Chris Burke
Angel Investor
Reading, United Kingdom
Chris Burke is a seed investor in Reading focused on Apps and Mobile. EBlink board member Chris Burke’s career in telecommunications, IT and technology spans more than 30 years in both Europe and North America. He has held technical and management responsibilities at a telecom equipment supplier (Nortel), a fixed-line carrier (Energis), a wireless service provider (Vodafone), and a consumer device manufacturer(Research In Motion – RIM). His most recent public-company position, which he left in 2009, was RIM’s managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa. From 2001 to 2004, Chris was chief technology officer (CTO) at Vodafone UK. From 1997 to 2000, he was CTO and chief information officer at U.K.-based Energis, where he helped take the company public and onto the FTSE 40. Previously, he spent 15 years with Bell Northern Research and its parent company Northern Telecom in a variety of roles, including software development, operations and ultimately sales.Chris, who has extensive experience in helping guide companies through stock offerings and acquisitions, has served on several boards of directors. He was chairman of Ubiquity Software during that company’s initial public offering (IPO) in 2005 and its 2007 sale to Avaya. He was lead independent director of March Networks during its 2005 IPO, director at Oz Communications when it sold to Nokia in 2008, and a director and investor in Dialog Semiconductor when it completed a successful secondary offering in 2009. He currently serves on the boards of Dialog Semiconductor and Kontron (both listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange), as well as several venture and private equity-backed companies. Chris divides his time between board positions, numerous advisory roles and his investment and advisory business, Buster Burke Ltd. He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science degree from Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Can.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Chris Burke invests in
Stages Chris Burke invests in
Countries Chris Burke invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $318k–$1.1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Apps 1 (33%)
- Mobile 1 (33%)
- Software 1 (33%)
- Analytics 1 (33%)
- Marketing 1 (33%)
Country
- United Kingdom 2 (67%)
- United States 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| We're bringing the world’s families closer together by providing a private, simple place to share, that’s easily accessible by grandparents and children, on phones, tablets and computers. | $318K / Seed / Feb 09, 2014 | ||
| Navmii is changing the way maps of the planet are built by using crowdsourced data and AI technologies. Navmii builds both traditional map data for use in navigation systems and HD map data for autonomous cars.Navmii's "eOSM" maps are automotive grade, navigation quality maps, similar in quality to HERE and TomTom's mapdata, but at a fraction of the price. Navmii's currently building out the next generation HD maps for use in autonomous cars. Navmii's Crowd - AI model allows the company to reduce the cost of creating HD maps from industry average of between $100 - $500 per mile today, to $0.06 - $0.50 per mile. Navmii has offices in San Francisco, London and St Petersburg Russia. | $1.1M / Seed / Aug 01, 2009 | ||
| Our mission at iovox is to make data from all phone calls as useful, valuable, and actionable. Trusted by leading brands and global customers in more than 30 countries, iovox delivers on its mission via call analytics, productivity and collaboration solutions. | $510K / Seed / Jan 01, 2009 |
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FAQ
What does Chris Burke invest in?
Chris Burke invests primarily in Apps, Mobile and Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Chris Burke invest in?
Chris Burke typically joins rounds of $318k–$1.1M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Chris Burke's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Chris Burke took part in.
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When did Chris Burke last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Chris Burke closed in Feb 2014. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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