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📍 London, England Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 17 investments📅 13 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2021𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Jul 2021
For half the world’s population, hormone health is a lifetime’s journey. Yet, women are underserved by education, health and wellness services. Jennis is changing that. Founded by Jess Ennis-Hill, Jennis is a women’s hormonal health platform, with the goal being to help women understand what’s happening hormonally. The Jennis app has two products: Jennis CycleMapping Daily movement and lifestyle recommendations mapped to the four phases of a woman’s menstrual cycle. Jennis Perimenopause Movement programmes and symptom-reduction tools, designed by leading experts in perimenopausal health. Jennis women have really noticed a difference: - 72% reported reduced negative symptoms - 55% reported more motivation to move - 61% had more active days per month - 77% reported improved mood It’s time to help women tune into their hormones to get the results they want and feel better than ever.
Investor
Jul 2021
Dream Factory is the content creation house for brands.
Investor
Apr 2021
Valarian builds infrastructure for organisations operating in high-trust, high-stakes environments. Our core product, ACRA, is a secure, compartmentalised backbone designed to run and protect mission-critical applications — now proven at the edge in portable GPU clusters as well as in the cloud and on-premise. We developed ACRA when existing infrastructure failed to meet real-world risk — where segmentation breaks down, audit trails disappear, and lateral movement cannot be contained. Valarian is a UK-founded and UK-led company, and backed by leading defence and national security investors. We are a homegrown team with backgrounds across defence, secure communications, high-assurance systems, and enterprise software — engineers and operators who have worked in environments where a lost signal or a missed audit can carry real consequences. We design like users because we’ve been them.
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Nov 2020
Sama connects your employees to the best professional coach for them. Our powerful digital platform and proprietary algorithm matches people to the right coach - based on their professional development needs and personal profile.
Investor and Advisor
Aug 2020
Kolleno is a financial operations platform that brings together receivables, payments and reconciliation - all in one place. Ranked among the top 50 Softwares in Accounting & Finance by G2, the platform is built for and by finance professionals to automate and optimise finance back-office processes with highly customisable workflows. Kolleno simplifies the management of client payments, related communications, and financial reporting by keeping everything in sync - data, systems, and people. Powered by advanced AI capabilities, Kolleno pulls data from all incoming accounting systems, ERPs and CRMs, translating context-sensitive data into actionable insights. We foresee traditional finance operations transforming into seamless digital experiences for everyone involved – including CFOs, finance teams and their clients. Ultimately, Kolleno helps businesses to run everyday operations intelligently, freeing up resources to focus on higher-priority, growth-driving activities. For more information and to book a free consultation please visit www.kolleno.com or email us at hello@kolleno.com CAREERS We are always looking for talented people to join. Come work with us: https://www.kolleno.com/careers/
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Jul 2020
We’re a multi-award-winning wills, probate and funerals company, with a mission to change the way the world deals with death. We create beautifully designed and easy to use products - with customers at the heart of everything we do. We’re a team of 65 people and since 2016 we’ve helped raise more than £800m in pledged legacy income for over 1,000 organisations. Our backgrounds are diverse; what brings us together is our passion for what we do. Based in a beautiful office by the canal in Haggerston (East London), we’re backed by some of Europe’s most exceptional investors - from the founders of Transferwise and Zoopla to Kindred Capital, Augmentum Fintech & Highland Europe. We’re changing the way the world deals with death by making it easy for people to plan ahead for their funerals or organise someone else’s. We want our customers to feel confident in making meaningful decisions. This is an unusual, fascinating, and emotional area to work in. So if you’re up for a big challenge, we’d love to meet you. Here are some of the things we’re most proud of since starting in 2016: - raised over £800 million in charity pledges - rated 4.9/5 on Trustpilot with over 14,000 reviews - formed major national partnerships with organisations across the charity, insurance, and mortgage industries such as Macmillan, Cancer Research UK and Samaritans. 🏆 And we’ve won a few awards too: - British Wills And Probate Awards, Will Writing Firm of the Year 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 - British Wills And Probate Awards, Probate Provider of the Year 2021, 2020 - Good Funeral Awards, Low-Cost Funeral Provider of the Year 2022, 2021 and Funeral Information Provider of the Year 2021 - Start-Ups 100, 3rd Most Disruptive and Innovative UK Start-Up 2021 - Best Employer & Runner Up Best CEO, Fintech Awards 2020 -Client Care Initiative of the Year, Modern Law Awards 2020
Investor
Jun 2020
Smarter Supplements designed for body and mind to help you Reach Your Heights. Created by scientists, trusted by experts, 125,000+ happy customers and counting.
Investor and Advisor
May 2020
The app for sustainable investments. Make an impact on climate change with your savings. Capital at risk.
Investor and Advisor
Apr 2020
We build and maintain a contract database to your specification. Minimal effort required from you.
Investor
May 2019
From your first Safara booking, you start earning cashback to put towards future trips. And, the more you travel with Safara, the more you earn. Cashback can be used on Safara bookings worldwide, with no restrictions, and is available instantly — so use it as you earn it, or let the savings add up to pay for the trip of a lifetime. Backed by Sequoia Capital, defy.vc, Thayer Ventures, and other adventurers.
