Nick Kingsbury Top-Executive
Nick is an experienced international software entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He
started his career with one of the leading UK software houses before setting up his
own software and consultancy company in the mid-1980s. He sold this business to
Staffware plc in 1996, shortly after which the combined entity floated on AIM.
He then spent eight years at the venture capitalist 3i as global sector head for software
and internet investments. With 3i he advised the local investment teams on over 80
investments and took board roles with a number of portfolio companies and built
relationships with many of the large tech industry acquirers mostly in the US.
Since 2007 Nick has acted as advisor to some venture capital funds including the
London Technology Fund, C5 Capital a cyber security specialist, and also has advised
and invested in a number of early stage technology companies.
From 2011 to 2015 Nick chaired the board of Accumuli plc, an AIM listed cyber
security specialist. Nick hired the CEO; initiated the sale of a non-core business unit,
helped build the management team and oversaw 6 acquisitions. Accumuli was sold to
NCC Group for £55m in April 2015, a 5x return for early investors.
In September 2018 Nick joined Amadeus Capital as a partner in the latest early stage technology fund.
Currently he also serves as non-executive director for Objective Corporation, an Australian ASX quoted information management software company. He also has been a mentor at the Accelerator Academy and works with a number of technology companies who have been through that programme.
Headquarters:
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Followers:
3927
Title:
Partner
Company:
Amadeus Capital Partners
Company Website:
http://www.amadeuscapital.com, https://www.objective.com.au, https://www.secureredact.ai, https://sitehop.com/
Company Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/amadeus-capital-partners/
Company Founded In:
1997
Company Size:
11-50
Current Job Duration:
7 yrs 10 mos
Country:
United Kingdom
Work Experience:
Title: Partner
Company: Amadeus Capital Partners
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/amadeus-capital-partners/
Industry: Venture Capital & Private Equity
Company Size: 11-50
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 09-2018
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: Non Executive Director
Company: Objective Corporation Limited
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/7726/
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: Australia, New Zealand, UK and USA
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 07-2008
Ends At: Present
Description: Australian and UK based Enterprise Content Management software company, quoted on the Australian Stock Exchange
Title: Non Executive Director
Company: PIMLOC LIMITED
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pimloc-limited/
Industry: Computer Software
Company Size: 11-50
Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: Part-time
Start At: 07-2021
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: Director
Company: Sitehop
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sitehop/
Industry: Computer & Network Security
Company Size: 11-50
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: Part-time
Start At: 02-2024
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: Advisor / Investor representative
Company: Altana AI
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/altana-ai/
Industry: Computer Software
Company Size: 51-200
Location: New York, United States
Country: None
Employment Type: Part-time
Start At: 07-2020
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: Advisor / Investor representative
Company: SandboxAQ
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sandboxaq/
Industry: Computer Software
Company Size: 51-200
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Country: None
Employment Type: Part-time
Start At: 09-2022
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: Non Executive Director
Company: XYZ Reality
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xyz-reality/
Industry: Computer Software
Company Size: 51-200
Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: Part-time
Start At: 03-2020
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: Liveryman
Company: Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/worshipful-company-of-information-technologists/
Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management
Company Size: 1-10
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 10-2015
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: Adviser
Company: ScaleUp Group UK
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scaleup-group-uk/
Industry: Venture Capital & Private Equity
Company Size: 1-10
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 03-2015
Ends At: Present
Description: ScaleUp Group has been formed to help spearhead the growth of companies in the Technology sector with the potential to be 'Global Champions' by providing them the 5 Pillars of 'Active Support' being Management Development; Talent Finding; Sales Expansion especially Overseas ; Financial Management and Funding - leveraging its Board of Advisers and 'Active Supporters' who are all successful technology entrepreneurs themselves.
