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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Manager operating in the Angel Investment space. If you think a Manager is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Kaitlin Fronczek
Investor Relations Manager of Apax Partners
Kaitlin Fronczek is an Associate in the Investor Relations team. She joined the New York office in 2010 and is currently based in London. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Kaitlin worked in Investor Relations at Tailwind Capital and at Lionhart Advisors in New York. Kaitlin holds a BA in Psychology with honours from Vanderbilt University.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Rachel Lambert
Investor Relations Manager of Apax Partners
Rachel Lambert is an Investor Relations Manager and oversees and manages a global contact programme of meetings with investors. Based in London, Rachel joined Apax Partners in 2005 and was involved in the preparation phase and fundraising process for Apax Europe VII. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Rachel was an Investor Relations Manager at Baring Private Equity Partners (BPEP), a firm specialising in growth funds in emerging markets. She worked at BPEP for 12 years both in contact management and in the management of a global PR programme. Rachel began her career in the Training and Development department of the London Stock Exchange. Rachel holds a BA in Latin from Bristol University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Vocal Training from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Raj Pharhani
Regional Portfolio Manager of Business Growth Fund
Raj Singh Pharhani is the Regional Portfolio Manager at BGF.
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About Business Growth Fund: Business Growth Fund is an influential investor in small and mid-sized businesses.
Naomi Fieldus
Talent Network Manager of Business Growth Fund
Naomi joined BGF in May 2013 as a Manager in the Talent Network team, with specific focus on developing the network of senior finance professionals. She joined BGF from an executive search firm, where she worked with a range of private equity clients, finding CFOs for their current and potential investee businesses. Prior to this Naomi spent ten years with PwC in Corporate Finance, advising private equity and corporate clients on acquisitions and disposals, primarily in the Consumer and Leisure sectors. Naomi holds a BSc in Mathematics and Economics from The London School of Economics & Political Science.
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About Business Growth Fund: Business Growth Fund is an influential investor in small and mid-sized businesses.
Adam Hussey
Knowledge Manager of Business Growth Fund
Adam Hussey is the Knowledge Manager at Business Growth Fund.
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About Business Growth Fund: Business Growth Fund is an influential investor in small and mid-sized businesses.
Sean Stiefel
Portfolio Manager & Founder of Navy Capital
Sean Stiefel founded Navy Capital in 2014, where he manages a long/short portfolio structured to minimize beta to the overall market by using bottom-up and fundamental analysis. Prior to founding Navy Capital, Mr. Stiefel was a research analyst and trader for Northwoods Capital Management Partners, a global long/short fund with a fundamental value and special situations investment strategy. Mr. Stiefel had previously served as an associate within an equity long/short fund at Millennium Partners, and he began his career as an equities trading analyst for Barclays Capital. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business.
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About Navy Capital: Navy Capital is focuses on identifying attractive opportunities within the legal cannabis space.
Richard Charnley
Investment Manager of Northstar Ventures
Richard joined Northstar Ventures from Entrust, where he was responsible for the day to day management of a loan portfolio in excess of £12m. He is now responsible for assessing and completing investments as well as the management of existing investments across the funds managed by Northstar. Richard graduated from Newcastle University with BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and Statistics and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
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About Northstar Ventures: Northstar is a venture capital firm with over £100m under management, investing in high-growth industries.
Alison Collins
Investment Manager of Northstar Ventures
Alison is an Investment Manager for the North East Social Investment Fund. Alison works closely with charities and social enterprises from across the North East, identifying opportunities to invest in sustainable, impactful organisations. Alison is experienced in social investment having spent several years managing and creating investments across a range of funds aimed at the not for profit sector in England whilst at The Social Investment Business. Alison also has experience of delivering loan and grant funding for small to medium size start-up businesses in the North East and has experience of fundraising and corporate sponsorship within the not for profit sector. Having joined Northstar from Durham University where Alison worked closely with academic and professional support staff in business development and research impact and engagement roles, Alison has expertise in identifying and managing partnerships, developing collaborative research activities and associated funding bids and in undertaking impact tracking and reporting. Alison is a Trustee of Citizens Advice County Durham with a particular focus on supporting the Research and Campaigns arm of the organisation.
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About Northstar Ventures: Northstar is a venture capital firm with over £100m under management, investing in high-growth industries.
Julie Wake
Investment Manager of Northstar Ventures
Julie is an Investment Manager for the North East Social Investment Fund. Julie works closely with charities and social enterprises from across the North East, identifying opportunities to invest in sustainable, impactful organisations. Julie is an experienced Social Investor, having joined Northstar from Key Fund where she was the Lead Investment Officer for the North East. She was also preivously Head of Investments at The Social Investment Business.
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About Northstar Ventures: Northstar is a venture capital firm with over £100m under management, investing in high-growth industries.
Jonathan Pow
Finance Manager of Northstar Ventures
As Finance Manager, Jonathan is responsible for our management accounting and fund reporting. An experienced Accountant, Jonathan joined our team having spent 2 years providing financial consultancy and advice for a range of start-up and SME organisations. Prior to that he held a number of accountancy roles in the property and asset management sector. Jonathan holds qualifications from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT). When he’s not at Northstar, Jonathan volunteers with Child Rescue Nepal, a charity that helps children at risk of being trafficked or being caught up in slavery. He works with the CEO and Trustees, providing them with financial input and advice.
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About Northstar Ventures: Northstar is a venture capital firm with over £100m under management, investing in high-growth industries.
Claire Corbin
Partner & Operations Manager, Venture Investment of Juno Capital Partners
Claire acts as Juno’s lynch-pin, building relationships with investors, portfolio companies, prospective investments, professional advisers, partners and the wider venture network. She contributes to Juno’s evolving strategy, is responsible for managing investments to completion, and overseeing all third party and outsourced relationships.
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About Juno Capital Partners: Juno Capital is a London-based alternative asset manager, currently focused on venture investment in scale-up stage B2B SaaS businesses .
Gregg Bayes-Brown
Marketing and Communications Manager of Oxford University Innovation
Gregg looks after internal and external communications for OUI, including its relationships with media contacts. Prior to joining OUI in 2016, Gregg was one of the first journalists to cover university innovation as a full time beat. He was involved with the launch of university innovation trade magazine Global University Venturing, and was later the magazine’s editor. Gregg has also worked on a number of special reports related to university innovation, and has spoken on the subject at a number of international conferences. Gregg graduated in 2009 from the University of Glamorgan with a degree in Creative and Professional Writing BA (Hons). He has since held a number of roles in both journalism and PR, including the Open University and News Corporation, focused on science, technology, and finance.
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About Oxford University Innovation: Oxford University Innovation manages the university’s technology transfer and consulting activities.
AKITA M. SYEDA
Social Media Strategist & Community Manager of Venture Pulse
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About Venture Pulse: Venture Pulse provides the latest funding news and data from the venture capital firms, accelerators, and angel investors.