Omid Ashtari

I build, invest, advise and podcast

📍 London, England Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 16 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2023𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United Kingdom
16
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Investor & Advisor
Oct 2023
Querio is the new generation BI tool that meets everyone at their technical level. Create reports, analyze features, and explore data 20x faster.
Investor & Advisor
Jul 2023
Exactly.ai is an AI-powered artwork creation platform.
Investor
May 2023
Odin lets anyone, anywhere launch and run a private investment firm online - think Shopify for Venture Capital and Private Equity. We handle the full back office stack end to end, flexibly: legal structuring, investor onboarding, KYC/AML, payments, tax, reporting, and exits. We administer over $500m in assets, covering investments from pre-seed to pre-IPO. This includes household names like OpenAI and SpaceX but also new companies focusing on tons of cool things like: - Next-gen micronuclear reactors - Atmospheric CO₂ removal at gigaton scale - Asteroid mining - Space-based manufacturing (fiber, alloys, pharmaceuticals) - Crazy biotech eg. wet computers based on human neurons We believe capital is one of the most powerful tools for shaping the world - and more people should be putting it to work. We also have a strong conviction that some of the best capital allocators do not fit the “traditional mould” of a VC or private equity investor. If youve got sector expertise in an interesting field, youve never been an VC / PE investor before but youve thought about it, feel free to reach out.
Investor
Aug 2022
Code First Girls has already helped 200,000 women learn to code and by working with companies globally, is boosting employability, diversity and social mobility, and transforming local economies and communities. Companies are able to build global talent pipelines with our entry-level, mid-level, and internal upskilling and reskilling tech talent programmes by providing free education to women.
mid stageEducation
Investor
Apr 2022
Developing robots that help farmers grow.
early stageFarming
Investor
Apr 2022
Calliper is a collaborative analytics platform for fast growing startups. Set up a mission control centre, monitor the health of your company, and empower every team be more data-driven. All in minutes, without an engineer.
Investor
Mar 2022
Gilion is the intelligence layer between capital and builders.
Investor
Dec 2021
Were on a mission to bring the worlds live events to virtual spaces. Powered by video 3.0 technology, we have developed an end-to-end solution that captures 3D video in real-time that can be livestreamed into virtual worlds.
Investor
Oct 2021
WellEasy is an online members shop that makes the best healthy & organic products available for every diet, lifestyle & value, at up to 35% off RRP. Our mission is to make healthy living accessible to everyone in the UK and beyond.
Investor & Advisor
Oct 2021
Hyper is building digital layer for the physical world. Augmented Reality will take technology beyond the screen, and enable a much richer real-world experience. Across every aspect of our daily lives, this new technology will make it possible to pull up overlays of information on anything we’re curious about, and will be useful in all sorts of ways. Our AR platform brings this into physical locations, enabling every business to serve their customers on a one-to-one basis, with guidance and information to supercharge their experience. To achieve this, our team of experts has developed innovative technology across three key areas - rapid, scalable indoor mapping; precise indoor positioning technology; and a user interface centred around people, not AR gimmicks. Based in London, we’re a rapidly growing team who have spent years building world-leading mapping, positioning and AR products. Were supported by some of the most prominent investors in technology and retail including the ex-CTOs of Macy’s, Sainsbury’s and Tumblr; the founder of Indeed Jobs; and the first VC fund to invest in Oculus VR. And were only just getting started.
Investor & Advisor
Sep 2021
Piper is the manager enablement platform that is committed to empowering anyone to be a great manager.
Investor & Advisor
Jul 2021
Investing in, advising and creating content for startups and entrepreneurs.
