# Top 30 Wine And Spirits Angel Investors in United Kingdom in May 2026 ## John Magnier - Type: Angel - Location: Fermoy, Cork, Ireland - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Craft Beer, Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage John Magnier is Ireland's leading thoroughbred stud owner and has extensive business interests outside the horse-breeding industry. ## James Murphy - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits James Murphy is the Founder/CEO at New Commercial Arts. ## Ben Bilboul - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits Ben Bilboul - Chief Executive Officer @ Karmarama ## David Golding - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits David Golding ## Paul Walton - Type: Angel - Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Social Network Paul Walton is the Founder and CTO of Boundary. ## Jonathan Warburton - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits Jonathan Warburton ## Jad Benabdelkhalek - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Winery, FinTech, Payments Jad Benabdelkhalek - General Partner @ Golden Record Ventures ## Nigel Wray - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Fitness, Internet Nigel Wray is a highly successful entrepreneur, and has been a shareholder in several companies amongst others, Domino's Pizza, Carlton Communications and Singer & Friedlander. He also has a strong commercial background built in a range of business sectors.Saracens does a lot of excellent work in its local, north London community.Nigel still calls the area home, too - having attended Mill Hill School, he now lives in Totteridge. ## Simon Gunning - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits Simon Gunning is the CEO of Campaign Against Living Miserably. ## Fraser T. Smith - Type: Angel - Location: Taplow, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Craft Beer, Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage Fraser T. Smith is an English record producer, songwriter and musician. ## Will Greenwood - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Equity Crowdfunding - Focus: Winery, Snack Food, Organic Food Will Greenwood ## Alex Ikonn - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits Alex Ikonn is the Co-Founder of Intelligent Change. He previously worked at Luxy Hair as a Co-founder. Alex Ikonn attended York University. ## Ann Elliott - Type: Angel - Location: Great Linford, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits Ann Elliott ## Ian Wright - Type: Angel - Location: Woolwich, Greenwich, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Craft Beer, Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage Ian Edward Wright MBE is an English television and radio personality and former professional footballer. ## Ursula Burns - Type: Angel - Location: Norwalk, Connecticut, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A Ursula Burns is a Senior Advisor at Teneo Holdings. She is also Chairman of the Board at VEON, and director of Uber, American Express, ExxonMobil and Nestlé. She will join Diageo’s board in April 2018.Burns was previously the Chairman of the Board of the Xerox Corporation from 2010 to 2017 and Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2016.Shejoined Xerox as an intern in 1980 and during her career she held leadership posts spanning corporate services, manufacturing and product development. She was named president in 2007. During her tenure as chief executive officer, she helped the company transform from a global leader in document technology to the world’s most diversified business services company serving enterprises and governments of all sizes. Shortly after being named CEO in 2009, she spearheaded the largest acquisition in Xerox history, the $6.4 billion purchase of Affiliated Computer Services.In 2016, Burns led Xerox through a successful separation into two independent, publicly traded companies – Xerox Corporation, which is comprised of the company’s Document Technology and Document Outsourcing businesses, and Conduent Incorporated, a business process services company. The separation of the two businesses enhanced their competitive positions and created significant value creation opportunities.Burns, who regularly appears on Fortune’s and Forbes’ lists of the world’s most powerful women, is now a Senior Advisor to global CEO advisory firm Teneo. She is a board director of Uber, American Express, ExxonMobil, and Nestlé, and the chairman of VEON. She will join the board of Diageo in April 2018. U.S. President Barack Obama appointed her to help lead the White House national program on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) from 2009-2016, and she served as chair of the President’s Export Council from 2015-2016 after service as vice chair 2010-2015.She also provides leadership counsel to several other community and non-profit organizations, including the Ford Foundation, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Corporation, Cornell Tech Board of Overseers, the New York City Ballet, and the Mayo Clinic. Burns is a member of the National Academy of Engineers and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Burns holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University and a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York University. ## John McManus - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits John McManus is the Marketing Director at HUX. ## Jonathan Goodwin - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Enterprise Software, Internet Jonathan Goodwin is the Founder, Partner & Head of Merchant Banking of Alvarium & he attended University of Nottingham. ## Charlie Carroll - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits Charlie Carroll is Founder at Flat Iron. ## Rob Dobson - Type: Angel - Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, Business Intelligence, SaaS 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. ## Quentin Griffiths - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Apps, Internet, GreenTech Quentin Griffiths is the Co-Founder and MD of ACHICA. ## Damien Byrne - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits Damien Byrne is the Founder at HUX. ## Brett Akker - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, Marketplace, E-Commerce Brett Akker is a Non-Executive Director at Much Better Adventures. ## Jim Mellon - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Food