Ivan Gowan

CEO & Co-Founder, Opagio | Former CEO, Capital.com | 15 Years Senior Leadership, IG Group (FTSE 250) | Angel Investor, PensionBee (Preseed → IPO) | MSc Neural Networks (2001)

📍 London, England, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2021
VC🌍 United Kingdom
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Strategic Advisor, Investor
Oct 2021
A web3-based music marketplace, ticketing platform & a Creative STUDIO connecting the music industry into the new digital world of Web3 tickets with NFT & Smart-contract technology. Rewarding the Artists, Organizers and holders! We are also planning to move into sports & other entertainment ticketing-markets. An NFT marketplace and a music streaming platform will be a natural part of the Centaurify ecosystem.
Association Advisory Board, Founding Investor
Mar 2021
Occam.fi is a suite of DeFi solutions tailored for Cardano. Designed to deliver market leading launchpad capabilities, DEX tools, and liquidity pools, Occam.fi is the first and most significant addition to Cardano's rapidly expanding DeFi landscape. The first component of Occam.fi’s ecosystem is its decentralised funding platform, or launchpad, called OccamRazer. Through this launchpad, the next-generation of disruptive Cardano applications can undertake significant capital raises through OccamRazer's IDO capabilities.
Investor, Board Observer
Dec 2020
Nutri-Genetix has developed NGX, the world’s FIRST genetically personalised nutrition shake. Backed by leading scientists, nutritionists and professional athletes. Our mission is simple: to help people live fitter, healthier and happier lives through nutrition that is as unique as you. We are all genetically unique and we all have unique nutrition requirements. Recommended food guidelines are based on population averages that simply aren’t suitable for optimising fitness and health at a personal level. Using cutting edge science and technology we can reveal the nutrition secrets hidden in your DNA. Using this information, we build NGX – your personalised nutrition shake for optimising YOUR fitness and health. And dont worry, we dont sell your data and we dispose of your DNA sample within 3 months of analysis. Your NGX shake is high in protein and contains and a personalised mix of all your essential nutrients, which are sourced from natural, environmentally and vegan friendly ingredients. Go further. Achieve more. Become the best that you can be.
Investor and Advisor, CEO and Founders
Jun 2020
Gowan Consultancy Ltd provides investment and advisory services to high growth startups and scale ups. With a focus on strategy, product and marketing we help founders and boards innovate and growth.
Advisor, Investor
Jun 2018
We’re on a mission to help people take ownership of their data and re-engineer the way companies access and utilise behavioral insights. In a climate where reliable and actionable behavioral data is so difficult to obtain, Measure has become a trusted source of visibility into digital consumer behaviors and patterns that businesses have never been able to get. The latest Consumer Intelligence (CI) solution by Measure helps MAANG companies in gaining insights into their target audience's daily habits, emerging trends and factors of influence in a fully-compliant environment. Leading app businesses love us for: Competitive intelligence Take a deep dive into your competitor’s audience, to know what influences their decision-making and purchasing patterns. Consumer intelligence Deepen your understanding of what users do beyond your app to gain perspective on new ways to drive revenue. Market Intelligence Fill the gaps by adding hidden data insights to get a full micro-level market perspective and expand your macro-growth.
Advisor, Investor
Jun 2018
We’re on a mission to help people take ownership of their data and re-engineer the way companies access and utilise behavioral insights. In a climate where reliable and actionable behavioral data is so difficult to obtain, Measure has become a trusted source of visibility into digital consumer behaviors and patterns that businesses have never been able to get. The latest Consumer Intelligence (CI) solution by Measure helps MAANG companies in gaining insights into their target audience's daily habits, emerging trends and factors of influence in a fully-compliant environment. Leading app businesses love us for: Competitive intelligence Take a deep dive into your competitor’s audience, to know what influences their decision-making and purchasing patterns. Consumer intelligence Deepen your understanding of what users do beyond your app to gain perspective on new ways to drive revenue. Market Intelligence Fill the gaps by adding hidden data insights to get a full micro-level market perspective and expand your macro-growth.
Advisor, Investor
Jun 2015
PensionBee is a leading online pension provider, helping you transfer your old pensions into one new plan, that you can easily manage online. We’re on a mission to make you pension confident by helping you take control of your pension savings and plan for a happy retirement. With PensionBee you can manage your pension from the palm of your hand: check your real-time balance, see your projected retirement income, and set up contributions and withdrawals online. Find out more on www.pensionbee.com. Capital at risk.
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Founder (3)
Board (1)
2021
Strategic Advisor, Investor
Oct 2021
A web3-based music marketplace, ticketing platform & a Creative STUDIO connecting the music industry into the new digital world of Web3 tickets with NFT & Smart-contract technology. Rewarding the Artists, Organizers and holders! We are also planning to move into sports & other entertainment ticketing-markets. An NFT marketplace and a music streaming platform will be a natural part of the Centaurify ecosystem.
Association Advisory Board, Founding Investor
Mar 2021
Occam.fi is a suite of DeFi solutions tailored for Cardano. Designed to deliver market leading launchpad capabilities, DEX tools, and liquidity pools, Occam.fi is the first and most significant addition to Cardano's rapidly expanding DeFi landscape. The first component of Occam.fi’s ecosystem is its decentralised funding platform, or launchpad, called OccamRazer. Through this launchpad, the next-generation of disruptive Cardano applications can undertake significant capital raises through OccamRazer's IDO capabilities.
2020
Investor, Board Observer
Dec 2020
Nutri-Genetix has developed NGX, the world’s FIRST genetically personalised nutrition shake. Backed by leading scientists, nutritionists and professional athletes. Our mission is simple: to help people live fitter, healthier and happier lives through nutrition that is as unique as you. We are all genetically unique and we all have unique nutrition requirements. Recommended food guidelines are based on population averages that simply aren’t suitable for optimising fitness and health at a personal level. Using cutting edge science and technology we can reveal the nutrition secrets hidden in your DNA. Using this information, we build NGX – your personalised nutrition shake for optimising YOUR fitness and health. And dont worry, we dont sell your data and we dispose of your DNA sample within 3 months of analysis. Your NGX shake is high in protein and contains and a personalised mix of all your essential nutrients, which are sourced from natural, environmentally and vegan friendly ingredients. Go further. Achieve more. Become the best that you can be.
Investor and Advisor, CEO and Founders
Jun 2020
Gowan Consultancy Ltd provides investment and advisory services to high growth startups and scale ups. With a focus on strategy, product and marketing we help founders and boards innovate and growth.
Founder
May 2020
PlayersPic brings the world of football closer together. Your online social network for all your football activities. Players Connect with all your football friends, your team(s), setup your player profile with all your highlights, rate your mates and bring your banter to a whole new level. See your stats and all your footballing history. Clubs Showcase your history, facilities, manage your teams effectively, work with sponsors, social events, recruit new players. Teams Coordinate with your teams seamlessly with pictures and videos to form your own highlights reel. Manage fixtures, player availability, arrange friendlies, match reports with player ratings.
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