Michael Blakey

About Michael:

I have been a successful, active, early-stage investor in the UK since 2000 and having invested in some 17 business and realised 3 profitable exits to date, the latest being the sale of Commerce Decisons Ltd, (where we were was the initial lead investor) to Qinetic in Q4 2008.

Looking for:

I’m looking for a seed/ founding stage start-ups with a strong entrepreneur/ team with relevant sector experience/ knowledge. The product has to solve a real problem and have a huge market potential.

Skill set:

Strong network of contacts, Support with finance, strategy, commercialisation and HR

Representative investments:

GroupSpaces, Tagman, Specle, Bybox, Language Lab

I am investing:

My own money

Sectors I'm interested in investing:

Retail, Clean Tech, Hardware, Communication, Mobile, Publishing & photography, Productivity & business, e-Commerce & events

Startup stages I'm interested for investing:

Revenue, Pre Revenue, Prototype, Idea