Jon Bennett (JB)

Enterprise Revenue Leader | EMEA GM & Ecosystem-Led Growth | Multi-Million £ Revenue Engine Builder | AI & Cloud Partnership Specialist & Active Investor; Hip Pop & Deepsquare

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated October 2026💼 2 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2024
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Dec 2024
Hip Pop is shaking up soft drinks. We make proper good pop - lightly sparkling, gut-friendly fizz that’s big on real fruit, live cultures, and 100% natural ingredients. No fakery. No sweeteners. No shortcuts. Just a drink that feels as good as it tastes. Forget mindless mainstream pop. Hip Pop is the real deal - created for flavour seekers who want more from their fizz. Whether it’s kombucha, soda, or something a bit different, every can is packed with real refreshment and bold, uncompromising flavour. Low in calories. Big on taste. Made to make you feel alive. What makes us different? - Real fruit, never artificial flavours - No sweeteners or syrupy nonsense - Live cultures, high fibre, gut friendly - Naturally vegan and low calorie - Award-winning and proud Our production site is right in the heart of Manchester, where we create and can every drop ourselves. That means quality control, wild new NPDs, and the freedom to keep things real. We’re here for people who want real drinks, real flavour, and real benefits. No fluff, no fads—just pop that hits different. Ready to get real about drinks? Drop us a message, call, or hit our website. Crack open, crack on. Hip Pop. Get Real.
Investor
Oct 2021
Building the next generation of cloud computing, DeepSquare democratises access to performant yet affordable High Performance Computing by delivering a platform that seamlessly interconnects users with a grid of distributed supercomputing resources. Your AI Powerhouse!
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2024
Investor
Dec 2024
Hip Pop is shaking up soft drinks. We make proper good pop - lightly sparkling, gut-friendly fizz that’s big on real fruit, live cultures, and 100% natural ingredients. No fakery. No sweeteners. No shortcuts. Just a drink that feels as good as it tastes. Forget mindless mainstream pop. Hip Pop is the real deal - created for flavour seekers who want more from their fizz. Whether it’s kombucha, soda, or something a bit different, every can is packed with real refreshment and bold, uncompromising flavour. Low in calories. Big on taste. Made to make you feel alive. What makes us different? - Real fruit, never artificial flavours - No sweeteners or syrupy nonsense - Live cultures, high fibre, gut friendly - Naturally vegan and low calorie - Award-winning and proud Our production site is right in the heart of Manchester, where we create and can every drop ourselves. That means quality control, wild new NPDs, and the freedom to keep things real. We’re here for people who want real drinks, real flavour, and real benefits. No fluff, no fads—just pop that hits different. Ready to get real about drinks? Drop us a message, call, or hit our website. Crack open, crack on. Hip Pop. Get Real.
2021
Investor
Oct 2021
Building the next generation of cloud computing, DeepSquare democratises access to performant yet affordable High Performance Computing by delivering a platform that seamlessly interconnects users with a grid of distributed supercomputing resources. Your AI Powerhouse!
2020
VP EMEA, Alliance & Partnership Sales
Oct 2020
Merkle, a dentsu company, powers the experience economy. For more than 35 years, the company has put people at the heart of its approach to digital business transformation. As the only integrated experience consultancy in the world with a heritage in data science and business performance, Merkle delivers holistic, end-to-end experiences that drive growth, engagement, and loyalty. Merkle’s expertise has earned recognition as a “Leader” by top industry analyst firms, in categories such as digital transformation and commerce, experience design, engineering and technology integration, digital marketing, data science, CRM and loyalty, and customer data management. With more than 16,000 employees, Merkle operates in 30+ countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.
VP EMEA, Alliance & Partnership Sales
Oct 2020
We are dentsu. We team together to help brands predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities and create new paths to growth in the sustainable economy. We know people better than anyone else and we use those insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity. We are the network designed for what’s next.