Anthony Clarke (businessman) explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anthony Clarke . Companiesintheuk.co.uk . 2015-04-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061140/https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/director/3949655/anthony-clarke . 4 March 2016 . dead .
2. Web site: Our Team | Angel Capital Group . Angelcapital.co.uk . 2015-04-23 . 7 May 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170507213610/http://www.angelcapital.co.uk/content/our-team . dead .
3. Web site: £300K London Business Angels syndicate investment cornerstones Ownfone’s £750k round . UKbusinessangelsassociation.org.uk . 2014-11-20 . 2015-04-23 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150419222206/http://www.ukbusinessangelsassociation.org.uk/news/%C2%A3300k-london-business-angels-syndicate-investment-cornerstones-ownfone%E2%80%99s-%C2%A3750k-round . 2015-04-19 .
4. Web site: Raising start-up capital a discussion with London's leading angel investors. Imperial.ac.uk. 2015-04-23.
5. "Carroll shrugs off rumours", The Observer, 1 July 1990, The Observer, p. 26.
6. Web site: Anthony Clark CEO/Co-Founder, Angel Capital Group Ltd . Bloomberg.
7. News: London Business Angels, Interview with CEO Anthony Clarke . FinSMEs . 11 January 2013.
8. News: Investing duo sell Angel Capital Group to Newable . Evening Standard.