Ryan Henderson

Energy Sector Executive

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2023
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Mar 2021
At Skylark, we provide an automated operational control software platform to enable owners and operators of wind farms to track and manage workers more safely and effectively. Site-based personnel use our mobile app to complete inductions, check on and off site and receive work orders, greatly reducing the administrative burden on operational control rooms. ​ Built in safety features mitigate risk and achieve compliance. Our platform is well proven and trusted in the industry as we now manage over 2GW of assets and have facilitated over 50,000 site check-ins. A major customer recently confirmed their incoming call volume had dropped by 98%+. Our customers have reported 100% compliance.
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2026
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May 2026
Next11 Ventures (N11), backed by global investor Christopher Topp, is a UK based software incubator. Its purpose is to: ◼ Build, scale and exit high-value software businesses ◼ Deploy capital efficiently across multiple opportunities ◼ Maintain clean exit optionality ◼ Leverage AI across every part of our business N11 solve your needs around access to finance to allow you to do what you do best - scale. This removes worries about future funding rounds or dilution. Importantly N11 operate as an active partner, not a passive holding entity. We work hand-in-hand bringing expertise from people who have multiple successful exits. How are we different? Through shared technology, infrastructure and insight we leverage businesses within our wider group to become your first customers - enabling you to achieve first revenue. We want to work with people who want to change the world. Get in touch.
2025
MD, UK & Ireland Portfolio
May 2025
Topp Holdings GmbH is a family-owned independent holding company based in Bremen, Germany. With focus on the business services sector it strategically directs, links and shapes the business activities of its independently operating subsidiaries with the aim of maximising shareholder value. After more than 5 decades of continuous growth, today more than 3,000 employees work for Topp Holdings in 10 countries. Topp Holdings stands for sustainable investments and growth solutions with the goal of a steady and long-term increase in firm value. We combine family tradition with modern management methods and pioneering spirit: we preserve and create. As a family-owned, medium-sized holding company, we understand the structures and constraints but also the economic potential of small and medium-sized enterprises. Sustainability and healthy growth define the economic decisions of Topp Holdings. For owners of SMEs, we are a viable partner for business succession. We respect the people and values of each and every company; we as well uphold our values and believe in quality, reliability, sustainability and short decision paths. Imprint: https://www.toppholdings.com/en/impressum/ Privacy Policy: https://www.toppholdings.com/en/privacy-policy/
2023
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Jun 2023
Subsea Energy Solutions are extremely proud to service the global industries of Oil & Gas, Offshore Wind, Wave & Tidal Energy and Ministry Of Defence. We are an ISO 9001 : 2015 certified company and we work to the requirements of ISO 14001 & ISO 18001 which means that you can be assured of our commitment to high quality products and service. Our unique one-stop-shop provides project management, innovative design, in-house manufacturing, equipment assembly, load & pressure testing and onshore / offshore commissioning. We are able to provide everything from stock items to bespoke topside and subsea equipment design solutions making. Subsea Energy Solutions services include polyurethane and buoyancy processing, machining and fabrication (coded welders), load and pressure testing services, onshore and offshore commissioning, combined with ongoing servicing and maintenance programmes. Our senior management have together over 100 years of experience within the oil & gas and renewable energy sectors and our dynamic, innovative, flexible and fast paced team will endeavour to meet any project and schedule demands by drawing upon the wide range of in-house experience and in-house services. Our mission is to consistently deliver on schedule and on budget allowing us to meet and exceed clients ever increasing expectations by providing an unrivalled service and purchasing experience. At Subsea Energy Solutions, service and quality is never an accident, it is always the result of intelligent effort.
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