Simon Acland

Simon is an active business angel investor in green technology. He sits on the board of two Triple Point VCTs, which invest primarily in renewable energy, and is a member of the investment committee of the British Business Bank’s Angel CoFund. He is an advisor to the Green Angel Syndicate and is also a Trustee of Plantlife, the UK’s main wild plant conservation charity. Simon has spent 30 years investing in young technology businesses. Much of his venture capital career was spent as Managing Director of Quester, which became one of the UK’s most active early stage technology investors. Seven of the companies that he has backed achieved public listings on the London Stock Exchange, AIM, Nasdaq or Easdaq, including two companies which reached the FTSE 250; many others have been successfully sold. He joined the Powervault board in 2012 when he was the lead angel investor in the first funding round. He was Chairman of Powervault from 2014 to 2018 and currently leads the fundraising activities for the Company.