Anastasios Papadopoulos

Founder & CEO, IMS Group

๐Ÿ“ United Kingdom๐Ÿ”„ Updated October 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 11 investments๐Ÿ“… 6 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested Feb 2025
VC๐ŸŒ United Kingdom
11
Total investments
6
Early stage
2
Mid stage
0
Late stage
6y
Years active

Portfolio

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Investor
Feb 2025
A movement inclusive of all women who resonate with collaboration, progress, and diversity. Hermanasโ€™ mission is to curate an integrated support network for women to thrive personally and professionally. Since 2019, the community has connected 20,000 women who live and travel across 5 continents, helping them feel safe, grow, and belong. Hermanas has grown organically through word-of-mouth : from one group of friends into a global support network that transcends borders, cultures, and industries. Our memberships are crafted to reflect the unique needs and aspirations of our global community, offering experiences that are both refreshing and thoughtful. Our vision is to expand our collective strength into a holistic ecosystem that supports the well-being and success of women worldwideโ€”contributing to healthier, more equitable societies.
Investor
Sep 2024
D-STAX is a UK based mining tokenisation company focusing on Australian mining assets, but is interested in all jurisdictions. D-STAX leverages blockchain technology to facilitate tokenisation of exploration and junior mining companies. This frees up necessary capital and provides liquidity to fund the next phases of mine development. D-STAX is backed by IMS Digital Ventures.
Investor
Sep 2024
Investment management firm
Board Member
Aug 2024
IMS Sports & Entertainment is backed by IMS Digital Ventures, an experienced tech venture builder with a track record in helping founders create unstoppable tech companies. By working with us, youโ€™ll be able to leverage an all-star team of engineers and strategists with unmatched operational experience. Our approach helps both sports properties and sports tech start-ups to accelerate their growth and create a game-changing competitive edge.
Board Member
Feb 2024
Our vision is to help nations take back control of their resources and ensure value creation within their communities. Protolith creates a new standard of governance in the mining industry and beyond with a blockchain-powered traceability solution and trading platform. A true end-to-end supply chain solution, Protolith enables unprecedented transparency, data trust and the seamless exchange of resources from extraction to usage.
Board Member
Feb 2023
A B2B2C fintech and Insurtech disrupter of banks, insurance carriers & wealth managers in retirement & aged care funding, that is backed and supported by IMS Digital Ventures (www.imsdv.com). Futureproof brings to market a nextgen, lower risk-weighted mortgage that unlocks access to home capital without equity depletion, enabling a suite of new retirement & aged care funding products to be issued and distributed by regulated financial institutions, to better meet the financial needs of their ageing customers. In global collaboration with Accenture, Futureproof is set to launch with an initial group of leading financial institutions, insurers, and mortgage originators as Product Issuers, in the USA in 2024, followed by Asia, UK and Australia.
Board Member
Feb 2022
WhiskyGenius makes it easier to discover, buy, and trade rare whiskies. We partner with world class distilleries and use pioneering technologies to make whisky investing transparent and secure.
Board Member
May 2021
Elevate your e-commerce experience using an all-in-one digital solution. Our expertise delivers world-class technology, curated marketing services, and in-depth data analytics to expand your Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) business beyond imagination.
Board Member
Jan 2021
As consumers demand more transparency and accountability, future market share will be won by those who redefine standards when it comes to the environment and communities. Our focus is to create solutions that are transparent, verified, and consumer-focused, to enable companies to create positive impact by unleashing the full power of data and world-class blockchain technology. Through plug-and-play solutions to tailored product ecosystems, our goal is to help you support farmers, consumers, communities, and, ultimately, our planet.
Board Member
Dec 2020
Blacklight is an AI-driven and cloud-native Security Operations platform. Acting as your command center, Blacklight helps you proactively secure, monitor and detect beyond a traditional SIEM. Blacklight is architected, designed and built using industry best practices, offering the maximum level of flexibility and extensibility for businesses of all sizes. ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ€“ ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™Š๐™ง๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ: We aim to redefine cybersecurity, enabling your organization to anticipate and neutralize threats before they can impact your business. ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† โ€“ ๐˜ผ๐™„ & ๐™ˆ๐™‡: At its core, Blacklight leverages precise AI technology and intelligent Machine Learning algorithms to enhance monitoring, detection and response capabilities. It not only identifies known threats but also predicts and mitigates novel attacks โ€“ ultimately empowering your team to prioritize high-risk investigations. ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต โ€“ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š & ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜: Blacklight combines the power of next-gen SIEM, XDR and MDR, and integrates seamlessly with other cybersecurity tools, making it the most comprehensive tooling platform for any modern SOC. ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด โ€“ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™–๐™Ž, ๐™Ž๐™Š๐˜พ๐™–๐™–๐™Ž, ๐™ˆ๐˜ฟ๐™: Combined with our SOC services, Blacklight provides the highest level of visibility into your organizations security for proactive monitoring. Exponentially faster and easier to deploy, and more cost effective than legacy systems, we simplify the complex and help security teams reduce vulnerabilities. ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ โ€“ ๐˜พ๐™ฎ๐™—๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™€๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ: Our team has extensive security and industry knowledge, covering cybersecurity best standards and practices. We are dedicated to pushing the boundaries, ensuring our products remain at the forefront, and delivering exceptional support to our clients. ๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—”๐—œ โ€“ ๐—–๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†โ€™๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ
Board Member
Jul 2020
Helping real estate professionals save time and close more deals with an all-in-one CRM and property management solution Powered by Salesforce, the worlds #1 CRM solution, Property Raptor brings client relationship management, listing management, marketing & more into one easy-to-use, cloud-based platform that will empower you and your agents to close deals faster, automate sales and boost overall productivity. Trusted by JLL, Savills & more.
Experience ยท 18 entries
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Investments (11)
Founder (1)
Board (8)
2026
Chief Executive Officer
Jan 2026
IMS Capital Management is an Al-native global investment management arm of the IMS Group. We focus on private capital opportunities in the U.S. and European middle market.
2025
Investor
Feb 2025
A movement inclusive of all women who resonate with collaboration, progress, and diversity. Hermanasโ€™ mission is to curate an integrated support network for women to thrive personally and professionally. Since 2019, the community has connected 20,000 women who live and travel across 5 continents, helping them feel safe, grow, and belong. Hermanas has grown organically through word-of-mouth : from one group of friends into a global support network that transcends borders, cultures, and industries. Our memberships are crafted to reflect the unique needs and aspirations of our global community, offering experiences that are both refreshing and thoughtful. Our vision is to expand our collective strength into a holistic ecosystem that supports the well-being and success of women worldwideโ€”contributing to healthier, more equitable societies.
2024
Investor
Sep 2024
D-STAX is a UK based mining tokenisation company focusing on Australian mining assets, but is interested in all jurisdictions. D-STAX leverages blockchain technology to facilitate tokenisation of exploration and junior mining companies. This frees up necessary capital and provides liquidity to fund the next phases of mine development. D-STAX is backed by IMS Digital Ventures.
Investor
Sep 2024
Investment management firm
Board Member
Aug 2024
IMS Sports & Entertainment is backed by IMS Digital Ventures, an experienced tech venture builder with a track record in helping founders create unstoppable tech companies. By working with us, youโ€™ll be able to leverage an all-star team of engineers and strategists with unmatched operational experience. Our approach helps both sports properties and sports tech start-ups to accelerate their growth and create a game-changing competitive edge.
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