Christopher Padfield

Current

Investment Director at Angel Capital Group
Founder & CEO at ControlMyName Ltd
Investment Manager at London Business Angels

Founder & CEO at Headstart Solutions Ltd (deskpro.com)

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Past

Investment Manager at London Seed Capital

Education

University of Oxford
Canford School

Recommended

8 people have recommended Christopher

Connections

423 connections

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Websites

Christopher Padfield’s Summary

Venture capitalist specalising in seed capital; post proof of concept technology investments. Investment manager for early stage VC fund doing £100k first round investments and "gatekeeper" for the leading London angel network. Previous experience as founder and CEO of still profitable software company.

Christopher Padfield’s Specialties:

Post proof of concept investments, deal origination, investment analysis, angel investment, syndicate building, technology investment, EIS tax relief, term sheets and deal negotiation, commercial and financial due diligence, web/software technologies, PHP/mySQL programming, company formation.

Christopher Padfield’s Experience

Investment Director

Angel Capital Group

(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

December 2009 — Present (4 months)

Angel Capital Group is a new company leading the way in innovative solutions for early stage investment, creating high value businesses by identifying the right opportunities and combining these with knowledge, capital and expertise.

Having spun out with the support of GLE at the end of 2009, Angel Capital Group is able to leverage over 10 years experience of working in GLE and notably GLE Growth Capital as an established leader in the development of new angel-led early stage investment initiatives.Our focus is on providing both investment and knowledge to high growth potential businesses through the London Business Angel network, early stage Venture Capital Funds and innovative services designed to improve access to investment.
Founder & CEO

ControlMyName Ltd

(Internet industry)

September 2009 — Present (7 months)

Online identity management service for busy professionals. Coming soon. Get notified of the launch at www.controlmyname.com
Investment Manager

London Business Angels

(Capital Markets industry)

February 2008 — Present (2 years 2 months)

London Business Angels is the oldest UK based Angel network investing approximately £5,000,000 per year into high growth technology companies. Each investment would compromise a syndicate of London Business Angels investors with the company raising between £100,000 and £750,000.

My role at London Business Angels includes:

• Review of over 1,000 business plans per year.
• Due diligence comprising technology, management, financial plan, investment strategy, competitive landscape.
• Responsibility for carefully selecting the 42 companies that are put forward to the network per year.
• Training companies to present to the network of investors and improve executive summary and powerpoint.
• Recruitment and retention of angel investors in the network.
• Facilitating in the closing of investment deals.
• Commercial responsibility for the network including budget.
• Business development for network, for example securing new sponsors and creation of the EIS roundtable fund.

During my time at London Business Angels, I have selected and worked on the following investments made by the network:

• CitySocialising : www.citysocialising.com
• Anaxsys : www.anaxsys.co.uk
• Karus Therapeutics : www.karustherapeutics.com
• Sharpcards : www.sharpcards.com
• Michelson Diagnostics : www.michelsondiagnostics.co.uk
• Bacchus Wine Closures : www.bacchuswineclosures.com
• Intamac : www.intamac.com
• Sirigen : www.sirigen.com
• Health E Card : www.healthecard.co.uk
• Parcelpoke : www.parcelpoke.com
• UTalkMarketing.com : www.utalkmarketing.com
• Quotient : www.quotientdiagnostics.co.uk
• TwentyNinety : www.twentyninety.com
• Wheelright : www.wheelright.co.uk
• Biomass CHP : www.biomasschp.co.uk
• Atlas Genetics : www.atlasgenetics.com
• Airetrak : www.airetrak.com
Founder & CEO

Headstart Solutions Ltd (deskpro.com)

(Computer Software industry)

August 2001 — Present (8 years 8 months)

DeskPRO is an innovative CRM helpdesk product with a broad range of customers from multinationals (including Deutsche Bank, T-Mobile, Lycos, Fujitsu, AT&T, EDS and Cable and Wireless) to SMEs, schools, universities, government departments and other public sector institutions. Hundreds of thousands of people use the software every day, with the software acting as the key interface between companies and their customers.

The software has evolved to embrace new technologies, market trends and competition and has taken advantage of the movement towards SAAS software delivery and cloud computing. I developed the original product and have formed a core team of management and developers to drive the company to continued growth.
Investment Manager

London Seed Capital

(Capital Markets industry)

February 2008 — November 2009 (1 year 10 months)

London Seed Capital is a £3,900,000 fund investing approximately £100,000 into early stage growth technology companies with syndication from members of London Business Angels.

My roles at London Seed Capital included:

• Worked on the fund’s 2nd round investment into Michelson Diagnostics.
• Acted as a board observer for Michelson Diagnostics, Chameleon Biosurfaces, BabyTV and Bac2.
• Reporting on fund performance and monitoring to Capital for Enterprise.

Christopher Padfield’s Education

University of Oxford

BA Hons (2:1) , Politics, Philosophy and Economics , 1999 — 2002

Finals papers in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Public Economics, Economics of Industry, Statistics, Philosophy of Science, Ethics and Knowledge & Reality
Canford School

4 A Levels, 1 AS Level, 11 GCSEs 1994 — 1999

A Levels : Economics (A), Maths (A), Chemistry (A), Biology (A)
AS Level : Ethics (A)
GCSE : 6A*, 4A, 1B

Additional Information

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Christopher Padfield’s Interests:

venture capital, technology, economics, politics, philosophy, skiing, snowboarding, surfing, africa, microfinance

Christopher Padfield’s Groups:

KIVA
Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
First Tuesday
Angel Investor Group
Young London VCs
SaaSBlogs - Software as a Service Group
The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
Zend Framework Developers
Oxford University Alumni
Seedcamp
SpinOut
EBAN-European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds and other early stage market players
European Entrepreneurship & Innovation @ Silicon Valley
London Business Angels
Finance Club
Finance Club London
Venture Lectures
Digital Commercial Ventures
UKIIF