James McKellar

Renewable energy, peat restoration (carbon emission reduction) sponsor, data, technology and sport investor - serial angel investor and financial advise

πŸ“ United KingdomπŸ”„ Updated September 2026πŸ’Ό 4 investmentsπŸ“… 5 years investingπŸ—“ Last invested Aug 2022
VC🌍 United Kingdom
4
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2
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1
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1
Late stage
5y
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Portfolio

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Seed Investor
Aug 2022
Currensea Travel spend done differently The UK’s first Direct Debit Travel Card. The layer in front of your current bank account, saving you money, giving you extra security and making your bank work that bit harder for you. Save - Access the best rates at only 0.5% above the FX base rate on our Essential plan, saving you at least 85% on every transaction, or 0% on our Premium and Elite plans, saving you 100% on every transaction. Convenient - partners with your current bank account to make saving money simple. No need to prepay, no need to top-up, no new bank account needed. Secure - All purchases protected by Mastercard chargeback protection Sustainable - Currensea removes 2.5 times the plastic it produces from the ocean, and you can automatically remove ocean plastic or plant trees every time you spend.
Seed Investor and Board adviser
Mar 2022
The Padel Club is Your Place to Play Our award winning Padel Club is open now in Wilmslow, soon to be expanded to 8 courts. Our second Club at Trafford City, with 11 courts, is coming in 2024, and club 3 is opening in Gloucester October β€˜24, with more exciting club news coming soon. We are on the lookout for more locations across the UK. Follow us for news 🎾
Seed Investor
Nov 2021
The market leader in performance optimization & email analytics for customer-facing teams globally. Dont just analyze and report, empower and improve...in real-time. Trusted by 100s of companies including Deel, Petronas, ATPI and many more.
Seed Investor
Jun 2021
Raindrop is helping pension providers, fintechs and financial advisers engage their customers and reach new audiences through innovative pension finding technology.
Experience Β· 7 entries
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Investments (4)
Founder (2)
2022
Seed Investor
Aug 2022
Currensea Travel spend done differently The UK’s first Direct Debit Travel Card. The layer in front of your current bank account, saving you money, giving you extra security and making your bank work that bit harder for you. Save - Access the best rates at only 0.5% above the FX base rate on our Essential plan, saving you at least 85% on every transaction, or 0% on our Premium and Elite plans, saving you 100% on every transaction. Convenient - partners with your current bank account to make saving money simple. No need to prepay, no need to top-up, no new bank account needed. Secure - All purchases protected by Mastercard chargeback protection Sustainable - Currensea removes 2.5 times the plastic it produces from the ocean, and you can automatically remove ocean plastic or plant trees every time you spend.
Seed Investor and Board adviser
Mar 2022
The Padel Club is Your Place to Play Our award winning Padel Club is open now in Wilmslow, soon to be expanded to 8 courts. Our second Club at Trafford City, with 11 courts, is coming in 2024, and club 3 is opening in Gloucester October β€˜24, with more exciting club news coming soon. We are on the lookout for more locations across the UK. Follow us for news 🎾
2021
Seed Investor
Nov 2021
The market leader in performance optimization & email analytics for customer-facing teams globally. Dont just analyze and report, empower and improve...in real-time. Trusted by 100s of companies including Deel, Petronas, ATPI and many more.
Seed Investor
Jun 2021
Raindrop is helping pension providers, fintechs and financial advisers engage their customers and reach new audiences through innovative pension finding technology.
2015
Co-Founder, Director and 65% shareholder
Oct 2015
GBSL is working to deliver electricity storage projects meeting commercial needs as they emerge. Our first projects are targetted at National Grid’s Enhanced Frequency Response tenders. The directors of GBSL have an outstanding record in power industry project delivery, in a wide range of industry sectors. Our approach is to work only with technologies and suppliers which have already demonstrated delivery in a similar commercial situation – adopting new technologies only when proven. We seek to deliver maximum value by developing the projects on a supplier agnostic basis and then entering a tender process for project delivery. Project funding will be carried out on a competitive basis, seeking to minimise the cost of capital. Working with this approach, we will use our extensive network of industry and finance contacts to deliver cost-effective and reliable projects.
early stageOil and Gas
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