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We seek talented teams intent on building businesses that can scale to create or transform an industry. If this describes you, then please get in touch

Alan is Senior Investment Director in the ventures team of Octopus, a firm founded in 2000. Octopus manages more than £5.5 billion of funds on behalf of 50,000 investors. The Ventures team has backed businesses such as Zoopla Property Group, Graze, Secret Escapes, Calastone, SwiftKey and YPlan. The Ventures team at Octopus finds and supports talented individuals and exceptional businesses. We're straight-talking, human investors who back people, rather than specific sectors. We look for fast growth businesses that are capable of creating, transforming or dominating an industry. With over twenty five years' experience of investing into early stage companies as a Business Angel and Venture Capitalist, I am sector agnostic preferring to primarily invest in business that are led by outstanding entrepreneurs who have a clear vision, creativity, energy and commitment to building large businesses at full pace.