Title: Non Executive Director
Company: DirectID
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/attodata/
Industry: Financial Services
Company Size: 11-50
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: Part-time
Start At: 05-2019
Ends At: 12-2024
Description: None
Title: Non Executive Director
Company: Brytlyt GPU Database
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brytlyt/
Industry: Computer Software
Company Size: 11-50
Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: Part-time
Start At: 04-2020
Ends At: 04-2024
Description: None
Title: Director
Company: Kingsbury Ventures Limited
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1205213/
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 06-2007
Ends At: 02-2023
Description: Director
Title: Non Executive Director
Company: Cryptosense
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cryptosense/
Industry: Computer Software
Company Size: 11-50
Location: Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
Country: None
Employment Type: Part-time
Start At: 04-2021
Ends At: 09-2022
Description: None
Title: Adviser
Company: GrowthPoint Technology Partners
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/growthpoint-technology-partners/
Industry: Financial Services
Company Size: 11-50
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 03-2012
Ends At: 01-2020
Description: Non Executive Director for the UK subsidiary of Menlo Park based Growthpoint Technology Partners LLC. Growthpoint provides technology investment banking including: M&A, fundraising, and strategic advisory services to a wide range of information technology companies.
Title: Non Executive Director
Company: Loot Financial Services Limited
Company URL: None
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: London
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 05-2016
Ends At: 06-2019
Description: Loot is a new start-up in the banking sector which is building the next generation banking services which are long overdue.
Loot will help students have more disposable income through better money management. We are launching a pre-paid product this year with a current account launch due in early 2016.
We are members of Level39, the largest Fintech accelerator based in Canary Wharf.
Title: Non Executive Chairman
Company: Pushfor
Company URL: None
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 10-2013
Ends At: 09-2018
Description: Pushfor provides a cloud based platform to share any types of rich content securely.
Title: Non Executive Director
Company: Tailored.to
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10607107/
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 06-2016
Ends At: 08-2018
Description: Tailored is a lucrative ’commerce layer’ for anyone who publishes online. The technology tailors products to content that is displayed online and then tailors products to users.
Title: Chairman
Company: YooDoo Media Limited
Company URL: None
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 06-2008
Ends At: 03-2016
Description: None
Title: Adviser
Company: MXC Capital Plc
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/9284791/
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 09-2014
Ends At: 07-2015
Description: MXC is a specialist merchant bank that invests and grows value in companies in the TMT sector. It brings together a particularly powerful set of skills to the benefit of both the companies it invests in and for its own shareholders.
Title: Chairman
Company: Accumuli plc
Company URL: None
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 10-2011
Ends At: 04-2015
Description: Accumuli provides multi layered security services that protect customers' networks and their users from targetted assaults on resources and data. see www.accumuli.com
Title: Venture Partner
Company: C5 Capital Limited
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/c5-capital/
Industry: Investment Management
Company Size: 11-50
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 06-2011
Ends At: 09-2013
Description: C5 Capital are a Venture Capital company focussed on the security sector.
Title: Advisory Board Member
Company: London Technology Fund
Company URL: None
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 06-2007
Ends At: 01-2012
Description: None
Title: Chairman
Company: Famecount
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1782511/
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 01-2011
Ends At: 11-2011
Description: Social Media monitoring services for brand managers. www.famecount.com is the website, the company behind Famecount is Independent Insight Limited. Business was sold in November 2011 to Starcount.
Title: Chairman
Company: Cortexica
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/552817/
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 01-2009
Ends At: 06-2010
Description: Visual Search technology spin out from Imperial College, with two products, Winefindr and BrandTrak.
Title: Chairman
Company: Sitemorse Limited
Company URL: None
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 01-2008
Ends At: 09-2008
Description: Sitemorse provides a web site interrogation and testing service, helping ensure sites function as they should, are compliant with web and other standards and perform well.
Title: Global Sector Head - Software and Internet Investments
Company: 3i Group plc
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/3i-group-plc/
Industry: Financial Services
Company Size: 201-500
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 09-1999
Ends At: 06-2007
Description: None
Title: Interim CEO
Company: Chronicle Solutions Limited
Company URL: None
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 06-2006
Ends At: 03-2007
Description: Chronicle Solutions are a VC backed Network Content Appliance company, whose product netReplay monitors, indexes and records all user communication. Nick was seconded as interim CEO by 3i, who led the VC syndicate of Scottish Equity Partners and SGAM. Sold to Nitro Security who were in turn sold to McAfee.
