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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.

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.

Scott was awarded an OBE in 2022 for services to Technology and Retail E-commerce Entrepreneurship.

Fred was responsible for several high-profile, large-scale innovation projects across Kiddicare.com and, post-acquisition, Morrisons, the UK’s 4th largest supermarket. He created award-winning digital customer experiences by working with cutting-edge early-stage technology start-ups, bridging the online–offline gap at Morrisons for millions of customers each week.

Since co-founding Haatch in 2013, Fred has led the launch and delivery of the Haatch tax-efficient funds in 2018 and the institutional funds in 2022, and he oversees the day-to-day running of the firm as General Partner. Over the last decade, he has overseen investments into over 170 companies, onboarded over 2,500 investors, and delivered multiple industry firsts across retail access, syndicate strategies, and fund technology.

Fred was recently appointed to the board of EISA, the trade body for the Enterprise Investment Scheme.

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 the Vice President of Knowledge and Information Partnerships, EMEA at Google, where he is responsible for developing and managing strategic partnerships across a portfolio of core products, including Search, Gemini, Ads, Maps, Commerce, Research, Core, Labs and Google Deepmind.

His tenure at Google includes serving as Vice President of Platforms & Devices Partnerships, EMEA, where he led diverse teams focused on expanding Android Partnerships, Android Enterprise solutions, and user engagement with Google One, Google Photos, Google TV, and Google Play. Before that he led Android partnerships globally and prior to that role was based in Singapore where he successfully built and led Google's Hardware Partnerships for APAC.

Prior to Google, Mark was Managing Director of Blinkbox Music (Tesco). His extensive career includes leadership roles at Sainsbury’s, Global Media Vault, Microsoft, HMV, Warner Music UK, and EMI.

Jonathan is the ex-Chief Growth Officer of Crowdcube, Europe’s largest private investment platform, where he spent nearly a decade building it into a category-defining brand.

Joining as an early employee, he played a key role in scaling the business to £14 million in annual revenue and 150 staff across the UK and Europe, working directly with some of Europe’s most exciting consumer brands, including Monzo, Revolut, Moneybox, Zoe, Brewdog, and What3Words.

In his role at Haatch, Jonathan is dedicated to driving fundraising efforts across the firm’s multiple funds and seeking out new growth opportunities.

Alongside his role at Haatch, Jonathan founded edge, a growth consultancy that partners with consumer startups from Seed to Series A to deliver world-class crowdfunding rounds. A two-time TEDx speaker, regular panellist at global events, active early-stage investor, and non-executive director, he is passionate about the early-stage investment ecosystem.

A well-known SEIS/EIS expert, Olivia has trained financial advisors across the UK, helping them navigate tax-efficient investment opportunities for their clients. As the key contact for financial advisors at Haatch, she provides expert guidance on how recommending Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) investments, clients can maximise tax reliefs and benefit from potential returns.

Olivia works closely with advisors through one-on-one discussions, webinars, and industry insights, offering tailored support.

Jeremy began his career as Chief Operating Officer at a VC-backed start-up that raised from venture funds Forward Partners and Founders Factory, as well as 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, which 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 wealth of experience to offer hands-on support to our portfolio post-transaction, particularly on B2B SaaS sales.

Jessica is the Head of Investor Relations at Haatch, where she oversees all communications and messaging with investors, advisers, and intermediaries. In this role, she is dedicated to fostering strong relationships and ensuring transparency and engagement with investors.

Before joining Haatch, Jessica built a solid foundation in the industry at Calculus Capital, a leading EIS and VCT provider. Her experience also includes positions in the Investment Management sector, where she worked closely with advisers and high-net-worth clients at 7IM and Close Brothers Asset Management.

Tom is primarily responsible fundraising and the growth of the Haatch EIS and SEIS Funds. Additionally he manages investor relationships, serving as the primary point of contact for direct investors into the Funds.

Prior joining Haatch in 2024, Tom started out working in Investor Relations at a structured credit hedge fund before then going on to another EIS Fund as a Senior Associate where he was directly responsible for raising over £5.5m during his tenure as well as creating and maintaining marketing collateral and assisting portfolio companies in raising subsequent funding rounds.

Sophie has a connecting role, focused on supporting the relationship between Haatch and our portfolio companies as we continue to grow our offerings.

Prior to joining Haatch, 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 strategy, pacing and everything in between.

Daniel is General Counsel at Haatch and is primarily responsible for all legal aspects of the group’s business, including investment funding rounds, general 3rd party commercial agreements, fund formation and structuring, internal group and employee contracts and all other general legal work.

Daniel also provides portfolio company legal support and is the principal point of contact for external legal advisers and all legal matters relating to the Haatch portfolio or the Haatch group.

Kate works part-time with the Compliance team on the business’s critical regulatory compliance and operational framework.

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 23 years, Kate has held a number of senior positions within the private banking and investment management sectors at HSBC, JP Morgan and Signia Wealth, in which she has been responsible for delivering robust compliance
frameworks and delivering efficient operational processes.

