John Reynolds

Partner at Host Capital, Investor, Chair & NXD

๐Ÿ“ United Kingdom๐Ÿ”„ Updated October 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 9 investments๐Ÿ“… 10 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested Dec 2025
VC๐ŸŒ United KingdomInvested this year
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3
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Investor
Dec 2025
The future of hiring is social-led, behaviourally matched and built around people. urfuture helps employers attract, understand and hire the next generation of talent. We bring social content, personalised job discovery, branded applications and AI-powered recruiter support together for early careers and volume recruitment. ๐Ÿ“ฑ Attract talent through content they want to watch. Through our creators, career advice and employer videos, we bring jobs and workplaces to life. With 180 million social views and 130,000 app downloads in our first year, we help employers reach young people who may never have considered their opportunities. ๐ŸŽฏ Serve jobs based on the person. Candidates shouldnโ€™t need to know a job title to discover a career they could thrive in. Our proprietary behavioural matching connects their traits, needs and motivations with relevant roles, then explains why each opportunity could suit them. ๐Ÿ’ฌ Your brand. Real candidate insight. Signal replaces CV uploads and traditional forms with a white-labelled, conversational application journey. Candidates apply through voice or typed responses, while employers receive structured profiles and explained behavioural match scores before applications reach their ATS. ๐Ÿ–ฅ Better insight. Faster screening. Our employer platform brings applications, behavioural profiles, job simulation results and reporting into one place. Ruby, our AI recruiter assistant, helps teams filter candidates, explore their fit and prepare personalised interview questionsโ€”reducing admin and supporting more informed decisions. From the first video someone watches to the shortlist your team reviews, urfuture helps you reach new talent and see their potential beyond a polished CV. ๐Ÿ–ฅ urfuture.io/employers ๐Ÿ“ง hey@urfuture.io Find us on Instagram and TikTok: @urfutureapp / @howtogetajobuk
NED & Angel Investor
Mar 2025
๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ | ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ Every fast-growing eCommerce brand hits the same problem. Growth outpaces cashflow. Inventory is paid for before campaigns go live. Freight and supplier invoices land before payouts. Stock sells faster than it can be replaced. Modern eCommerce runs on live inventory, orders moving through fulfilment, and revenue updating in real time. Funding should live there too. ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜. We release fast, flexible capital for eCommerce brands using live operational data from inventory, sales, and fulfilment partners. Capital that reflects how a business is performing today, not how it looked on paper months ago. For eCommerce brands, CapRelease funds growth where pressure actually shows up: โ€ข Reordering inventory ahead of demand โ€ข Keeping marketing live while cash is tied up โ€ข Paying suppliers and freight on time โ€ข Scaling without stalling momentum Decisions take as little as ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€. Repayments flex with revenue. No equity. No personal guarantees. ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น. When clients are funded, inventory increases, throughput rises, and retention strengthens. Fulfilment becomes a growth engine, not just a cost centre. ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ. ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ. ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐Ÿ‘‰ eCommerce brand preparing for growth ๐Ÿ‘‰ Fulfilment partner supporting scaling retailers caprelease.com
Investor & Advisor
Sep 2021
Groubook is a group booking platform that gives personalised offers, split-payments & is the easier way to manage get-togethers.
Investor & Advisor
Sep 2021
More for students, more for brands, more for unions. We have built powerful platforms allowing brands to target students, for unions to increase commercial revenue, simplify their advertising and for students to access discounts.
Investor
Jul 2019
The Talent Management software thatโ€™s changing the game for jobseekers, workforce and SMBs.
Investor
Dec 2017
PureGroup is a UK-based financial technology business, established in 2013, focused on delivering sales optimisation for global asset managers. PureGroup powers global asset managers to increase profitability and become tomorrowโ€™s leaders - primarily through XALT - https://xalt.io - our industry-leading point-of-sale insights platform, which supports $11 trillion assets across 15 countries and 5 continents. We believe that improved Client Experience (CX) is one of the most powerful differentiators for modern asset managers to build both meaningful client relationships and sustained growth and retention of long-term assets. Our web-based technologies enables global asset management sales teams to stand out from the crowd, grow and retain assets through more efficient and effective client engagement, augmented by technology. PureGroup won the FinTech start up award at the Digital Client Engagement Summit 2019. Connect with us to learn how we enable your sales team to build long-term client partnerships. ------------------------------ patrick.murphy@xalt.io ben.bird@xalt.io
Chair & Investor
Jul 2016
Rockstar is not just another storage and private cloud brand. It is a different approach to storage and different way of doing things. We are here because you can have the best components in the world without breaking the bank. We offer SMEs a level of service and support that is normally reserved for Fortune 500 customers with world class shared storage that everyone can afford. Protection against cyber attacks, Acts of God, human error or freak accidents The world of today is a dangerous place for your data. Just listen to the news these days, and youโ€™ll realise cyber-crime is the biggest threat to modern business. If you are targeted and your files are compromised, your entire business is exposed - to ransom, litigation and loss of earnings. Rockstar offers an affordable, robust, secure solution to ensure maximum business continuity for your company, no matter what befalls you. With private cloud access, disaster recovery, snapshots and dynamic file sharing, we can ensure your business is well protected and is up and running seamlessly within minutes!
