Anthony Clarke (businessman)

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Anthony Clarke
Born
Anthony Richard Clarke

1953
NationalityBritish
Occupation Chartered accountant, chartered secretary, and businessman
Known forCEO of Angel Capital Group

Anthony Richard Clarke (born 1953) [1] is a British chartered accountant, chartered secretary, and businessman. Clarke is the chief executive officer of Angel Capital Group and the managing director of London Business Angels. [2] [3] [4]

Clarke qualified as a chartered accountant and chartered secretary with Deloitte Haskins & Sells (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) in 1980. He then had a variety of jobs, including chief executive of Carroll Industries Corporation in the early 1990s. [5] Clarke has been involved with the venture capital/business angel sector since 1995. Between 2002 and 2009 he was managing director of GLE Growth Capital. [6]

Clarke is the co-founder of the Enterprise Capital Fund, Seraphim Capital, and was chairman of the UK Business Angels Association from 2004 to July 2012. [7]

In April 2017, Anthony Clarke and Jenny Tooth sold Angel Capital Group, which owns early-stage technology backer London Business Angels, to state-owned start-up advisory and loans provider Newable. [8]

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References

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  2. "Our Team | Angel Capital Group". Angelcapital.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  3. "£300K London Business Angels syndicate investment cornerstones Ownfone's £750k round". UKbusinessangelsassociation.org.uk. 20 November 2014. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  4. "Raising start-up capital a discussion with London's leading angel investors". Imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  5. "Carroll shrugs off rumours", The Observer, 1 July 1990, The Observer , p. 26.
  6. "Anthony Clark CEO/Co-Founder, Angel Capital Group Ltd". Bloomberg.
  7. "London Business Angels, Interview with CEO Anthony Clarke". FinSMEs. 11 January 2013.
  8. "Investing duo sell Angel Capital Group to Newable". Evening Standard.