PreSeries #AngelRanking — Top 5 Angel Investors In The UK!
Angels investors are on the front-line of innovation, trusting teams in their early days, evaluating alpha-prototypes, and backing unproven ideas before everyone else. They end up writing virtually every startup’s first cheque. But some are better than others at finding hidden gems. Today let’s look at the 5 most prolific angel investors in the United Kingdom for the past 18 years.
SIMON MURDOCH
Dr. Simon Murdoch, Ph.D., is a Co-Founder, Managing Partner, and Partner at Episode 1 Ventures LLP. He is the Founder and Executive Officer of FriendsAbroad.com Ltd. Dr. Murdoch serves as Chief Executive Officer of StormForward Ltd. He serves as Portfolio Director of Early Stage Ventures at Octopus Investments covering over 30 investee businesses. Dr. Murdoch served as a Senior Investment Partner and Portfolio Manager at Octopus Ventures Ltd. He joined Octopus Ventures Ltd in 2010 and focused on managing and guiding businesses after Octopus has made an investment and working alongside them across the its portfolio of investments. He was also an Advisor at Octopus Ventures and worked in portfolio development from 2010 to 2012. He leveraged his entrepreneurial background and experience as an investor to add deep industry insight, alongside Octopus’s team of investment professionals. He became a full-time angel investor. Source
THEO OSBORNE
Theo Osborne is an angel investor and head of strategic relationships at Force Over Mass Capital. He has more than 11 years’ experience in marketing and finance having previously worked at the Reuben Brother’s Private Equity arm, Aspers Entertainment Group, and Parnassus Group. Source
ALEX CHESTERMAN
Alexander Edward Chesterman OBE (born 9 January 1970) is a British internet entrepreneur he was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2013 and in 2017 named on Debrett’s 500. He is the founder of the property website Zoopla in 2007. Zoopla has now become digital media business ZPG Plc (LSE:ZPG) a FTSE-250 listed company and owns brands which include Zoopla, uSwitch, PrimeLocation, Money and Hometrack and employs over 1,000 people in the UK. Source
RICHARD FEARN
Richard is a partner at Kindred Capital and is also the founder and director of the Friday Club London, a not-for-profit events company aimed at driving valuable connections between start-ups and the wider business ecosystem.In 2013 Richard was named in BIMA’s ‘Hot 100’ list which comprises of those who have had a big impact on the digital industry in the past 18 months. Richard was also named in the list in 2014 and again in 2018 under the ‘Industry Visionary’ tag and short-listed for ‘Investor of the Year’ at the 2016 & 17 Europas. Source
ERROL DAMELIN
Errol Damelin (born 23 August 1969) is a South African-born, Israeli/British entrepreneur and early-stage technology investor. He was the founder and CEO and later Chairman of Wonga, a British financial technology company that processed the worlds first straight through and fully automated consumer loans. Source
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