{"id":110218,"date":"2017-12-06T11:28:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T11:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/?p=110218"},"modified":"2022-01-29T10:37:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T10:37:07","slug":"andy-murray-investment-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/news\/andy-murray-investment-portfolio\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Murray adds two more start-ups to his ever-growing investment portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis star Andy Murray has financially backed two more UK start-ups to add to his ever-growing investment portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>As part of his &ldquo;strategic relationship&rdquo; with equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, the former-Wimbledon champion has invested&nbsp;two undisclosed sums into Manchester-based charity tech start-up GoodBox and &lsquo;doctor on-demand&rsquo; platform ZoomDoc.<\/p>\n<p>Working closely with a number of outright charities such as&nbsp;Unicef, WWF, United for Wildlife and Malaria No More, Murray&rsquo;s charitable interests have now extended to his business decisions.<\/p>\n<p>In his latest round of investments, Murray has backed GoodBox, a business that&nbsp;helps charities accept contactless donations via card-reading donation boxes.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2016 by ex-Credit Suisse investment banker Andrew O&rsquo;Brien and Francesca Hodgson, the Manchester start-up&rsquo;s tech-infused donation boxes have now launched in 12 Church of England cathedrals, five hospitals and seven museums -including&nbsp;the Natural History Museum and the National Portrait Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>Now having a start-up investment portfolio of 25 businesses, the British tennis number one has also backed ZoomDoc.<\/p>\n<p>Founded by practicing NHS GP Dr. Kenny Livingstone, on demand doctor service Zoomdoc allows&nbsp;users to instantly book a GP to arrive at their preferred location within one hour.<\/p>\n<p>Having raised &pound;300,000 on Seedrs to date, Zoomdoc had its soft launch in March of this year &ndash; and is currently working with over 400 consultations.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>What start-ups has Andy Murray invested in?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Some of the 25 start-ups Murray has invested into include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/myvouchercodes-young-gun-mark-pearson-launches-e-commerce-vc-fund\/\">E-commerce fund Fuel Ventures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/vincent-mckevitt\/\">Food chain&nbsp;Tossed<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Green construction start-up MacRebur<\/li>\n<li>Golfing app VPAR<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/85-bijou-commerce\/\">Software start-up Bijou Commerce<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Peer-to-peer lender Landbay<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2016\/87-we-are-colony\/\">Film streaming service We Are Colony<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&lsquo;Netflix for magazines&rsquo; business Readbug<\/li>\n<li>Travel ticket subscription service CommuterClub<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2017\/69-oppo-ice-cream\/\">Healthy ice-cream brand Oppo Ice Cream<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Live tracking device for dogs&nbsp;Dog Tracker Nano<\/li>\n<li>On-demand service for beauty treatments blow LTD.<\/li>\n<li>Smart navigation device and mobile app for bicycles&nbsp;Beeline<\/li>\n<li>Developer of the world&rsquo;s first flat-pack&nbsp;foldable cycling helmet Morpher<\/li>\n<li>Creator of a smart home switch which seeks to reduce energy bills Den<\/li>\n<li>Property lender which provides finance to the private rented sector LandBay<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">&lsquo;Doctor on-demand&rsquo; platform ZoomDoc<\/li>\n<li>Charity tech start-up GoodBox<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Murray said about the investments:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These two businesses provide innovative, much needed solutions. GoodBox has the potential to revolutionise the way we donate to charity, they&rsquo;re already working with many trusted organisations such as Comic Relief.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been involved in the digital health space for a while now, primarily getting schools focused on creating digital solutions for health problems, so ZoomDoc interested me.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They provide trusted GPs to people who need help at home instantly and the company has shown impressive growth and feedback since it&rsquo;s soft-launch.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Lynn, executive chairman and co-founder of Seedrs, added:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are delighted to see Andy growing such a diverse and dynamic early-stage investment portfolio on Seedrs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Andy has a keen eye for the trends, following them closely, and continues to invest into exciting sectors such as healthtech, fintech and now the charity technology space too.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis star Andy Murray has financially backed two more UK start-ups to add to his ever-growing investment portfolio. 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