Ben Holmes

London based Angel Investor. Previously GP at Index Ventures

📍 London, England Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 23 investments📅 21 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2019
VC🌍 United Kingdom20+ investments
23
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9
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8
Mid stage
1
Late stage
21y
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Board Member
Jan 2019
We create competitive real-time team multiplayer games that can be played in four-minute sessions - coffeebreak eSports. Our first game, Forces of Freedom (think “World of Tanks” crossed with “SOCOM”), has already attracted more than 25 million players in Early Access and we intend on making it a genre-defining entertainment product that can be enjoyed for the years to come. You’ll love it here if you: - Enjoy working with great, kind, hardworking people in a pleasant, friendly atmosphere. - Get along with people, love to share, teach, learn and most importantly get stuff done while aiming for perfection. - Want to think creatively and challenge conventions while creating a phenomenal, community-driven product that millions of people enjoy. - Value ownership and the ability to contribute without any bureaucracy. - Share our passion for games. - Want to become a part of something great, a team which is growing and appreciates the people that make things happen. As a freshly funded Series A company, we are able to provide growth opportunities in a bureaucracy-free environment to both talented and experienced individuals as well as competitive salaries and attractive equity components.
Board Member
2016
Kry is Europe’s largest digital healthcare provider, allowing patients to see a doctor, nurse, or psychologist through video consultations within minutes. We’ve delivered 11+ million patient appointments transforming access to high quality care at scale. Above all else, we’re driven by our vision of great healthcare for everyone. Headquartered in Stockholm and backed by some of Europe’s most renowned investors, our employees and 3000+ healthcare professionals are committed to improving the world’s health through innovation, one patient at a time. Through our products, we’re harnessing the power of technology to integrate, primary, urgent and secondary care within digital and physical care settings so patients connect to the right care, at the right time. We work with partners to tailor member journeys and with public health systems to deliver efficient care, at a lower cost. In Sweden and Norway you may know us as Kry. In the UK and France we operate under the name Livi. To learn more, visit www.kry.se / www.livi.co.uk / www.livi.fr / www.kry.no
Board Member
2015
Hutch has been voted one of the Best Places to Work in the gamesindustry.biz awards for the last 3 years in a row! Since inception in 2011, we've entertained over 300 million mobile players across game titles including Rebel Racing, F1® Clash, Top Drives, and Hot Wheels: Race Off. We’re dedicated to growing the racing genre on mobile, and enabling communities of players worldwide to celebrate their passion for cars. People make games, and our people are the heart and soul of Hutch. We’ve created a work environment that we’re proud of and enjoy spending time in. As a team, we work together and play together. We take on creative and technical challenges to make great games and have fun along the way. Teams at Hutch have the freedom and responsibility to make the best decisions for the players, and we are committed to making their working lives as easy and as simple as possible. We’ve created an award-winning culture for our 100+ world-class team members, housed in our main studio in Shoreditch, London, with wider studios situated in Dundee and Canada. In December 2020 Hutch was acquired by Modern Times Group (MTG) to further accelerate opportunities to build highly diverse automotive experiences on mobile.
Board Member
2015
We are the award winning, independent studio behind Vainglory and Catalyst Black, all powered by our proprietary E.V.I.L engine. We believe that gamers on every device deserve to play together in beautiful, responsive and deep experiences, whichever their native platform or control mechanism. Our globally distributed team of game makers are on a quest to make cross-platform games that excite our players and push both creative and technical boundaries. We experiment with ideas we believe deserve to exist, concepts that push the expectations of what’s possible for cross-platform play. We express our passion for the craft through standout visuals, deeply compelling gameplay and spellbinding worlds. We want every game we make to give a new and fun feeling to our players. We develop approaches to controls, technology, and systems that allow us to rapidly extend our designs to any platform without compromising on the core experience. Whether you enjoy playing on touch, controller, or mouse-and-keyboard, our games are built for you. We build experiences that foster memorable shared moments and deep human connections between players, whether through relaxed collaboration, intense competition, or the shared enjoyment of new worlds, stories and experiences. We collaborate with the best possible talent and partners. Our teams work every day to push the boundaries of gaming, and bring value and innovation to the space we love so much. Our leadership are accountable to make SEMC a better place to work, to serve and support our talent. Do you love being part of a remote and diverse team, building deeply engaging and technically outstanding multiplayer games? Do you constantly seek mastery and push the boundaries of your craft? Do you get things done, all while embracing the opportunities and constraints of new platforms, new business models, and a games industry in flux? If so, you could be one of us.
