Phil Cowans

Entrepreneur, CTO and Investor

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested May 2019
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Advisor and Investor
May 2019
Datapane makes it simple to build interactive reports in seconds using Python. Import Datapane Python library into your script or notebook and build reports programmatically in 3 lines of Python. Data Scientists use Datapane to share apps and insights with more than 50,000 people a month at hundreds of companies, from start-ups to F500s. Founded and built by Y Combinator alumni, Oxford PhDs, and leading Python engineers, Datapane is backed by top-tier investors such as Morado Ventures, Acequia Capital, and AME Cloud Ventures.
Advisor and Investor
May 2019
Businesses use only a fraction of the data they need to make financial decisions because that data is difficult to retrieve and analyse at scale. As a result, most financial analysis is wrong. We’re building a new kind of tool called a knowledge engine, for the finance industry. Were starting with deal origination and monitoring for corporate finance clients (e.g. PE/M&A). Over time were aiming to build an AI-enabled financial analysis platform, changing not only the way the data is represented on the back-end, but also how users interact with it on the front-end. We are backed by deep-tech incubator Entrepreneur First, celebrated fintech VC Speedinvest (Tide, Curve, N26), and specialist machine learning investor AI Seed. Come reinvent knowledge work with us.
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2024
Founder
Jun 2024
Helping Stealth Startups to Launch, Hire & Scale. Here Recruiters Usually List Stealth Roles for early stage startups and job seekers can connect and consider those roles.
2019
Technology Venture Partner
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 – from pre-seed to series A.
Advisor and Investor
May 2019
Datapane makes it simple to build interactive reports in seconds using Python. Import Datapane Python library into your script or notebook and build reports programmatically in 3 lines of Python. Data Scientists use Datapane to share apps and insights with more than 50,000 people a month at hundreds of companies, from start-ups to F500s. Founded and built by Y Combinator alumni, Oxford PhDs, and leading Python engineers, Datapane is backed by top-tier investors such as Morado Ventures, Acequia Capital, and AME Cloud Ventures.
Advisor and Investor
May 2019
Businesses use only a fraction of the data they need to make financial decisions because that data is difficult to retrieve and analyse at scale. As a result, most financial analysis is wrong. We’re building a new kind of tool called a knowledge engine, for the finance industry. Were starting with deal origination and monitoring for corporate finance clients (e.g. PE/M&A). Over time were aiming to build an AI-enabled financial analysis platform, changing not only the way the data is represented on the back-end, but also how users interact with it on the front-end. We are backed by deep-tech incubator Entrepreneur First, celebrated fintech VC Speedinvest (Tide, Curve, N26), and specialist machine learning investor AI Seed. Come reinvent knowledge work with us.
Founders Pledge Member
May 2019
We are a global nonprofit empowering entrepreneurs to do the most good possible with their charitable giving --- Members pledge to give a small percentage of their personal proceeds to the charities of their choice following an exit, and the community also meets up for dinners, forums and talks exploring the latest news at the intersection of charity and technology. Founders Pledge is bridging the gap between the private and social sector, by encouraging entrepreneurs to apply the same rigour and thoughtfulness to their philanthropy as they do to their business. We also provide research, consultancy and support around every donation, so that pledgers can feel confident that their funds are going to charities that are evidence based, transparent, and impactful. Membership and all services provided, including events, online content and research, are completely free, meaning that 100% of every donation made goes directly to the members​ charities of choice. To learn more about what we do, visit founderspledge.com
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