I trust that you are having a great day!
This website has been created to help you understand more about who I am, what I do and how my team and I may be able to help you.
I’ve been a mentor for 40 years, an entrepreneur for 30 years and a professional investor for 15 years.
My greatest success to date (aside from my four amazing kids) was starting, scaling and selling a business with 400 franchisees, £400 million of assets under management and an annual turnover in excess of £40 million.
My greatest lesson was having to put a business into voluntary liquidation back in 2001 and sell my family home to avoid bankruptcy!
And my greatest angel investment to date was achieving a 42x return in under three years with a technology company. I reflect on this and other key moments in my story.
My team and I have deep expertise and a genuine passion for mentoring and investing in others to help them overcome challenges and experience significant breakthroughs. Bolt mentors 52 people a year on a completely pro-bono basis. We also mentor and advise celebrities, global change-makers, CEOs, family offices and the investors and founders in our portfolio.
Today, my core businesses focus on three verticals; Media, Investing and Mentoring
You can explore each of these in more detail on this website, to see if there is anything that we can do to help you.
I trust that you are having a great day!
This website has been created to help you understand more about who I am, what I do and how my team and I may be able to help you.
I’ve been a mentor for 40 years, an entrepreneur for 30 years and a professional investor for 15 years.
My greatest success to date (aside from my four amazing kids) was starting, scaling and selling a business with 400 franchisees, £400 million of assets under management and an annual turnover in excess of £40 million.
My greatest lesson was having to put a business into voluntary liquidation back in 2001 and sell my family home to avoid bankruptcy!
And my greatest angel investment to date was achieving a 42x return in under three years with a technology company. I reflect on this and other key moments in my story.
My team and I have deep expertise and a genuine passion for mentoring and investing in others to help them overcome challenges and experience significant breakthroughs. Bolt mentors 52 people a year on a completely pro-bono basis. We also mentor and advise celebrities, global change-makers, CEOs, family offices and the investors and founders in our portfolio.
Today, my core businesses focus on three verticals; Media, Investing and Mentoring
You can explore each of these in more detail on this website, to see if there is anything that we can do to help you.
If you’re a UK-based entrepreneur looking for help with funding, scaling, or selling your business, we have services that could help you.
Just 1% of bankers have ever started their own business and only 7% of Venture Capitalists have done the same. By contrast, I’ve personally been responsible for the creation of more than 600 independent businesses. My team and I have also worked across more than 100 different verticals and we have deep experience in B2B, B2C, D2C and B2B2C.
You can watch or apply to appear on our new Sky TV show; Venture Visionaries. This is where experienced entrepreneurs looking to raise in excess of £500,000 pitch to our panel and reach a peak viewing audience of 117,000 people in the UK.
If you’re a UK-based entrepreneur looking for help with funding, scaling, or selling your business, we have services that could help you.
Just 1% of bankers have ever started their own business and only 7% of Venture Capitalists have done the same. By contrast, I’ve personally been responsible for the creation of more than 600 independent businesses. My team and I have also worked across more than 100 different verticals and we have deep experience in B2B, B2C, D2C and B2B2C.
You can watch or apply to appear on our new Sky TV show; Venture Visionaries. This is where experienced entrepreneurs looking to raise in excess of £500,000 pitch to our panel and reach a peak viewing audience of 117,000 people in the UK.
I’m an investor myself, of more than 30 years, and during that time, I’ve always considered most investment strategies to be rather rigid and regimented in their approach.
I can honestly say, and I’m not just saying this because it’s my business, that Bolt Angels has turned angel investment on its head.
How?
Through an incredibly disruptive investment thesis, strategy and operating model.
The proof, as it always is, however is in the results – and in 2022 alone, two of our best performing investments increased in value by 193% and 250%.
So, what’s this secret sauce strategy I refer to?
Purely and simply it’s looking at what everyone else is doing and doing the opposite.
We invest early, add significant value and look to achieve partial exit during Series A and B.
This enables us to recover all invested capital and some profit, while allowing our remaining shareholding to grow with the company and team for the long term.
