Daniel Smaller

Seed Investor

📍 United Kingdom, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 25 investments📅 16 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2024
VC🌍 United Kingdom20+ investments
25
Total investments
10
Early stage
5
Mid stage
0
Late stage
16y
Years active

Portfolio

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Seed Investor
Apr 2024
Board Member
Nov 2023
Bookinguru is leading the NEW ERA OF CONCIERGE SERVICES. As a trusted digital concierge partner, we enable hotels to seamlessly offer local services from their trusted providers to guests—bookable 24/7. ✅ Enhance Guest Experience ✅ Reduce Staff Workload ✅ Unlock a Brand-New Revenue Stream And the best part? It’s completely FREE!
Seed Investor
Jun 2023
Boost your Credit Score Take it Abroad Get Tailored Deals Everywhere
Seed Investor
Oct 2022
Katch combines human & artificial intelligence to understand, quantify, and predict individual taste across preference-driven products. This is the revolution of “genomic” analytics. Katch data can be used in multiple ways, including: - Recommendation + Search - Marketing + Media Planning - Ad Activation Katch has successfully launched its first product category (Film & TV) and is currently working with leaders in the industry, including Warner Brothers Discovery, Paramount, AMC and more. Katch is also expanding its offerings to more media formats (social media content, gaming) with plans to cover all major consumer lifestyle categories.
Seed Investor
Aug 2022
Xapien automates online research, using Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing, coupled with vast cloud compute resources. Simply enter the name of any individual or organisation and press Go. In a few minutes, it will deliver a concise, meaningful report on any individual or organisation, that highlights personal and professional affiliations, risks, and networks, set in context. What used to take 7 days, now takes 7 minutes. Your computer wants to do more for you than just search. It wants to do Research. #XapienThem To find out more or to book a demo, please visit https://www.xapien.com/.
Investor
Mar 2022
Yuup is the marketplace for local experiences, launched in Bristol in 2021 with Bath and Birmingham following in 2022. We founded Yuup because we love supporting local communities and we love experiences. We believe that connecting local businesses with local customers helps to build stronger and more resilient communities. We love to see local enterprises thrive, the local butcher with a queue out the door, the library extending its opening hours, the exercise class in the park or the artisan in their workshop. We believe these enterprises can offer fun, diverse, original and varied experiences to local people and in turn, create new revenue streams and attract new customers. We have built Yuup to help them by providing the tools to develop, promote, manage and deliver experiences. If you’re a owner or creator curious to join us, find out more about becoming a Yuup experience host. We’ve always been passionate about experiences and like many, we would far rather receive an experience as a gift, that another physical possession. However, buying and gifting experiences is often frustrating so we decide to try and make it all a bit simpler. The result is Yuup.co. We hope you love it, we hope you find experiences you want to try, and many of you decide to offer experiences yourself.
Investor
Dec 2021
The Family Food Co. has bought certain assets of Mamamade Foods Ltd (in Liquidation) from the Liquidator. We look forward to welcoming you, perhaps for the first time, to The Family Food Co, and our sister brand Pots For Tots. Stay tuned for updates.
Seed Investor
Dec 2021
Empower fashion brands and retailers to sell smarter through Visual AI. We create experiences consumers love and provide brands and retailers with the data they need. We built the ultimate Fashion Retail AI Platform, Built on proprietary technology and fashion expertise, Selectika sets a new standard. Its visual AI swiftly generates detailed product descriptions and assigns over 20 data points per item, ensuring catalogue management efficiency, personalized recommendations, boosts efficiency, Average Order Value, and Conversion Rates. Real-time insights aid informed decisions, while enhanced product data refines recommendation accuracy, making outdated strategies obsolete. Selectika revolutionizes fashion retail, empowering retailers to thrive in the digital age
Seed Investor
Nov 2021
Transform any bike into an eBike in one click. 🚲 eBike. Transformed. ⚡️
Seed Investor
Jun 2021
When most people think about planning for death and dealing with loss, they think about wills, lasting power of attorney forms, life insurance, probate. But underneath these cold processes is something much more human - the question of ‘What will you leave behind?’. It’s a chance to share more than just money: leave voice notes, playlists, recipes, and videos. Not something to be rushed, but to be added to as life changes. Co-created in conversation with friends and family.
Seed Investor
Nov 2020
