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Peter Read

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📍 London, England, United Kingdom🔄 Updated July 2026💼 43 investments📅 20 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2020𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United Kingdom20+ investments
43
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17
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5
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Angel Investor
Jan 2020
Quantum computing will be a world-changing technology with the potential to unlock powerful advances in medicine, energy, finance and beyond. At PsiQuantum, we’re focused on building the world’s first useful quantum computer. A useful quantum computer requires at least 1,000,000 qubits and error correction. We believe photonics is the only path to building a useful quantum computer. Our team at PsiQuantum is a mix of quantum physicists, semiconductor, systems, and software engineers, system architects and more. Error correction is at the centre of everything we do; and we focus on solving real-world problems. If you’re interested in joining our team, we are always open to hearing from exceptional people interested in working on one of the defining technologies of our lifetime.
Angel Investor
Jul 2018
TOCCA's flexible architecture helps companies design their own branded venue and then configure the various rooms anyway they like. Designed to replicate the essence of in-person events in a compelling digital rendering, Tocca allows you to easily navigate from room to room, (ex: keynote, simultaneous tracks, fully interactive round tables...), visit sponsor booths and lounges, and take a break in the networking lounge and chat with other attendees. A new experience, designed for your unique event needs. Increase engagement at your virtual professional events with your customized branded solution designed to increase the intimacy of interactions among all participants. Visit tocca.io for more information.
Advisor/Investor
Nov 2016
omni:us is the leading provider of AI-powered end-2-end insurance claim automation. The omni:us Digital Claims Adjuster enables seamlessly integrated end-2-end claims automation within existing insurance core systems & legacy applications. Integrated reference claims processes for relevant property and casualty lines of business, as well as a comprehensive, AI-powered claims decision catalog, help reduce process costs by up to 35 percent - while noticeably increasing customer satisfaction and efficiency.
Advisor and Investor
Jan 2016
Entrepreneurs First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch. We bring together talented outliers to develop their most ambitious ideas and raise money from the world’s best investors. Since pioneering Talent Investing in 2015, we’ve learned to recognize individuals with extraordinary futures before anyone else, embedding them in a community of ambitious peers and giving them the tools they need to succeed, fast. We back them before they have a company, a team, even before they have an idea, based purely on talent. EF’s portfolio is now collectively valued at over $16B, and includes companies such as Aztec, Cleo, Magdrive, Neptune, Omnea, Opply, PolyAI, Tractable, and many more. EF is backed by some of the worlds leading founders and investors, including Founders Fund, Greylock, John Collison (founder – Stripe), Patrick Collison (founder – Stripe), Reid Hoffman (founder – LinkedIn), Eric Schmidt (former CEO - Google), Demis Hassabis (founder – Google DeepMind ), Taavet Hinrikus (founder – Wise), Matt Mullenweg (founder – WordPress), Charlie Songhurst (Board member – Meta), Christa Davies (Board member – Stripe), Lachy Groom (founder – Physical Intelligence), Aidan Gomez (founder – Cohere), Mati Staniszewski (founder – ElevenLabs), Danny Rimer (Partner - Index Ventures), Matt Cohler (former General Partner - Benchmark). We exist to make great companies happen that otherwise wouldn’t. For more information about Entrepreneurs First, visit www.joinef.com Were hiring! Join our global team and experience firsthand the workings of a globally unique talent investor working with cutting edge entrepreneurs on world changing technologies: https://www.joinef.com/about/careers
Angel investor
Apr 2014
Farfetch is a leading global marketplace for the luxury fashion industry. The Farfetch Marketplace connects customers in over 190 countries and territories with items from more than 50 countries and over 1,400 of the world’s best brands, boutiques, and department stores, delivering a truly unique shopping experience and access to the most extensive selection of luxury on a global marketplace. Learn more about us: www.aboutfarfetch.com
Angel investor and advisor
Sep 2013
Our mission is to help people find money happiness. Based in Stockholm and New York, Qapital is an award-winning app designed to support individuals and couples as they save, invest, and spend with their goals in mind. Using behavioral science and the power of automation, we give our members the tools to reach their financial goals. Since 2013, Qapital members have saved over $2 billion to make their dreams come true — from budgeting for a wedding to saving for retirement, paying off credit card debt, and so much more.
Angel investor and advisor
Sep 2013
GetYourGuide is a leading global online marketplace to discover and book experiences worth traveling for. Travelers can use GetYourGuide to find things to do in more than 18,000 cities, including tours from local experts, exclusive access to must-see attractions, as well as immersive bucket-list experiences. More than 50,000 supply partners leverage GetYourGuide’s easy-to-use platform to grow their businesses, offering 200,000 experiences to travelers around the world. If you share our passion for travel and tech, check out our open positions at careers.getyourguide.com or take a look behind the scenes of GetYourGuide on our blog: inside.getyourguide.com. Important notice: Protect yourself from recruitment scams. To ensure your safety during the application process, please be aware of potential scammers impersonating GetYourGuide recruiters. Remember, GetYourGuide will never request your payment or sensitive personal information during recruitment. All official job opportunities are exclusively posted on our Careers page. If you suspect fraudulent activity, report it to jobs@getyourguide.com.