Board Member
2014
Supersolid is a leading independent mobile games studio based in Central London. Since its founding in 2012, Supersolid’s diverse team has grown to over 60 people globally, and it continues its mission to create the most engaging, genre-leading games for mobile and tablet devices. Supersolid has received investment from Index Ventures and Initial Capital. At Supersolid, we believe that small teams can create amazingly successful games. Our drive to break new ground and constantly evolve titles has led Supersolid to partner with Universal Music (Shania Twains album launch, 2017), Paramount Pictures (Clueless, 2018) and World Animal Protection (World Oceans Day 2018). Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/supersolidgames Follow us on Twitter: @supersolidgames
early stageComputer Games
Board Member
2014
Autobutler makes car ownership smarter, cheaper and more transparent through its online marketplace for car repairs offering transparency and trust in an otherwise puzzling industry. With more than a million registered customers we are Europe’s leading marketplace for car repair with activities in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, UK, and France. Since June 2016 the PSA Group, a leading car manufacturer and provider of mobility solutions, has been a majority owner.
mid stageAutomotive
Board Member
2012
Founded in 2008 in Beijing, Happylatte is on a mission to build great mobile game classics for the world. Games that pack intense social experiences into tiny screens and deliver virtual worlds into your hand. Our current games, Nut Slam, Pee Monkey and the #1 chart-busting title High Noon, are a “newfangled” blend of free-to-play and massively multiplayer social games for Android and iOS smartphones. With VC backing from Index Ventures in the UK (http://www.indexventures.com/), who are investors in such giants as King.com (Candy Crush) and SuperCell (Clash of Clans and Hay Day), Check out: http://happylatte.com Happylatte成立于2008年, 旨在打造完美而经典的手机游戏,将强大的社交体验带入手中的屏幕里,为玩家呈现一个个精彩斑斓的虚拟世界。我们的游戏,Nut Slam, Pee Monkey 以及蝉联榜首的High Noon,都是新潮的大型多人在线游戏,Android及iOS平台均可免费下载。 我们已经获得了成功,已有项目的盈利以及英国Index风投的全面资金支持,我们可以毫无后顾之忧的专注于游戏制作。(Index也是King (糖果粉碎传奇), SupperCell (部落战争,卡通农场)的投资方)。 请登录 http://happylatte.com/
Board Member
2012
Welcome to our LinkedIn 👋! We’re so happy you’re here. Trustpilot began in 2007 with a simple yet powerful idea that is more relevant today than ever - to be the universal symbol of trust, bringing consumers and businesses together through reviews. Trustpilot is open, independent, and impartial - we help consumers make the right choices and businesses to build trust, grow and improve. Today, we have more than 300 million reviews and 64 million monthly active users on average across the globe, with 140 billion annual Trustbox impressions, and the numbers keep growing. We have more than 1,000 employees and we’re headquartered in Copenhagen, with operations in Amsterdam, Denver, Edinburgh, Hamburg, London, Melbourne, Milan and New York. Interested in learning more about our available job opportunities? Find out more here: business.trustpilot.com/jobs At Trustpilot, trust and transparency are at the heart of what we do, and we strive to reflect that in all of our interactions - social media included. To maintain a collaborative, trustworthy environment for everyone, we’ve put a few social media community guidelines in place. You can find them here: https://trst.pl/46v7pA6.
Board Member
2012
Secret Escapes is the UKs biggest members-only website, operating in 14 countries worldwide and offering luxury 4 and 5 star travel deals at low prices. Before starting Secret Escapes, we wondered why booking a holiday always felt like hard work – the price comparisons, the awful early morning flights just to get the best price, the huge range of possible hotels, both good and bad. Travel is, and should be, exciting – and booking a holiday should be a stress-free experience. That’s what we set out to achieve, and it is the philosophy that drives us on. We want to inspire people to escape, and we do so with amazing images, sharp, accessible writing, exciting destinations and unbeatable prices. We already have more than 62 million members worldwide and a social-media following the size of a small country, and you can now find us everywhere from Sweden to Italy, Poland and Norway, from Germany to Switzerland, and elsewhere too.
