Andrew Hughes

Entrepreneur | Exits | Chair | NED | Investor | Adjunct Professor

📍 Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain🔄 Updated September 2026💼 12 investments📅 26 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2023𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 Spain
12
Total investments
8
Early stage
0
Mid stage
1
Late stage
26y
Years active

Portfolio

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Investor
Mar 2023
Revveon is a collaborative Global Platform linking Founders, Start-Ups, Enterprises and Investors created and maintained by Kavedon Kapital to accelerate innovation and solve the most pressing problems. A Proprietary Common Platform, Revveon, with its internal multiple apps and functions, empowers all Parties to describe solutions or demands, be discovered, and permit collaboration at scale and speed, accelerating innovation. Register once and be discoverable by all in our Community for as long as you need. What are the Problems? B2B Start-Ups need their products and services to be discovered and validated by paying Enterprise customers. This is a costly and timely process. Enterprises require and seek fresh innovation to maintain their differentiation, but Start-up Ecosystems are notoriously difficult to navigate and even more difficult to validate. Concurrently, Investors need validated deal flow to de-risk their investment strategies. Revveon can solve all these problems simultaneously. Who Can Join Revveon? Every Founder or Organisation, irrespective of stage or size who are engaged within the Start-up and Innovation Ecosystem, no matter where you are in the world.
Investor
Jan 2022
Hygglo is a peer-to-peer rental service in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark created to make use of people things. Since 2022 Fat Llama is also part of the Hygglo family.
late stageRetail
Investor
May 2021
The global register for sureties, charges and guarantees. Securing collateral for lenders globally. The ChargeCheck Register creates order that ensures lenders are in control of their provisions. Through the use of pioneering technology , ChargeCheck creates an Impenetrable contract between lender and borrower, collates all of the relevant supporting documents, allows Lenders to search potential borrowers and secure their provision on to the register. Throughout the term of each loan, ChargeCheck sends reminders to both borrower and lender whilst alerting lenders if a borrower tries to take out further loans elsewhere , allowing a lender to have their say in the loan to value ratios of each borrower. Different tiers allow access for all lenders of any size. Ensuring surety for lenders and guaranteeing their place in the queue.
Investor Advisor
Feb 2019
We're on a mission to let anyone learn how to be a chef at home, with immersive classes taught by the greatest chefs. Each class on YesChef will take you on a journey to discover the chef, their food, techniques and secrets.
early stageE-learning
Investor Advisor
Feb 2018
We're on a mission to let anyone learn how to be a chef at home, with immersive classes taught by the greatest chefs. Each class on YesChef will take you on a journey to discover the chef, their food, techniques and secrets.
early stageE-learning
Strategic CEO Advisor & Investor
Jul 2017
💡 CONNECT | COLLABORATE | CO-CREATE 💡 Bulbshare brings the world’s biggest brands closer to their customers than ever before. By building always-on global consumer communities, we put customer voice at the heart of operations, enabling more successful products and services with better market fit. Bulbshare’s global insight communities drive 1000s of real-time responses every day in over 50 markets worldwide – allowing the organisations we work with to make more agile, reactive and customer-led decisions. From product heatmapping to virtual workshops to AI response analysis, our technology is changing the face of consumer insight and revolutionising how brands develop products. And our model for customer advocacy is re-shaping the landscape of influencer marketing. We build customer communities anywhere in the world, from any consumer segment. And, with clients ranging from Nestlé and Unilever to eBay, Samsung and Coca-Cola, we deliver daily insights that change the way the world’s biggest businesses operate. Bulbshare: The next step in customer-brand connectivity 🚀 For more information, visit our company site at www.bulbshare.com
Investor Strategic Advisor
Jul 2017
💡 CONNECT | COLLABORATE | CO-CREATE 💡 Bulbshare brings the world’s biggest brands closer to their customers than ever before. By building always-on global consumer communities, we put customer voice at the heart of operations, enabling more successful products and services with better market fit. Bulbshare’s global insight communities drive 1000s of real-time responses every day in over 50 markets worldwide – allowing the organisations we work with to make more agile, reactive and customer-led decisions. From product heatmapping to virtual workshops to AI response analysis, our technology is changing the face of consumer insight and revolutionising how brands develop products. And our model for customer advocacy is re-shaping the landscape of influencer marketing. We build customer communities anywhere in the world, from any consumer segment. And, with clients ranging from Nestlé and Unilever to eBay, Samsung and Coca-Cola, we deliver daily insights that change the way the world’s biggest businesses operate. Bulbshare: The next step in customer-brand connectivity 🚀 For more information, visit our company site at www.bulbshare.com
