# Bill Earner

> Bill Earner is a seed investor at NEAR Foundation (London) backing Apps and Travel. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [NEAR Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/near-foundation)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/bearner
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/bearner
- Website: https://x.com/bearner
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bill.earner?fref=ts

Bill Earner is a seed investor at NEAR Foundation in London focused on Apps and Travel. Bill Earner is the current Chief Operating Officer of NEAR Foundation. He previously worked at Citymapper as an Advisor. Bill Earner attended London Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Travel | 1 | 25% |
| Finance | 1 | 25% |
| Accounting | 1 | 25% |
| Transportation | 1 | 25% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Briefcase | Briefcase is an AI-powered tool for bookkeeping and month-end automation designed specifically for professional services practices. | $3M | Seed | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| Citymapper | Citymapper is a transport app for cities that uses the power of mobile and open transport data to help humans survive and master them. Citymapper is created to address urban mobility challenges. Citymapper employs a method for generating the most accurate mobility data worldwide. It is intended for humans in real-time, multimodal cities, and hasbeen enhanced by billions of real-world searches and choices. | $10M | Series A | Apr 17, 2014 |  |
| Citymapper | Citymapper is a transport app for cities that uses the power of mobile and open transport data to help humans survive and master them. Citymapper is created to address urban mobility challenges. Citymapper employs a method for generating the most accurate mobility data worldwide. It is intended for humans in real-time, multimodal cities, and hasbeen enhanced by billions of real-world searches and choices. |  | Seed | Sep 13, 2012 |  |
| Citymapper | Citymapper is a transport app for cities that uses the power of mobile and open transport data to help humans survive and master them. Citymapper is created to address urban mobility challenges. Citymapper employs a method for generating the most accurate mobility data worldwide. It is intended for humans in real-time, multimodal cities, and hasbeen enhanced by billions of real-world searches and choices. |  | Series A |  |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SAATCHiNVEST](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saatchinvest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Balderton Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/balderton-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earlybird-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Entrepreneurs First](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entrepreneur-first) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Entrepreneurs First](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entrepreneurs-first) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Greylock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About NEAR Foundation

VC Fund

NEAR Foundation is a non-profit foundation that is responsible for contracting protocol maintainers, funding ecosystem development, and shepherding core governance.

5 contacts available at NEAR Foundation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher Donovan | General Counsel | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-donovan-452b |
| Jordan Gray | Integration & Transformation | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jordan-gray-2 |
| Kem Boggs | Chief People Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kem-boggs |
| Bill Earner | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-earner |
| Laura Cunningham | Head of Product | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laura-cunningham-3efb |

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## FAQ

### What does Bill Earner invest in?

Bill Earner invests primarily in Apps, Travel and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Bill Earner last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bill Earner closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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