Title: Non Executive Director
Company: Propero
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/65457/
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 2005
Ends At: 2006
Description: Propero, a virtual desktop connection broker technology, was acquired by VMWare in 2007 for $25m
Title: SVP International Business Development and Marketing
Company: Staffware
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/3419/
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 1996
Ends At: 1999
Description: None
Title: CEO
Company: Software Support Limited
Company URL: None
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 1985
Ends At: 1996
Description: None
Title: Systems Consultant
Company: Zeda Computer Systems
Company URL: None
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 1981
Ends At: 1983
Description: None
Education:
School: University of Nottingham
Degree: BSc
Field: Civil Engineering
Period: 1976 - 1979
School: Ipswich School
Degree:
Field:
Period: 1966 - 1976
Headline:
Entrepreneur turned investor now with Amadeus Capital Partners
Connections:
3604
Skills:
Security, Corporate Venturing, Venture Capital, Mergers, Software, Information Management, International Business Development, Business Process Management, Homeland Security, Integration, Start-ups, Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Strategic Partnerships, Management Consulting, Business Development, New Business Development, Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Consulting
Experience:
Title: Partner
Company: Amadeus Capital Partners
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Start: Sep 2018
End: Present
Title: Non Executive Director
Company: Objective Corporation Limited
Location: Australia, New Zealand, UK and USA
Start: Jul 2008
End: Present
Title: Non Executive Director
Company: PIMLOC LIMITED
Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Start: Jul 2021
End: Present
Title: Director
Company: Sitehop
Location:
Start: Feb 2024
End: Present
Title: Advisor / Investor representative
Company: Altana AI
Location: New York, United States
Start: Jul 2020
End: Present
Title: Advisor / Investor representative
Company: SandboxAQ
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Start: Sep 2022
End: Present
Title: Non Executive Director
Company: XYZ Reality
Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Start: Mar 2020
End: Present
Title: Liveryman
Company: Worshipful Company of Information Technologists
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Start: Oct 2015
End: Present
Title: Adviser
Company: ScaleUp Group UK
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Start: Mar 2015
End: Present
Title: Non Executive Director
Company: DirectID
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Start: May 2019
End: Dec 2024
Title: Non Executive Director
Company: Brytlyt GPU Database
Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Start: Apr 2020
End: Apr 2024
Title: Director
Company: Kingsbury Ventures Limited
Location:
Start: Jun 2007
End: Feb 2023
Title: Non Executive Director
Company: Cryptosense
Location: Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
Start: Apr 2021
End: Sep 2022
Title: Adviser
Company: GrowthPoint Technology Partners
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Start: Mar 2012
End: Jan 2020
Title: Non Executive Director
Company: Loot Financial Services Limited
Location: London
Start: May 2016
End: Jun 2019
Title: Non Executive Chairman
Company: Pushfor
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Start: Oct 2013
End: Sep 2018
Title: Non Executive Director
Company: Tailored.to
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Start: Jun 2016
End: Aug 2018
Title: Chairman
Company: YooDoo Media Limited
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Start: Jun 2008
End: Mar 2016
Title: Adviser
Company: MXC Capital Plc
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Start: Sep 2014
End: Jul 2015
Title: Chairman
Company: Accumuli plc
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Start: Oct 2011
End: Apr 2015
Title: Venture Partner
Company: C5 Capital Limited
Location: London Area, United Kingdom
Start: Jun 2011
End: Sep 2013
Title: Advisory Board Member
Company: London Technology Fund
Location:
Start: Jun 2007
End: Jan 2012
Title: Chairman
Company: Famecount
Location:
Start: Jan 2011
End: Nov 2011
Title: Chairman
Company: Cortexica
Location:
Start: Jan 2009
End: Jun 2010
Title: Chairman
Company: Sitemorse Limited
Location:
Start: Jan 2008
End: Sep 2008
Title: Global Sector Head - Software and Internet Investments
Company: 3i Group plc
Location:
Start: Sep 1999
End: Jun 2007
Title: Interim CEO
Company: Chronicle Solutions Limited
Location:
Start: Jun 2006
End: Mar 2007
Title: Non Executive Director
Company: Propero
Location:
Start: 2005
End: 2006
Title: SVP International Business Development and Marketing
Company: Staffware
Location:
Start: 1996
End: 1999
Title: CEO
Company: Software Support Limited
Location:
Start: 1985
End: 1996
Title: Systems Consultant
Company: Zeda Computer Systems
Location:
Start: 1981
End: 1983