1,333 Following, 441 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Apex (@apexrides)
Niels Gron
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Convertible Note, Seed, Pre-Seed
- United States, Canada, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- COR — COR is the next-generation solution for creative and professional teams that intelligently suggests how to manage your projects, teams, and finances.
- ZYTLYN Technologies — Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, ZYTLYN is a data analytics and AI company, helping customers address their most urgent problems and opportunities with granular, qualified, and actionable data, predictions and insights. Its Prediction as-a-Service product gives customers the ability to optimize critical decision making through predictiveinsights. Together with customers, ZYTLYN is helping the world’s largest industries adapt, recover and grow faster, with a total addressable market of close to $50 billion.
- HotelRunner — HotelRunner is a cloud based hotel online sales and channel manager tool with an online marketing suite. Power your online sales now!
Robin Batchelor
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- Travel, Tourism, Hospital
- Series A
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Snaptrip — Choose from over 60,000 of the UK's finest holiday homes
- Everylife Technologies — Care planning & care management software for residential or domiciliary care. Plan care, manage your roster, reporting & more. Book a demo.
Mark is one of the three founding members of Better Capital LLC alongside Jon Moulton and Nick Sanders.Prior to establishing Better Capital Mark was a partner at BDO, responsible for the private equity advisory business. He also developed the property finance practice and led an integrated approach to providing corporate finance and businessrecovery advice.Before joining BDO, Mark was a partner at Clark Whitehill. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Coopers & Lybrand.
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- SaaS, Travel, Software
- Angel
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Inn Style PMS — Inn Style is the slick and simple web-based alternative to endless spreadsheets, diaries and clunky card machines – perfect for accommodation owners who love taking bookings but loathe the repetitive admin.
Bastian Lehmann Is The Founder & CEO At Postmates.
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- Software, Restaurants, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
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- Hyphen — Hyphen is an automated makeline designed to increase efficiency in the kitchen with less errors and lower costs.
- Golden — Golden is a developer of a self-constructing knowledge database used to accelerate discovery and education. The company uses and leverages human effort by using machine intelligence to make the process of gathering and communicating knowledge simpler.It combines a powerful search across several entities with fine-grain alerts to stay on top ofchanges, and semi-automatic research assistance for gaps in knowledge that enable people in organizations to stay current, understand and leverage the latest trends in their industry.
- Heygo — Explore places to visit within the UK and around the world on Rest Less. Get inspired and plan trips to holiday destinations with us.
Landry Holi - Founder & CEO @ Fairval
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- Artificial Intelligence, SaaS, Travel
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- France, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Kuantom — Kuantom is disrupting the cocktail industry by providing a premium cocktail experience thanks to ORKESTRA: a cocktail machine precisely executing recipes of best mixologists in few seconds, every where.Combination of technology, mixology and luxury, our ambition is to deliver a profitable and premium cocktail solution for all hospitalityprofessionals.
- Bartini Aero — Bartini Aero specializes in the development of electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Cupertino, California.
- Groupe iPepper — IA Consulting BigData DevOps DevSecOps
Alex Saint is the Co-founder & CEO of Secret Escapes. Prior to this, he worked as Chief Executive at DMC Digital Ltd. He was the Consultant of Teletext Holidays. He served as Publisher at ThisisTravel –Associated Newspapers. Before that, he worked as Publisher at Associated New Media. He also worked as Sales Marketing Management at Unilever.
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- Retail, Sports, Travel
- Seed, Series B
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- SportPursuit — SportPursuit is the UKs first sport-specific flash sales website featuring top quality sports products and services from the world's best brands. During their 7 days flash sales, members receive exclusive access to sales at up to 70% off RRP in a fun, content rich, personalised environment.SportPursuit works very closely with its brandpartners to help enhance their brand image through push marketing to their large targeted member base of sports enthusiasts, encouraging brand engagement and trial.