Chair & Investor
Apr 2016
Bauwow is a fast growing social network and directory service for dog lovers, we have secured a number of very large strategic partners and are in a massive growth spurt as a business. We are looking to grow our team and are seeking dynamic entrepreneurial types to come on as equity partners. Its the perfect time to join as we have already started on our growth curve. The Bauwow App has designed the app to have everything you can possibly need for you and your dog in one single app? Itโ€™s Social Build your own community of services, businesses and doggy friends that help you provide your furry friends with the best of EVERYTHING. Publish your photos & Share news and pictures with other dog lovers. For more information contact us at info@bauwowworld.com Bauwow โ€“ Everything in one Y-App!
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2025
Investor
Dec 2025
The future of hiring is social-led, behaviourally matched and built around people. urfuture helps employers attract, understand and hire the next generation of talent. We bring social content, personalised job discovery, branded applications and AI-powered recruiter support together for early careers and volume recruitment. ๐Ÿ“ฑ Attract talent through content they want to watch. Through our creators, career advice and employer videos, we bring jobs and workplaces to life. With 180 million social views and 130,000 app downloads in our first year, we help employers reach young people who may never have considered their opportunities. ๐ŸŽฏ Serve jobs based on the person. Candidates shouldnโ€™t need to know a job title to discover a career they could thrive in. Our proprietary behavioural matching connects their traits, needs and motivations with relevant roles, then explains why each opportunity could suit them. ๐Ÿ’ฌ Your brand. Real candidate insight. Signal replaces CV uploads and traditional forms with a white-labelled, conversational application journey. Candidates apply through voice or typed responses, while employers receive structured profiles and explained behavioural match scores before applications reach their ATS. ๐Ÿ–ฅ Better insight. Faster screening. Our employer platform brings applications, behavioural profiles, job simulation results and reporting into one place. Ruby, our AI recruiter assistant, helps teams filter candidates, explore their fit and prepare personalised interview questionsโ€”reducing admin and supporting more informed decisions. From the first video someone watches to the shortlist your team reviews, urfuture helps you reach new talent and see their potential beyond a polished CV. ๐Ÿ–ฅ urfuture.io/employers ๐Ÿ“ง hey@urfuture.io Find us on Instagram and TikTok: @urfutureapp / @howtogetajobuk
Director of Host Capital & Founder, Host Capital Private Markets
Jun 2025
Host Capital consists of a network of highly experienced investment and business professionals dedicated to helping our clients deliver their full potential.
NED & Angel Investor
Mar 2025
๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ | ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ Every fast-growing eCommerce brand hits the same problem. Growth outpaces cashflow. Inventory is paid for before campaigns go live. Freight and supplier invoices land before payouts. Stock sells faster than it can be replaced. Modern eCommerce runs on live inventory, orders moving through fulfilment, and revenue updating in real time. Funding should live there too. ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜. We release fast, flexible capital for eCommerce brands using live operational data from inventory, sales, and fulfilment partners. Capital that reflects how a business is performing today, not how it looked on paper months ago. For eCommerce brands, CapRelease funds growth where pressure actually shows up: โ€ข Reordering inventory ahead of demand โ€ข Keeping marketing live while cash is tied up โ€ข Paying suppliers and freight on time โ€ข Scaling without stalling momentum Decisions take as little as ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€. Repayments flex with revenue. No equity. No personal guarantees. ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น. When clients are funded, inventory increases, throughput rises, and retention strengthens. Fulfilment becomes a growth engine, not just a cost centre. ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ. ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ. ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐Ÿ‘‰ eCommerce brand preparing for growth ๐Ÿ‘‰ Fulfilment partner supporting scaling retailers caprelease.com
2023
Co-Founder
Aug 2023
VirtuSign: Crafting Contracts, The Intelligent Way Welcome to VirtuSign, the future of contract creation. This cutting-edge software uses advanced AI to simplify and refine the drafting of service level agreements, contracts, and proposals. With VirtuSign: AI-Driven Drafting: Benefit from our state of the art - AI trained system which has access to vast databases, ensuring clarity, precision, and legal robustness. User-Centric Design: Easily navigate and draft using our intuitive interface, regardless of your familiarity with legal terminologies. End-to-End Process: Draft, review, and send documents for digital signingโ€”all from one platform. Our encrypted, secure signing process guarantees the integrity of each signature. Real-time Collaboration: Team members can simultaneously review, edit, and comment, promoting efficiency and alignment. Cloud-Based Security: Access your documents anytime, anywhere, with the assurance of top-tier security protocols. Scalability: From startups to enterprises, VirtuSign is tailored to fit every business size and need. VirtuSign isnt just a toolโ€”its a game-changer. Embrace efficiency, accuracy, and the future of contractual processes with us.
2021
Investor & Advisor
Sep 2021
Groubook is a group booking platform that gives personalised offers, split-payments & is the easier way to manage get-togethers.
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