Celebrating Entrepreneurs - Advanced Commerce

By
Fred Soneya
By
Haatch

Haatch Ventures started the Celebrating Entrepreneurs video series because we owe a great deal to entrepreneurs. At the launch of the series, Fred Soneya, partner at Haatch Ventures said ‘We owe so much to entrepreneurs, they take big risks, work incredibly hard, and are responsible for jobs, productivity and taxes’.

What is even more exciting are the ideas they come up with. Ideas that are often transformational for the industries they are in.

The latest in the series features Andre Brown, the founder of Advanced Commerce.

Andre is a second time founder, having previously created, grown and sold an eCommerce business, Attraqt.

Simon Penson, Partner at Haatch said ‘Investing in Advanced Commerce was a no-brainer. It is the best e-commerce platform we have ever seen.’

Andre explained it like this: ’In a brick and mortar store, an incredible amount of emphasis is placed on which product is placed where to maximise sales, commonly referred to as visual merchandising. Online merchandising is doing exactly the same for our online stores - controlling the order in which customers see products, based on their individual interests, to maximise sales.’ 

You can see the interview with Andre here.

https://youtu.be/zqG-4Hbn_hs

To find out more about the exciting companies that Haatch Ventures is investing in contact: Jessica Fox, Head of Marketing and Investor Relations on 07958 213122, or at jessica@haatch.com.

By
Fred Soneya
Co-Founder & General Partner
News & Updates

The latest
‍from Haatch

See More

Crediflow AI raises £1.5m to scale AI-native infrastructure for commercial credit

By
Jordan Smith
By
Haatch
November 4, 2026
Read more
​

Haatch portfolio company Crediflow AI has secured £1.5m in a round led by PXN Ventures via NPIF II, with participation from Haatch and angel investors, to automate the manual work that slows down commercial lending.

​

Virtual Science AI launches Medical Competitor AI

By
Jordan Smith
By
Haatch
October 26, 2026
Read more
​

Haatch portfolio company Virtual Science AI has launched Medical Competitor AI, its fourth product, bringing real-time competitive intelligence to pharma medical affairs teams.

​

Judged by our returns, not our size

By
Jonathan Keeling
By
Haatch
October 12, 2026
Read more
​

Why Haatch built a business beyond fundraising for fees, and why that matters for investor returns.

​

Haatch exits Trigify to HubSpot at up to 3.53x

By
Jessica Fox
By
Haatch
September 23, 2026
Read more
​

We are delighted to announce the successful exit of our full position in Trigify following its acquisition by HubSpot, the agentic customer platform for scaling businesses. The all-cash transaction delivered up to 3.53x for our investors. This exit represents Haatch’s 5th profitable exit in the last 18 months.

‍

​