James Whittingham

MD | CEO | Investor | Founder | Charity Trustee

📍 London, England, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 16 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2013
VC🌍 United Kingdom
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Investor
Mar 2013
Your Social Treating App. Givvit is an easy to use, intuitive app for treating your friends, family and colleagues. You pick the treat to send and add a personalized message, they download the app and redeem in store, pub, café or download online. Boost staff happiness, team productivity and drive your sales, by making your employees happy. Whether it's sending everyone a beer at the end of the week, or a bunch of flowers at the end of a project, surprising people with treats is a great way to boost moral. You can even send bottles of wine to your clients, a box of chocolates to a new lead or a coffee to say thanks for the meeting. A new way of commercialising social media by enabling people to demonstrate their thoughts and feelings through the sending of low cost treats to show they care ... whatever the reason or for no reason at all! Check out our explainer video to see what we do and how it works: http://bit.ly/GivvitShort Cheers, The Givvit Team
Investor
Aug 2010
Our mission is to be your trusted technical partner – one that understands what you want by listening first! We implement smart technology that enables you to achieve your goals, embracing radical ideas to solve your most challenging issues with tailored digital solutions. We’re committed to being inclusive in all we do, recognising the value in every person and the wider impact of every decision. Shaping Cloud: the partner and employer you always wanted.
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2023
Managing Director
May 2023
We are a pensions software development business with a difference.​ Our solutions range from Administration platforms to Asset Liability Management and much more.​ We have designed our modern, contemporary solutions to deliver the outcomes schemes and advisers need now, without the baggage of legacy systems.
2021
Consultant - Strategic Partnerships
Jan 2021
At Modulr, our vision is a world where all businesses are powered by embedded payments. Modulr enables thousands of businesses, from SMEs to enterprise, across the UK and Europe to efficiently pay-in, collect and disburse funds instantly via a range of payment methods, accounts, and card products. We’ve created an industry-leading platform with comprehensive online tools and API access, to meet the demands of daily business payments. We are connected to an expanding network of accounting and payroll platforms, including Sage, Xero, BrightPay and IRIS. Our payments expertise and extensive product capability also enables us to build tailored solutions to solve complex payment problems for hundreds of clients in a range of industries, including Travel, Merchant Payments, Lending, Wage Advance and Investment & Wealth. We are deeply integrated into the payment eco-system. In the UK, we are direct participants of Faster Payments and Bacs, and hold settlement accounts at the Bank of England. Our payment network connectivity includes CHAPS, Open Banking, SEPA, SWIFT and account issuance in a range of currencies. We are principal issuing members of Visa and Mastercard across the UK and Europe. Our regulatory permissions and governance structure underpin our business. We are regulated as an Authorised Electronic Money Institution (AEMI) in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority and in the Netherlands by De Nederlandsche Bank. Today we handle over 200m transactions and £100bn payment volume on an annualised basis handling more than 30 API calls per second.
2013
Investor
Mar 2013
Your Social Treating App. Givvit is an easy to use, intuitive app for treating your friends, family and colleagues. You pick the treat to send and add a personalized message, they download the app and redeem in store, pub, café or download online. Boost staff happiness, team productivity and drive your sales, by making your employees happy. Whether it's sending everyone a beer at the end of the week, or a bunch of flowers at the end of a project, surprising people with treats is a great way to boost moral. You can even send bottles of wine to your clients, a box of chocolates to a new lead or a coffee to say thanks for the meeting. A new way of commercialising social media by enabling people to demonstrate their thoughts and feelings through the sending of low cost treats to show they care ... whatever the reason or for no reason at all! Check out our explainer video to see what we do and how it works: http://bit.ly/GivvitShort Cheers, The Givvit Team
2010
Investor
Aug 2010
Our mission is to be your trusted technical partner – one that understands what you want by listening first! We implement smart technology that enables you to achieve your goals, embracing radical ideas to solve your most challenging issues with tailored digital solutions. We’re committed to being inclusive in all we do, recognising the value in every person and the wider impact of every decision. Shaping Cloud: the partner and employer you always wanted.
2006
Investment Manager
Aug 2006
Blenheim Chalcot is a global venture builder headquartered in the vibrant Scale Space campus in White City, London. With over 26 years of innovation, weve been at the forefront of creating some of the most groundbreaking GenAI-enabled companies. Our ventures lead the charge in digital disruption across a spectrum of industries, from FinTech to EdTech, GovTech to Media, and beyond. Our global presence spans the US, Europe, and Southeast Asia, with a portfolio that employs over 3,000 individuals, manages assets exceeding £1.8 billion, and boasts total portfolio sales of over £500 million. At Blenheim Chalcot, were more than venture capitalists; were venture builders. We invest not only funds but also our wealth of knowledge, experience, and innovative ideas. We provide our ventures with the essential infrastructure and support they need to grow from start-up to scale to exit. Our entrepreneurs and co-founders benefit from access to global networks and business development services, enabling them to scale rapidly. Our digital expertise empowers big businesses to become more agile, while their global reach accelerates our ventures growth. Our mission is to be a great place for great people to become great entrepreneurs. We understand that in todays rapidly evolving business landscape, staying ahead requires constant upskilling and adaptability. Through our learning initiative, RedTeam, we offer comprehensive training programmes in a dynamic atmosphere, empowering our team members to tackle challenges head-on, expand their knowledge, and develop their skillset. Were committed to transforming our ventures into profitable, sustainable businesses that revolutionise industries. Our ventures are designed to adapt to emerging customer behaviours and needs, ensuring that Blenheim Chalcot remains at the cutting edge of innovation. Join us and be part of nurturing the next generation of AI businesses that are prepared to reshape the world.