Scott is best-known for founding one of Britain’s largest e-commerce businesses Kiddicare.com which was subsequently acquired in cash for £70m, by Morrisons, one of the UK’s largest supermarkets.

Reaching 6th on the Retail-Week Power List, Scott is regarded by many as one of the UK’s most innovative business professionals in retail.

After the Kiddicare acquisition, Scott became Managing Director and Chief Architect for Morrisons.com and has a wealth of experience in building and scaling large e-commerce businesses across the UK, most notably Kiddicare.com.

Founding Haatch, Scott has invested in, and developed businesses in the areas of ad tech, B2B SaaS (software as a service) and retail tech within the FMCG market including Elevaate, founded in 2014, enabling supplier monetisation programs across retailer websites.

Fred was responsible for a number of high profile, large-scale innovation projects across one of the UK’s largest e-commerce businesses Kiddicare.com and post-acquisition, supermarket giant Morrisons.

Fred created award-winning, digital customer experiences bridging the online-offline gap in one of the UK’s largest grocers, Morrisons. This included the launch of browse and order points, mobile payments and electronic shelf edge labels powered by early stage technology companies.

To achieve this Fred worked with cutting edge early stage technology start-ups to integrate and piece together award-winning customer experiences.

Co-founding Haatch in 2013, Fred runs the investment process end-to-end and works with portfolio businesses in advisory and board roles.

Elaine is all about the end customer and is constantly challenging our startups around customer experience. Elaine also brings her buying & commercial knowledge into our retail startups and works closely with them to develop commercial, scalable solutions.

Elaines extensive background in Kiddicare as a partner involved directing all parts of the business, with a specific focus on buying, commercial & customer service across thousands of products & millions of orders whilst keeping every customer happy.

Mark Bennett is VP of Android GTM for Google leading teams in APAC, US and EMEA to help support our Android ecosystem partners. Previous to his current role he held the position of Hardware Partnerships lead for Google in APAC heading up Google’s hardware sales team in APAC working with retailers, carriers and other B2B partners to grow market share in a range of categories with products such as Pixel, Google Home, Nest and Chromecast. Before this he led the international business of Google Play focused on growing Google’s digital content business for games, apps, film and other content verticals in EMEA, APAC, and LATAM.

Prior to Google, Mark was the Managing Director of Blinkbox Music, part of Tesco, where he grew the streaming music service to over 2.5 million users in 18 months. Previous to this, Mark held posts at Sainsbury’s, Global Media Vault, Microsoft, HMV, Warner Music UK and EMI.

Mark read Economics & Politics at University of Bath.

Building a bootstrapped business is never an easy process, particularly when your sector focus is B2B and where people are the only asset, but that is exactly what Simon had done with Zazzle Media.

The digital marketing agency grew from nothing to delivering an EBIT north of £1 million in just under 6 years before being sold into one of the world’s biggest advertising holding companies (IPG).

As a result of that journey he is now seen as one of the most prominent minds in digital marketing and is regularly asked to speak and write about cutting edge digital growth both in the UK and around the world.

His real world experience in people management, building profitable start-ups and marketing make him an extremely valuable member of the central team.

Jeremy began his career as Chief Operating Officer at a VC-backed start-up that raised from venture funds, Forward Partners and Founders Factory, and esteemed angel investors such as Sir John Hegarty and Tom Teichman, amongst the first investors in the likes of lastminute.com. MADE.com and notonthehighstreet.com. It ultimately failed but he learnt a lot in the process!

He then became Managing Director at Surechill, a software-enabled cold-storage company co-founded by Peter Saunders OBE, who raised more than £10m. Following this experience, he joined Playfair Capital, an early-stage VC that has backed companies like Stripe, Thought Machine and Trouva. He worked on exciting companies like Omnipresent which he saw go from £0 to over £500m in value in under 18 months. He leans on this collective experience to offer hands-on support to our portfolio post-transaction.

He’s interested in B2B SaaS solving deep problems and/or creating massive impact for organisations and is hyper-focused on supporting Founder-led-sales and building early sales teams.

