Chris Goodman

Entrepreneur, Investor & Philanthropist

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 2 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2025
VC🌍 United Kingdom
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Mar 2025
Nightcap was created to acquire and organically grow hospitality brands and venues that create vibrant, unforgettable guest experiences by bringing people together to share and connect. Our mission is to grow and support vibrant hospitality concepts that thrive in today’s evolving hospitality landscape. We believe in celebrating social occasions in imaginative ways that go beyond the ordinary. We take pride in delivering engaging environments that attract a diverse and welcoming crowd and support dedicated and talented hospitality professionals. Our team’s experience in acquisitions, outstanding operations and brand development allows us to seize opportunities at the right time—ensuring we continue to build a major hospitality group that thrives in a changing market. We focus on supporting concepts that resonate with today’s consumers—whether through interactive live music, large scale events, innovative cocktails, just a couple of friends meeting for a catch up or vibrant late-night atmospheres that spark a connection. As we grow, our priority remains creating memorable experiences that bring people together to have fun, laugh, celebrate and make lasting memories.
mid stageHospitality
Investor
Jun 2024
World-class electric transport. Future-focused engineering. Ride with us ⚡
late stageRetail
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2025
Investor
Mar 2025
Nightcap was created to acquire and organically grow hospitality brands and venues that create vibrant, unforgettable guest experiences by bringing people together to share and connect. Our mission is to grow and support vibrant hospitality concepts that thrive in today’s evolving hospitality landscape. We believe in celebrating social occasions in imaginative ways that go beyond the ordinary. We take pride in delivering engaging environments that attract a diverse and welcoming crowd and support dedicated and talented hospitality professionals. Our team’s experience in acquisitions, outstanding operations and brand development allows us to seize opportunities at the right time—ensuring we continue to build a major hospitality group that thrives in a changing market. We focus on supporting concepts that resonate with today’s consumers—whether through interactive live music, large scale events, innovative cocktails, just a couple of friends meeting for a catch up or vibrant late-night atmospheres that spark a connection. As we grow, our priority remains creating memorable experiences that bring people together to have fun, laugh, celebrate and make lasting memories.
mid stageHospitality
Investor & Non-Exec Director
Feb 2025
ActionFunder is the award-winning B-Corp transforming corporate giving and community investment. Our platform matches businesses with non-profits to drive social value, track the impact, while reducing admin time and saving costs. Use ActionFunder to: - Find community investment projects targeted to strategic priorities and hyper-local needs - Fund ready-to-launch projects easily and securely - Follow your impact using customisable, real-time reporting The results? - Streamline your community investment process, saving time and money - Generate social value insights that stand out in tenders - Enhance your reputation and build local partnerships Trusted by organisations like Microsoft, Sir Robert McAlpine, South West Water, Delancey, Greene King, Clarion Housing and others, we’ve already channelled £4 million of funding into our community of over 12,000 registered non-profits! Ready to transform your community investment strategy? Contact us at hello@actionfunder.org to learn how we can help your business drive meaningful social impact.
2024
Investor
Nov 2024
Market-leaders in compliance and convenience recording for Microsoft Teams. Our Clarify cloud recording for Teams is one of the first to be certified by Microsoft. It can be deployed on premise, in the cloud and as a hybrid solution alongside traditional PBXs. ClarifyGo is suitable for every business, meeting the latest compliance standards including PCI, GDPR, MiFID II, Dodd-Frank and HIPAA etc. Our cloud version, ClarifyGo, is scalable to your needs, hosted securely in Microsoft Azure and fully supported by us to reduce your in-house overheads. Discover more: www.oakinnovate.com +44 1202 607 000 or +1 888 720 6968
Investor
Jun 2024
World-class electric transport. Future-focused engineering. Ride with us ⚡
late stageRetail
2021
Co-Founder & Non-Executive Director
Oct 2021
Welcome to Focus Group. Established in 2003, we’re proud to be one of the UK’s leading independent providers of essential business technology. Here to take care of all your telecoms, IT and connectivity services. This means everything in one place, one point of contact and one bill to cover everything you need. SME or global enterprise business; public sector, service sector or charity…whatever your size, shape or service, we’ll take the time to get to know your business and deliver the technology to fit the bill. Our teams are experts in their field; passionate about finding the right solutions for you and committed to ensuring your business runs like clockwork. We’re by your side to keep your business phone system at the top of its game, your IT optimised, your data secure, your teams connected and your customers happy. At all times. Leaving you free to focus all your energy on the important stuff. Like growing your business. Telecoms | Mobile | Connectivity | IT solutions | Cyber security | Energy Let’s connect. Let’s grow.
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