Investor
May 2017
ANLOTEK LIMITED is a mechanical or industrial engineering company based out of 95 ALDWYCH, LONDON, United Kingdom.
Investor
Apr 2017
Fat Llama is the trusted marketplace for renting almost anything. By sharing anything from cameras to DJ decks, our users are making and saving money and benefitting the planet by reducing unnecessary purchases. Were on a mission to change the future of ownership and were backed by a leading group of investors including Y Combinator, Blossom Capital, Atomico, and Greylock Partners.
Investor
Jan 2017
ANLOTEK LIMITED is a mechanical or industrial engineering company based out of 95 ALDWYCH, LONDON, United Kingdom.
Co-Founder, Board Member
2013
The International Social Games Association (ISGA) has been established by leading social games companies to act as a unified and consistent voice to represent the legal, regulatory and commercial interests of social games companies world wide, from established global operators to up-and-coming start ups, at a time when many changes in the way millions of people access, play and pay for games are taking place. We are a not for profit trade association whose core objective is to educate and inform the public, policy makers and regulators on what the industry does, how it works and the value it generates for both those that love to play social games and for the digital economy. Our footprint is truly global. We have established and developed best practice in consultation with policymakers and regulators across Europe, the US and Asia. The ISGA was co-founded in September 2013 by those Members listed below together with Michael Caselli, Luc Delany and Stuart Tilly, following the merger of the Social Gaming Association and the International Social Games Coalition ISGA Members include: Zynga, SciPlay, Playtika, Playstudios, Pixel United, GSN Games, Greentube, IGT and Huuuge Games.
CEO Advisor | Business Angel Investor
Dec 2000
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Investments (11)
Founder (9)
2023
Investor
Mar 2023
Revveon is a collaborative Global Platform linking Founders, Start-Ups, Enterprises and Investors created and maintained by Kavedon Kapital to accelerate innovation and solve the most pressing problems. A Proprietary Common Platform, Revveon, with its internal multiple apps and functions, empowers all Parties to describe solutions or demands, be discovered, and permit collaboration at scale and speed, accelerating innovation. Register once and be discoverable by all in our Community for as long as you need. What are the Problems? B2B Start-Ups need their products and services to be discovered and validated by paying Enterprise customers. This is a costly and timely process. Enterprises require and seek fresh innovation to maintain their differentiation, but Start-up Ecosystems are notoriously difficult to navigate and even more difficult to validate. Concurrently, Investors need validated deal flow to de-risk their investment strategies. Revveon can solve all these problems simultaneously. Who Can Join Revveon? Every Founder or Organisation, irrespective of stage or size who are engaged within the Start-up and Innovation Ecosystem, no matter where you are in the world.
2022
Venture Partner
Feb 2022
Blackfinch Group is an award-winning investment specialist and trusted provider. Employing more than 150 full-time members of staff, it has a heritage dating back 30 years. The group provides tax-efficient investment solutions, managed portfolio services, early-stage investing, property financing and energy infrastructure investing. It is entrusted with over £850million in assets under management, as of February 2025. Inspired by the work of Charles Darwin and founded on evolutionary principles, Blackfinch adapts to and evolves with customer requirements, helping others to thrive.
Investor
Jan 2022
Hygglo is a peer-to-peer rental service in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark created to make use of people things. Since 2022 Fat Llama is also part of the Hygglo family.
late stageRetail
2021
Head of Founder Relations
Jul 2021
We are approaching Venture Capital using Circular Economics. By doing so, it allows us to build a Network and most importantly a Community. Everyone in Kavedon Kapital, Investors, Founders and Management Team alike, has the responsibility to build a venture model for tomorrow, today. Kavedon is an outcome focused fund, with mutually aligned interests in the short and long term, which means everybody gains from the generated prosperity without sacrificing their own unique interest. This is why we believe we are the world’s first Venture Capital firm whose entire philosophy and ethos is built on Circular Economics.
Investor
May 2021
The global register for sureties, charges and guarantees. Securing collateral for lenders globally. The ChargeCheck Register creates order that ensures lenders are in control of their provisions. Through the use of pioneering technology , ChargeCheck creates an Impenetrable contract between lender and borrower, collates all of the relevant supporting documents, allows Lenders to search potential borrowers and secure their provision on to the register. Throughout the term of each loan, ChargeCheck sends reminders to both borrower and lender whilst alerting lenders if a borrower tries to take out further loans elsewhere , allowing a lender to have their say in the loan to value ratios of each borrower. Different tiers allow access for all lenders of any size. Ensuring surety for lenders and guaranteeing their place in the queue.
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