Andrew Thornton Qc

Barrister at Erskine Chambers

📍 London, England Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 21 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2015
Operator-angel🌍 United Kingdom
6
Total investments
4
Early stage
1
Mid stage
0
Late stage
21y
Years active

Portfolio

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Investor
Oct 2015
Welcome to the future of work. Blink is the platform for smarter working. The nature of work is changing and requires a new approach to workplace software. Blink enables large companies to use bots, AI and messaging to automate workflows, and bring people together. Sign-up for a pre-launch preview at www.joinblink.com. Blink - Love work.
Investor
May 2015
NCR delivers market leading store infrastructure and applications at the Retail Edge, designed to help retailers worldwide evolve faster on a lower cost curve. This leadership was further enhanced by the acquisition of Zynstra in 2019, a specialist software company delivering Software Defined Edge infrastructure for retail with patented, unique IP and global scale enterprise deployments. Zynstra’s IP is embedded in an Edge and Cloud microservices strategy for all retail applications and at the core of the NCR Commerce Platform. NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a leading enterprise technology provider that runs stores, restaurants and self-directed banking. NCR is headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., with 38,000 employees globally. NCR is a trademark of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries.
Investor
Sep 2012
Dressipi is driving a step-change in personalization for fashion ecommerce. By understanding the unique complexity of fashion (think seasonality, trends, body types, taste etc), Dressipi helps retailers to show each visitor the items they’re most likely to buy - and keep. Products are automatically tagged with 3x more detail. Data is crunched at scale. Fashion expertise is overlaid. Dressipi does the heavy lifting so that their customers can stay ahead of the competition and enjoy higher profits. Today, Dressipi’s personalized recommendations and outfits outperform all competitors in A/B tests, and deliver incremental improvements to profit (+21%), revenue (+12%), returns (-15%) and sell-through rate (+10%). Finally, personalized ecommerce that lives up to the hype.
early stageRetail
Investor
Nov 2011
Abundance is a leading direct investment platform giving people control over their money. People invest from £5 in companies and projects that help them make good money. Since Abundance launched in July 2012 it has raised more than £90m from individual investors to fund companies and projects across the green economy and housing sectors. With a choice of projects, investors know where their money is going and how it is working for them. They receive regular capital repayments and investment returns, along with updates on their investments. At the same time, the UK benefits from having more clean energy, support for innovative businesses, and new thinking around some of our biggest challenges. As with any investment product there are risks. Part or all of your original invested capital may be at risk and any return on your investment depends on the success of the project invested in. You should be prepared to hold Abundance investments for their full term and investments may not be readily realisable (and their value can rise or fall). Specific risks will apply in relation to each product. Consider all risks before investing.
Former Investor
2005
Texperts is an International Textile sourcing and marketing organization. We are facilitating international trade of about 500 FCLs (about 10,000 tons) per month in Fibres, Yarns, Fabrics and Garments. We specialize in Functional, Industrial and Technical Textiles. We have expert team handling Polyester High Tenacity Yarn products for Industrial application. With a team of 250 techno - commercial experts, we are able to add value to our suppliers and customers.With our professional approach and team work we ensure that all your international sourcing and marketing goals are accomplished with ease and grace. Texperts has prominent presence in major textile manufacturing countries. Registered office: Mumbai Corporate office: Mumbai Branch office: Ahmedabad, Coimbatore Liaison office: Bangladesh, China, Canada and Egypt We have marketing presence in more than 70 countries and channel partners in more than 25 countries. Ultimately our goal is to contribute to your business by making the right product available at the right place at the right time and at the right price. We are committed to a partnership beyond deal making or buying and selling activities. We have structured our team, systems and process to manage all activities pertaining to international buying and selling on your behalf.
Experience · 8 entries
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Investments (6)
Founder (2)
2018
Founder and Executive Chair
Oct 2018
The online legal platform providing expert guidance & auto-generated documents for business. Receive guidance & answers to your legal questions created by a team of experts, without needing to pay for expensive legal advice. Automatically generate and customise legal documents within minutes using our ready-to-go templates and powerful Document Automation tool. A bit about us: - Sparqa Legal was developed by the team behind FromCounsel - the corporate legal resource used by the leading UK law firms, including all of the Magic Circle. - Sparqa Legal is founded on the belief that smart business owners and managers armed with the right tools can produce legal documents just as well as a practising lawyer. - Our team consists of experienced lawyers who have joined us from leading barristers’ chambers and City law firms. - Our Board and shareholders include leading lawyers, experienced in-house counsel and seasoned entrepreneurs. Visit www.sparqa.com to subscribe now or contact us at info@sparqa.com for more information.
early stageLegal Services
2015
Investor
Oct 2015
Welcome to the future of work. Blink is the platform for smarter working. The nature of work is changing and requires a new approach to workplace software. Blink enables large companies to use bots, AI and messaging to automate workflows, and bring people together. Sign-up for a pre-launch preview at www.joinblink.com. Blink - Love work.
Investor
May 2015
NCR delivers market leading store infrastructure and applications at the Retail Edge, designed to help retailers worldwide evolve faster on a lower cost curve. This leadership was further enhanced by the acquisition of Zynstra in 2019, a specialist software company delivering Software Defined Edge infrastructure for retail with patented, unique IP and global scale enterprise deployments. Zynstra’s IP is embedded in an Edge and Cloud microservices strategy for all retail applications and at the core of the NCR Commerce Platform. NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a leading enterprise technology provider that runs stores, restaurants and self-directed banking. NCR is headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., with 38,000 employees globally. NCR is a trademark of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries.
2014
Founder and Executive Chair
Jan 2014
FromCounsel is an innovative fully maintained online legal knowledge service harnessing the collective knowledge and experience of pre-eminent barristers and professional support lawyers from leading law firms. Subscribers include the magic circle and most leading law firms together with a growing number of in-house teams and company secretaries. FromCounsel features: * Q&A: in-depth and comprehensive analysis on corporate law structured in Q&A format, providing expert views on difficult or unresolved points of law. * Documents: high-quality corporate precedents with detailed drafting notes and linked Q&A. * FC Markets: public company information and analytics service, including expert commentary, deal information and documents and sophisticated analytics on market trends. * Current Awareness: database of corporate and employment law updates with case comments from leading barristers and horizon scanning publications * Legislation: fully maintained legislation service integrated with FromCounsel content.
2012
Investor
Sep 2012
Dressipi is driving a step-change in personalization for fashion ecommerce. By understanding the unique complexity of fashion (think seasonality, trends, body types, taste etc), Dressipi helps retailers to show each visitor the items they’re most likely to buy - and keep. Products are automatically tagged with 3x more detail. Data is crunched at scale. Fashion expertise is overlaid. Dressipi does the heavy lifting so that their customers can stay ahead of the competition and enjoy higher profits. Today, Dressipi’s personalized recommendations and outfits outperform all competitors in A/B tests, and deliver incremental improvements to profit (+21%), revenue (+12%), returns (-15%) and sell-through rate (+10%). Finally, personalized ecommerce that lives up to the hype.
early stageRetail
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