Simon Blakey

Angel Investor (100+ investments) | Venture Partner @ Playfair

📍 London, England Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated July 2026💼 7 investments📅 26 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2023𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United Kingdom
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26y
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Board Observer
Jan 2020
Vinehealth’s technology applies behavioural science and AI to deliver highly personalised patient support at scale; thereby generating rich patient-reported data to inform health service delivery, drug development and research.
Board Member
Feb 2018
We increase tenancy cover for landlords and help tenants save on upfront moving costs!
Board Member
Aug 2014
We take care of your parcels so that you can run your business, with smart software that saves you time and money. ParcelBright is a Venture Capital backed startup based in Shoreditch, London. We provide a one stop parcel delivery solution for businesses of all sizes. With discounted, tailored rates and smart processing we help businesses sending from twenty to thousands a week at the best rates. ParcelBright works with large high street chains and independent e-commerce stores providing total logistics handling via our product range: ParcelBright.com, ParcelBright Despatch and API.
Board Observer
Feb 2010
Ensighten acquired TagMan in March 2014. To stay up to date with the latest news in the space join us at: Ensighten LinkedIn Group page On Twitter @Ensighten Check out our blog: http://www.ensighten.com/blog/ Visit our website to view our latest case studies: http://www.ensighten.com
Board Member
Aug 2005
ByBox is modernising field inventory management, delivering intelligence, visibility and security to the dynamic field service edge and allowing customers to increase field engineer productivity, improve service levels and drive cost out of their supply chain. Only ByBox enables companies to turn any space into a secure location for staging critical parts at the field service edge, enabled by our mobile application, personalised security locks and flexible distribution, our solutions can be tailored to a range of situations. Our customers leverage field service as a strategic source of value and differentiation, exceeding expectations cost-effectively. In short, ByBox ensures the right parts are in the right place at the right time.
Experience · 10 entries
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2023
Board Member
Aug 2023
Cambridge Angels is a leading UK business angel network providing smart capital from entrepreneurs to entrepreneurs. We are a collaborative Cambridge-based group, actively mentoring and investing in innovative teams and their ideas. We equip generations of entrepreneurs to generate returns and help realise their full potential. We have a strong ethos of backing merit and supporting entrepreneurship. Our members, most of whom are successful entrepreneurs, invest in a wide range of start-up and scale-up businesses with a particular focus on deep-tech, and tools and technologies supporting healthcare. Through our members and their networks, our entrepreneurs are better connected.
2020
Board Observer
Jan 2020
Vinehealth’s technology applies behavioural science and AI to deliver highly personalised patient support at scale; thereby generating rich patient-reported data to inform health service delivery, drug development and research.
2019
Vice Chair and non-executive
Apr 2019
Playfair is a sector agnostic fund focused exclusively on pre-seed investing. Based in London, Playfair invests across the UK and Europe with an intentionally high conviction, low volume approach: making six investments a year out of its third $70m fund and preserving time, capital and resource to help companies post-investment. Our 78% Series A graduation rate is ~3x industry average. Playfair has backed 100+ companies since 2013, including Thought Machine, Orca AI, Protex AI, StackOne and Nory.
2018
Board Member
Feb 2018
We increase tenancy cover for landlords and help tenants save on upfront moving costs!
2014
Investment Committee Member
Oct 2014
ACF Investors back exceptional entrepreneurs from around the UK across most sectors. Key to our investment approach is to align our interests with sector smart angel investors who are making a meaningful commitment to the round. We work in partnership with these investors to share due diligence, agree investment terms and provide ongoing support post investment.
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