Investor & Advisor
Nov 2020
Cosmos is a virtual space for remote teams that helps with real-time collaboration without the hassle of scheduling calls or waiting for replies. Whether its daily syncs, standups, or spontaneous chats, Cosmos ensures you and your team stay in the flow, enhancing productivity and engagement. Benefits: - Productivity: Reduce scheduling overhead and embrace quick 2-minute interactions, saving 45 minutes per team member daily. - Engagement: Teams using Cosmos report a 20% increase in Employee NPS. - Community: Create a sense of belonging, making remote work feel more connected. With a few clicks, you can: Know who is available and talk in the moment: 🟢 True Statuses: Human-controlled, one-click statuses to reduce guesswork. 🎥 Engage in Real-Time: See available team members and start conversations instantly. Modern audio + video calling: 📺 Multi-Screen Sharing: Collaborate deeply with popout views, annotations, and the ability to share multiple screens. 💡 AI-Driven Meeting Summaries: Quickly grasp the essence of discussions. 🪄 Personalize Your Presence: Use virtual backgrounds, blurs, and engaging reactions like raising hands. Accessible and works with your tools: 📆 Works with your calendar and Slack: Directly host meetings from Google and Outlook, with timely notifications and Slack updates. 🌎 Invite your clients without a worry: Consistent experience across browsers, desktops, and mobile devices. It doesnt need to be signed and opens in a familiar Google Meet or Zoom gallery view. Async-first threads-based chat that doesnt take away your peace 🕊️ Async-First Chat: Embrace asynchronous communication with meeting chats, DMs, and thread-based channels.
Investor & Advisor
Sep 2020
Beam is an award-winning social impact tech company that supports homeless people and refugees into stable jobs and homes. Funded by the Mayor of London and the worlds top tech entrepreneurs, and partnered with over 50 government bodies, Beam’s service is transforming how the world supports those left behind. A breakthrough innovation in social mobility, Beam has been covered widely in the media, including by the BBC, The Times, The FT, The Independent, Evening Standard, Sky, Time Out and others. Also named one of London’s Top 10 Startups by WIRED magazine and Top 15 UK Startups by LinkedIn.
Investor
Jul 2018
Breakfast, Lunch & Groceries
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2025
Founder
Oct 2025
Kult is building a companion for gamers. It watches your screen, understands what’s happening in the game, and talks to you in natural voice with exactly the help you need, before you’d have time to alt-tab to a wiki or video. Behind that is a knowledge engine that understands games deeply: mechanics, items, builds, boss strategies, hidden secrets, assembled from every source players actually use. Combined with real-time visual understanding of what’s on screen, it means Kult knows what you’re doing, what you need, and what’s coming next, without you having to explain. We’re navigating the cutting edge of AI to build something that doesn’t exist yet: a companion that genuinely understands games the way an expert player does, and delivers that understanding in real time through natural conversation. We’re a small team in London, early stage, moving fast and well funded. If you’re excited about building at the intersection of AI and gaming, solving hard problems across every layer of the stack, and shipping a product that genuinely helps gamers, this is the team.
2024
Co-Founder
Nov 2024
Stealth AI Startup is a private community for founders, researchers, and engineers building next-generation AI companies before public launch. Founders tag themselves here to: 🔹 Gain credibility while working in stealth 🔹 Connect discreetly with other AI founders 🔹 Receive inbound interest from early-stage VCs 🔹 Join curated founder-only circles & discussions 🔹 Access hiring pipelines for early team building If youre building an AI startup in stealth, add your profile to the community and tag yourself to this page. Your stealth journey deserves visibility — without revealing your idea. Join the world’s largest AI stealth founder network.
2023
Investor & Advisor
Oct 2023
Querio is the new generation BI tool that meets everyone at their technical level. Create reports, analyze features, and explore data 20x faster.
Investor & Advisor
Jul 2023
Exactly.ai is an AI-powered artwork creation platform.
Investor
May 2023
Odin lets anyone, anywhere launch and run a private investment firm online - think Shopify for Venture Capital and Private Equity. We handle the full back office stack end to end, flexibly: legal structuring, investor onboarding, KYC/AML, payments, tax, reporting, and exits. We administer over $500m in assets, covering investments from pre-seed to pre-IPO. This includes household names like OpenAI and SpaceX but also new companies focusing on tons of cool things like: - Next-gen micronuclear reactors - Atmospheric CO₂ removal at gigaton scale - Asteroid mining - Space-based manufacturing (fiber, alloys, pharmaceuticals) - Crazy biotech eg. wet computers based on human neurons We believe capital is one of the most powerful tools for shaping the world - and more people should be putting it to work. We also have a strong conviction that some of the best capital allocators do not fit the “traditional mould” of a VC or private equity investor. If youve got sector expertise in an interesting field, youve never been an VC / PE investor before but youve thought about it, feel free to reach out.
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