Daniel T.

Partner & co-founder @ Laminar Growth Partners | former Private Equity (10 years @ BGF) | Now NXD and advisor with various scale-up companies planning to raise or exit

📍 Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2018
VC🌍 United Kingdom
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Board Observer
May 2017
Prezola is the UK's favourite wedding gift list service, bringing together over 50,000 products from 500 major brands all in a single online destination. Our couples can add any item from any retailer to their wedding registry alongside honeymoon funds, exciting experiences and donations to any charity. Our 500+ Brand Partners include high street favourites such as The White Company, Habitat and Joules as well as premium British homeware manufacturers including Wedgwood, Robert Welch, LSA and lifestyle brands like OKA, Nkuku and Graham & Green. Six-times winner of Best Gift List, Prezola has revolutionised the wedding registry market and now manages thousands of lists every year delivering to couples throughout the UK and Europe. The company headquarters is based in Bath with warehouses in Wiltshire.
late stageRetail
Board Observer
Jan 2016
At Trunki we believe travel is about new experiences, creating memories and making every journey just as exciting as the destination. We create fun and innovative travel gear for families on the go. Trunki: Get Set. Go! Trunki designs, distributes and manufactures fun and innovative travel gear for children. We proudly make our suitcases in Plymouth, UK at our sister company Magma Moulding Ltd Pioneering the childrens travel product category since 2006 when the company founder and CEO Rob Law MBE started trading. The brand transcends international boundaries selling direct to customer and through a network of distributors, with its International business growing to well over half of total revenue. Our product portfolio contains the classic Trunki ride-on suitcase (over 4 million units have now been sold) together with BoostApak car seat backpack, PaddlePak swim bags, Yondi head rests, ToddlePak reins and new Ride range of folding bikes and scooter exclusive to Halfords. The company is driven by strong leadership and a passionate, talented team with a clear mission, vision and values. Constantly thinking differently about its products, marketing, working environment and ways of doing business has earned it respect from its peers in the toy, luggage and nursery industries. We are proud to have been recognized, in a variety of forums, through over 120 awards. Read about our story in a new book: 65 Roses and a Trunki: Defying the Odds in Life and Business.
Investor
Nov 2014
BGF is the most active and influential investor in small and mid-sized businesses in the UK. An established and independent company, we have £2.5bn to support a range of growing companies – early-stage, growth-stage and quoted – across every region and sector in the UK and Ireland. BGF is a minority, non-controlling equity partner with a patient outlook, based on shared, long-term goals with the management teams we back. With a 150+ strong team, BGF offers an unparalleled international network of business leaders, sector experts and board-level non-executives. We also provide in-house support, including chair and senior executive selection and appointments. BGF UK: http://www.bgf.co.uk BGF Ireland: https://www.bgfireland.ie/
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2025
Investment Committee Member and Advisor
Apr 2025
We maximise shareholder value through smart acquisitions and fuelling growth in digital marketing, e-commerce and IT services verticals. We Grow Businesses! Welcome to Smarter Capital. Were Founder managed and focused on driving rapid business growth, as well as assisting founder-owners in realising their exit strategies. We specialise in partnering with owner-managed businesses in the digital marketing, website design and development, e-commerce, and IT support services sectors, with revenues between £500,000 and £10,000,000. How We Add Value Our goal is to acquire a stake in your business, that could be a minority, majority or full equity! We then work with the Founder or the team to increase Shareholder value and achieve a greater future exit value than they would otherwise be able to on their own. We achieve this on the basis that as a Group were stronger and more valuable together, than each business would be in isolation. Our Expert Team The experienced team at Smarter Capital work with Leaders in each Vertical to establish and implement strategies for profitable growth, while staying true to the Founders vision, ethos, and brand values. Our Board is comprised of Senior Leaders with backgrounds in M&A, Marketing, Finance, Technology, and E-commerce. We are business leaders who have grown own own businesses, and understand how to realise value for Founders.
2024
CEO & Founder
Nov 2024
Get the people, resources and network needed to deliver the outcome you want from your business. Being a founder can be isolating. Theres pressure to master everything and be the person with all the answers. The reality is all founders have blind spots, but most don’t know who to turn to for support or are afraid to ask for help. Founder Fidus is on a mission to create the biggest and best Swiss army knife for founders to put in their pocket. We are dedicated to empowering founders by providing the support, advice and community needed to overcome whatever hurdle is ahead.
Founder Advisor
Nov 2024
Security for Cyber-Physical systems cannot be just a "software download"​ to your device, it needs to be built in from the ground up. This is because malware can be introduced into the supply chain at any point, unless the hardware is secure. We provide award winning, patented cyber security hardware and software that enhances the security of your product through hardware trusted boot, encryption and authentication.
2018
Board Observer
Sep 2018
Our story began in Penzance in 1981. From our first shop on Adelaide Street, we sold traditional workwear to local farmers, fishermen and artists. Inspired by this creative, coastal community, we went on to design our own collections. The team today includes a brilliant mix of fashion and textile designers, fine artists and illustrators. It’s their sketchbooks and skill that bring our imaginative ideas to life. Seasalt’s design ethos is to create beautiful and useful clothing that our customers can enjoy wearing season after season. It’s our attention to detail and exceptional quality that have won us such a loyal following. From our family roots, we have grown to be one of Cornwall’s largest employers, with over 70 Seasalt shops around the UK and Ireland. Were proud of the business weve become and all the people whove helped to get us here. As we continue to grow, we remain committed to acting responsibly, living our values and putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.
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