Charlie is a part of the investment team and is responsible for filtering SEIS inbound deals, taking them from early stage introductions through our due diligence process, through to the final investment completion. He’ll be looking at early-stage technology start-ups that fit our thesis, conducting competitive analysis to fully understand market opportunity, and will be deploying capital from our SEIS fund.

Jessica has a vital role in heading up the Marketing and Investor Relations at Haatch. Jessica is responsible for all communications and messaging and to develop relationships with investors, advisers and intermediaries.

Prior to joining Haatch, Jessica gained a wealth of experience most recently with another leading EIS and VCT provider, and held a number of roles in the Investment Management sector working with HNW clients.

Get in touch with Jessica on 07958 213122 or jessica@haatch.com.

Kate has a critical role as Head of Compliance and Operations for Haatch Ventures. Kate is responsible for the businesses’ critical regulatory compliance and operational risk ensuring the smooth running of all investment activity.

Kate has extensive experience in these fields and works alongside the Haatch team to continually enhance the operational capability and effectiveness of the business.
Over the last 22 years, Kate has held a number of senior positions within the Private Banking and Investment Management sectors whereby she has been responsible for delivering robust compliance frameworks and delivered efficient operational processes.

Sophie joined Haatch Ventures in November 2021 as the glue between the Haatch team and our portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Haatch Ventures, Sophie was part of an original Haatch backed company which was acquired back in 2018. Her role there was Senior Customer Success Manager looking after tier 1 companies within the platform, helping them with everything from strategy to pacing and everything in-between.

Sophie’s role at Haatch will be focused around supporting the relationship with our portfolio companies, Haatch and each other, in a connecting role as we continue to grow the Haatch offering.

Hannah has a vital role looking after the administration and accounts for the entire Haatch group including Haatch Angel, our co-working spaces Haatch Desks and EIS fund Haatch Ventures.

Hannah looks after everything from inbound enquiries to diary management and fund administration.

In addition to this Hannah provides administration and accounting support to portfolio companies.

David joined Haatch in 2022 as a Business Development Manager and is focused on connecting with financial advisers, family offices and angel networks.

David is a highly experienced entrepreneur and business development professional having worked for Philips Electronics in his early career days and then as an entrepreneur in the content and software space working in the USA with firms like SONY, Boeing and Microsoft before a successful exit.

After 5 years working at London and Partners driving commercial development across eCommerce, gaming and fintech he returned to the entrepreneur community and is working on projects across web 3 infrastructure, Media, Blockchain and Defi space with a proven ability to work either independently or leading a team to achieve significant results in highly competitive environments in both mature and emerging markets. David has strong technology Venture Capital connections being one of the first members of Tech London Advocates not-for-profit advisory and sits on several web 3 technology, art and media businesses as an advisor or board role.

Kunal joined Haatch in 2022 as a Business Development Manager and is focused on building relationships with Investors, family offices and financial advisers to raise monies for the Haatch funds.

Prior to joining Haatch Kunal was an acquisition and sales consultant in the property sector for off-market sites and wealth enhancement for private clients/companies and high-net-worth individuals. He has extensive experience building strong business relations with different stakeholders. He has consulted and sourced over £1.2bn worth of assets and project opportunities. He excels at advising B & C-suite stakeholders to identify priorities, navigate challenges and maximise opportunities.

In addition to that, Kunal has also been a business consultant for small businesses that have benefitted from S/EIS funding and understands all aspects of the funding process as well as assisting in launching products and increasing market presence globally.

Jessica has a vital role in heading up the Marketing and Investor Relations at Haatch. Jessica is responsible for all communications and messaging and to develop relationships with investors, advisers and intermediaries.

Prior to joining Haatch, Jessica gained a wealth of experience most recently with another leading EIS and VCT provider, and held a number of roles in the Investment Management sector working with HNW clients.

Get in touch with Jessica on 07958 213122 or jessica@haatch.com.

David joined Haatch in 2022 as a Business Development Manager and is focused on connecting with financial advisers, family offices and angel networks.

David is a highly experienced entrepreneur and business development professional having worked for Philips Electronics in his early career days and then as an entrepreneur in the content and software space working in the USA with firms like SONY, Boeing and Microsoft before a successful exit.

