Nick Carter

Investor / Advisor

📍 London, England, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2020
Angel investor🌍 United Kingdom
6
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Investor / Advisor
2020
Yapster enables customers to create ‘cultures of performance’ in the workplace through its fully integrated mobile communications platform. The Yapster platform includes a ground-breaking KPI Gamification feature, which turns customer commercial data into live games between sites, encouraging social interaction and friendly competition. With two-way communication up and down the business, teams can send 1 to 1 and group messages, initiate flash polls, and post to a social newsfeed from their mobile phones. Yapster gives its customers full control of the platform to create a secure, closed environment. It also integrates with existing HR and operations systems, which makes administration effortless. Many of the UK’s best-known retail, hospitality and leisure brands are already using Yapster to drive sales, improve job satisfaction and lower staff turnover.
Investor/ advisor
2017
Zencargo is a digital first freight forwarder & logistics provider. Our platform allows customers to book, manage and keep track of their international freight as well as use analytics to drive intelligent supply chain decisions that help their businesses thrive. Whilst shipping is a complex trillion dollar industry, you might be surprised to know that many of the processes that could be simplified with technology are currently done over the phone, by fax and email or even jotted down on scraps of paper Our services include ocean, air and rail freight as well as trucking and cargo insurance. We deliver significant time, paper and financial savings to our customers offering instant quoting, easy booking and an online dashboard to give them 360 degree, 24/7 visibility on their shipments. Shippers and their counterparts collaborate to manage their logistics on Zencargo and all their supply chain data is stored together in the cloud making business analytics easier than ever. At Zencargo, we believe that technology can simplify logistical complexity and tear down barriers to trade. Automating trade and logistics operations and providing access to data and analysis will help companies to trade smarter and more efficiently, freeing businesses to concentrate on key decisions. Only by combining human endeavour and technology, can we build smarter supply chains that know no borders. Interested in being a part of the journey? Zencargo is hiring so please do check our job postings!
Investor
2016
At its simplest, Trail is a daily list of tasks for multiple teams. And once connected to other software and services, Trail becomes the central operational hub for the entire organisation.
Investor / Advisor
2016
Our platform offers a machine learning-powered solution to expensive, ineffective and rigid staffing. 1000s of businesses nationwide trust Catapult to help them reduce costs and staff churn while improving productivity across all locations. With Catapult you can: Handpick your pool of workers from our network of talented staff. Catapult candidates are ready to work anywhere, any time! Stay on-brand. We'll help you produce tailored in-app training that suits your business. Manage peaks and support your core team with a flexible workforce. How it works: Post an offer. It only takes a minute to enter the details of your shifts through our platform Fill the shift. Candidates can start applying straight away. Browse applicants and choose staff to work the shift add to your pool We look after the rest. Vetting, payroll, and right to work checks are already done and dusted. Visit the website today to request a demo.
early stageInternet
Investor
2016
We help food operators inform their customers about the food they serve. Ten Kites offers a simple solution that automatically publishes the latest menu item information to our customer's website or other display systems in seconds.
Investor
2015
Fruugo is a unique, fully localised global marketplace where shoppers in 46 countries can buy products from retailers all around the world. Our mission is to provide shoppers with great choice, great prices, and the freedom to shop safely and securely wherever they are. Shoppers have the ability to add multiple products to their Fruugo shopping cart from the multiple retailers, even if the retailers are in different countries. The shopper automatically sees the whole transaction in their own language and currency. The Fruugo checkout provides shoppers with all the major global payment methods, plus many local payment methods too for the various Fruugo countries.
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2021
Investment Director
Jan 2021
We are all about improving your cash flow without requiring you to extend your borrowing. It's that simple. Through our digital platform and fees that are fixed and fair. Hydr will pay 100% of the value of your invoice within 24 hours, removing the stress of waiting for payment. No charges, no hidden extras. Hydr’s innovative cloud-based platform and seamless on boarding process integrates with Xero cloud accounting software, providing funding decisions in real time. Hydr will build strong, professional relationships with your customers from the start. Hydr is a proud signatory of the UK Government’s Prompt Payment code which sets standards for payment practices between organisations of any size and their suppliers.
2020
Investor / Advisor
2020
Yapster enables customers to create ‘cultures of performance’ in the workplace through its fully integrated mobile communications platform. The Yapster platform includes a ground-breaking KPI Gamification feature, which turns customer commercial data into live games between sites, encouraging social interaction and friendly competition. With two-way communication up and down the business, teams can send 1 to 1 and group messages, initiate flash polls, and post to a social newsfeed from their mobile phones. Yapster gives its customers full control of the platform to create a secure, closed environment. It also integrates with existing HR and operations systems, which makes administration effortless. Many of the UK’s best-known retail, hospitality and leisure brands are already using Yapster to drive sales, improve job satisfaction and lower staff turnover.
2017
Investor/ advisor
2017
Zencargo is a digital first freight forwarder & logistics provider. Our platform allows customers to book, manage and keep track of their international freight as well as use analytics to drive intelligent supply chain decisions that help their businesses thrive. Whilst shipping is a complex trillion dollar industry, you might be surprised to know that many of the processes that could be simplified with technology are currently done over the phone, by fax and email or even jotted down on scraps of paper Our services include ocean, air and rail freight as well as trucking and cargo insurance. We deliver significant time, paper and financial savings to our customers offering instant quoting, easy booking and an online dashboard to give them 360 degree, 24/7 visibility on their shipments. Shippers and their counterparts collaborate to manage their logistics on Zencargo and all their supply chain data is stored together in the cloud making business analytics easier than ever. At Zencargo, we believe that technology can simplify logistical complexity and tear down barriers to trade. Automating trade and logistics operations and providing access to data and analysis will help companies to trade smarter and more efficiently, freeing businesses to concentrate on key decisions. Only by combining human endeavour and technology, can we build smarter supply chains that know no borders. Interested in being a part of the journey? Zencargo is hiring so please do check our job postings!
2016
Investor
2016
At its simplest, Trail is a daily list of tasks for multiple teams. And once connected to other software and services, Trail becomes the central operational hub for the entire organisation.
Investor / Advisor
2016
Our platform offers a machine learning-powered solution to expensive, ineffective and rigid staffing. 1000s of businesses nationwide trust Catapult to help them reduce costs and staff churn while improving productivity across all locations. With Catapult you can: Handpick your pool of workers from our network of talented staff. Catapult candidates are ready to work anywhere, any time! Stay on-brand. We'll help you produce tailored in-app training that suits your business. Manage peaks and support your core team with a flexible workforce. How it works: Post an offer. It only takes a minute to enter the details of your shifts through our platform Fill the shift. Candidates can start applying straight away. Browse applicants and choose staff to work the shift add to your pool We look after the rest. Vetting, payroll, and right to work checks are already done and dusted. Visit the website today to request a demo.
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