Mark Andres

Commercial Lead | uFurnish.com

📍 Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 9 investments📅 17 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2023𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United Kingdom
9
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17y
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Oct 2023
We built Diem to revolutionise fragrance. Diem offers world-class luxury scents, at just the same level of artistry as those from fine fragrance brands. By avoiding retailer markups we offer luxury for less, meaning beautiful scents can be an everyday joy rather than saved for special occasions. Were changing the way people discover new fragrances by using intelligent data and our free discovery set offer, which enables you to try our scents risk-free before needing to buy a thing. Were changing the way fragrance is gifted by making sure the recipient always finds a scent they love. Were changing the way fragrance is talked about. No more confusing terminology or feeling youve got to be a nose. Instead clear, engaging content that makes this fascinating subject much more accessible. Follow our journey, one spray at a time, at Diemscents.com
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Jul 2019
We are a fintech company with teams in New York and London, building the first mobile app that allows you to unify all of your shopping into a single private interface. With the nate® app, you can buy, gift, and save products from online stores, and share shopping lists and shopping profiles with friends and family. Available for iOS in the US App Store. Roles and our five leadership principles are available at nate.tech/careers TikTok @nate IG @nate_app Twitter @nate_app
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Jun 2019
Secret Spa is the UKs most trusted at-home beauty and wellness service providing a seamless solution for even the busiest women to keep up their beauty & wellness routines. Working alongside the best beauty professionals in London, Manchester & Brighton Secret Spa offers a full range of beauty and wellness treatments in your home, hotel or workplace every day from 6am-10pm. Secret Spa has gained advocates such as Celia Walden (The Telegraph) and Sarah Jossel (Sunday Times Style) who praise the quality of the therapists and the devoted customer service team. At its core is a strong family bond, that extends not just across the head office but also the entire network of therapists who enjoy the life-changing benefits of freelance work. The need for convenient and safe beauty treatments has never been higher and Secret Spa offers a seamless solution to beauty maintenance, offering luxurious treatments on demand at competitive prices.
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Apr 2019
Entale is the brand new podcasting app that combines the best audio podcasts with enhanced, rich additional content that pulls you deeper into the story. Our unique technology enhances your favourite podcasts with contextual links, pictures, social quotes and more, meaning you have everything you need to enhance your understanding of the story, synced to the audio interactively. In short - Entale is how podcasting should be. --Social Sharing-- Our unique player sharing functionality allows you to share your favourite moments with your friends on social media and allow them to see the same pictures, links and engaging extra content that you can. --Navigate easily with Chapters-- Longer podcasts are split into Chapters, so you can easily navigate between topics and share the most interesting segments. --Subscribe for new eps-- We don't have them all (yet!) but you can subscribe to your favourite shows to get updates as soon as they come out, to make sure you never miss an episode. Whether you're into Adam Buxton and Marc Maron, or This American Life and The Guilty Feminist, we've got something new for you. --Revisit the classics-- Go back and listening to the classic podcasts that we all know and love, made interactive and with added visuals powered by the Entale technology. Serial, Dirty John, The Butterfly Effect, Slow Burn - all the greats become new experiences for you to re-live in the Entale app.
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Mar 2019
Billed as the 'Netflix for Travel'​, BRB is the World's first travel subscription service that delivers 3 trips a year to surprise holiday destinations (with flights and hotel included), for a fixed monthly price. BRB was shortlisted as one of the "Top Startups to Watch in 2019"​ bu SKIFT and was featured on CNBC as the "Future of Travel"​.
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Feb 2019
HireBOB.ai | Active Reality | Longevity | FitHUB | MoveGB | SalesAPE.ai Move Technologies leverages the latest digital technologies to meet the demand of the fitness industry. Integrations with messaging services, content providers, management and booking systems, wearables, payment gateways to connect up the end to end experience. We are a data and insight led organisation ensuring that our platforms deliver proven solutions to optimise your digital customer experience, meaning you can focus on the things you do best.
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Sep 2009
As vouchercloud (a Groupon company) we’re a global money-saving brand. We’re the creative force behind the world’s first discount voucher app, and help people “live more & spend less” every day.
Experience · 13 entries
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Investments (9)
Founder (1)
2023
Investor
Oct 2023
We built Diem to revolutionise fragrance. Diem offers world-class luxury scents, at just the same level of artistry as those from fine fragrance brands. By avoiding retailer markups we offer luxury for less, meaning beautiful scents can be an everyday joy rather than saved for special occasions. Were changing the way people discover new fragrances by using intelligent data and our free discovery set offer, which enables you to try our scents risk-free before needing to buy a thing. Were changing the way fragrance is gifted by making sure the recipient always finds a scent they love. Were changing the way fragrance is talked about. No more confusing terminology or feeling youve got to be a nose. Instead clear, engaging content that makes this fascinating subject much more accessible. Follow our journey, one spray at a time, at Diemscents.com
Co-Founder
Jun 2023
Welcome to Takeaway House, the epicentre of all things food and drink in the UK. Were dedicated to connecting food lovers with their favourite brands, curating content that tickles your taste buds and fills your heart with the joy of eating. Were more than just a food hub. Were a community of epicurean explorers on a never-ending gastronomic adventure. We help you navigate the culinary landscape, featuring the best of local and international food and beverage brands, highlighting fun articles, and creating engaging content that keeps your palate piqued and your appetite satiated. Join us as we taste our way through the UK, one bite, one sip, and one post at a time. At Takeaway House, we believe every meal is a journey, and were here to make sure its a delicious one. So, grab your forks and lets dig in!
2019
nate
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Jul 2019
Investor
Jul 2019
We are a fintech company with teams in New York and London, building the first mobile app that allows you to unify all of your shopping into a single private interface. With the nate® app, you can buy, gift, and save products from online stores, and share shopping lists and shopping profiles with friends and family. Available for iOS in the US App Store. Roles and our five leadership principles are available at nate.tech/careers TikTok @nate IG @nate_app Twitter @nate_app
Investor
Jun 2019
Secret Spa is the UKs most trusted at-home beauty and wellness service providing a seamless solution for even the busiest women to keep up their beauty & wellness routines. Working alongside the best beauty professionals in London, Manchester & Brighton Secret Spa offers a full range of beauty and wellness treatments in your home, hotel or workplace every day from 6am-10pm. Secret Spa has gained advocates such as Celia Walden (The Telegraph) and Sarah Jossel (Sunday Times Style) who praise the quality of the therapists and the devoted customer service team. At its core is a strong family bond, that extends not just across the head office but also the entire network of therapists who enjoy the life-changing benefits of freelance work. The need for convenient and safe beauty treatments has never been higher and Secret Spa offers a seamless solution to beauty maintenance, offering luxurious treatments on demand at competitive prices.
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