Tony Kypreos

Entrepreneur in Residence - The London Institute for Healthcare Engineering

📍 London, England Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 18 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2024𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United Kingdom
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Board Advisor & Investor
Jun 2024
At 1956 Individuals, we create AI digital characters that transform how people interact with brands, businesses, and cultural spaces. Our technology enhances customer and visitor engagement, providing lifelike, interactive AI figures that converse naturally, answer questions, and personalise experiences in multiple languages. From museums and attractions to retail, hospitality, and corporate settings, our AI-powered characters bridge knowledge gaps, address staff shortages, and create memorable interactions. Whether bringing history to life or improving customer service, we deliver innovative, scalable solutions that make every conversation meaningful. Powered by SKC Games Studio.
Investor
May 2011
Playmob is a market insights platform harnessing the power of gaming to understand what people think, feel and value over time. We reach billions of people from all corners of the planet by engaging them with games that entertain,education and excite, to learn what they care about and value. We see a world where gaming gives organizations and individuals insights that allow them to make better decisions for themselves and for the planet. Our mission is to unlock billions of actions that positively impact global issues. Playmob is also a proud founding member of the Playing For The Planet Alliance. Find out more at www.playmob.com or join the conversation on Twitter: @playmob
Investor
May 2011
Arachnys is now AML RightSource!
Investor / Advisor
Dec 2010
On January 19, 2017, Oracle announced that it signed an agreement to acquire Apiary, which creates the most comprehensive API Integration Cloud by adding the leading API design and governance solution. The transaction has closed. Apiary's pioneering APIFlow solution provides the framework and tools for developing application programming interfaces (APIs) that share enterprise services and data and help create modern, cloud-based applications and experiences. APIFlow spans the API creation lifecycle, including design, governance, testing, and documentation, while supporting API Blueprint and OpenAPI industry standards. Apiary has helped companies create hundreds of thousands of APIs and products that their customers and partners love to use. Together, Oracle and Apiary will help companies thrive in the digital economy by comprehensively managing connectivity complexity and API proliferation. Oracle's existing API Integration Cloud already enables companies to secure, consume, monetize, and analyze APIs. Apiary provides the front-end solution for designing, creating and governing APIs and the combination will deliver the most complete API creation and management platform in the cloud.
Co-founder & Investor - Springboard Accelerator
Oct 2010
Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)
NED / Investor
Sep 2010
What is Screach? Screach is a digital venue marketing and commercial grade live streaming solution that utilises your existing TVs and social media to drive footfall and sales – one easy to use platform that helps you get payback on your sports subscription costs. How can we help you? Screach is a 2 in 1 venue marketing and commercial live streaming solution which enables you to: Improve Consumer Experience – Helping achieve your objectives of increasing dwell time and repeat visits with live sports and highly engaging content aligned to your customer’s interests. Increase Profitability – Increase the awareness of your venue’s live sports, events and F&B promotions, as well as remove unnecessary print media, saving time and reducing operating costs. Access Live Sports on Your Terms – The sports market is changing and our fresh approach to the way that pubs and bars harness the power of live sports to get a return on their investment has become a reality. Offering reduced existing subscription costs and access to more flexible short-term pricing. Want to know more about how Screach can benefit you? Visit our website at www.screach.com or contact our team by calling 0345 1133 888, alternatively email us at support@screach.com Job Vacancies We are looking for brilliant, talented and ambitious people, who can think outside the box and inspire the individuals around them. Does that sound like you? See our career opportunities at www.screach.com/careers
Investor / Board Advisor
Feb 2008
Piksel has been building successful online video businesses for over a decade. Our offering of strategic, professional and managed services is underpinned by the Piksel Palette’s SaaS-based infrastructure. It’s this recipe, combined with our commitment to creating mutually beneficial partnerships, that enables our media and entertainment clients to prosper in today’s video market. Piksel’s unrivaled expertise is in designing, building and managing online video solutions for the likes of AT&T, Sky, Channel 4, Liberty Global, Mediaset, OSN and Transavia. Headquartered in New York City, Piksel offices can be found throughout Europe and the Americas.