- Plum Guide — Plum Guide handpicks the world's best vacation rentals, holiday homes, short term lets and Airbnbs from over 25 different sites
Michael Zeisser is Chairman US Investments for Alibaba Group, one of the largest internet companies in the world, where he is responsible for backing entrepreneurial teams working on innovative platforms, products and ideas with a focus on Internet commerce and emerging technologies.Prior to Alibaba Group, Michael spent almost a decade leadingactivities in digital media and Internet commerce at Liberty Media. Michael created and oversaw Liberty Media's Digital Commerce Group, a roll-up of specialty online retail companies which grew to generate revenues of $1.5 billion and comprised leading brands such as Proflowers.com, RedEnvelope.com, Gifts.com, Backcountry.com, Bodybuilding.com, Motosport.com, and Evite.com.Prior to joining Liberty Media in 2003, Zeisser was a partner at McKinsey & Company in New York, where he co-founded and led McKinsey's Internet Practice, in addition to being a member of the firm's Media & Entertainment and Private Equity practices. Zeisser was one of McKinsey's leading experts on internet businesses and digital transition strategies in the consumer media, advertising, travel, and packaged goods industries.Zeisser has previously served on the boards of Trip Advisor (Nasdaq:TRIP), IAC/InterActiveCorp. (Nasdaq:IACI), QVC Inc, GSN - The Network for Games, and Sling Media. He is currently a member of the Advisory Board of the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado, and the Media Advisory Group of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.Zeisser earned a business degree with honors from the University of Strasbourg, France and an MBA with distinction from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, where he was a Procter & Gamble International Academic Scholar.
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- SaaS, Travel, Health Care
- Series A, Series C, Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, Israel
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- Easol — Easol is the all-in-one platform to run your entire experience business, on your terms.
- Genetika+ — Genetika+ is revolutionzing depression treatment. Using biological, medical and genetic data, GenetikaPlus develops personalized solution for every patient to help them recover better, faster.
- Curated — Curated is a provider of collaborative online shopping service intended to assist shoppers with high-consideration purchases. The company's platform matches customers with experts for high-consideration purchases: items that have some degree of complexity, enabling shoppers to get access to unbiased product recommendations and good deals,handpicked by real experts.
Pippa is a Partner at Sweet Capital and splits her time between the London and LA offices. Prior to Sweet Capital, Pippa worked in Consumer Private Equity at LVMH-backed L Catterton, where she was part of the investment team that worked on a $175m co-invest with JD.com into Secoo, China's largest luxury e-commerce player. Prior to this, Pippaspent five years at J.P. Morgan in London and Hong Kong, where she was part of the global equity strategy team, analysing companies for investment primarily in the technology and consumer space. Prior to J.P. Morgan, Pippa worked for the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Shanghai and Beijing, developing UK/China investment and policy initiatives. Pippa holds an BA in Chinese from Oxford University and an MBA (Fulbright Scholar) from Harvard Business School.
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- Travel, Fashion, Advertising
- Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States
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- The Expert — Book consultations with the world's top design experts
- Heygo — Explore places to visit within the UK and around the world on Rest Less. Get inspired and plan trips to holiday destinations with us.
- Contact — Contact is the fast, simple way to book creative talent.
Network Effects Investor, Venture Partner @ Speedinvest, part of the Atomico Angel Program
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- Apps, Software, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Paway — Paway is a social network just for dogs. A free dog walking app to meet local pet parents, schedule pup playdates, find dog friendly places & more. Join on apple and android.
- Homefans — Find top-rated sports tours and activities in your destination through Homefans. Go beyond the game with trusted locals.
- Konfetti — konfetti is building the leading platform for local workshops and events by empowering workshop providers with customized SaaS solutions
Rob founded Actix (actix.com) in 1991 and as CEO (1991-2005) grew it to over $50m revenue by 2005. More than 90% of the world’s mobile phone customers have their networks optimized by Actix software and Rob has worked with many of the world’s leading mobile operators and infrastructure vendors. In 2005 he sold a majority stake in the company toPE firm Summit Partners at a $100+m valuation. He has invested in a further 30+ startups and has had five very successful exits (he's not counting failures as they come with the territory). Rob is chairman of Robotical (robotical.io) and DevicePilot.com. He's also the founding chairman of Singletrack.com and a supporter of the unique orchestra SouthbankSinfonia.co.uk. As an inveterate tinkerer in software and hardware, he's fascinated by IoT, 3D printing and the maker movement (as you can probably see from his personal website (robdobson.com). Rob is a Fellow of the IET and has a 1st class honours degree in Electronic Engineering.
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- Software, Business Intelligence, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- United Kingdom, United States
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- DragonflAI — Phone-Based AI Moderation Moderate user-uploaded images and videos before they leave mobile devices and reach the internet. Keep your platform and servers free from indecent or illegal content.
