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About Us

By Founders & Investors for Founders & Investors

With over 100 investments between them, the FundIQ team are themselves active angel investors, forming part of an Angel Syndicate participating in private equity and investment funds. So they know a thing or two about what investors are looking for. On top of that, they have, and continue to, operate their own early-stage businesses, as well as working as Mentors and Advisors to many others.

Our Vision

Whilst sharing the pleasure and pain of early-stage investing, we all passionately believe that good companies should get investment quickly and without subjective bias.

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Creating a tool that assesses a startup on a completely objective basis, whilst also taking into account the current market headwinds/tailwinds, is part of our vision towards a more robust investability report.

The FundIQ team are themselves successful startup founders who have successfully built, scaled, and exited companies in marketing, health and legal tech, and regulatory technology; in addition to successful property development.

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Their common bond is that they are all serial angel investors with over £5m deployed into British startups over a 10-year period. There are over 100 companies in their combined portfolios at present.

The Team

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Darren Shaw

CEO

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Lucy Smith

Marketing Consultant

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Dr David Pearce

CPO

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Oliver Miskin-Hymas

Head of Partnerships

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Jake Stanley

Investment Manager

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Fran Beck

Service Support

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Not Sure Where To Start?

At FundIQ, we ask for your 'best foot forward', that is, what would you send investors to convince them to invest in your venture proposition? If you don't know where to start, or are looking for some further guidance, check out our Founder Resources.

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