Mark is an award-winning entrepreneur and investor. In 2006, Mark began his career in e-commerce. From an initial investment of £300 Mark grew MyVoucherCodes into the second biggest voucher code brand in Europe. The network served over 2 million users in 8 territories across Europe and South America. In 2014, Mark exited MyVoucherCodes for £55 million. Mark is an investor in a number of technology businesses, include Paddle, which is one the UK’s fastest growing software companies according to Deloitte’s Fast 50 list 2018. Mark is the Founder and Managing Partner of Fuel Ventures and has become a significant figurehead for entrepreneurs in the UK tech sector.
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Pedrino Spritz
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Mortgage Broker Tools
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Trusted Family
Trusted Family is an award-winning technology platform serving the world’s leading family businesses. Founded by two next-generation entrepreneurs from European business families, the company leverages a decade of industry expertise to help multi-generational family businesses thrive and achieve sustainable, long-term success. Trusted Family offers a single, secure and centralized governance platform, enabling directors, shareholders, family members and their close advisors to easily connect, communicate and collaborate from anywhere, at any time, on any device. The company is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, with offices in London and New York, and family business clients in 25 countries globally. For more information, visit
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Education, Fiduciary
Fuel Ventures
Mark Pearson
Fuel Ventures is an early and growth stage investor in leading global technology companies. They invest in the most ambitious entrepreneurs building market leading companies. They have pioneered an all under one roof approach, with most of the portfolio companies based in the same office space meaning Fuel Ventures can provide hands on support and mentoring. To date, they have invested in 24 portfolio companies and after only 4 years their first fund has a 7.6x valuation uplift. This includes some of the fastest growing software and marketplace companies in the UK, such as Moteefe, who are generating over £3m a month and recently raised at a £44m valuation. They are currently raising capital for their fourth fund, which will invest in a diversified portfolio of 10-12 companies.
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Venture Capital
Technology
Pedrino Spritz
Pedrino Spritz is a multi award-winning brand on a mission to own the 'first drink’ occasion. As ‘the perfect spritz, every time’ the brand is taking on the £9bn aperitif market. 500k bottles sold across 420 stockists (Incl. Waitrose & Stonegate). Raising money to increase brand awareness and service our additional secured distribution in 2020.
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Mortgage Broker Tools
MBT is a SaaS (Software as a Service) business that is disrupting the UK mortgage market. MBT’s affordability calculator launched in April 2019 and is being used by over 500 broking firms and 10 lenders. The company plans to become the industry standard affordability provider and to expand its tools and services to brokers and lenders. The target is to create a platform through which lenders can make bespoke mortgage offers and ultimately capture borrower data at a previously unprecedented level.