Investor and Advisor
May 2019
Earlytrade is the largest B2B liquidity marketplace in Asia Pacific. Founded in 2017, Earlytrade has become a trusted source of liquidity through B2B early payments for more than 80,000 businesses across APAC. Earlytrade continues to expand and evolve its software solutions for enterprise clients including ASX 200 firms and forward-thinking APAC business leaders who wish to overcome the biggest issues in their supply chains including modern slavery, decarbonisation and economic inequality. Australia's Best New Proptech 2022, Urban Developer Industry Excellence Awards AFR BOSS Most Innovative Companies List 2022 (shortlist) AFR & BCG Sustainability Leaders List 2022 (shortlist) AFR BOSS Most Innovative Companies List 2021
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Mar 2017
Technology Will Save Us is one of the UK's most exciting design-led, technology start-ups focused on learning. We are on a mission to provide families, educators and young people - of all ages, backgrounds and interests - new opportunities to learn and create using technology. Based in Hackney, East London, we are establishing the most accessible ecosystem for hands on learning with technology that includes DIY Gadget kits, activities and online resources. All of our products are vehicles for education that encourage everyone to make, play, code and invent with technology. Using everyday life as inspiration, our kits tap into the hobbies and passions that we love - music, gardening, cycling and gaming. Everyone learns more when they care about what they are making. Our aim is to inspire a new creative generation that see technology as a tool for solving problems and making things with; equipping them with the skills - soldering, electronics, programming, design, debugging, problem solving and confidence - that are essential for today's world. We recently designed the BBC micro:bit in partnership with the BBC, Samsung and ARM. It's the most ambitious technology project the BBC has undertaken in the last 30 years and we're super excited about how it will help young people unleash their inner maker.
Investor and Advisor
Dec 2015
Charlie is the HR software for small teams with big ideas. We believe that while building a company is hard - running one shouldn’t be. Both beautifully designed and easy-to-use, our product enables small companies to automate many of the administrative headaches that they experience as they scale, and gives those who run businesses more of what they need the most... time! We exist to run, build and change small companies so they can run, build and change the world. Come and join us to help create a world that works better. Visit https://www.charliehr.com for more.
Investor and VP Marketing
Jan 2015
We’re here to help students succeed in life by offering more options and less hassle when it comes to their next home. Where finding your perfect student housing is quick, easy, and stress-free - thanks to our passionate team and cutting-edge technology. With over 2.5 million beds across 400 cities in 32 countries, wherever you’re headed, we’ve got you covered. Since 2011, we’ve been leading the student housing game, constantly innovating to make things easier for students.
Investor and Advisor
Apr 2014
We’re reimagining the way banking works. We make it easy to manage your money – wherever you are in the world. We create financial freedom for all of us who live, work, travel, study or send money abroad. We’re the mobile app alternative to the banks, offering accounts you can open instantly so that you don’t lose access to the money you need every time you cross a border on a map. We’re here for everyone, not just for those with perfect credit scores or the right set of utility bills. We push the boundaries daily with over 2 million sign-ups across 31 countries.
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M&A and Growth Advisory dedicated to serving marketing, communication and technology companies.
2021
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Jul 2021
For half the world’s population, hormone health is a lifetime’s journey. Yet, women are underserved by education, health and wellness services. Jennis is changing that. Founded by Jess Ennis-Hill, Jennis is a women’s hormonal health platform, with the goal being to help women understand what’s happening hormonally. The Jennis app has two products: Jennis CycleMapping Daily movement and lifestyle recommendations mapped to the four phases of a woman’s menstrual cycle. Jennis Perimenopause Movement programmes and symptom-reduction tools, designed by leading experts in perimenopausal health. Jennis women have really noticed a difference: - 72% reported reduced negative symptoms - 55% reported more motivation to move - 61% had more active days per month - 77% reported improved mood It’s time to help women tune into their hormones to get the results they want and feel better than ever.
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Jul 2021
Dream Factory is the content creation house for brands.
Investor
Apr 2021
Valarian builds infrastructure for organisations operating in high-trust, high-stakes environments. Our core product, ACRA, is a secure, compartmentalised backbone designed to run and protect mission-critical applications — now proven at the edge in portable GPU clusters as well as in the cloud and on-premise. We developed ACRA when existing infrastructure failed to meet real-world risk — where segmentation breaks down, audit trails disappear, and lateral movement cannot be contained. Valarian is a UK-founded and UK-led company, and backed by leading defence and national security investors. We are a homegrown team with backgrounds across defence, secure communications, high-assurance systems, and enterprise software — engineers and operators who have worked in environments where a lost signal or a missed audit can carry real consequences. We design like users because we’ve been them.
2020
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Nov 2020
Sama connects your employees to the best professional coach for them. Our powerful digital platform and proprietary algorithm matches people to the right coach - based on their professional development needs and personal profile.
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