Neil Stephenson

Active Investor

Co-Founder at Stellar Business Events

Sunderland, England

Neil Stephenson, Co-Founder at Stellar Business Events is an active investor based in Sunderland, England. This profile covers what Neil Stephenson backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Neil Stephenson serves as Board Member at Special iApps. Mr. Stephenson serves as Chairman of SalesLynk. He served as Chief Executive Officer at Onyx Internet He has been involved with Onyx for more than 10 years, now CEO. Along the way he has completed 2 management buy outs, raised significant funding, made several acquisitions and started 2 new businesses. Started with mainly a marketing portfollio, but extended that to include sales and operations. Mr. Stephenson won the Tees Valley Business Exec of the Year in 2010 and was a regional winner and national finalist of the the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards and then in 2014 he was invited back as a judge. In 2011, he completed a £42m private equity deal with ISIS Equity.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Invests in: SaaS & EnterpriseConsumer & RetailCybersecurityEdTechMarketing & AdTech
Location: Sunderland, England
Typical check: $500K
Past investments: 9

Notable investments

Ion Industries LtdEvaluAgent®MIRA MarketingKaty Sue Designs LtdPrecursor SecurityIONStephenson VenturesSpecial iApps C.I.C.Onyx Group

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