Angel investor
Aug 2013
Wool and the Gang is a global DIY fashion experience powered by the maker movement. A fashion brand that thinks differently. We are a premium craft brand with a wide range of yarns and kits, across knitting, crochet, macrame and embroidery. Designed to appeal to everyone from a newbie to a master maker, we sell globally online and internationally through a network of retail stores. https://www.woolandthegang.com/l/careers
Angel investor and advisor
Jun 2013
Car Throttle is the largest video publisher in the automotive industry worldwide, with over 200 million monthly views. The company has built a cross-platform community with over 8 million Facebook fans, 2 million subscribers on YouTube (largest UK autos channel) and 2 million monthly unique visitors. "TopGear for the Facebook generation"​ - The Guardian "Top 5 video players in automotive worldwide"​ - GQ "The largest auto social media site"​ - Evening Standard "Buzzfeed for Cars"​ - Techcrunch Created in 2011 by Adnan Ebrahim, Car Throttle's investors include Passion Capital, Redalpine, Blake Chandlee (Facebook) and James Bromley (MailOnline). Read our story in the media: BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30897077 TechCrunch - http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/19/dorm-room-to-media-domination/ CNBC - http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000332206
Angel investor
Jan 2013
MAKING CITIES USABLE Cities are complicated. We're using the power of mobile and data to help humans survive and master them. We're building the best app (http://citymapper.com/apps), with the best routing, and the best data in the cities where we can make a difference. We're a small dedicated team, with HQ in London, and some based around the cities (http://citymapper.com/cities) of the world, with backgrounds in transport, Google, startups, apps, design, investing and academia. We're motivated by solving hard fundamental everyday problems that improve the quality of people's lives. We like simplifying complexity, reinventing user experience, working with data, shipping fast, and humanising a serious space. We're venture capital backed (https://medium.com/@Citymapper/getting-from-a-to-series-b-883393164276#) by Index Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Balderton Capital, Connect Ventures, and various angel investors, including Yuri Milner, Xavier Niel and Michael Lynton. We are interested in the person more than the role so do not let the job descriptions hold you back, some of the best opportunities are not listed. We pay competitively and provide equity/ stock options to all employees. We get a lot of applications so our apologies if we are not able to get back to you. Finding quality referrals and recommendations is a better way to get our attention than just applying here. To all recruitment agencies: we don’t accept agency resumes, and will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. www.citymapper.com/jobs
Angel investor
Jan 2013
The Business of Fashion (BoF) is a next generation fashion media company conceived for todays global and hyper-connected world. Founded in 2007 by Imran Amed, BoF is known for its authoritative, agenda-setting point of view on the global fashion industry and is an indispensable resource for fashion executives, creatives, students and entrepreneurs in over 200 countries. Today, the BoF team numbers more than 100 people in London, New York, and Shanghai. Overseeing; the BoF 500 - an annual list of the people shaping the global fashion industry, BoF Careers - the global marketplace for fashion talent, VOICES - an annual invitation only event for fashion’s leading thinkers and innovators, BoF Professional - a members only community, BoF China - a Chinese language edition, and BoF Education - fashion’s platform for online learning.
Angel investor
Oct 2012
YPlan uncovers the best events every day so you can get out and Live Your City. Get the lowdown on cool dates, hidden culture and where to hang with friends. YPlan is currently available in London, New York, San Francisco, Dublin and Bristol through the App Store, on Google Play & Kindle Fire. Discover, book, go – it’s that simple. Flash your YPlan ticket and you’re in. We're always on the look out for talented people to join us (we've been voted one of Britain’s best tech startups by the Times, Wired and Forbes). If you're looking for a place to work with great people, cross-functional teams with real responsibility and a supportive culture, then YPlan may be right up your street. For the full list of job opportunities check out: boards.greenhouse.io/yplan Keep up to date with listings by following us on Twitter: @YPlanJobs ------ Get social with us: Twitter: @yplan or @yplanjobs Instagram: www.instagram.com/YPlan Facebook: www.facebook.com/YPlan
early stageEntertainment
Angel investor and advisor
Sep 2012
We are game developer & publisher based in Berlin, Germany. Right now we are working on a revolutionary social game for music fans, where our players can start virtual bands with their Facebook friends. With this game combine casual gaming with the music industry.