Charlie is part of the investment team and is responsible for sourcing pre-seed and seed-stage, SEIS and EIS-eligible opportunities. Additionally, he leads investment opportunities from initial interaction through our diligence process to the final investment completion, deploying capital from the SEIS and EIS Funds.

Before joining Haatch in 2021, Charlie started a web-design practice, designing and managing websites for SMEs in Peterborough. Afterwards, he entered a VC-backed startup as a part of the early team, building more efficient monetisation channels for content creators. While this business ultimately failed, Charlie leverages what he learned from this experience and applies it to investing.

He currently sits as a Venture Partner on the Exchange, a Manchester and Leeds-based accelerator, providing first-hand support to early-stage companies in the north.

Hannah has a vital role as Head of Operations for the Haatch group, where she primarily focuses on critical areas such as accounting, financial reporting, investor operations and processes, ensuring that all of these are streamlined and efficient.

Overseeing the operations of more than 100 portfolio companies and a diverse array of over 1,000 investors, Hannah has built operational processes and platforms, which support the rapid growth of Haatch. She is adept at optimising workflows, which has been instrumental in maintaining the highest standards of compliance and transparency within the organisation.

In addition to this, Hannah extends her expertise and deep understanding of the operational intricacies by providing administrative and accounting support to Haatch’s portfolio companies.

Matt is a seasoned recruitment and technology consulting leader having worked at Harvey Nash as Managing Director & CEO across the UK, Ireland, Australia, and Japan for over 23 years.

Matt joined The IN Group as Group CRO in 2020 and is currently Managing Director at Investigo and InX (part of TIG) across the UK and EU for all technology, CIO and Transformation brands.

Matt has also held NED & Advisory roles with Data Clarity and BLOK Bioscience.

Marwa built an AI-powered beauty tech startup and scaled the business to raise VC investment. She led marketing campaigns across email, organic and paid to grow revenue by 150% year-on-year.

Stephen began his career in the Asset Management department of PwC where he performed audits on a wide range of alternative investment funds. He subsequently worked in SEI Investments (NYSE: SEI) conducting financial and regulatory reporting. Most recently Stephen spent ten years at Mainspring Fund Services working with venture capital fund managers and was part of the senior management team that led the company through acquisition by the Apex Group.

At Haatch, Stephen supports through an advisory role covering Operations & Fund management as both our Operations Advisor and Fractional Fund Controller.

Aini is a university student studying ‘MBBS Medicine’ at King’s College London. In her free time, she enjoys writing fiction and non-fiction pieces, practising karate (alongside going for bouldering and badminton!), and learning modern foreign languages.

Jim is the co-founder of the award-winning brand and performance marketing agency, Threepipe. Jim founded the agency in 2004 as a traditional PR agency before merging the company with a paid media agency and then acquiring a creative agency and then an SEO agency.  Jim then oversaw the creation of two new teams to capture rising media spending across retail media and marketplaces. The result was a business of over 100 people working with scale-up and challenger brands across both B2B and B2C sectors, providing growth marketing services across PR, social, paid media, SEO, marketplaces, and data science.

In 2019, Threepipe was sold to a global technology consulting firm, Reply. In the last four years Jim has been responsible for senior client counsel and business development and in 2024 will exit the business.

Jim was included in Performance Marketing Magazine’s most influential people working in the industry and Provoke Media shortlisted him as one of Europe’s most innovative marketers.

Marcel is a PhD researcher in Statistical Machine Learning at the University of Oxford, where he focuses on deep learning and robust Bayesian methods, with a particular interest in integrating them with generative architectures and reinforcement learning.

He began his career with a degree in Physics from the University of Cambridge before attending Harvard University. There, he focused on data science, collaborating with PhD students and MIT professors at the intersection of data and neurodegenerative diseases. Marcel joined McKinsey & Co. in London as a consultant before transitioning into Axion Ray, an AI manufacturing startup as the first employee and founding team member.

At Axion Ray, Marcel built the initial product lead team, led deployments across multiple six- and seven-figure accounts, and set up the company’s UK operations. The company raised over $20M in funding, with backing from Amplo, Boeing, and Inspired Partners, and a Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

James Brooke was the Founder and CEO of Amplience which he built from the ground up to become a digital experience SaaS leader serving hundreds of leading retail and B2B eCommerce brands with next-generation content and asset management capabilities.

James currently serves as CEO at Sweft LLC, a retail-focused product workflow automation business, and as a strategic board advisor to Storystream.ai.

David’s journey has combined deep technology, investing and solid academic foundations. Currently within the world of Deep Tech, he serves as Founder’s Associate at Nostos Genomics, a startup that helps diagnose people with rare genetic illnesses in <10 minutes and has raised ~$10M. Nostos is a prototype Nural Fund investment being formed off the basis of research from ETH Zürich while retaining a clear commercialisation route.