Simon Blakey

The firm

Playfair CapitalVC firm · GB13cheques in 12 months88all time0leddeploying

Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

• Buzzmove
• Bybox
• Chattermill
• Commerce Decisions
• Epoch Biodesign
• Glow Digital Media
• GroupSpaces
• ManholeMetrics
• Oc Robotics
• ParcelBright
• Reposit
• Roadmap Systems
• Specle
• TagMan
• Trouva
• Ventrata
• Virtual It
• Xampla
• Audiense formerly SocialBro
• MAS Technicae Group International
• Screenburn
• Ticket Group

Also at Playfair Capital

• Federico Pirzio-BiroliFounding Partner & Chairman8 rounds
• Andrew SheffieldVC Principal0 rounds
• Chris SmithContributing Editor0 rounds
• Clare ZhangVC Associate0 rounds
• Deanne SaundersOffice & Building Manager0 rounds
• Felix NeubeckAssociate0 rounds
• Henrik SanchezKauffman Fellow (Class 28)0 rounds
• Jeevan BlondekStrategy & Operations, Senior Manager0 rounds

Hear them before you pitch them

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  Angel Insights · 30 May 2025 · 37 min

  25 years of angel investing: hard-won lessons from Simon Blakey

  WithSimon Blakey

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  About this episode

  How a biochemist turned management consultant became one of the UK's most experienced angel investors, and what new angels can learn from his journey. When Simon Blakey made his first angel investment in 2000, the startup ecosystem looked radically different. There was no AngelList, no Seed… More on the show's page

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