early stageComputer Games
Angel investor and advisor
Sep 2012
Styla provides a cutting edge headless storefront technology for ecommerce businesses. Having focused on bringing innovative software solutions to the ecommerce space since 2012, Styla now provides the fastest frontend technology in the world, realized on top of headless shop-systems in a Jamstack architecture. Styla embraces API driven composable commerce principles so that it specializes on the fastest, simplest and most loved storefront for retailers and merchants of all sizes around the world. Styla’s vision is to bring benefits of heavy custom-built headless enterprise projects to businesses of every size at a very affordable price. As a booster for speed, SEO, usability and conversion, Styla installs a storefront and a PWA easily manageable via drag & drop, enhances a brand’s mobile commerce strategy and ensures a smooth shopping experience for all shoppers.
Angel investor
Jul 2012
Snap.hr is a hiring platform that is designed exclusively for developers. We match up developers with the best startups and tech firms. Our mission is to fix the broken recruitment industry and put developers in charge of the hiring process. Get headhunted You dont have to apply to companies, they apply to you. You decide which companies are allowed to approach you. Stay anonymous If youre happily employed then keep your profile anonymous and receive opportunities in secret. Save your contacts until you are looking for something new. No recruiters! Say no to recruiter spam! We only match you up with opportunities that are perfect for you, and you can speak directly with CTOs and Founders. No time wasters See everything you need to know, including salary, upfront. Sign up at https://snap.hr.
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2020
Angel Investor
Jan 2020
Quantum computing will be a world-changing technology with the potential to unlock powerful advances in medicine, energy, finance and beyond. At PsiQuantum, we’re focused on building the world’s first useful quantum computer. A useful quantum computer requires at least 1,000,000 qubits and error correction. We believe photonics is the only path to building a useful quantum computer. Our team at PsiQuantum is a mix of quantum physicists, semiconductor, systems, and software engineers, system architects and more. Error correction is at the centre of everything we do; and we focus on solving real-world problems. If you’re interested in joining our team, we are always open to hearing from exceptional people interested in working on one of the defining technologies of our lifetime.
2018
Angel Investor
Jul 2018
TOCCA's flexible architecture helps companies design their own branded venue and then configure the various rooms anyway they like. Designed to replicate the essence of in-person events in a compelling digital rendering, Tocca allows you to easily navigate from room to room, (ex: keynote, simultaneous tracks, fully interactive round tables...), visit sponsor booths and lounges, and take a break in the networking lounge and chat with other attendees. A new experience, designed for your unique event needs. Increase engagement at your virtual professional events with your customized branded solution designed to increase the intimacy of interactions among all participants. Visit tocca.io for more information.
Advisor
Jan 2018
Future Positive Capital invests in companies that apply advanced technologies to massive global needs.
2016
Advisor/Investor
Nov 2016
omni:us is the leading provider of AI-powered end-2-end insurance claim automation. The omni:us Digital Claims Adjuster enables seamlessly integrated end-2-end claims automation within existing insurance core systems & legacy applications. Integrated reference claims processes for relevant property and casualty lines of business, as well as a comprehensive, AI-powered claims decision catalog, help reduce process costs by up to 35 percent - while noticeably increasing customer satisfaction and efficiency.
Advisor and Investor
Jan 2016
Entrepreneurs First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch. We bring together talented outliers to develop their most ambitious ideas and raise money from the world’s best investors. Since pioneering Talent Investing in 2015, we’ve learned to recognize individuals with extraordinary futures before anyone else, embedding them in a community of ambitious peers and giving them the tools they need to succeed, fast. We back them before they have a company, a team, even before they have an idea, based purely on talent. EF’s portfolio is now collectively valued at over $16B, and includes companies such as Aztec, Cleo, Magdrive, Neptune, Omnea, Opply, PolyAI, Tractable, and many more. EF is backed by some of the worlds leading founders and investors, including Founders Fund, Greylock, John Collison (founder – Stripe), Patrick Collison (founder – Stripe), Reid Hoffman (founder – LinkedIn), Eric Schmidt (former CEO - Google), Demis Hassabis (founder – Google DeepMind ), Taavet Hinrikus (founder – Wise), Matt Mullenweg (founder – WordPress), Charlie Songhurst (Board member – Meta), Christa Davies (Board member – Stripe), Lachy Groom (founder – Physical Intelligence), Aidan Gomez (founder – Cohere), Mati Staniszewski (founder – ElevenLabs), Danny Rimer (Partner - Index Ventures), Matt Cohler (former General Partner - Benchmark). We exist to make great companies happen that otherwise wouldn’t. For more information about Entrepreneurs First, visit www.joinef.com Were hiring! Join our global team and experience firsthand the workings of a globally unique talent investor working with cutting edge entrepreneurs on world changing technologies: https://www.joinef.com/about/careers
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