About Us

Manchester Angels is a newly formed organisation established by a collective of leading figures from Manchester’s rapidly growing tech sector to provide a crucial missing component of the city region’s tech ecosystem. With an initial founding group of 30+ Greater Manchester based angel investors, and working in partnership with the wider VC and investment community, we’re on a mission to create one of Europe’s leading angel networks. Manchester is already recognised as Europe’s Fastest-Growing Tech City and this new organisation will provide further support for the ambition to become a globally significant digital city by placing tech as the heart of the region’s economic growth and levelling-up agenda.

Manchester Angels was setup by Founding Partners GP Bullhound and Bruntwood to invest in those early stage technology businesses based in the North-West. With the right type of investment, at the right time and with the right mentoring, these businesses have the talent and ambition to shake up global markets and disrupt large incumbents; but only if they can get off the ground.

Manchester Angels consists of local, actively investing angels with considerable experience in building and exiting technology businesses who will invest and nurture these businesses. Some of our angels include:

  • About GP Bullhound – GP Bullhound is a leading technology advisory and investment firm, providing transaction advice and capital to the world’s entrepreneurs and founders.
  • About Bruntwood – Bruntwood are the commercial property specialists that are committed to offering more than just outstanding office, coworking, retail and lab spaces. Everything they do is tied into their vision of building vibrant communities, whilst providing businesses with the support and expertise they need to grow. From exclusive events and networking opportunities to state-of-the-art facilities designed to put employee wellbeing first, there’s something to help every business thrive.

 

Management

Ed Prior

Ed is the Founding Director of Manchester Angels, having co-ordinated GP Bullhound’s angel network in Manchester since 2017, which has facilitated over £10m worth of Angel investments in North-West based start ups.

He is a Vice President at GP Bullhound and has worked on over £1.5bn of successful M&A transactions and scale up rounds across Europe, the UK, Africa and the USA – additionally he has spent time in Hong Kong on secondment.

Ed is also the Head Judge for Tech Nation’s Rising Star pitching competition, which selects the 10 most exciting and innovative early stage companies from all across the UK.
 

David Levine

David is Principal of Manchester Angels and is responsible for the day-to-day running of the organisation including recruitment of angels and sourcing of deal flow. 
 
He is a highly-experienced Tech Entrepreneur having founded Guided-design platform DigitalBridge (now Fixtuur). He has raised over £3m from angels and VC and is an NED and advisor for several Manchester-based technology businesses. 
 
David is also Entrepreneur in Residence at the Enterprise City/Tech Nation accelerator program.