Angel Academe is the UK's longest-established and most active female-focused angel investor network, founded in 2014 by Sarah Turner and Simon Hopkins. It invests in early-stage, female-founded technology startups across sectors including fintech, healthcare, climate, AI, and cybersecurity, and also operates the UK's first EIS fund dedicated to female founders.
They made 1 investment in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is seed (73% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $1.9M (across 4 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
11
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
Yee Mun Thum
Managing Director (part-time)
Lara Mott
Lara is a senior leader, founder and adviser with over 20 years' experience in healthcare, technology, life sciences, PE and venture-backed businesses. The company she co-founded and led, ImproveWell, was an award-winning SaaS platform, adopted by 1000s of teams in over 80 NHS organistions, expanded internationally and was acquired by Silicon Practice in 2025. Read more about Lara here.
Simon Hopkins
Co-founder & COO
Khyati Sundaram
Khyati is a two-time founder and exited CEO with a decade of operating experience in enterprise SaaS. Her most recent company, Applied, was a data science-backed hiring platform built on structured models and predictive analytics. From 0->1 to acquisition by Phenom in 2026, Applied scaled to 500+ customers across the UK and US and reached profitability. You can read more about Khyati here.
Michelle McQueen
Network Manager (part-time)
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Movetru | Pre-Seed | — | Aug 2026 |
| ZZonova | Seed | — | Jan 2026 |
 Deployed | Seed | $4M | May 2023 |
 ScaleXP | Seed | — | May 2021 |
| AApplied | Seed | $2M | Oct 2018 |
 Provenance | Seed | $800K | Jul 2017 |
| PProject Provenance | Seed | $800K | Jul 2017 |
| BBuddyBounce | Seed | — | Mar 2014 |
 LabCycle | Unknown | — | — |
| PPreActiv | Pre-Seed | — | — |
| EEnvolve Tech | Seed | — | — |
Top Co-Investors
Last updated: 20 October 2026