25+ years backing founders from the first cheque

Specialist Angel investors

About Avonmore Developments 

• Avonmore is a London-based early-stage investment firm started by brothers Simon and Michael Blakey, two of the UK’s most experienced angel investors.

• Since 2000, Avonmore has backed over 50 startups and participated in 100+ funding rounds.

• Our sector focus is B2B SaaS, AI, infrastructure, deep tech and sector-specific platforms. Whilst 90% of our investments are in UK/Europe, we are open-minded on where your customers are.

• Since 2013 Simon’s has run Avonmore, whilst Michael invests separately across SE Asia through Cocoon Capital.

• Our portfolio companies have gone on to raise money from leading VCs including Softbank, Index Ventures, Molten, Lower Carbon and QED amongst others.

• With 25 years of experience we have plenty of know-how in how to successfully support entrepreneurs in the inevitable ups and downs of start-up life.

• Simon is a board member of Cambridge Angels and is a Venture Partner and Senior Advisor at Playfair Capital (their £70M Fund III launched in 2023) having previously chaired their Investment Committee. He has also been on the Investment Committee of the UK Government-backed Angel Cofund since 2014.

What we invest in

Avonmore typically invests £50,000–£250,000 into companies with:

• Strong founding teams with deep domain knowledge.

• Technical or IP defensibility

• Commercial traction, or a path to it

• UK or Europe-based

• Have raised <£1M institutional capital previously

Avonmore has no external investors but work with a range of high net worth investors, family offices and venture capital funds to raise larger syndicates.

How to get in touch

If you’re raising pre-seed or seed, and think we might be a fit we’d love to hear from you via the “contact us” button below

For details on our investment strategy, please take a look at our FAQs