and Beverage Jim Mellon is an international investor with interests in several industries. After leaving Oxford, where he studied PPE, (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) he worked in Asia and the United States for two fund management companies, GT and Thornton, before establishing his own business in 1991. His business operations include two components, alisted fund management company called Charlemagne Capital, and an Asian mining group, Regent Pacific.In addition, Mr. Mellon is Co-Chairman of West African Minerals Corporation and Regent Pacific Group. He is on the board of a number of public quoted companies, including Brazilian Gold Corporation, Charlemagne Capital Limited, Manx Financial Group, Plethora Solutions, Polo Resources, Port Erin Biophara Investments Limited, and the Speymill plc. He is the life tenant of a trust which owns the Burnbrae Group, which has substantial assets in the biotechnology, financial services, property, mining and leisure sectors. Mr. Mellon spends most of his time working on startup ideas and investing. His book, “Wake Up!” was published in 2005; his second book "10 Investments for the Ten Years Ahead" was published in 2008. In 2012, he co-wrote "Cracking the Code" which focuses on the biotechnology sector and how to profit from it. Mr. Mellon lives in the Isle of Man, Brussels and Ibiza and is an honorary fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. ## Stephen Fitzpatrick - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Craft Beer, Wine And Spirits, Food and Beverage Stephen Fitzpatrick is founder and CEO of Vertical Aerospace and OVO Energy. Recognising the potential of EVTOLs to transform air travel, Fitzpatrick resolved to bring together the best technologies from aviation, energy and automobile industries. Today, the company is closing in on its mission of decarbonising flight.A serial entrepreneur,Stephen Fitzpatrick believes in the power of human ingenuity, directing his attention to forming businesses that solve the world’s biggest problems.In 2009 he founded OVO Energy, overseeing its growth to the biggest independent provider of power in the UK, offering customers energy that is cheaper, cleaner and simpler than rivals.Stephen Fitzpatrick’s expansive experience, as founder of an energy company and former owner of F1 team, Manor Racing, led to his setting up Vertical Aerospace. In 2021 the company announced conditional pre-orders for 1,350 aircraft from American Airlines, Avolon, Virgin Atlantic, Marubeni Corp, Iberojet and Bristow Group for an estimated $5.4bn. In December of that year, Vertical Aerospace listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Today the company is poised to launch the most advanced aircraft of its type ever designed, the VX4, with test flights expected to run in 2022. ## Robin Knox - Type: Angel - Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, Social Network Robin Knox is the Founder and CEO at Boundary. ## Amy Wilson - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Equity Crowdfunding, Angel - Focus: Manufacturing, Water, Energy Amy Wilson is the Marketing Consultant and Agency Founder at w digital. ## Jon Reynolds - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series C - Focus: FinTech, Food Delivery, Supply Chain Management Jon Reynolds is the Co-Founder and CEO at SwiftKey. He attended University of Cambridge during 2004 - 2007. ## Somdip Dey - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Private Equity - Focus: Apps, Brewing, Delivery Somdip Dey, FRSA, also professionally known as InteliDey, is an Embedded Artificial Intelligence scientist, engineer, entrepreneur, AI art & music creator and TED speaker. Dey is the CEO of Nosh Technologies. He was named an MIT Innovator Under 35 Europe and a World IP Review Leader for his contributions to developing numerous embeddedartificial intelligence to fight food waste. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA).Born on December 13, 1990, in Kolkata, India, Somdip Dey is the only child of a painter mother, Soma Dey, and a commercial artist father, Sudip Dey. Dey attended South Point High School in Kolkata, India and went to study bachelor's in Computer Science at St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, where he graduated with a first-class degree. Throughout his schooling, Dey had a passion for visual arts and theatre.After graduating with a Computer Science degree Dey pursued a career of an engineer, a scientist and an entrepreneur. In 2012, Dey invented a digital QR authentication system that was adopted by institutes around the world to stop the generation of fake degree certificates. In 2013, he moved to the U.K. to pursue master's study and while pursuing his MSc at the University of Manchester in 2014, his parents had a car accident that made him the family's sole breadwinner. Sending money to his family to support them left Somdip with an empty bank account and he was left to collect food waste from dumpsters. This led him to co-found Codeepy, a start-up committed to co-developing the world's first crowd food-sharing platform. It won the 3Scale API Award at the Koding's 2014 Global Hackathon & inspired entrepreneurs to develop similar solutions. In 2020, Dey co-founded Nosh Technologies, which developed an AI-powered food management app to reduce food waste in the household, and Dey also assumed the role of CEO of the company. Dey is also a TEDx speaker.In regard to visual arts and theatre, Dey made his first debut in the documentary, "Unity" (2020), talking about his experience of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dey produces music using AI algorithms and releases them under the stagename InteliDey. ## Alexander Edward Chesterman - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services Alex Chesterman is the founder and CEO of Cazoo. He was the Founder & CEO of ZPG Plc, a FTSE-250 listed company. Previously Alex co-founded Lovefilm, Europe's leading digital movie rental business, which was successfully sold to Amazon. Alex is also one of the UK's most active tech angel investors having backed dozens of early stagedigital startups and was awarded an OBE for services to services to digital entrepreneurship in 2016. ## Simon Blake OBE CCMI - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Winery, Manufacturing, Wine And Spirits Simon Blake OBE CCMI is the Chief Executive Officer of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co