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Rob Wilmot

Proven Tech Entrepreneur and Founder with several multimillion-pound exits | Early-stage investor | Experienced Chairman and CEO | Advisor | Mentor | TEDx Speaker | Philanthropist | Artist | Neurodivergent and proud!

London, England

Investor
CEO
Founder
Angel

Invests in

Stages:

Seed
Pre-seed

Sectors:

Locations:

United Kingdom

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Skills

Open Innovation
Social Media Marketing
Strategy
Social Networking
E-commerce
Entrepreneurship
Email Marketing
Public Relations
Social Media
Start-ups
New Business Development
Management
Emerging Technologies
Social Media Strategist
Leadership
Business Strategy
Advertising
Public Sector
Change Management
Marketing

Education

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Based in UK

1884 people

Investments

Happl

Seed

Total Funding: $5M

Views For Change

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $250K

Caura

Seed

Total Funding: $4M

Work Experience

Early-Stage Investments

2021

  • Investor

    2021

    I'm an independent early-stage tech investor (Angel, pre-seed, and seed) with notable portfolio companies including Happl (formerly Tahora (YC W22)), Caura, Sprive, Connectd, Narchi, Minderful, Umazi, Orbit, Pool Data, Babbu, KwizzBit, Obu and AIApply.

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Minderful

2021

  • Angel Investor and Advisor

    2021

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Happl

2020

  • Lead Angel investor and advisor

    2020

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Caura

2020

  • Angel Investor and Advisor

    2020

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Digital Leaders

2020

  • Member Of The Board Of Advisors

    2020

    Digital Leaders offers an accessible cross-sector network supported by an extensive programme of physical and online events. The Digital Leaders programme is designed to enable senior decision-makers across the public, private and third sectors (often those most removed from grassroots digital delivery and users) to engage with the strategic implications of digital technologies and platforms in the context of future policy-making and public service delivery.

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University of York

2018

  • Entrepreneur In Residence

    2018

    Based in the Digital Creativity Labs attached to the Department of Computer Science at the university, I mentor and advise those engaged in academic research with practical applications. I help the team of researchers to see how they might licence and spin out their research. I am currently helping develop commercialisation strategies for areas of research including Artificial Intelligence and eSports. I'm also active in grant applications and am a coach on the iCURE program, funded by Innovate UK, which awards grants to post-doctoral researchers to explore the commercial viability of their research.

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King's College London

2010

  • Guest Lecturer

    2010

    Guest Lecturer at Kings College London on the invitation of Dr Dirk vom Lehn, King's Business School. Lecturing on a range of subjects including marketing in a digital economy, innovation (open innovation, co-creation ideation and Crowdsourcing) and AI to cohorts of students on courses including the elective "Marketing, Interaction & Technology" on the MSc International Management.

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Quba

2003

  • Shareholder

    2003

    Quba designs, builds and manages large websites for airports, financial services, manufacturing, property companies and more. I led the merger of Zestmedia (the agency I owned) with Quba.

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Emily's Notebook

2021 - 2023

  • Investor and advisor

    2021 - 2023

    Well-being through art. Exited after management buyout.

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CADEERA

2021 - 2023

  • Lead Angel Investor

    2021 - 2023

    AI in retail. Exited after trade sale.