After 5 years working at London and Partners driving commercial development across eCommerce, gaming and fintech he returned to the entrepreneur community and is working on projects across web 3 infrastructure, Media, Blockchain and Defi space with a proven ability to work either independently or leading a team to achieve significant results in highly competitive environments in both mature and emerging markets. David has strong technology Venture Capital connections being one of the first members of Tech London Advocates not-for-profit advisory and sits on several web 3 technology, art and media businesses as an advisor or board role.

Kunal joined Haatch in 2022 as a Business Development Manager and is focused on building relationships with Investors, family offices and financial advisers to raise monies for the Haatch funds.

Prior to joining Haatch Kunal was an acquisition and sales consultant in the property sector for off-market sites and wealth enhancement for private clients/companies and high-net-worth individuals. He has extensive experience building strong business relations with different stakeholders. He has consulted and sourced over £1.2bn worth of assets and project opportunities. He excels at advising B & C-suite stakeholders to identify priorities, navigate challenges and maximise opportunities.

In addition to that, Kunal has also been a business consultant for small businesses that have benefitted from S/EIS funding and understands all aspects of the funding process as well as assisting in launching products and increasing market presence globally.

Scott is best-known for founding one of Britain’s largest e-commerce businesses Kiddicare.com which was subsequently acquired in cash for £70m, by Morrisons, one of the UK’s largest supermarkets.

Reaching 6th on the Retail-Week Power List, Scott is regarded by many as one of the UK’s most innovative business professionals in retail.

After the Kiddicare acquisition, Scott became Managing Director and Chief Architect for Morrisons.com and has a wealth of experience in building and scaling large e-commerce businesses across the UK, most notably Kiddicare.com.

Founding Haatch, Scott has invested in, and developed businesses in the areas of ad tech, B2B SaaS (software as a service) and retail tech within the FMCG market including Elevaate, founded in 2014, enabling supplier monetisation programs across retailer websites.

Fred was responsible for a number of high profile, large-scale innovation projects across one of the UK’s largest e-commerce businesses Kiddicare.com and post-acquisition, supermarket giant Morrisons.

Fred created award-winning, digital customer experiences bridging the online-offline gap in one of the UK’s largest grocers, Morrisons. This included the launch of browse and order points, mobile payments and electronic shelf edge labels powered by early stage technology companies.

To achieve this Fred worked with cutting edge early stage technology start-ups to integrate and piece together award-winning customer experiences.

Co-founding Haatch in 2013, Fred runs the investment process end-to-end and works with portfolio businesses in advisory and board roles.

Mark Bennett is VP of Android GTM for Google leading teams in APAC, US and EMEA to help support our Android ecosystem partners. Previous to his current role he held the position of Hardware Partnerships lead for Google in APAC heading up Google’s hardware sales team in APAC working with retailers, carriers and other B2B partners to grow market share in a range of categories with products such as Pixel, Google Home, Nest and Chromecast. Before this he led the international business of Google Play focused on growing Google’s digital content business for games, apps, film and other content verticals in EMEA, APAC, and LATAM.

Prior to Google, Mark was the Managing Director of Blinkbox Music, part of Tesco, where he grew the streaming music service to over 2.5 million users in 18 months. Previous to this, Mark held posts at Sainsbury’s, Global Media Vault, Microsoft, HMV, Warner Music UK and EMI.

Mark read Economics & Politics at University of Bath.

Building a bootstrapped business is never an easy process, particularly when your sector focus is B2B and where people are the only asset, but that is exactly what Simon had done with Zazzle Media.

The digital marketing agency grew from nothing to delivering an EBIT north of £1 million in just under 6 years before being sold into one of the world’s biggest advertising holding companies (IPG).

As a result of that journey he is now seen as one of the most prominent minds in digital marketing and is regularly asked to speak and write about cutting edge digital growth both in the UK and around the world.

His real world experience in people management, building profitable start-ups and marketing make him an extremely valuable member of the central team.

Scott is best-known for founding one of Britain’s largest e-commerce businesses Kiddicare.com which was subsequently acquired in cash for £70m, by Morrisons, one of the UK’s largest supermarkets.

Reaching 6th on the Retail-Week Power List, Scott is regarded by many as one of the UK’s most innovative business professionals in retail.

