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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Principal operating in the Angel Investment space. If you think a Principal 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.
Hannah Seal
Principal of Index Ventures
Hannah focuses on early stage investments, with a particular interest in marketplaces, consumer, productivity and back-office automation. Prior to joining Index, Hannah worked at eBay, where she was responsible for the C2C business in the UK, and at Ocado, where she helped set up the general merchandise business. Hannah graduated with a degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge and lives in London.
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About Index Ventures: Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Julia Andre
Principal of Index Ventures
Julia Andre currently works as the Principal for Index Ventures. She previously worked at Palantir Technologies as the Business Development and Execution Lead.
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About Index Ventures: Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Georgia Stevenson
Principal of Index Ventures
Georgia Stevenson currently works as the Principal for Index Ventures. She previously worked at Northzone as an Associate.
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About Index Ventures: Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Charlotte Bruce
Principal of Cherry Ventures
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About Cherry Ventures: Cherry Ventures is a seed fund, founded by entrepreneurs with substantial experience in building fast-scaling technology companies.
Natasha C Fowlie
Principal of Riverstone Holdings
Natasha Fowlie is a Principal of Riverstone. She is based in London.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
German Losada
Principal of Riverstone Holdings
Principal at Riverstone Holdings.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Niccolo Ferragamo
Principal of Apax Partners
Principal@ Apax Partners – focusing on Growth Equity opportunities in Software (PriceFx), Fintech (Tide), Applied AI (Faculty) Former H&F Sr. Associate (worked on the Nets, Concardis and TeamSystem transactions), McKinsey Associate, CEO & Founder at Kiwi Local
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About Apax Partners, Kiwi: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Savvas Savvides
Principal of Apax Partners
Savvas Savvides is a Principal based in London. He joined Apax in 2008 in New York moving to the London office in 2009. Savvas has participated in a number of deals including Paradigm where he serves as a Director on the Board. He has also been actively involved in portfolio work at TDC, NXP and Travelex. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Savvas worked at Citigroup’s M&A advisory team in London where he specialised in advising clients in the Energy, Power and Chemicals sectors. Savvas holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MA in Economics from the University of Cambridge.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Leontios Toumpouris
Principal of Apax Partners
Leontios Toumpouris is a Senior Associate in the Consumer team. He joined Apax Partners in 2011 and is currently based in the London office. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Leontios was an Analyst at Terra Firma Capital Partners where he worked as a generalist. Leontios holds a BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Arnaud Bosquet
Principal of Apax Partners
Arnaud Bosquet is an Associate in the Healthcare team. Arnaud joined Apax Partners in 2011 and is based in London. He serves as an adviser and board member to Capio and Marken. Prior to joining the firm, he worked in Deutsche Bank’s Investment Banking division, where he advised private equity clients on a number of M&A and Leveraged Finance transactions. Arnaud holds an MSc in General Engineering from École Centrale de Lille.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Anders Meyerhoff
Principal of Apax Partners
Anders Meyerhoff is a Senior Associate in the Tech & Telecom team. He joined Apax Partners in 2012 and is currently based in London. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Anders was at Oak Hill Capital Management in New York and San Francisco where he focused primarily on investment opportunities in the Healthcare Industry. He also worked at Bank of America in their Leveraged Finance Group, advising clients across industries. Anders holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and BAs in Economics and German from Stanford University.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Albert Costa
Principal of Apax Partners
Albert Costa is a senior associate in the Consumer team. He joined Apax Partners in 2010 and is currently based in London. His Apax deal experience includes Takko Fashion. Albert joined from the private equity arm of Blackstone where he worked on a number of transactions and portfolio companies. He started his career in the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley in the Energy & Utilities and the Media & Telecom teams. Albert holds an MBA from the Wharton Business School (Palmer Scholar) and a BA from Esade.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Will Harman
Principal of Apax Partners
Will Harman is an Operating Specialist in the Operational Excellence team. He joined Apax Partners in 2014 and is currently based in London. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Will worked for PA Consulting Group where he led procurement restructuring, cost reduction and supply chain risk management programmes for clients including BP, BAE Systems, and Aston Martin. Will was previously a supply chain consultant at PwC and has led major procurement programmes at Jaguar Land Rover. Will holds a Master’s degree by Research from Warwick Business School, an MA in International Relations from Bristol University, and a BSc in Economics and Politics from Bath University.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Harveer Bharaj
Principal of QVentures
Harveer focusses on the origination, due diligence and execution of investments for the QVentures Pre-Seed Fund.
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About QVentures: QVentures is a Venture Capital firm providing direct investment opportunities and fund management.
Grady Kidder
Principal of Catalyst Investors
Grady joined Catalyst in 2016 and is responsible for deal origination and execution, portfolio management, formulating investment strategies, and conducting company outreach. Prior to joining Catalyst, Grady was as an investment banking analyst in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications group at Wells Fargo Securities in New York. Previously, he worked as an investment banking analyst in the Leveraged Finance group at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey in Atlanta. Grady earned a BA in Economics from Vanderbilt University and an MS in Commerce from the University of Virginia.
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About Catalyst Investors, Fusion Risk Management: Catalyst Investors makes growth equity investments in high-growth, lower middle market companies.
Viktoria Habanova
Principal of Mid Europa Partners
Viktoria is an Associate Director at Mid Europa Partners. She covers the Czech and Slovak markets and is focused on executing and monitoring investments. Since joining Mid Europa in 2010, Viktoria has been involved in numerous investments including SBB/Telemach, Walmark, Energy 21, Kent, Diagnostyka and most recently has led the execution of the sale of Alpha Medical, the leading provider of laboratory testing services in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, to Unilabs. Prior to Mid Europa, Viktoria worked in the Consumer & Retail M&A department at J.P. Morgan in London. She holds Masters in International Finance from Columbia University, SIPA and Masters in Finance and Strategy, with Honours, from Sciences Po Paris.
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About Mid Europa Partners: Mid Europa Partners is a private equity firm specializing in private buyouts.
Ratko Jovic
Principal of Mid Europa Partners
Ratko is a Principal at Mid Europa Partners and is focused on executing and monitoring investments. Prior to joining the team, he worked in the Financial Restructuring & Special Situations team at Houlihan Lokey in London and completed internships with Bridgewater Associates in the United States.
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About Mid Europa Partners: Mid Europa Partners is a private equity firm specializing in private buyouts.
Bence Horvath
Principal of Mid Europa Partners
Bence Horvath currently works as the Principal for Mid Europa Partners. He previously worked at Barclays as an Investment Banking Associate.
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About Mid Europa Partners: Mid Europa Partners is a private equity firm specializing in private buyouts.