Board Member
2011
Zettle by PayPal is on a mission to help small businesses succeed in a world of giants. Founded in Stockholm in 2010, the financial technology company revolutionised mobile payments with the world’s first mini chip card reader and software for mobile devices. Joined PayPal in 2018. Today Zettle’s commerce platform for small businesses in Europe and Latin America provides tools to get paid, sell smarter and grow your business.
Board Member
2011
Grey Area was a Finnish mobile gaming company. It's first and most famous game was Shadow Cities, a location-based MMORPG for iOS. In 2012 Grey Area ranked on Wired’s Europe Top 100 Hottest Startups list and well as among top 20 European tech startups on GigaOM Euro 20 list. Grey Area released Shadow Cities for iPhone in 2011 at http://www.shadowcities.com/. The game has since become a category defining game http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/16/arts/video-games/shadow-cities-a-new-iphone-video-game-review.html Timeline: 2012 • Shadow Cities wins UN-based World Summit Award Mobile 2012 • Grey Area ranked among top 20 European tech startups on GigaOM Euro 20 list • Shadow Cities nominated for Best Mobile Content Award in The World Summit Awards 2012 • Grey Area ranked on Wired’s Europe Top 100 Hottest Startups list • Shadow Cities receives the Audience Award for Best iOS MMO of the Year 2012 • Grey Area ranked as on one of top 20 app companies in the world by Flurry • Shadow Cities nominated for Best Real World Game at International Mobile Gaming Awards 2012 2011 • Developers Choice Online Awards 2011: Shadow Cities wins Best Online Innovation Award
early stageComputer Games
Board Member
2010
Shapeways’ digital manufacturing platform offers customers access to high-quality manufacturing from start to finish through automation, innovation, and digitization. The company’s purpose-built software, a wide selection of materials and technologies, and global supply chain lower manufacturing barriers and speed delivery of quality products. Shapeways’ digital manufacturing services have empowered more than one million customers worldwide to produce more than 21 million parts using 11 different technologies and 90 different materials and finishes. Headquartered in New York City, Shapeways has ISO 9001-compliant manufacturing facilities in Long Island City, NY, and the Netherlands, and a network of verified partners around the globe. In September 2021, Shapeways became a publicly-traded company on the NYSE under the ticker SHPW. Our new core values: Raise the bar... For ourselves, our teams, and our products Over-communicate... Go above and beyond to keep each other informed Win together... Enable and support each other on the pathway to success
Board Member
2010
Founded in 2006, Not On The High Street is the best-loved curated modern marketplace connecting small brands with the world. Our marketplace brings together over 5000 small entrepreneurs selling more than 350,000 products with over 4 million customers Were here to help customers discover amazing products for all of lifes needs; whether theyre looking for a gift or something for themselves. We provide small brands across the UK with an engaged customer based, expert business support and ready-made tech and data infrastructure. We are more than an e-commerce platform; making something requires consideration, patience and heart. This lives and breathes through us & our Partners in all we do together. We believe in a future - no matter how far away - where small brands together give big corporates a run for their money. Our Partners are passionate about their craft, their materials, their skills, their processes. About the joy they bring when something arrives that has been planned, designed, selected, crafted, packed and delivered with care. And we are passionate about sharing them with customers and about their success. Together, we have purpose. Because passion, purpose and a meaningful future should be for the many, not for the few.