At companiions, were redefining the future of work by addressing absenteeism, retention, attrition, and DE&I for organisations. What we offer: 🚀 All-in-One Employee Benefit Platform: A user-friendly app offering on-demand, in-person support for all employees. Our Network of Companions Provides Support with: 🧸 Childcare 👵 Eldercare 🩺 Cancer care ♿ Disability care 🤒 Sickness and injury 🧹 Cleaning and household tasks 🐾 Dog sitting We believe that a thriving workforce is the cornerstone of business success. Work-life balance isnt just a buzzword; its an essential element of employee wellbeing. companiions is the game-changer that provides meaningful support and delivers measurable results for both employees and employers.
Seed Investor
Jul 2020
Smarter Supplements designed for body and mind to help you Reach Your Heights. Created by scientists, trusted by experts, 125,000+ happy customers and counting.
Investor
Sep 2018
Fix Radio is the Builders Station. The UKs only radio station for the trade. On air, online, and in-person. We offer custom marketing solutions for the construction sector and own and operate the UKs radio station for tradespeople of all strokes – which will soon be broadcasting nationally to a potential 2.2 million builders. The station aims to inform and entertain those working on building sites of all sizes. Fix Radio features upbeat music, trade relevant news and content and highly targeted commercial advertising. At the heart of our business is a deep understanding of our target market. We offer relatable and authentic content. We aim to inform and entertain anyone working as a tradesperson in the United Kingdom. For advertising requests and to find out more about our commercial operation please email andrew@fixradio.co.uk
Corporate Development and Seed investor
Oct 2017
🌟 Welcome to Lamsa: Shaping the Future of Early Childhood Education! 🌟 At Lamsa, we are passionate about transforming the way children learn and grow. Our mission is to provide young minds with a safe, engaging, and immersive educational experience that nurtures their curiosity and prepares them for a bright future. With a commitment to excellence and a deep understanding of the unique needs of preschoolers and toddlers, we have created Lamsa, the premier bilingual early childhood education platform. 🧒👧 About Lamsa: Lamsa is not just a platform; its a gateway to a world of knowledge, creativity, and endless possibilities. We are dedicated to creating an environment where young learners can thrive, explore, and develop essential skills that will serve as a strong foundation for their lifelong learning journey. 🌟 Join Our Community: Ready to embark on this educational adventure with Lamsa? We invite you to join our passionate community of parents, educators, and caregivers who share a common goal: providing the best early childhood education for the next generation. Together, we are shaping the future, one child at a time. 🔗 Connect with Us: Discover the magic of Lamsa today and lets work together to nurture the leaders of tomorrow.
Investor
Aug 2016
For the globally minded, environmentally conscious traveller looking for their next holiday in nature, Eco Companion is a search engine that delivers the very best the world has to offer. Unlike our competition, our website analyses just how eco friendly each trip actually is and so helps the user to experience nature the way it should be done.
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Nov 2023
Bookinguru is leading the NEW ERA OF CONCIERGE SERVICES. As a trusted digital concierge partner, we enable hotels to seamlessly offer local services from their trusted providers to guests—bookable 24/7. ✅ Enhance Guest Experience ✅ Reduce Staff Workload ✅ Unlock a Brand-New Revenue Stream And the best part? It’s completely FREE!
Seed Investor
Jun 2023
Boost your Credit Score Take it Abroad Get Tailored Deals Everywhere
2022
Seed Investor
Oct 2022
Katch combines human & artificial intelligence to understand, quantify, and predict individual taste across preference-driven products. This is the revolution of “genomic” analytics. Katch data can be used in multiple ways, including: - Recommendation + Search - Marketing + Media Planning - Ad Activation Katch has successfully launched its first product category (Film & TV) and is currently working with leaders in the industry, including Warner Brothers Discovery, Paramount, AMC and more. Katch is also expanding its offerings to more media formats (social media content, gaming) with plans to cover all major consumer lifestyle categories.
Seed Investor
Aug 2022
Xapien automates online research, using Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing, coupled with vast cloud compute resources. Simply enter the name of any individual or organisation and press Go. In a few minutes, it will deliver a concise, meaningful report on any individual or organisation, that highlights personal and professional affiliations, risks, and networks, set in context. What used to take 7 days, now takes 7 minutes. Your computer wants to do more for you than just search. It wants to do Research. #XapienThem To find out more or to book a demo, please visit https://www.xapien.com/.
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