Oliver Horton

Board Director & Investor | Former Senior Retail Executive | UK, US & Canada | Governance, Risk & Strategy

📍 Canada🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 3 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2025
VC🌍 CanadaInvested this year
5
Total investments
3
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1
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0
Late stage
3y
Years active

Portfolio

5 investments · sorted by recency
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Angel Investor
Sep 2025
fhunded is a ecosystem project created by Lancashire County Council, dedicated to fostering collaboration and investment in tech and digital businesses in Lancashire. With a strategic focus on networking, fhunded brings together key stakeholders, including funders and founders, through curated events that facilitate meaningful connections. Leveraging strategic partnerships, fhunded creates an environment conducive to knowledge exchange and collaboration, inspiring innovation and growth. Complementing the networking events, fhunded offers insightful workshops on investment readiness, equipping entrepreneurs with the knowledge and skills necessary to attract funding. By encouraging investment in the local tech and digital sectors, fhunded plays a vital role in accelerating Lancashires economic development and positioning it as a thriving hub for technological advancement.
Board Member
Jul 2025
At Terra Elysium Foundation, we harness the power of community and collaboration to shape Toronto’s future—like waves coming together to create a powerful current of change. Through education, cultural empowerment, and creative expression, we unite people to take meaningful action for our city. We educate, explore, and express together. Rooted in equity and access, our work prioritizes youth in Toronto’s Neighbourhood Improvement Areas (NIAs), building connection across communities often divided by geography, policy, or systemic barriers. From beach cleanups to urban planning workshops, we bring together diverse voices to spark real solutions. Terra Elysium is more than sustainability—it’s about creative programming that integrates arts, environment, and culture to create lasting experiences. Immersive, unique, and memorable, our efforts ensure that education is passed down in a meaningful way.
Investor & Advisor
Dec 2024
Design and manufacture of bespoke UAV and drone systems. Off the shelf systems coming in Summer 2025. Designed and built with passion, care and innovation by EX-Formula 1 engineers.
Investor & Advisor
Nov 2024
Our fresh, highly-digestible dog food, made from ethically sourced free-range & wild Irish ingredients, is delivered free in perfectly-portioned, 🌱 sustainably-wrapped packs. Our meals are very gently cooked, so they’re easy to digest and every nutrient comes from whole food sources, so they’re highly absorbable. We profile each dog we feed and work out exactly how much they should eat each day. Then wrap exactly that amount of food in compostable paper, freeze and deliver free, anywhere in Ireland or GB.
mid stagePet Services
Investor
May 2023
Various board memberships
Experience · 5 entries
All (5)
Investments (5)
Board (1)
2025
Angel Investor
Sep 2025
fhunded is a ecosystem project created by Lancashire County Council, dedicated to fostering collaboration and investment in tech and digital businesses in Lancashire. With a strategic focus on networking, fhunded brings together key stakeholders, including funders and founders, through curated events that facilitate meaningful connections. Leveraging strategic partnerships, fhunded creates an environment conducive to knowledge exchange and collaboration, inspiring innovation and growth. Complementing the networking events, fhunded offers insightful workshops on investment readiness, equipping entrepreneurs with the knowledge and skills necessary to attract funding. By encouraging investment in the local tech and digital sectors, fhunded plays a vital role in accelerating Lancashires economic development and positioning it as a thriving hub for technological advancement.
Board Member
Jul 2025
At Terra Elysium Foundation, we harness the power of community and collaboration to shape Toronto’s future—like waves coming together to create a powerful current of change. Through education, cultural empowerment, and creative expression, we unite people to take meaningful action for our city. We educate, explore, and express together. Rooted in equity and access, our work prioritizes youth in Toronto’s Neighbourhood Improvement Areas (NIAs), building connection across communities often divided by geography, policy, or systemic barriers. From beach cleanups to urban planning workshops, we bring together diverse voices to spark real solutions. Terra Elysium is more than sustainability—it’s about creative programming that integrates arts, environment, and culture to create lasting experiences. Immersive, unique, and memorable, our efforts ensure that education is passed down in a meaningful way.
2024
Investor & Advisor
Dec 2024
Design and manufacture of bespoke UAV and drone systems. Off the shelf systems coming in Summer 2025. Designed and built with passion, care and innovation by EX-Formula 1 engineers.
Investor & Advisor
Nov 2024
Our fresh, highly-digestible dog food, made from ethically sourced free-range & wild Irish ingredients, is delivered free in perfectly-portioned, 🌱 sustainably-wrapped packs. Our meals are very gently cooked, so they’re easy to digest and every nutrient comes from whole food sources, so they’re highly absorbable. We profile each dog we feed and work out exactly how much they should eat each day. Then wrap exactly that amount of food in compostable paper, freeze and deliver free, anywhere in Ireland or GB.
mid stagePet Services
2023
Investor
May 2023
Various board memberships
Investment activity
2023–2025 · 5 investments
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