Darren Ryemill

Investor and Entrepreneur

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2022
Operator-angel🌍 United Kingdom
7
Total investments
3
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2
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0
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11y
Years active

Portfolio

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Dec 2022
We help businesses on their journey towards sustainability through full-cycle programs that consist of sourcing planet-friendly products, procurement, education and environmental, social and governance (ESG) consulting. We have the largest global portfolio of independently vetted wholesale, sustainable, planet-conscious products. PEOPLE - PLANET - PROFIT Being sustainable is no longer enough – we need to go ‘beyond’ sustainability to restore and rejuvenate the global eco-system. Beyond Bamboo was created out of a desire to offer ‘beyond sustainable’ solutions for organisations - working together to create more responsible ways of doing business.
mid stageHospitality
Investor
Dec 2022
Exceptional items for extraordinary people sourced by an expert team. Luminaire is a service and client first operation – a hyper personal shopping service and matchmaker between brands, stores and clients.
Investor
Nov 2022
ufurnish.com is the UKs leading search and comparison website for home furniture and furnishings. The platform brings 100+ furniture retailers and all of their products into one website to make search simple for consumers. Our mission is to transform the way we all shop for furniture and furnishings for our homes. We realise that whilst people love their homes, they don’t always enjoy the process of finding the perfect items to turn their house into their dream home. That’s why we created the only website where you can search and compare the entire market in one place - giving you the confidence that you have made the perfect choice, every time! ufurnish.com was launched in 2020 by our founders Deirdre McGettrick and Ray Wright. The business is backed by leading investors and has a highly experienced management team, led by Deirdre as CEO and Irish Entrepreneur Pat McCann as Chairman.
mid stageRetail
Investor
Jan 2022
We support exceptional companies through every stage of growth to deliver impact for their people, clients and investors. At Pollen & Company, we take on projects where we can facilitate real growth and change peoples lives in the process. This can be because we're able to create a clean narrative which helps a team exit to Private Equity or because we design a positioning strategy which sees a company win more recurring revenue. All Pollen & Company projects are collaborative. Our people become extensions of our clients and we excel in three types of project: People projects – how to develop for skill and create purpose for teams. Commercial projects – how to build a sustainable growth model Investment projects – how to realise value and work with impact investors
Founder and Investor
Jan 2021
Make a measurable impact on wellbeing. Empower your people to positively impact their own lives. Gain a deeper understanding of whats going on in your organisation. Enjoy the benefits we know positive mental health & wellbeing delivers. At Hapstar, we believe that happiness is core to individual and business success. Happier people outperform miserable people in just about every measurable way. Putting wellbeing at the core of your organisation strategy will lead to a huge positive impact on every other metric youre working towards. Hapstar creates happy teams by empowering employees to take charge of their own mental health, and providing the data required for companies to make smart decisions on organisational wellbeing. Hapstar is a mobile and desktop app, incredibly simple to use, and creates open and honest communication channels between employers and their teams. We don’t believe in surveys, we don’t believe in guesswork for wellbeing, and we don’t believe that looking after your health is solely someone else’s responsibility. Hapstar is fun, effective, and creates accountability for everyone working towards the same goal – a happier life, inside and outside of work
Founder and Investor
Oct 2015
The ground-breaking and unique innovation of NORTHSTARs engaging interface offers an immediate visual indicator of performance within each part of your business. You can easily see where to focus and introduce strategies for change. Inaugural winner of Best Recruitment Technology​ 2017 - Recruitment International Supplier Awards
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2022
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Dec 2022
We help businesses on their journey towards sustainability through full-cycle programs that consist of sourcing planet-friendly products, procurement, education and environmental, social and governance (ESG) consulting. We have the largest global portfolio of independently vetted wholesale, sustainable, planet-conscious products. PEOPLE - PLANET - PROFIT Being sustainable is no longer enough – we need to go ‘beyond’ sustainability to restore and rejuvenate the global eco-system. Beyond Bamboo was created out of a desire to offer ‘beyond sustainable’ solutions for organisations - working together to create more responsible ways of doing business.
mid stageHospitality
Investor
Dec 2022
Exceptional items for extraordinary people sourced by an expert team. Luminaire is a service and client first operation – a hyper personal shopping service and matchmaker between brands, stores and clients.
Investor
Nov 2022
ufurnish.com is the UKs leading search and comparison website for home furniture and furnishings. The platform brings 100+ furniture retailers and all of their products into one website to make search simple for consumers. Our mission is to transform the way we all shop for furniture and furnishings for our homes. We realise that whilst people love their homes, they don’t always enjoy the process of finding the perfect items to turn their house into their dream home. That’s why we created the only website where you can search and compare the entire market in one place - giving you the confidence that you have made the perfect choice, every time! ufurnish.com was launched in 2020 by our founders Deirdre McGettrick and Ray Wright. The business is backed by leading investors and has a highly experienced management team, led by Deirdre as CEO and Irish Entrepreneur Pat McCann as Chairman.
mid stageRetail
Investor
Jan 2022
We support exceptional companies through every stage of growth to deliver impact for their people, clients and investors. At Pollen & Company, we take on projects where we can facilitate real growth and change peoples lives in the process. This can be because we're able to create a clean narrative which helps a team exit to Private Equity or because we design a positioning strategy which sees a company win more recurring revenue. All Pollen & Company projects are collaborative. Our people become extensions of our clients and we excel in three types of project: People projects – how to develop for skill and create purpose for teams. Commercial projects – how to build a sustainable growth model Investment projects – how to realise value and work with impact investors
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