Simon Thorpe: The Digital Invested Investor

Simon Thorpe was UKBAA Angel Investor of the Year 2016/17. He has an investment portfolio of close to 30 early stage tech companies and has achieved 5 exits including Swiftkey, CMOS Sensors, VocalIQ and CentraStage.

Simon has had some hugely rewarding business journeys, both financially and personally and continues to be an advisor and mentor to entrepreneurs. He has made a career out of his passion for backing aspiring entrepreneurs creating innovative disruptive technologies. Angel Investing is an endurance race not a Grand Prix!

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Podcast links:

SwiftKey - 'Provides the world's most intuitive and personalised keyboard software'

Manchester Tech Trust - 'Promoting and supporting tech enterprise in Greater Manchester'

Angel Academe North:

https://blog.angelacademe.com/a-brief-report-from-our-angel-academe-north-session-d5fa463861fd (Nov16)

Female Founders / Entrepreneurs

https://soundcloud.com/c21media/womeninvestors-1 (Apr16)

http://www.delta2020.com/blog/147-futurefest-september-2016-overview-debate-women-will-rule (Sep16)

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/business/business-news/why-more-women-arent-leaders-12718445 (Mar17)

Digital Economy:

https://www.businessweekly.co.uk/news/financial/digital-technology-upsurge-new-industrial-revolution (Jan16)