mid stageRetail
Board Member
2009
Just Eat Take​away​.com is a lead­ing glob­al online deliv­ery mar­ket­place, con­nect­ing con­sumers and restau­rants through our plat­form in 16 coun­tries. Like a dinner table, working at JET brings our office employees and couriers together. From coding to customer service to couriers, JET is a fun, fast-paced and supportive place where you can be yourself. No day is the same. Our days are filled with new experiences. We see every challenge that comes our way as a chance to grow, both the business, and ourselves. We’re connected to millions of food-lovers, hundreds of thousands of connected partners and some of the best-known brands of the planet. When you take your seat here, you’ll find that a simple scribble on a napkin can turn into something seen by millions. Together we transform, create, reinvent and empower every food moment. As a leading online food tech company, JET brings together the stability of a global business, with the agility of a start-up. We got here by always staying one step ahead of the competition. So load up your plate with ideas that get you excited, because at JET everything is on the table. https://careers.justeattakeaway.com
Board Member
2008
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2019
Board Member
Jan 2019
We create competitive real-time team multiplayer games that can be played in four-minute sessions - coffeebreak eSports. Our first game, Forces of Freedom (think “World of Tanks” crossed with “SOCOM”), has already attracted more than 25 million players in Early Access and we intend on making it a genre-defining entertainment product that can be enjoyed for the years to come. You’ll love it here if you: - Enjoy working with great, kind, hardworking people in a pleasant, friendly atmosphere. - Get along with people, love to share, teach, learn and most importantly get stuff done while aiming for perfection. - Want to think creatively and challenge conventions while creating a phenomenal, community-driven product that millions of people enjoy. - Value ownership and the ability to contribute without any bureaucracy. - Share our passion for games. - Want to become a part of something great, a team which is growing and appreciates the people that make things happen. As a freshly funded Series A company, we are able to provide growth opportunities in a bureaucracy-free environment to both talented and experienced individuals as well as competitive salaries and attractive equity components.
2017
Board Member
Dec 2017
At MOO, we love great design and believe it can work wonders for every business. That’s why we make it simple to create beautiful, expertly crafted business stationery and promotional materials that’ll help you start conversations, open doors and strengthen relationships. MOO launched in 2006 and aims to disrupt the trillion dollar global print industry by combining the values of professional design with accessibility and reach of the web. With rapid annual growth, MOO has become one of the fastest growing print businesses in the world and has over 400 employees across the UK and US London, Boston, Lincoln RI, and Denver CO. We believe in supporting our people to be themselves and be successful – because that’s what makes MOO a great place to work. We’re always looking for bright minds and bushy attitudes, so from software developers to social media specialists, copywriters to customer service heroes, we know we’re only as good as the teams we’ve built. If this sounds like you or someone you know, check out our vacancies and get in touch. Be part of something brilliant.
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Angel Investor
Jan 2017
2016
Board Member
2016
Kry is Europe’s largest digital healthcare provider, allowing patients to see a doctor, nurse, or psychologist through video consultations within minutes. We’ve delivered 11+ million patient appointments transforming access to high quality care at scale. Above all else, we’re driven by our vision of great healthcare for everyone. Headquartered in Stockholm and backed by some of Europe’s most renowned investors, our employees and 3000+ healthcare professionals are committed to improving the world’s health through innovation, one patient at a time. Through our products, we’re harnessing the power of technology to integrate, primary, urgent and secondary care within digital and physical care settings so patients connect to the right care, at the right time. We work with partners to tailor member journeys and with public health systems to deliver efficient care, at a lower cost. In Sweden and Norway you may know us as Kry. In the UK and France we operate under the name Livi. To learn more, visit www.kry.se / www.livi.co.uk / www.livi.fr / www.kry.no
2015
Board Member
2015
Hutch has been voted one of the Best Places to Work in the gamesindustry.biz awards for the last 3 years in a row! Since inception in 2011, we've entertained over 300 million mobile players across game titles including Rebel Racing, F1® Clash, Top Drives, and Hot Wheels: Race Off. We’re dedicated to growing the racing genre on mobile, and enabling communities of players worldwide to celebrate their passion for cars. People make games, and our people are the heart and soul of Hutch. We’ve created a work environment that we’re proud of and enjoy spending time in. As a team, we work together and play together. We take on creative and technical challenges to make great games and have fun along the way. Teams at Hutch have the freedom and responsibility to make the best decisions for the players, and we are committed to making their working lives as easy and as simple as possible. We’ve created an award-winning culture for our 100+ world-class team members, housed in our main studio in Shoreditch, London, with wider studios situated in Dundee and Canada. In December 2020 Hutch was acquired by Modern Times Group (MTG) to further accelerate opportunities to build highly diverse automotive experiences on mobile.
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