Mark Hewlett

The founder and CEO of Soul Padel, welcoming everyone to the court to meet, play and connect. Talks about #padel #investing #healthcare #retail #realestate #leisure

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2025
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Jan 2025
Our electric engines offer quiet, safe and efficient propulsion with the vision to accelerate the adoption of sustainable aviation
Investor
Feb 2024
Modular Commerce provides revolutionary e-commerce for independent retailers. Our mission is to help improve every aspect of our clients’ retail operation – not just provide a website. We offer full-service digital retail packages, tailored to the requirements of our clients and ready to go from day one - with a special charging model that means that we succeed when they succeed. We have specialist expertise in the footwear market, but can provide online retail platforms suitable for any independent brand or retailer looking to take their online sales to new heights.
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2025
Investor
Jan 2025
Our electric engines offer quiet, safe and efficient propulsion with the vision to accelerate the adoption of sustainable aviation
2024
Investor
Feb 2024
Modular Commerce provides revolutionary e-commerce for independent retailers. Our mission is to help improve every aspect of our clients’ retail operation – not just provide a website. We offer full-service digital retail packages, tailored to the requirements of our clients and ready to go from day one - with a special charging model that means that we succeed when they succeed. We have specialist expertise in the footwear market, but can provide online retail platforms suitable for any independent brand or retailer looking to take their online sales to new heights.
2023
Founder & CEO
Nov 2023
Soul Padel welcomes everyone to the court to Meet, Play & Connect. We are developing accessible, affordable clubs that are great places to spend time and socialise. Through the concept of competitive socialising, we are not only developing and enhancing the sport of Padel, but also embedding the sport at a grassroots level across communities. Our value proposition is delivered through our openness and community spirit, enabling people of all ages, genders, social and economic backgrounds, skill and fitness levels to take up the sport of Padel in an environment that is welcoming, fun and entertaining. We reach and serve a diverse and varied group of customers across our communities. Padel is a sport for everyone and we believe it will become a mass participation activity, enhancing fitness levels whilst improving overall well-being. Therefore, Soul Padel welcomes everyone to the court.
Founder
Sep 2023
We are active in 5 important areas, helping to change and influence traditional industries from the inside; Healthcare - Working alongside Healthtech start-ups that are pushing the frontiers of accessible and affordable healthcare further, faster. Improving lives through open access to personalised bio-data. Striving for longevity and healthier populations. Leisure - Sport is community. Playing, meeting and connecting are fundamental to improved well-being and physical fitness. We are actively investing in the sports and leisure industries to get everyone more active and engaged. Hospitality - Food that is sustainably produced by planet friendly companies making smarter choices for our environment are who we want to work with. Conscious choices to produce food that leaves as small a footprint as possible but has the biggest impact on flavour. Retail - Small brands with big ideas. We partner with sustainable, thoughtful food companies that are looking to change the way we buy and consume. Tackling the dominance of Big Food and Big Farm by pioneering different ways to shop. Real Estate - We are focused on urban density and affordable homes in large cities. Lowering the cost of living and improving the built environment, helping city communities to thrive and prosper in sustainable affordability. Please contact us if your company needs a partner, investor or advisor who believes what you believe.
2018
Chief Operating Officer & Executive Board Member
Feb 2018
Unser Unternehmen Starten Sie durch in einem erfolgreichen internationalen Handelsunternehmen. Allein in Deutschland tragen unsere rund 75.000 Mitarbeiter mit ihrem Engagement und eigenen Ideen entscheidend zu unserem Erfolg bei. Werden Sie Teil unseres Teams und gestalten Sie gemeinsam mit uns die Zukunft. Wir als Arbeitgeber Leistungsstark, dynamisch und fair – das sind wir und das sind auch unsere Mitarbeiter. Diese Werte lenken und motivieren uns. So machen wir Veränderungen möglich und erreichen unsere Ziele. Kern unseres Geschäfts sind unsere Filialen. Deutschlandweit sind wir mit 660 Filialen vertreten. Unseren Kunden steht ein Sortiment von über 60.000 Artikeln zur Verfügung. Machen Sie für unsere Kunden jeden Einkauf zu einem Erlebnis. Produkte, Services, Leistungen Neben einer Vielfalt an Markenartikeln, bis zu 1.000 Bio-Produkten und vielen regionalen Qualitätsprodukten, führen wir über 2.300 Artikel unserer starken Kaufland-Marken u.a. „EXQUISIT“, „K-Bio“, „K-Classic“, „K-take it veggie“, „K-Purland“, und „Cultura Vini“. Dabei setzen wir auf absolute Frische – vom Obst und Gemüse über die Molkereiprodukte bis hin zu Fleisch, Wurst, Käse und Fisch. Mit K-Purland bietet Kaufland Fleisch- und Wurstspezialitäten in ausgezeichneter Qualität aus eigener Produktion. Perspektiven für die Zukunft Unsere Vorteile Zufriedene Mitarbeiter sind die Basis unseres Erfolgs. Freuen Sie sich auf verantwortungsvolle und interessante Aufgaben in einem dynamischen Team. Profitieren Sie von einer motivierenden Arbeitsatmosphäre, die von gegenseitiger Wertschätzung geprägt ist. Neben vielfältigen Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten erwartet Sie eine attraktive Vergütung. Unsere Einstiege Wir suchen Mitgestalter – starten Sie beruflich bei uns durch. Ob Sie an Ihrem beruflichen Anfang stehen oder bereits mehrjährige Erfahrung im Arbeitsleben mitbringen – bei uns finden Sie Ihre passende Einstiegsmöglichkeit.
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2018–2025 · 3 investments
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