Ashley Cooper Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Investments
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10
- Portfolio
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3
- Exits
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4
Ashley Cooper General Information
Description
Mr. Ashley Cooper is a Co-Founder and serves as Director at Catalyst Growth Partners. He served as Board Member at Who Knows Wins. He also serves as Chairman and Board Member at Simply Do. He is also a Co-Owner and Director at 2B Enterprising. Previously, he served as Chairman at Nudjed. He also served as Chairman & Non-Executive Director at Careercake. Prior to that, he served as Chairman at Perpetual V2G systems. He worked for Rolls-Royce and General Electric prior to founding TES Aviation Group in 1995, As CEO, he grew the business to £100m in revenue (11% EBITDA Margin) by 2012 having taken on investment partners in 2007. He exited his final equity and ran the business until 2014 for a Japanese Consortium headed by Mitsubishi Corporation. In 2014 he founded Catalyst Growth Partners, an investment and business growth accelerator working with innovative businesses to drive growth. He sits on the Welsh Economy Minister appointed Regional Entrepreneurship Accelerator Programmer working with MIT (Boston) and an international cohort focused on Innovation-Driven Entrepreneurship and is a founder member of the Inspire Wales Investment Consortium. He has a Diploma in Management Direction from The Institute of Directors in 2004. He also holds BE in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Leeds in 1987. He serves as Chairman at Coincover.
Business Details
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- Saint Helen's Rugby and Cricket Club
- Business Suites, Bryn Road
- Swansea SA2 0AR
- Wales, United Kingdom
Ashley Cooper Investments (10)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Simply Do | 07-Apr-2021 | Later Stage VC | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | ||
Jenny Kate | 10-Apr-2019 | Home Furnishings | Bankruptcy: Liquidation | |||
Coincover | 18-Dec-2018 | Other Insurance | Generating Revenue | |||
Simply Do | 20-Mar-2018 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Amplyfi | 09-Mar-2017 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Bean&Gone | 22-Dec-2016 | Entertainment Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Careercake | 27-Oct-2016 | Educational Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Simply Do | 01-Sep-2015 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Careercake | 01-Jan-2015 | Angel (individual) | Educational Software | Generating Revenue | ||
Doff Portland | 04-Mar-2010 | PE Growth/Expansion | Other Commercial Products | Generating Revenue/Not Profitable |
Ashley Cooper Exits (4)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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Careercake | 04-Jul-2022 | Merger/Acquisition | |
Jenny Kate | 14-Jan-2020 | ||
Doff Portland | 01-Nov-2012 | Bankruptcy: Admin/Reorg | |
Bean&Gone | Secondary Transaction - Private |
Ashley Cooper Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Ashley Cooper Team (1)
Name | Title | Deals | Funds | Boards | Office |
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Ashley Cooper | Angel Investor | Swansea, United Kingdom |
Ashley Cooper Co-Investors (5)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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Andrew Diplock | 1 | ||||
Paul Teather | |||||
Philip Roberts | |||||
Sunnybarn Investments | |||||
SyndicateRoom |
Ashley Cooper FAQs
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Who is Ashley Cooper?
Ashley Cooper is an angel Investor who has made 10 investments.
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What kind of investor is Ashley Cooper?
Ashley Cooper is an angel investor.
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What does Ashley Cooper do?
As an angel investor, Ashley Cooper invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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How many board seats does Ashley Cooper hold?
Ashley Cooper holds 3 board seats including Amplyfi, Coincover, and Simply Do.
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What has Ashley Cooper invested in?
Ashley Cooper has made numerous investments in companies like Simply Do, Jenny Kate, and Coincover within the Business/Productivity Software, Home Furnishings, and Insurance industries.
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What has Ashley Cooper invested in recently?
Ashley Cooper's latest investment was on 07-Apr-2021 in Simply Do, a company within the Business/Productivity Software industry.
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