Brent Hoberman
Investment Details
Investor Type
Private Investment Firm
Asset Class Focus
Venture Capital, Private Equity
Stage Focus
Seed, Early Stage, Growth, Late Stage
Geographical Focus
United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Japan, Australia, Singapore, China, India, Brazil, France, Mexico, Kenya, South Korea, South Africa, Israel, Nigeria, Chile, Argentina, Colombia
Industries Focus
- Technology
- Consumer Goods
- Media
- HealthTech
- FoodTech
- EdTech
- FinTech
- E-commerce
- Logistics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Digital Media
- Proptech
- Mobility
- Cleantech
- Enterprise Software
Investment Size:
1,000,000 to 50,000,000 USD
Investor Details Founded: 1998
Brent Hoberman is a British entrepreneur and investor, renowned for co-founding lastminute.com in 1998, which was sold to Sabre for $1.1 billion in 2005. He co-founded Founders Forum in 2006, a network for digital entrepreneurs, corporate CEOs, and senior investors, and later established Founders Factory, a corporate-backed incubator and accelerator, in 2015. In 2017, Hoberman launched firstminute capital, a $270 million seed fund investing in early-stage technology companies globally. He has been involved in over 400 companies, with portfolio companies raising over $4 billion in follow-on capital. Hoberman serves on advisory boards for Google Cloud, the UK Government Digital Service, and the World Economic Forum's Digital Europe Group. He was awarded a CBE in 2015 for his services to entrepreneurship.
Hoberman's investment focus spans various stages, from seed to late-stage investments, with a geographical emphasis on markets including the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, India, China, Brazil, Israel, Singapore, South Africa, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Nigeria, and Kenya. His industry interests encompass technology, e-commerce, media, fintech, healthtech, edtech, proptech, foodtech, cleantech, mobility, logistics, enterprise software, consumer goods, digital media, and artificial intelligence. Investment sizes range from $1 million to $50 million, targeting both venture capital and private equity opportunities.
Requirements
- Strong founding team
- Scalable business model
- Innovative technology
- Clear market differentiation
- Potential for significant growth
- Alignment with Hoberman's investment focus areas
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Portfolio Companies
- Made.com
- Zapp
- Volta XR
- Plum
- TalkTalk
- Shazam Entertainment
- The Guardian Media Group
- Eton College
- Imperial College Innovation Fund
- The Economist
- LetterOne Technology
- Karakuri
- SmartUp.io
- PROfounders Capital
- Founders Keepers
- Founders Intelligence
- Founders Health
- Founders Longevity Forum
- Founders Academy
- Founders Makers
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