Sam Burke

Founder | Building AI for Automotive Retail | Ambient AI & Conversational Intelligence

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2021
Operator-angel🌍 United Kingdom
4
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2
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1
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0
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6y
Years active

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Investor (Seed)
Nov 2021
Mission: to make Thursday the most exciting day to be single, every week. People are spending too much time on dating apps and its an underwhelming experience. So we’ve built Thursday, where everything you want from online dating happens on one day. We’re on a mission to make dating exciting every Thursday as we encourage you to match, chat and meet the very same day. Why? Because there’s more to life than dating apps.
Investor (Series A)
Oct 2021
Our Mission is to be the definitive community-powered brand that builds decorating confidence by inspiring and supporting all decorators with their projects. Lick is a community-powered decorating movement. We are a force for change in the home decor space with a vision to transform the industry for our decorators and for the planet. Lick was founded in 2019 by Lucas London and Sam Bradley - both experienced startup entrepreneurs. The business has raised over $29m since inception. OMERS Ventures lead our Series A round in June 2021 with participation from existing investors Felix Capital and contributions from entrepreneurs and PE investors including Magnus Rausing, Alex Chesterman and Kathaka, the family office of Caroline Rupert of Richemont. We’re a business that believes in building confidence in our decorators. Seeing their bright ideas and making them happen. We do this by giving our do-er uppers access to inspiration, advice and how-to guidance from our experts and wider community. As well as making our range of (water-based, low VOC) paint, (FSC-certified) wallpaper, blinds and supplies with real people and real homes in mind. Its why we curate the colours in our product ranges, its why we have an expert team of colour consultants on-hand to help with any decorating question, big or small, its why were building a supportive community of decorators to inspire each other with their projects, and it’s why we are rethinking how technology can transform this category. Were on a mission to transform the $1trillon global home decor category, and our sights are set on scale, this means expanding our product offering, launching new sustainability initiatives, and growing our already thriving community of home decorators across the globe. Decorator success starts at home...our home. That is why our ambition is to be a definitive people-powered company. Building an environment where individuals thrive and collectively achieve significant results.
early stageManufacturing
Investor (Seed)
May 2021
Huge pressure is placed on capturing and broadcasting ourselves online. Inspired by film photography, Lapse reclaims how we take and share memories with friends.
Investor (Seed)
Nov 2020
Smarter Supplements designed for body and mind to help you Reach Your Heights. Created by scientists, trusted by experts, 125,000+ happy customers and counting.
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2026
Founder | Building AI for Automotive Retail | Ambient AI & Conversational Intelligence
May 2026
Stealth AI Startup is a private community for founders, researchers, and engineers building next-generation AI companies before public launch. Founders tag themselves here to: 🔹 Gain credibility while working in stealth 🔹 Connect discreetly with other AI founders 🔹 Receive inbound interest from early-stage VCs 🔹 Join curated founder-only circles & discussions 🔹 Access hiring pipelines for early team building If youre building an AI startup in stealth, add your profile to the community and tag yourself to this page. Your stealth journey deserves visibility — without revealing your idea. Join the world’s largest AI stealth founder network.
2023
Partner & MENA Lead
Feb 2023
Certified B Corp. Future Arc is an innovation consultancy and venture studio. Enabling consciously ambitious leaders to deliver the change they want to see. We specialise in growth, research, design, digital build and transformation. We enable ambition, and empower ideas. We have built 5 years of experience working with large corporations, governments and scaling start-ups to innovate, transform and deliver new digital services.
2021
Investor (Seed)
Nov 2021
Mission: to make Thursday the most exciting day to be single, every week. People are spending too much time on dating apps and its an underwhelming experience. So we’ve built Thursday, where everything you want from online dating happens on one day. We’re on a mission to make dating exciting every Thursday as we encourage you to match, chat and meet the very same day. Why? Because there’s more to life than dating apps.
Investor (Series A)
Oct 2021
Our Mission is to be the definitive community-powered brand that builds decorating confidence by inspiring and supporting all decorators with their projects. Lick is a community-powered decorating movement. We are a force for change in the home decor space with a vision to transform the industry for our decorators and for the planet. Lick was founded in 2019 by Lucas London and Sam Bradley - both experienced startup entrepreneurs. The business has raised over $29m since inception. OMERS Ventures lead our Series A round in June 2021 with participation from existing investors Felix Capital and contributions from entrepreneurs and PE investors including Magnus Rausing, Alex Chesterman and Kathaka, the family office of Caroline Rupert of Richemont. We’re a business that believes in building confidence in our decorators. Seeing their bright ideas and making them happen. We do this by giving our do-er uppers access to inspiration, advice and how-to guidance from our experts and wider community. As well as making our range of (water-based, low VOC) paint, (FSC-certified) wallpaper, blinds and supplies with real people and real homes in mind. Its why we curate the colours in our product ranges, its why we have an expert team of colour consultants on-hand to help with any decorating question, big or small, its why were building a supportive community of decorators to inspire each other with their projects, and it’s why we are rethinking how technology can transform this category. Were on a mission to transform the $1trillon global home decor category, and our sights are set on scale, this means expanding our product offering, launching new sustainability initiatives, and growing our already thriving community of home decorators across the globe. Decorator success starts at home...our home. That is why our ambition is to be a definitive people-powered company. Building an environment where individuals thrive and collectively achieve significant results.
early stageManufacturing
Investor (Seed)
May 2021
Huge pressure is placed on capturing and broadcasting ourselves online. Inspired by film photography, Lapse reclaims how we take and share memories with friends.
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