So, if you're an active social impact investor (angel, VC, or institution) looking to generate high returns (income and/or equity) with a low level of risk and in a very tax efficient manner, then Bolt Angels will certainly be of interest to you.
I’m an investor myself, of more than 30 years, and during that time, I’ve always considered most investment strategies to be rather rigid and regimented in their approach.
I can honestly say, and I’m not just saying this because it’s my business, that Bolt Angels has turned angel investment on its head.
How?
Through an incredibly disruptive investment thesis, strategy and operating model.
The proof, as it always is, however is in the results – and in 2022 alone, two of our best performing investments increased in value by 193% and 250%.
So, what’s this secret sauce strategy I refer to?
Purely and simply it’s looking at what everyone else is doing and doing the opposite.
We invest early, add significant value and look to achieve partial exit during Series A and B.
This enables us to recover all invested capital and some profit, while allowing our remaining shareholding to grow with the company and team for the long term.
So, if you're an active social impact investor (angel, VC, or institution) looking to generate high returns (income and/or equity) with a low level of risk and in a very tax efficient manner, then Bolt Angels will certainly be of interest to you.
Stay up-to-date with everything that's happening at Bolt Angels, including exclusive networking events and opportunities to get involved in everything we're doing.
Stay up-to-date with everything that's happening at Bolt Angels, including exclusive networking events and opportunities to get involved in everything we're doing.
What people say about me
Roger Black
World champion athlete and Bolt Ambassador
'Steve Bolton is a brilliant entrepreneur and investor. He values integrity and genuinely aims to be the difference that makes the difference in business'
Kevin Cahill
Former CEO of Comic Relief and founder of Sport Relief
'Steve Bolton is smart money. A man like myself with a passion, purpose and mission to magnify the work of others that want to change the world'
Mo Gawdat
Former Chief Business Officer, Google X
'Steve Bolton is one of my favourite people. If you know him, you are a lucky b******'
Danny Gray
Founder, JAAQ and Warpaint
'I've raised capital many times before but never has any investor or fund looked after me as well as Steve and Bolt. If you get the chance to work with Steve, jump at it'
Kriss Akabusi MBE
World champion athlete
'Steve is like an airborne virus – once you meet him, you become infected with his positive, inspiring, can-do attitude. Proud to have him as a mate, a mentor and fellow change-maker'
Jeremy Gilley MBE
Founder, Peace One Day
'Peace One Day would not be what it is today without the support of Steve Bolton. He is not a fair-weather friend but someone you can rely on completely when the inevitable storms try to knock you to the ground'
What people say about me
Roger Black
World champion athlete and Bolt Ambassador
'Steve Bolton is a brilliant entrepreneur and investor. He values integrity and genuinely aims to be the difference that makes the difference in business'
Kevin Cahill
Former CEO of Comic Relief and founder of Sport Relief
'Steve Bolton is smart money. A man like myself with a passion, purpose and mission to magnify the work of others that want to change the world'
Mo Gawdat
Former Chief Business Officer, Google X
'Steve Bolton is one of my favourite people. If you know him, you are a lucky b******'
Danny Gray
Founder, JAAQ and Warpaint
'I've raised capital many times before but never has any investor or fund looked after me as well as Steve and Bolt. If you get the chance to work with Steve, jump at it'
Kriss Akabusi MBE
World champion athlete
'Steve is like an airborne virus – once you meet him, you become infected with his positive, inspiring, can-do attitude. Proud to have him as a mate, a mentor and fellow change-maker'
Jeremy Gilley MBE
Founder, Peace One Day
'Peace One Day would not be what it is today without the support of Steve Bolton. He is not a fair-weather friend but someone you can rely on completely when the inevitable storms try to knock you to the ground'
I'm hugely passionate about mentoring and investing in brilliant people and equally brilliant businesses. If that sounds like you, please do get in touch...
I'm hugely passionate about mentoring and investing in brilliant people and equally brilliant businesses. If that sounds like you, please do get in touch...
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