Michael Bristow

Mentor in Residence at London Business School

๐Ÿ“ London, England, United Kingdom๐Ÿ”„ Updated October 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 3 investments๐Ÿ“… 11 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested Jan 2020๐• @upgrade_to_unlock
VC๐ŸŒ United Kingdom
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Founding Board Member, 36H Group
Jan 2020
Innovate Finance is the independent industry body for UK FinTech. Our mission is to accelerate the UKโ€™s leading role in the financial services sector by directly supporting the next generation of technology-led innovators to create a more inclusive, more democratic and more effective financial services sector that works better for everyone.
Investor (LP in Funds I & II) & Mentor
May 2015
The VC backing the innovators who are transforming our relationship with the built world and its impact on people, business, and the environment. Founded in 2015, Pi Labs is actively investing globally at the early stages of the startup journey โ€“ from pre-seed to series A.
Experience ยท 15 entries
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2022
CEO
Mar 2022
CP Capital (www.cpcapital.com) provides mezzanine finance for property developers, backed by deep property expertise, a disruptive fintech / proptech business model, absolute customer focus and reliable diverse sources of capital from CrowdProperty. The new CP Capital product line goes further to deliver on CrowdPropertyโ€™s mission to transform property finance to unlock the power of SME property developers - to build more homes, increase spend in the UK economy and ever more efficiently and effectively match the supply and demand of capital for the benefit of all. As property finance by property people with hundreds of years of property expertise, our team has the customer-focused insights to deliver finance with the speed, ease, certainty, transparency and expertise developers need. Realise your ambitions with the UKโ€™s leading specialist property development online lending business. Apply for mezzanine finance for property projects in just 5 minutes at: www.cpcapital.com/apply
2020
Board Director & Co-Founder
Apr 2020
CrowdProperty provides specialist finance for property projects and investment opportunities for Australian investors in property project loans โ€” all through an online marketplace. We invite investors โ€” retail, wholesale, and institutional investors (incl SMSFs) โ€” to invest in the CrowdProperty platform to provide project loans to small-scale property developers so they can build and renovate homes for Australians. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€? With CrowdProperty Australia, you get a true partner vested in the success of your property project โ€” weโ€™re property people ourselves. You get project funding with: โ€ข Ease โ€” apply online โ€ข Speed โ€” response within 24 hours, projects reviewed within the week, successful projects funded in a matter of a few weeks or sooner โ€ข Certainty โ€” we only fund SME property projects and we want your project to succeed Submit your property development project finance request at crowdproperty.com.au/borrowers ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€? You get up to 8.5% pa target income returns* from first mortgage secured project loans, typically paid back in 12-18 months (subject to project and loan structure). At the heart of our business is actual property development and investment experience. We offer hands-on, expert due diligence and loan administration. Loans are focused on the small-scale property development market, a key segment for supplying much needed Australian housing stock. Register now to view current projects at crowdproperty.com.au *Target returns, not forecast returns or guaranteed returns. Terms, conditions, and risks apply.
Founding Board Member, 36H Group
Jan 2020
Innovate Finance is the independent industry body for UK FinTech. Our mission is to accelerate the UKโ€™s leading role in the financial services sector by directly supporting the next generation of technology-led innovators to create a more inclusive, more democratic and more effective financial services sector that works better for everyone.
2019
Investment Committee (Voting Member)
Sep 2019
The VC backing the innovators who are transforming our relationship with the built world and its impact on people, business, and the environment. Founded in 2015, Pi Labs is actively investing globally at the early stages of the startup journey โ€“ from pre-seed to series A.
2018
Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (P2PFA / www.p2pfa.org.uk)
Board Member
Sep 2018
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