Co-Founders & Partners

  • Hector Forwood

    Hector Forwood - General Partner

    Having seen success as key individual contributor in Cognism’s journey, both in the UK and US, Hector took the plunge to start his own SaaS company in 2021, Comtura. He exited in 2023, and now continues to build and develop new businesses as a serial entrepreneur. An active angel with a portfolio focused on tech-enabled organisations.

  • Jonathon Ilett

    Jonathon Ilett - General Partner

    Since having joined Cognism alongside Hector in its infancy, Jonathon has since led the Sales organisation for one of the fastest growing SaaS companies in EMEA. He is an active angel investor, typically investing in Seed, Series A companies with a focus on Sales and Marketing Solutions.

  • Misha Jessel-Kenyon

    Misha Jessel-Kenyon - General Partner

    Regarded as one of the top SaaS sales talents in EMEA, Misha helped build the Enterprise and Strategic business at Salesloft. Voted by Wiser as the top Account Executive in the UK, Misha had closed nearly 20% of Salesloft EMEA revenue before exiting. Misha’s an angel investor focused on UK B2B SaaS and is now is a Major Accounts Director at Zscaler, managing some of their most strategic customers in UK&I.

  • Nick Dashfield - General Partner

    Nick is Head of Strategic Projects at Globacap, a private markets technology company automating and digitising private capital markets. Previously, he co-led the funds team at Seedrs, originating and executing VC fund investments on behalf of Seedrs’ network of 25k HNW investors. Nick also has significant prior experience as a direct investor, having worked in the investment team at a family office investing in venture capital and real estate opportunities. He spent the first 6.5 years of his career working as a funds lawyer.

Some of our Angels

  • Alice de Courcy

    Group Chief Marketing Officer @ Cognism

  • Ollie Sharpe

    VP Sales @ Abacum

  • Rebecca Drew

    VP EMEA @ Chief

  • Georgiana Wagemann

    Chief of Staff @ Darktrace

  • James Isilay

    CEO @ Cognism

  • Jennifer Bers

    Chief Revenue Officer @ Unbable

  • Derry Holt

    CEO @ OneUp Sales

  • Jim Preston

    VP Sales @ Ben

  • Alexis Prades

    Head of Sales @ PayFit UK

  • Tom Castley

    VP Sales @ Hook

  • Neil Andrew

    CEO @ Lunio.ai

  • Vinit Patel

    Chief Revenue Officer @ Flexa

Where some of our Angels work