Horatio Investments

Horatio Investments
Industry Angel Investing
Founder Adam Norris & Martin Bowles
Headquarters Glastonbury & London, UK
Area served
 All of UK
Website www.horatioinvestments.com

Horatio Investments is an angel investment company based in Glastonbury, Somerset and London. They only invest their own money and have £20 million to invest in early-stage business based in the UK.

Their typical investment size is £500,000 into early-stage high growth businesses run by outstanding entrepreneurs. In September 2014 they stopped investing directly into companies. They now invest in wave energy technologies to help them reach commercialisation, through the company Wavepower.[1]

History

Formed in 2010 by Adam Norris and Martin Bowles,[2] Horatio Investments was originally only an investor for small businesses in the South West of England and South Wales,[3] though their investment strategy now aims at all UK businesses.[4]

Recent Deals

With 19 different companies invested in from 2010–2013, Horatio Investments is one of the most active angel investors in the UK.[5] Some of their most recent deals include a £100,000 investment into Casabu (a flash sales site based in the UK),[6] ThinkBuzan (who develop iMindmap, a leading mindmapping software)[7] and Witlr (a graduate recruitment business).[8]

In the press

Horatio Investments were included in an article in late 2012, named "22 business angels you need to know about", in which they were listed along such investors as Ron Conway and Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn.[9]

Horatio Investments co-founder, Adam Norris has also been personally featured in the business section of the UK newspaper, The Telegraph. In the article, he explains how he made his wealth and how he plans to invest it in great new UK businesses.[10]

Adam Norris also blogs for The Huffington Post, which he updates once or twice per month.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Wavepower http://www.wavepower.com. Retrieved 19 September 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "Horatio Investments".
  3. ↑ "Angel News-Horatio Investments at the centre of excellence".
  4. ↑ "Horatio Investments - What we Look for".
  5. ↑ "Horatio Investments - Portfolio".
  6. ↑ "Flash Sales Site For Mums Casabu Raises $1.4M To Take On Zulily In The UK".
  7. ↑ "Horatio Investments - Portfolio - ThinkBuzan".
  8. ↑ "Horatio Investments - Portfolio - Witlr".
  9. ↑ "22 business angels you need to know about".
  10. ↑ Hurley, James (9 July 2013). "Investor puts up £100m for pick of the start-up crop". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  11. ↑ "Adam Norris - Huffington Post Blog".
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