Dave Bailey
CEO @ The Founder Coach
London, United Kingdom
Dave Bailey is a seed investor at The Founder Coach in London focused on Information Technology and Software. Dave Bailey is CEO of The Founder Coach, an organisation that supports venture-backed founders around the world. Dave runs several programs for startup and scale-up CEOs, and works one-on-one with a limited number of CEOs as executive coach and mentor. Dave is editor-in-chief of The Founder Coach blog, and hosts The Founder Coach Podcast, mentorsat Techstars in London, and angel invests in areas of his domain knowledge.Previously, Dave co-founded three VC-backed businesses including Delivery Hero, Ezlearn and Spotnight. Dave studied Mathematical Sciences at Oxford University, before going on to Stanford Graduate School of Business and Singularity University.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Dave Bailey invests in
Stages Dave Bailey invests in
Countries Dave Bailey invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $637k–$1.3M
- Equity Crowdfunding
- $2.5M–$2.7M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 3 (43%)
- Software 2 (29%)
- Events 1 (14%)
- Mobile 1 (14%)
- Fashion 1 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (43%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (29%)
- Equity Crowdfunding 2 (29%)
Country
- United Kingdom 5 (71%)
- United States 1 (14%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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TEOOH
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TEOOH is a platform for hosting Virtual Events. From panel discussions to business conferences, anyone can host or attend virtual events in just a few clicks. Our aim is to become the easiest and most powerful way to engage global audiences, by allowing communities across the world to attend events and interact as they would do in the physicalworld, without the hassle of travelling or finding a venue.For more information, please visit www.teooh.com. | $1.3M / Seed / Jun 20, 2020 | |
Freetrade
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Freetrade is a brokerage application that offers free share dealing services. They believe investing should be accessible to everyone that's why they aims to make it accessible to everyone. Its app received Best Share Trading Platform at the British Bank Awards 2019. Freetrade was started in 2016 and is based in London, United Kingdom. | Pre-Seed / May 18, 2018 | |
Sideways 6
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Sideways 6 helps build better companies and happier people. Using Sideways 6, some of the world's leading brands listen to ideas and insight from their employees and turn that insight into new products, better ways of working and reduced costs. Their platform connects to the apps and software your people already know and love and helps youmanage, analyse and act on the insight that can improve your company. | $637K / Seed / Apr 11, 2017 | |
Stepsize
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Stepsize is a technology company that builds tools for people to create better software faster. Agile teams of 100-1000 people use their first product to automatically document their code so they can spend more time creating value for their customers. Software development is extremely knowledge intensive which makes it slow, expensive, and errorprone. And if you’re non technical you can’t bring your ideas to life yourself. Their purpose is to change that by gradually reducing the knowledge and expertise you need to create software.Their first product Layer is a search tool for engineering team. The desktop application helps software developers who work in teams get their own work done and reduces the friction in collaborating with team mates. Layer achieves this by structuring data from the main tools they use every day (version control, code hosting, project management tools, continuous integration, and communication tools) and making it searchable via a search interface, but also directly from the code itself, git hooks, or via a CLI. | Seed / Mar 29, 2016 | |
Inside.com
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Inside.com is the only source you'll need for daily roundups and analysis of the latest news and trends in the world of business, tech, and venture capital. Inside Network of Newsletters are designed for the up-and-coming entrepreneur and creator, as well as for the C-Suite executive looking to keep finger on the pulse of what's happeningin the industry. With curated news stories, topic deep dives, and founder interviews, you'll find that Inside is the one news source you'll need to stay in-touch, ahead of game, and inspired to be at least 1% better everyday. Subscribing to Inside is free, try it today at Inside.com | $2.7M / Equity Crowdfunding | |
Thread
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Thread operates as an online personal styling platform designed to help men find clothes. The platform offers a combination of human stylist and machine learning algorithms, where they receive personalized information from human stylists and suggestions from an algorithm that understands the customer's preferences over time, helping men todress well without having to go shopping. | $2.5M / Equity Crowdfunding | |
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Stepsize
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Stepsize is a technology company that builds tools for people to create better software faster. Agile teams of 100-1000 people use their first product to automatically document their code so they can spend more time creating value for their customers. Software development is extremely knowledge intensive which makes it slow, expensive, and errorprone. And if you’re non technical you can’t bring your ideas to life yourself. Their purpose is to change that by gradually reducing the knowledge and expertise you need to create software.Their first product Layer is a search tool for engineering team. The desktop application helps software developers who work in teams get their own work done and reduces the friction in collaborating with team mates. Layer achieves this by structuring data from the main tools they use every day (version control, code hosting, project management tools, continuous integration, and communication tools) and making it searchable via a search interface, but also directly from the code itself, git hooks, or via a CLI. | Pre-Seed |
Co-Investors
About The Founder Coach
We live in a world of hyper-growth. The pressures and expectations on founder CEOs, to grow as fast as their startup, have never been greater. To succeed in this new, uncertain world CEOs need to be more adaptable, more decisive and more resourceful than ever before. The Founder Coach supports early-stage founders on their journey to becominggreat CEOs. Our CEO Coaching and Online Programs help CEOs to reflect deeply on their own answers to the most important questions, to gain new perspectives, and to find clarity and calm in the chaos.
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FAQ
What does Dave Bailey invest in?
Dave Bailey invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Events startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Dave Bailey's check size?
Dave Bailey typically joins rounds of $637k–$1.3M at Seed and $2.5M–$2.7M at Equity Crowdfunding. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Dave Bailey participates in.
When did Dave Bailey last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Dave Bailey closed in Jun 2020. Shizune tracks 7 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?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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