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2025
Managing Partner
Oct 2025
United Founders is a pan-European venture fund and founder community backing the next wave of European decacorns. We partner with bold builders from day one—bringing capital, expertise, and a deeply embedded network to help frontier-tech startups scale globally. We believe Europe has the talent to build world-leading technology companies; what’s missing is coordinated support. That’s why we’ve united 100+ accomplished entrepreneurs, operators, and domain experts to invest not only money, but thousands of founder hours into the continent’s most ambitious teams. Our Community includes pioneers such as Laurent Philonenko (Cisco, Asana), Richard Valtr (Mews), Florian Seibel (Quantum Systems), Alissa Hsu Lynch (The Honest Company), and Michal Pechoucek (Avast/Gen). Together, they form our “Founder Force”: an active network that helps teams refine strategy, build products, open doors to customers, and accelerate fundraising. With hubs across continent, we connect Europe’s fragmented innovation centers—giving founders early access to key markets and talent. We back visionary teams in deeptech, AI, MedTech, dual-use & security, Industry 4.0, and sustainable technologies. What makes United Founders different: • Founder Force: 100+ accomplished builders giving time & capital • Early access to frontier research & talent pools • 72-hour feedback cycle for fast decisions • Tailored advisory boards for every startup Our ambition is simple: help Europe build transformational companies that shape the future of global technology. If you’re building something important—get in touch.
2024
Board Advisor & Investor
Jun 2024
At 1956 Individuals, we create AI digital characters that transform how people interact with brands, businesses, and cultural spaces. Our technology enhances customer and visitor engagement, providing lifelike, interactive AI figures that converse naturally, answer questions, and personalise experiences in multiple languages. From museums and attractions to retail, hospitality, and corporate settings, our AI-powered characters bridge knowledge gaps, address staff shortages, and create memorable interactions. Whether bringing history to life or improving customer service, we deliver innovative, scalable solutions that make every conversation meaningful. Powered by SKC Games Studio.
2020
Advisory Board Member
May 2020
Science Technology Park Belgrade is supporting entrepreneurs, startups and growing tech companies in innovation development and commercialization by providing need-based set of infrastructure and business support services. Tech Park was established in 2015, in the partnership of the Government of the Republic of Serbia (on the behalf of Government: Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Development), City of Belgrade and University of Belgrade, supported by the Swiss Government, with the aim to boost national innovation ecosystem. STP Belgrade is the first science technology park in Serbia and is rapidly growing as the strong technological core of the region. In five years, STP Belgrade has supported the development of more than 100 companies and teams! It has become a new business core of the city that brings together dozens of high-tech development companies/teams by providing different programs and activities, and plays an essential role in developing the innovation ecosystem in Serbia. In developing innovation supporting and tech-entrepreneurship programs, STP Belgrade collaborates with world-renowned international organizations, business associations, public and state institutions, maintains close relations with universities, scientific institutes and research laboratories, other companies in the market and all organizations aimed at developing and strengthening the knowledge-based economy.
2019
Board Advisor & Venture Partner - UN Sustainability Development Goals
Jun 2019
Accelerate2030 is a multi-stakeholder program co-initiated by Impact Hub Geneva and the UNDP, identifying entrepreneurs from emerging economies with tested and scale-ready solutions contributing towards the SDGs, and provide them with tailored scaling program at both the national and global level. Through Accelerate2030, we are bringing together key organisations from the private sector, the public sector, international organisations, the financial and philanthropic community, with a common goal to strengthen the ecosystems and develop the infrastructure needed for these promising solutions to scale.
2013
Founder & CEO
Sep 2013
Dupl.me – your mobile and online personalised 1:1 nutrition, sports and fitness support. Combining world class sports science and nutrition experts with motivation and leading technology to help you eat right, be active and feel your best. Find out more about us and start your one-week free trial at www.dupl.me
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