David Roberts

Head of Leisure Sector and corporate partner at CMS

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated October 2026💼 9 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2025
Operator-angel🌍 United Kingdom
9
Total investments
3
Early stage
1
Mid stage
2
Late stage
12y
Years active

Portfolio

7 investments · sorted by recency
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Investor and helper
Mar 2025
FloBiotech is an early stage biotech company using advanced human brain cell models to develop disease-modifying therapeutic and diagnostic candidates to cure Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Our proprietary cell models (FloCells) will accelerate the search for and creation of effective treatments to transform Alzheimers drug discovery and development (and other Tauopathies). The powerhouse team brought together at FloBiotech has the expertise, the vision, and the revolutionary technology to deliver transformative results and save the lives of the people we love.
Seed Investor
Jan 2024
THE DEN is the worlds first youth hospitality brand. Using a parent funded model to create mass access to a network of incredible local venues for 12-17s, with inclusive games and unmissable events, membership of THE DEN gives teenagers a kick-ass alternative to their screens and a kick-start to their social confidence. Doing for youth clubs what flight club did for darts, THE DEN is a new commercial concept in early development, and currently raising investment under SEIS/EIS to launch the first location in Kentish Town. The Den has been developed by its co-founders, Cheryl Calverley (ex-CEO eve sleep) & Paul Billingsley (ex-MD adam&eveDDB), and is designed to tackle the most profound challenge facing this generation - record levels of social anxiety and loneliness amongst teenagers. This is a generation scarred by lockdown, swallowed up by social media, and starved of places to go. THE DEN will change all that. It takes the best of membership clubs, youth organisations and hospitality to create a profitable business model that sits at the forefront of the IRL revolution. In five years there will be 11 Dens with over 10,000 members, and every single teenager who joins will be a happier and more socially confident person by the time they leave. THE DEN is currently fundraising, and keen to bring on board investors who realise the unique commercial potential of this venture and share our fundamental belief that life is better in real life.
early stageHospitality
Investor
Oct 2023
Wolfpack Lager was created with passion, dedication and a mild smattering of panic. As professional rugby players we needed a game plan for life after our playing days expired. We didn’t have to look far to find something we loved just as much as rugby - beer! We’re not basement dwelling master brewers who sniff, swirl and sip. We love drinking with our mates and we love lager. So thats why we decided to make it. Great Lager. Thats it.
Seed Investor
Jun 2020
Duke Street Bio is focused on exploiting tumour genetic vulnerabilities and harnessing the natural power of the body’s immune system to fight cancer.
Investor
Feb 2020
Through individually designed all day cafes, the Collection creates iconic spaces which quickly become local destinations and meeting points for surrounding workers, residents and visitors. Its signature Mediterranean meets Asian food is transparent, fresh and healthy and appeals to plant based, vegetarian and paleo diet followers alike.
late stageHospitality
Seed Investor
Jul 2019
Middle Eastern Vegetarian Restaurant in the heart of Londons Spitalfields
early stageHospitality
Seed Investor
Jul 2019
Slerp empowers hospitality brands to digitally sell D2C (direct to consumer). We work with scaling SMEs through to enterprise multi-site businesses, providing a full-stack e-commerce solution that is bespoke to the F&B sector. We bring together all order types - on-demand delivery, click and collect, order at table and nationwide pre-orders - and combine it with loyalty to create highly configurable web and app solutions for brands. Slerp is headquartered in Shoreditch, London.
Experience · 15 entries
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Investments (9)
Founder (2)
2025
The Ancient Links Golf Company
Co-Founder and Non-Executive Director
Oct 2025
Seed Investor
Mar 2025
Sandwich Sandwich is a family owned Bristol business boasting over 30 years of experience preparing high quality food with big plans for the future. The art of running a successful sandwich shop is about making reasonably priced, high quality home made sandwiches. Situated conveniently in 5 top Bristol locations, we pride ourselves on making the tastiest sandwiches, so we use only the freshest and most delicious locally sourced ingredients to make our Sandwich Sandwiches just perfect. Not quite sure what you would put in your perfect sandwich? Fear not! Pick from our range of our delicious, tried and tested house sandwiches or pick up one of our legendary Soft Boiled Scotch Eggs. Catering for a meeting? Or just have no time to wait. Then please call ahead and we will have your order ready for you when you come to collect it. Are you wondering where to go for lunch in Bristol? Sandwich Sandwich is the perfect place to get a lunchtime treat with friends to eat in or takeaway. You will soon see that our gourmet sandwiches are so good, they deserved to be named twice!
Investor and helper
Mar 2025
FloBiotech is an early stage biotech company using advanced human brain cell models to develop disease-modifying therapeutic and diagnostic candidates to cure Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Our proprietary cell models (FloCells) will accelerate the search for and creation of effective treatments to transform Alzheimers drug discovery and development (and other Tauopathies). The powerhouse team brought together at FloBiotech has the expertise, the vision, and the revolutionary technology to deliver transformative results and save the lives of the people we love.
2024
Seed Investor
Jan 2024
THE DEN is the worlds first youth hospitality brand. Using a parent funded model to create mass access to a network of incredible local venues for 12-17s, with inclusive games and unmissable events, membership of THE DEN gives teenagers a kick-ass alternative to their screens and a kick-start to their social confidence. Doing for youth clubs what flight club did for darts, THE DEN is a new commercial concept in early development, and currently raising investment under SEIS/EIS to launch the first location in Kentish Town. The Den has been developed by its co-founders, Cheryl Calverley (ex-CEO eve sleep) & Paul Billingsley (ex-MD adam&eveDDB), and is designed to tackle the most profound challenge facing this generation - record levels of social anxiety and loneliness amongst teenagers. This is a generation scarred by lockdown, swallowed up by social media, and starved of places to go. THE DEN will change all that. It takes the best of membership clubs, youth organisations and hospitality to create a profitable business model that sits at the forefront of the IRL revolution. In five years there will be 11 Dens with over 10,000 members, and every single teenager who joins will be a happier and more socially confident person by the time they leave. THE DEN is currently fundraising, and keen to bring on board investors who realise the unique commercial potential of this venture and share our fundamental belief that life is better in real life.
early stageHospitality
2023
Investor
Oct 2023
Wolfpack Lager was created with passion, dedication and a mild smattering of panic. As professional rugby players we needed a game plan for life after our playing days expired. We didn’t have to look far to find something we loved just as much as rugby - beer! We’re not basement dwelling master brewers who sniff, swirl and sip. We love drinking with our mates and we love lager. So thats why we decided to make it. Great Lager. Thats it.
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