- DevicePilot — DevicePilot Service Monitoring for connected devices provides a single pane of glass for Product, Operations and Customer Support teams, driving up customer satisfaction and growth, while reducing operational costs.
- Connect4 — The client-centric platform for you and your team. Consistently deliver outstanding client meetings. Every single time.
Matus is both an experienced entrepreneur and venture capital investor. Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Pirate Studios - the world's largest chain of music rehearsal studios, fully autonomous and live streaming equipped, he has also been involved since inception with Threads - the pioneering chat-based ecommerce platform. As an investorhe has led or closed over 50 private equity and venture capital deals. Matus enjoys early stage investing, working closely with the entrepreneurs. Matus represents (or did in past) Talis on various boards for companies such as Onfido, iwoca, Pirate Studios, Threads, Import.io, eporta, Narrativ, Price f(x) and others.Matus is passionate about world changing technology companies and spending time with entrepreneurs who are building them. Matus loves travelling and experiencing different cultures, he has lived in six countries and speaks five languages.
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- E-Commerce, SaaS, Software
- Seed, Series B, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Onfido — Onfido digitally proves a user’s real identity using AI technology, by verifying their photo ID and comparing it to their facial biometrics. It means users and businesses can verify their online identities anywhere and anytime, without compromising on experience, inclusion, privacy or security. Onfido powers over 1,500 fintech, banking, andmarketplace clients globally—helping them onboard more users while reducing risk. Identity underpins all transactions, and over the coming years, access to everything will be based on every user's ability to easily and securely prove their legal identity. This will change how we think of access—everything from opening a bank account to self-checking-in to a hotel, and ultimately voting.
- Daydaycook — DayDayCook was founded in December, 2012. They are Hong Kong’s largest cooking multimedia platform and have community with monthly users totaly more than 400,000. Today, as more and more users aspire to a higher quality of life, food safety, and health, DayDayCook has become a platform for original recipes and cooking advice, helping their users tomaintain a healthy lifestyle.DayDayCook inspires a young generation to cook and enjoy both traditional and modern Asian recipes through a variety of distribution channels including digital and traditional publishing with high quality and easy-to-follow recipes.DayDayCook has millions of monthly viewers over its broad reach including website, mobile apps, videos, and books. With a strong and dedicated fan base including over 275,000 Facebook fans, DayDayCook also brings goods to the consumer through its e-commerce store 'The DayDayCook Shop'
- Plum Guide — Plum Guide handpicks the world's best vacation rentals, holiday homes, short term lets and Airbnbs from over 25 different sites
Paul Forster
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- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, Germany, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Outverse — A community platform that's easier to use, better organised and designed for real interaction.
- CultureAI — Measure and improve human cyber risks and security behaviours to prevent security incidents. Go beyond security awareness training, start your free trial today.
- finway — finway provides financial guidence to SMEs, plan & control all expenses and budgets in one tool.
Daniel McPherson has founded and successfully exited several companies in the UK and US. He has made about 20 investments and is now also focused on incubating startups. Together with Tom Singh (founder of the New Look chain) Daniel has founded the Launch a start up launch pad, which is building some great companies.
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- Apps, SaaS, Mobile
- Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- OFF3R — Launched in 2015, OFF3R is a mobile crowdfunding aggregator that operates as an access point to the alternative investment market. It helps its users discover and track opportunities across multiple crowdfunding platforms. The platform collates investment opportunities from various crowdfunding platforms and displays them in a Tinder-style swipeformat. It also offers the latest insights and news about the alternative finance industry. OFF3R is operated from London, United Kingdom.
- Veeqo — Effortlessly manage ecommerce shipping and inventory with our all-in-one software. Save costs and time with low rates, automation, and hassle-free tools.
- Minicabster Limited (in administration) — Now in 2016, Minicabster Limited is in administration.Minicabster (formerly known as Anycabs) began life in 2011, and has since been helping thousands of people get from A to B around the UK. Since its launch, Minicabster has given a new lease of life to the minicab industry - bringing it online and into the 21st century.If you need aminicab, simply enter your journey details into our website or free app for iPhone or Android. Instead of only getting a quote from one company, Minicabster gathers quotes from several minicab operators in your area.
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