# David Birch

> David Birch is a pre-seed investor at 1414 Ventures backing Risk Management. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [1414 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1414-ventures)
- Location: Guildford, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dgwbirch/
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/dgwbirch

David Birch is a pre-seed investor at 1414 Ventures in Guildford focused on Risk Management. David G.W Birch is Director of Consult Hyperion, the secure electronic transactions consultancy. He is an internationally-recognised thought leader in digital identity and digital money; named one of the global top 15 favourite sources of business information (Wired magazine) and one of the top ten most influential voices in banking (FinancialBrand); listed in the top 10 Twitter accounts followed by innovators, along with Bill Gates and Richard Branson (PR Daily); named one of the "Fintech Titans" (NextBank), voted one of the European “Power 50” people in digital financial services (FinTech Awards) and ranked Europe’s most influential commentator on emerging payments (Total Payments magazine).

## Contacts

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## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KYP | KYP is a real-time third-party risk intelligence platform that delivers a complete picture of the partners a business relies upon. | $916.1K | Pre-Seed | Oct 04, 2022 | https://kyp.io/ |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- BH Ventures — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About 1414 Ventures

VC Fund · Boston, United States

1414 Ventures is a digital identity venture capital firm offering pre-seed or seed-stage investments. It is focused solely on the digital identity space which supports functions such as payments, cybersecurity, and data privacy & trust. The firm looks for startups and founders who are driven by solving a digital identity business problem with asolution that is unique and truly meets a market, customer, or user need.

5 contacts available at 1414 Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Harold Moss | Sr Investment Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harold-moss-7b5c |
| Bart Van Rhijn | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bart-van-rhijn |
| Claire Wadlington | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claire-wadlington |
| David Birch | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-birch |
| Jackie Shoback | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jackie-shoback |

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## FAQ

### What does David Birch invest in?

David Birch invests primarily in Risk Management startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did David Birch last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Birch closed in Oct 2022. Shizune tracks 1 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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