Katie Prentke English

CEO @ Ekorn | Co-Founder @ Harness | ex Nutmeg (acquired by JPM) and Amex

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated July 2026💼 3 investments📅 18 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2023
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Advisor and Investor
Nov 2023
At Tunic Pay we are the only fraud vendor designed specifically for scams. We provide banks with Payment Intelligence, typology-specific data fields and adaptive insights on the transaction and the recipient — all delivered dynamically throughout the payment journey. We are working with a range of Tier One banks and neobanks, enabling them to break the spell of scams while confidently releasing legitimate payments. We are built by second time fintech founders (Nova Credit & Casai), and backed by Europes leading VCs, as well as a syndicate of fraud and payment founders. And were just getting started.
Angel Investor
Jan 2023
Ventures Together (VT) is a community of 150+ of Europe’s leading tech entrepreneurs and operators who angel invest and help companies together. We invest in ~2 companies a week at pre-seed and seed.
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2024
Partner
Feb 2024
Umbra is a private merchant bank - offering Wealth Management and Corporate Finance services. Umbra is a wealth manager for high net worth individuals and families. We take the approach of an outsourced family office for our clients - putting service first. Umbra works with companies and entrepreneurs. We advise and invest across the capital structure, in both debt and equity. We have access to varied sources of capital including institutional capital and large family offices. Across both disciplines we have a fintech approach and use tech to help our clients identify relevant partners for each opportunity, and help capture and analyse key data to make better decisions.
2023
Advisor and Investor
Nov 2023
At Tunic Pay we are the only fraud vendor designed specifically for scams. We provide banks with Payment Intelligence, typology-specific data fields and adaptive insights on the transaction and the recipient — all delivered dynamically throughout the payment journey. We are working with a range of Tier One banks and neobanks, enabling them to break the spell of scams while confidently releasing legitimate payments. We are built by second time fintech founders (Nova Credit & Casai), and backed by Europes leading VCs, as well as a syndicate of fraud and payment founders. And were just getting started.
Advisor
Mar 2023
Antler is one of the most active early-stage investors globally. The firm leads in ‘Day Zero’ investing, an approach to venture capital focused on partnering with founders pre-launch. Antler systematically removes capital and network constraints for early-stage technology entrepreneurs by providing co-founder matching, deep business model validation, initial capital, expansion support, and follow-on funding. The firm is present in 27 cities across most leading technology ecosystems globally and has made over 1,300 investments into early-stage startups. Antler has been repeatedly recognized by Pitchbook as the world’s most active angel and seed-stage investor.
Angel Investor
Jan 2023
Ventures Together (VT) is a community of 150+ of Europe’s leading tech entrepreneurs and operators who angel invest and help companies together. We invest in ~2 companies a week at pre-seed and seed.
2018
Co-Founder
Sep 2018
Harness Wealth helps startup employees make important decisions about their equity and crypto. With Harness, you can see your full financial picture on an interactive dashboard, project future profits or taxes, and find expert financial advice when you need it most.
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