Wild Blue Cohort
71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom
Overview
Wild Blue Cohort is a network of business angel investors in London who finance the development of early-stage ventures. Members have closed 28 investments to date in B2B tech ventures in diverse verticals, including marketplaces, e-commerce platforms, SAAS, edtech, healthtech, fintech and proptech. Often, they invest alongside top-tier S/EIS Funds, accelerators and VCs, such as Passion Capital, LocalGlobe VC, Forward Partners, Octopus, Downing and Horizon Ventures. Wild Blue is a member of the UK Business Angels Association.
- Total investments
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- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
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Sector focus
- Finance
- Financial Services
Investment portfolio
- HeadBox
Participated · Series A · Feb 2017
HeadBox operates an AI‑powered venue marketplace (headbox.com) with over 9,000 spaces and offers event software products including Smart Book (CRM for planning and booking) and Lead Feed (live lead feed for venues). The company grew during the pandemic, reporting prior 100% year‑on‑year growth and has doubled headcount from 28 to 52 in three months. It is live across major UK cities and in Australia, Ireland and the Netherlands, and has won multi‑year contracts from FTSE 100 clients in media, professional services and FMCG. HeadBox will use the new capital to accelerate post‑pandemic recovery, expand internationally and launch in the USA. The raise is intended to help the business reach profitability while continuing product-led growth. HeadBox is a London-based SaaS marketplace that lists venues and creative spaces, including cafes and theatres, and offers a business tier for companies to manage multiple bookings and events. The platform reported that gross merchandise value, bookings, and net revenue have tripled in the last six months. HeadBox will use the new investment to further its software development and to begin an international rollout. CEO Andrew Needham describes a platform-first strategy to simplify finding and booking venues and to provide corporate guests and host venues with additional software services. Previous investors include Martin McCourt, Andy Cosslett, and Johan Svanstrom. HeadBox operates an online marketplace that lets users search, book and pay for creative meeting, offsite and event spaces. The platform lists over 3,000 venues across the UK and provides full venue details including photos, location, price and filters to refine searches. It supports bookings for workshops, meetings, product launches, training, media and production shoots, private dining and corporate parties. Led by CEO Andrew Needham, the company aims to simplify venue discovery and booking for a range of event types. HeadBox raised £1.4m in a Series A funding round and plans to use the proceeds to expand operations and accelerate nationwide growth. The company emphasizes online payment and transparent listings to help customers make informed decisions. HeadBox operates an online marketplace that helps corporate, SME and private customers find, book and pay for creative off-site spaces such as galleries, studios, boats and coffee shops. The platform aims to reduce friction by cutting out traditional intermediaries and streamlining searching, booking and payment. It also helps space owners monetise under-utilised property by listing short-term availabilities. HeadBox launched in the U.K. and is led by founder and CEO Andrew Needham. The company reports it already has over 1,000 spaces on the platform and projects more than 2,500 within six months and over 5,000 within 18 months. Financially, HeadBox disclosed £1.2 million in seed funding to support growth and inventory expansion. The company cites a product partnership with Brilliant Basics as part of its operational setup.
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