Ned Dorbin

Non-Executive Director and Investor

📍 Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2020
VC🌍 United Kingdom
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Board Observer
Mar 2020
Delivering greater savings, safety, and sustainability in fleets around the world. Lightfoot is the trusted solution for businesses that want to experience long-lasting, positive change within their fleets. A fleet management solution with a difference, our AI-powered technology is proven to make fleets safer, more efficient, and less expensive to operate, all through recognising and rewarding better driving behaviour. Whether you’re looking to reduce fuel consumption, cut down on emissions, lower accident rates, improve EV range, or minimise vehicle downtime, the award-winning combination of Lightfoot’s in-cab coaching device, driver rewards app, and full telematics suite will help you power up your fleet’s performance and realise your goals. Join thousands of businesses across the globe and achieve a cleaner, greener, greater fleet with Lightfoot.
Investor
Jan 2012
BGF is the most active and influential investor in small and mid-sized businesses in the UK. An established and independent company, we have £2.5bn to support a range of growing companies – early-stage, growth-stage and quoted – across every region and sector in the UK and Ireland. BGF is a minority, non-controlling equity partner with a patient outlook, based on shared, long-term goals with the management teams we back. With a 150+ strong team, BGF offers an unparalleled international network of business leaders, sector experts and board-level non-executives. We also provide in-house support, including chair and senior executive selection and appointments. BGF UK: http://www.bgf.co.uk BGF Ireland: https://www.bgfireland.ie/
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2020
Board Observer
Mar 2020
Delivering greater savings, safety, and sustainability in fleets around the world. Lightfoot is the trusted solution for businesses that want to experience long-lasting, positive change within their fleets. A fleet management solution with a difference, our AI-powered technology is proven to make fleets safer, more efficient, and less expensive to operate, all through recognising and rewarding better driving behaviour. Whether you’re looking to reduce fuel consumption, cut down on emissions, lower accident rates, improve EV range, or minimise vehicle downtime, the award-winning combination of Lightfoot’s in-cab coaching device, driver rewards app, and full telematics suite will help you power up your fleet’s performance and realise your goals. Join thousands of businesses across the globe and achieve a cleaner, greener, greater fleet with Lightfoot.
2019
Board Observer
Feb 2019
At Trunki we believe travel is about new experiences, creating memories and making every journey just as exciting as the destination. We create fun and innovative travel gear for families on the go. Trunki: Get Set. Go! Trunki designs, distributes and manufactures fun and innovative travel gear for children. We proudly make our suitcases in Plymouth, UK at our sister company Magma Moulding Ltd Pioneering the childrens travel product category since 2006 when the company founder and CEO Rob Law MBE started trading. The brand transcends international boundaries selling direct to customer and through a network of distributors, with its International business growing to well over half of total revenue. Our product portfolio contains the classic Trunki ride-on suitcase (over 4 million units have now been sold) together with BoostApak car seat backpack, PaddlePak swim bags, Yondi head rests, ToddlePak reins and new Ride range of folding bikes and scooter exclusive to Halfords. The company is driven by strong leadership and a passionate, talented team with a clear mission, vision and values. Constantly thinking differently about its products, marketing, working environment and ways of doing business has earned it respect from its peers in the toy, luggage and nursery industries. We are proud to have been recognized, in a variety of forums, through over 120 awards. Read about our story in a new book: 65 Roses and a Trunki: Defying the Odds in Life and Business.
CS Law (t/a Equilaw and Thomas Legal)
Non Executive Director
Feb 2019
Board Observer
Feb 2019
We are Direct Online Services, an eCommerce-led omnichannel retailer serving the UK market primarily through our flagship brand Worktop Express, the UK’s #1 online worktop retailer. Founded in 2008, we have enjoyed consistent and profitable growth since inception by sourcing the highest quality products at great prices via a first-class experience and delivered with our in-house Home Delivery Service to our ever-expanding customer base. In 2020, Direct Online Services became part of the €1bn+ global materials division of Broadview Holding alongside other well-known surface brands including Formica, Westag, Trespa, Arpa and Homapal, and as part of the wider Broadview group, have a clear vision to accelerate our growth over the coming years. Innovation and continual improvement keep us ahead of the competition, and with Team Zeus (our in-house software development team based in Prague) playing a key role, we actively seek opportunities to invest back into the business. Central to our ethos is an emphasis on Health & Safety across all areas of the business and a clear commitment to sustainability and corporate social responsibility. This includes reducing our impact on the environment by creating products that are responsibly sourced and processed. Our friendly, supportive and progressive culture makes for an extremely enjoyable, inclusive and encouraging working environment. We have a strong policy of promoting from within, training and developing our employees from junior positions right up to management - and even board level. Our 300+ colleagues enjoy regular social events and a Reward and Recognition scheme to recognise both individuals and teams for outstanding achievements. Find out more about joining us on our website.
2017
Board Observer
Jun 2017
We are an international brand incubator business that create powerfully soulful brands. From within our in-house studio and lab, we use the power of design, formulation innovation and highly imaginative marketing to enrich brand appeal and to stimulate brand growth. Our portfolio of vibrant and authentic beauty & male grooming brands is a synergy of indie brand cool and global brand authority. COLAB DRY SHAMPOO | RHYME & REASON | JOHNNY’S CHOP SHOP | VELVOTAN | SUPERDRY PERFORMANCE GROOMING | LAURA ASHLEY BEAUTY | RADLEY BEAUTY | HAPPY PLACE by FERNE COTTON |
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