After the Kiddicare acquisition, Scott became Managing Director and Chief Architect for Morrisons.com and has a wealth of experience in building and scaling large e-commerce businesses across the UK, most notably Kiddicare.com.

Founding Haatch, Scott has invested in, and developed businesses in the areas of ad tech, B2B SaaS (software as a service) and retail tech within the FMCG market including Elevaate, founded in 2014, enabling supplier monetisation programs across retailer websites.

Fred was responsible for a number of high profile, large-scale innovation projects across one of the UK’s largest e-commerce businesses Kiddicare.com and post-acquisition, supermarket giant Morrisons.

Fred created award-winning, digital customer experiences bridging the online-offline gap in one of the UK’s largest grocers, Morrisons. This included the launch of browse and order points, mobile payments and electronic shelf edge labels powered by early stage technology companies.

To achieve this Fred worked with cutting edge early stage technology start-ups to integrate and piece together award-winning customer experiences.

Co-founding Haatch in 2013, Fred runs the investment process end-to-end and works with portfolio businesses in advisory and board roles.

Mark Bennett is VP of Android GTM for Google leading teams in APAC, US and EMEA to help support our Android ecosystem partners. Previous to his current role he held the position of Hardware Partnerships lead for Google in APAC heading up Google’s hardware sales team in APAC working with retailers, carriers and other B2B partners to grow market share in a range of categories with products such as Pixel, Google Home, Nest and Chromecast. Before this he led the international business of Google Play focused on growing Google’s digital content business for games, apps, film and other content verticals in EMEA, APAC, and LATAM.

Prior to Google, Mark was the Managing Director of Blinkbox Music, part of Tesco, where he grew the streaming music service to over 2.5 million users in 18 months. Previous to this, Mark held posts at Sainsbury’s, Global Media Vault, Microsoft, HMV, Warner Music UK and EMI.

Mark read Economics & Politics at University of Bath.

Building a bootstrapped business is never an easy process, particularly when your sector focus is B2B and where people are the only asset, but that is exactly what Simon had done with Zazzle Media.

The digital marketing agency grew from nothing to delivering an EBIT north of £1 million in just under 6 years before being sold into one of the world’s biggest advertising holding companies (IPG).

As a result of that journey he is now seen as one of the most prominent minds in digital marketing and is regularly asked to speak and write about cutting edge digital growth both in the UK and around the world.

His real world experience in people management, building profitable start-ups and marketing make him an extremely valuable member of the central team.

Jeremy sits on the investment team and is responsible for leading deals from discovery, through our due diligence process through to writing cheques and offering post-investment support for portfolio companies. He’ll be looking at early-stage technology start-ups that fit our thesis and will be deploying capital from our SEIS and EIS funds.

Charlie is a part of the investment team and is responsible for filtering SEIS inbound deals, taking them from early stage introductions through our due diligence process, through to the final investment completion. He’ll be looking at early-stage technology start-ups that fit our thesis, conducting competitive analysis to fully understand market opportunity, and will be deploying capital from our SEIS fund.

Kate has a critical role as Head of Compliance and Operations for Haatch Ventures. Kate is responsible for the businesses’ critical regulatory compliance and operational risk ensuring the smooth running of all investment activity.

Kate has extensive experience in these fields and works alongside the Haatch team to continually enhance the operational capability and effectiveness of the business.
Over the last 22 years, Kate has held a number of senior positions within the Private Banking and Investment Management sectors whereby she has been responsible for delivering robust compliance frameworks and delivered efficient operational processes.

Sophie joined Haatch Ventures in November 2021 as the glue between the Haatch team and our portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Haatch Ventures, Sophie was part of an original Haatch backed company which was acquired back in 2018. Her role there was Senior Customer Success Manager looking after tier 1 companies within the platform, helping them with everything from strategy to pacing and everything in-between.

Sophie’s role at Haatch will be focused around supporting the relationship with our portfolio companies, Haatch and each other, in a connecting role as we continue to grow the Haatch offering.

Hannah has a vital role looking after the administration and accounts for the entire Haatch group including Haatch Angel, our co-working spaces Haatch Desks and EIS fund Haatch Ventures.

Hannah looks after everything from inbound enquiries to diary management and fund administration.

In addition to this Hannah provides administration and accounting support to portfolio companies.