Meet The Investor
Applications are now open for "Meet The Investor", powered by at CHEERS! The Drinks Summit. Meet with 16 drinks focused investors who are looking for the next big thing in drinks. You must have a ticket to the summit to apply. Applications close Monday 7th October at 10am. Powered by Sluys International.
Investor Line-Up - Grab Your Chance to Hang With 16 Angels and VCs Who Are Actively Looking to Invest in Challenger Drinks Brands
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Yasha Estraikh
Piper Private Equity
Cheque Size: £5M-£20M
Stage: turnover of £6m+
Previous investments: Proper, Bottlegreen, Mindful Chef, Wild Nutrition, Flat Iron, Turtle Bay, Loungers
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Emile Ward
Angel Investor
Cheque Size: £5K-£10K
Stage: Angel / Pre-seed
Previous investments: Woven Whisky, These Days Drinks, Small Beer Brew Co, Port Of Leith Distillery, Salcombe Gin Distillery, Loah Beer, Nc'Nean Whisky, Big Drop Brewing Co
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Courtney Sawatzke
Active Partners
Cheque Size: Two funds, Early Stage (tickets range from £250k – £1m, following in round sizes of £1m+), and Growth Fund (tickets range from 2m+, in round sizes of £3m+)
Stage: Early stage (pre-seed – Series A), and Growth (Series A – B)
Previous investments: Northern Monk, TBA Pre-launch Tabletised Drink; many other investments in the Foodservice space including Honest Burgers, Leon, Caravan, and Chicken Shop
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Fred Ursell
Pembroke VCT
Stage: all stages
Previous investments: Rubies in the Rubble, Hackney Gelato and Plenish
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Julia Pedret
Verlinvest
Cheque Size: £20-£200M
Stage: Series B
Previous investments: Vita Coco, Oatly, hint water, Sula Wine, Lahori, Vitamin Water and Remi Cointreau.
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Nick Green
Angel Investor
Cheque Size: £5K-£20K
Stage: Pre-Seed & Seed
Previous investments: XOXO, MOTH, Mother Root, SOLO Coffee, Laylo, Djuce, Pentire
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Monica Casanova
The Craftory
Cheque Size: n/a
Stage: all stages
Previous investments: Who Gives A Crap
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Ben Newton
Yeo Valley Ventures
Cheque Size: £500K
Stage: Seed to Series A
Previous investments: MOMA (oat milk), Equinox (kombucha), Origin (coffee)
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Lilac Watt
Angel Investor
Cheque Size: £600K
Stage: Pre-seed to Series A. Unlikely to invest pre-product but able to invest pre-revenue.
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Claudia Yupangco
Jam Jar Investment
Cheque Size: £200k-£3m
Stage: Seed / Series A
Previous investments: Space Goods, Winedrops, Mother Root
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Gareth Bath
Distill Ventures
Cheque Size: £250K+
Stage: Pre seed, seed and also growth (series A)
Previous investments: Seedlip, Ritual Zero Proof , Ritual Zero Proof and a very special portfolio of new world whiskies.
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Dom Chapman
Chapman Capital
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Kasia Cheng
TRUE
Cheque Size: £500K
Stage: Pre-seed to Series A
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Adam Draper
Nurture Brands
Previous investments: Rebel Kitchen and Jax Coco
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Ben Arbib
Nurture Brands
Previous investments: Rebel Kitchen and Jax Coco
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Callum Harvey
Growth Partner
Cheque Size: £5m-£20m
Stage: Flexible, but generally £5m turnover minimum