Our Team

An existing team under a new umbrella

With several years experience researching deal-flow and investing in early stage scale up companies via BPEC, we really enjoyed working together. So we’re continuing as Angel Investors Bristol, extending our remit to both SEIS and EIS qualifying companies.

Pete Lockett

As a successful entrepreneur, Pete has a passion for supporting early stage growth. He’s particularly drawn to businesses that will help future generations create a better world through medical, technical or sustainability solutions.

Ben Cooper

Ben is in active investor and supporter of technology companies from across the South West and Wales. He is a lead investor for Development Bank of Wales’s Angel Invest Wales group and Director of Funding & Finance at Tech South West, the tech cluster for the South West. Ben was part of a successful management buy-in in 2011 and then exit to a FTSE 100 wealth manager in 2016, leaving in 2018 to focus on his passion for StartUp and ScaleUp businesses.

Jon Bonnick

Jon Bonnick was a software developer and consultant for Microsoft’s UK subsidiary and has a background in using software to give companies a competitive advantage. Jon makes angel investments in both the UK and USA.