Sebastian Stoddart
About Sebastian Stoddart
Sebastian Stoddart is based in Clapham, United Kingdom. He is Principal, Business Innovation (Telco) EMEA at Amazon Web Services. His LinkedIn profile lists an AWS Simulearn Generative AI Practitioner training badge issued in August 2025.
He started out as an industrial designer. According to his Crunchbase bio, he spent 10 years as a product design consultant for design consultancies in the US, the Netherlands and the UK. Clients included Samsung, Philips, Smith & Nephew, Compaq and Hewlett Packard. He then formed his own company, albooto.com, to bring innovative products to market. He holds a BA (Hons) from Northumbria University, graduated in 1998, per his Coroflot portfolio.
He completed an MBA at Oxford Saïd Business School (2007 to 2008), where his Coroflot page says he made the Dean's list. Crunchbase lists him as Head of Group: Insight & Innovation at Samsung Electronics from October 2017. He has also been a Non-Executive Director at Membr since September 2014. Membr is a fitness platform that connects the fitness industry with its members. Crunchbase shows it as acquired by Xplor Technologies.
Crunchbase counts 4 investments and 3 portfolio companies for Sebastian. It records no lead investments, no exits and no companies founded. PitchBook classes him as an individual angel investor. Its records are narrower: 2 investments and a board seat at Membr.
NFX Signal lists these investments on record:
Ekaya, an angel round in September 2014 and another in June 2015. 8bit, a seed round in July 2014. Boost Technology, a pre-seed round in June 2020.
PitchBook also lists Torii Labs, a beverages company, with a March 2014 deal date. Different databases show different subsets of his activity, so this page does not claim a complete list. Deal amounts are mostly undisclosed. Sebastian's own cheque sizes in these deals are not public.
NFX Signal ranks Sebastian in London SaaS at pre-seed and seed. It lists an investment range of $5K to $50K, with a sweet spot of $25K. This comes from a third-party profile, not a statement by Sebastian. Evalyze gives the same $5K to $50K range and the same pre-seed and seed SaaS focus.
His earlier investments were not all software. Ekaya is a real estate services company that PitchBook lists as out of business, and Torii Labs is a beverages company. His most recent recorded deal, Boost Technology in 2020, is the only one NFX lists at pre-seed.
He has not published a thesis, a fund size or a statement of what he looks for when backing a company. As an AWS leader in the telco sector, he is likely to be most familiar with enterprise and telecom software. That is an inference from his day job, not something he has stated about his investing.
- Boost Technology: pre-seed round in June 2020, per NFX Signal. Product details are not confirmed in the sources reviewed.
- Ekaya: real estate services company in South Africa. Angel rounds in September 2014 and June 2015 are recorded. PitchBook lists it as out of business.
- 8bit: seed round in July 2014, listed by NFX Signal with a $110K round size. Product details are not confirmed in the sources reviewed.
- Torii Labs: beverages company with a March 2014 deal date on PitchBook, which lists it as out of business.
- Membr: fitness platform where he has been a Non-Executive Director since September 2014. It has since been acquired by Xplor Technologies.
Investing activity
Sebastian Stoddart has made 4 investments according to Crunchbase across 3 portfolio companies.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Sebastian Stoddart
Does Sebastian Stoddart invest in AI startups?
No AI-specific angel investments are public. The investments on record are in SaaS and in earlier non-AI companies. His AWS role and Generative AI Practitioner badge show professional familiarity with AI, but not an AI investment thesis.
What is Sebastian Stoddart's check size?
NFX Signal lists a range of $5K to $50K with a $25K sweet spot. It is a third-party profile, and Sebastian has not published a check size himself.
What stage does Sebastian Stoddart invest in?
NFX Signal ranks him for pre-seed and seed SaaS in London. His recorded deals run from a 2014 seed round to a 2020 pre-seed round.
Where is Sebastian Stoddart based?
His LinkedIn profile lists Clapham, England, United Kingdom. Some databases list London.
What does Sebastian Stoddart do at Amazon Web Services?
He is Principal, Business Innovation (Telco) EMEA at AWS. Founders pitching telecom-related software may find that background relevant, but he invests as an individual angel and not on behalf of AWS.
Has Sebastian Stoddart led any funding rounds?
Crunchbase records 0 lead investments for him. Public data shows him taking part in rounds, not leading them.
Is Sebastian Stoddart an angel investor?
Yes. Sebastian Stoddart invests personally as an angel and is Principal - Business Innovation (Telco) EMEA at Amazon Web Services. Crunchbase counts 4 investments.
How can founders reach Sebastian Stoddart?
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